By Robin Mason
E-Learning has lengthy been touted because the courageous new frontier of schooling, supplying clean demanding situations to lecturers, scholars and, certainly, the complete of the schooling approach. Addressing this, Elearning: the most important Concepts is the right reference for somebody trying to navigate the myriad of names, ideas and purposes linked to this new period of training, education and learning.
Taking the reader from A to Z via various themes together with running a blog, path layout, plagiarism, se's and digital studying Environments (VLEs), this well timed paintings features:
- full cross-referencing
- a large advent exploring the advance of the sphere and placing modern day demanding situations in context
- extensive publications to extra reading.
The in basic terms textual content of its variety to supply concise and elementary definitions of the an important phrases utilized in this becoming box, it is a hugely resource for on-line direction co-ordinators, undergraduate scholars taking on-line classes, scholars on masters-level on-line studying classes, and trainers.
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The blended solutions commonly used are: 50/50 models of face-toface and online learning which combine the best of both worlds; even 75 per cent online with one face-to-face or residential meeting is successful in overcoming the limitations of online learning while benefiting from its overall cost-effectiveness and flexibility. Importantly, blended approaches can encourage participants to make better use of face-to-face contact in the knowledge that preparations and follow up can be conducted online.
It is available in two styles: either with a keyboard (known as a ‘convertible’ tablet) or without a keyboard (known as a ‘slate’ tablet, and generally slimmer and more lightweight than the convertible). Convertible tablets normally have detachable or foldable keyboards, and all tablet PCs have touch-sensitive screens, usually A4 in size, which require stylus pens for input. They are generally much quicker to boot up than desktop PCs. The tablet can be used either in portrait or landscape mode, and uses wireless technology for connection to the internet or other networks (Wood, 2003).
Mobile devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), mobile phones, wireless laptops and tablet PCs, are being introduced into courses to increase flexibility, widen participation, allow more natural interaction and collaboration, and to use handwriting rather than keyboarding. Broadband, or high speed internet access, bring a number of advantages to the education sector: speed, ‘always-on’ convenience and multimedia communication. At its simplest, high speed internet access will allow the sort of fast response download and rapid peer-topeer interaction that campus-based users in universities and corporate business have been used to for some time.