ONLINE LEARNING..

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ONLINE LEARNING..

• .the way of the future?

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WHO AM I?

• ESL teacher (12 years)
• 3 years teaching online
• Professional Development Officer (Online
  Learning) TAFE SA
• eLearning Coordinator (Douglas Mawson TAFE)

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THE WAY OF THE FUTURE? Is this a loaded
question?

• should it be? (force, imposition)
• will it be? (acceptance, neutral)
• can you influence it? (control)
• -------------------------------------------------
• Do you see the future (change?) as inherently
  positive?
• Do you see the future (change?) as inherently
  negative?

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Somewhere something has gone terribly terribly
wrong!
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World Trade Centre Attack

• Within 24 hours there were websites for
  examining the event for students of
• English
• Media
• Social Work, Community Services, Health
• Society, Politics, Law, Economics
• Religion, Ethics
• Engineering

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WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
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WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
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WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
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WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
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ONLINE LEARNING INCLUDES

• Use of email to send and receive assignments
• using websites in the classroom
• doing online assessments in the classroom
• using discussion forums between classes
• SO, it does not have to be a remote activity

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So is Online Education dying before it even gets
started?

• Not really, but it is being transformed
• eLearning (includes ON CAMPUS web enhanced
  instruction)
• 3 day international conference and not one
  session on online education as it was initially
  conceived

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Why the transformation?

• The fully remote model
• is expensive and time (and time money) hungry
  to establish
• requires high degree of technical skill from
  teachers and students
• suits only highly motivated, independent learners
• BUT IN THE CORPORATE WORLD
• they have the money
• saves travel costs
• eg Qantas College Online

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The Dance with the Devil

• Educational institutions have the content, the
  subject expertise, and want the technology
• the corporate world has the money
• sodo we dance with the devil?
• Richard Katz, Educause

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The Youth Factor

• Grange Primary
• School

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The Youth Factor

• 2004 the first generation of children who have
  never NOT known the Net reach high school
• 13-15 yr olds are the most wired (the baby
  boomer echoes)

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The Youth Factor

• Research on 7,000 children in USA and 1,000 in
  Canada revealed
• Most successful students online are the 13 15
  year old group.
• 78 have used the Internet to do their homework
• 60 have communicated with teachers online
• Forrester research (http//www.forrester.com/Home
  )

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OPINION

• Does anyone really think they can get a degree
  online that is the equivalent of getting one from
  a real university where you can brush shoulders
  with colleagues in a professional and academic
  environment? ONLINE EDUCATION IS A SCAM. BIG
  TIME.

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THE REPLY1

• If I hadnt been able to do my degree online
  it never would have happened. I was able to do
  it
• while looking after my family
• without childcare costs
• whenever I wanted
• without stress
• with no travel costs

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THE REPLY 2

• I received
• more one to one attention than I ever got in a
  face to face course
• a reply to queries and assignments within 24
  hours, and often 12.
• ONLINE EDUCATION IS NO SCAM. IT OPENS DOORS
  FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.

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• PERHAPS ONLINE INSTRUCTION SUITS THE DEMANDS OF
  MODERN LIFE?

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WHAT IS THE DEMAND?

• Many students want it
• QLD TAFE survey (1998) - 20
• DMI TAFE survey (2000) - 42
• of students expressed desire to do all or part
  of their course online.
• (1400 students surveyed)

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POTENTIAL DEMAND FOR SA TAFE

• if around 40 of TAFE SA students want online
  option..
• currently 90,000 TAFE SA students
• 40 of 90,000 36,000 students!

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• Nigel Paine (Chairman of Technology Colleges
  Trust (UK))
• The Internet will become the Fifth Utility.

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BUT

• Take up of Internet in Australia and the US has
  stabilised in the last 6-9 months at around
  40-50 of households
• those without it have no plans to get it

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TEACHERS USE RESOURCES

• 4. The Internet is the best resource the world
  has ever seen. Why would you NOT use it?
• (Guess where this photograph came from?)
• (flash)

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THE LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PERSPECTIVE
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LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PERSPECTIVE

• Are we (dis)advantaged??
• FACT the Net is mainly a text medium
• FACT many students love it
• FACT the Net abounds with sites designed
  specifically for language and literacy students

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LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PERSPECTIVE

• Low level language students love to communicate
  electronically
• Online Chat
• Forums

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DLTeacherWhats your name?
DLstudentmieniemisniemesmem
DLTeacher Whats your first name?
DLstudent My nname is naim
DLTeacher hello Naim!
DLstudent Helolinda
DLTeacher Hello Naim. My name is not Linda. My
name is Linley.
DLstudent halloi lili havaryutudej yuu
DLTeacher Hello Naim, Im fine thank you

• DLstudent helloi lili havarju tudej ju hev gud
  daj tudaj uat a ju duin tomoro a yuhollidaj

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• DL teachergtgtYou ask... (How old are your
  children?)
• Student AgtgtHow old are your children?
• DL teachergtgt(good).. ask about my daughter
• Student AgtgtWhat?
• DL teachergtgtask about my daughter... how old...?
• Student AgtgtI dont understand
• Student AgtgtHow old are your daughter
• DL teachergtgtyes good!
• DL teachergtgt(How old is your daughter?)
• DL teachergtgtShe is 10 years old. (Now ask about
  my son)
• Student AgtgtHow old is your daughter?And How is
  yor son?
• DL teachergtgtHow old...?
• Student AgtgtHow old is your san?
• DL teachergtgtson!
• DL teachergtgtHe is 7!
• Student AgtgtHow old is your son?
• DL teachergtgt (yes great!) Excuse my
  manners.....How old are you?
• 
  

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LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PERSPECTIVE

• Webheads
• http//www.homestead.com/vstevens/files/efi/webhea
  ds.htm

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WHITHER THE FUTURE?
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• Research students who have access to both online
  and classroom training do best.
• We owe it to students to encourage web based
  computer/research skills. It is becoming a life
  skill. (How do you get the cheapest air
  fares??)
• Strategic direction national (ANTA) state
  (VLE) institutional strategic plans

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• Technology will not replace teachers, but
  teachers who use technology will replace
  teachers who dont.

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Online Learning - the way of the future?

• Yes, at least in part.
• The Internet is not going to go away.
• Essential tool in the kitbag
• younger students moving in to higher ed. will
  expect it, and they will be Web savvy
• increasing presence of voice, movies
• we will have to dance with the devil

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Online Learning - the way of the future?

• it will not replace teachers
• all classrooms will have computers
• teachers will be more guide on the side rather
  than sage on the stage
• ergonomics consultants will do a boom trade!

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Online Learning - the way of the future?

• Not everyone will want the full online option my
  guess about 40 at most
• (80 of all Distance Ed. Students live within
  driving distance of institution)
• but for All of us eventually it will become a
  daily part of our teaching and learning lives.
• BRING THE NET TO YOUR CLASSROOM!

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THANK YOU michaelc_at_tafe.sa.edu.au This
presentation on the web at http//www.chariot.net
.au/michaelc/sacal/index.htm