Internet in Education

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Internet in Education

• Peter Chalk
• Academic Leader
• London Metropolitan University

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Topics

• Communication
• Learning Objects
• Virtual Learning Environment
• Managed Learning Environment
• Games Interactive Applications
• Plagiarism for and against
• The Future You

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Communication

• Synchronous
• Chat icq
• White board
• Conferencing, lecture videos
• Asynchronous
• Email texting
• Discussion Forum
• Blogs wikis
• http//www.ott.navy.mil/index.cfm?RIDWEB_OT_10012
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Chat room log how grade it?
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White Board/ JSP Editor Applet
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Learning Objects

• Support face-to-face teaching
• Key topics in module identified
• Text plus
• Animation
• Game/ Quiz
• Interactive Learning
• XML meta data
• http//simt-dev.unl.ac.uk/claire/java1dev/

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Animation
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Graphical coding
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Tracking Hits on Learning Objects
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Tracking Students
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Learning Paths (?)
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Virtual Learning Environment

• Teaching a large module
• Blended Learning (not distant)
• Examples WebCT, Blackboard, Learning Space
  (Lotus Notes based)
• http//webct.unl.ac.uk/

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Teaching a large module

• 443 students doing IM110 (Intro to Java)
• Peak (physical) 315 (week 3 lecture)
• Peak (virtual) 323 (weeks 4-6 quiz)
• 29 Tutorial Groups (23 tutors, FT, PT PhD) a
  week to manage
• 4 lectures (3 lecturers) a week
• WebCT used to organise, track, assess etc

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Managed Learning Environment

• Assessment, Info Comms management
• Single interface to all university areas
• Module content, like VLE
• Library, catalogue renewals
• Email
• Record transcript
• Example, Middlesex http//www.mdx.ac.uk/24-7/
• Example Portal http//www.connect.ac.uk/

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Assignment submission record
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Games Interactive Applications

• See EdGames Blog
• http//edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/
• CASE Tool JSP Editor
• http//www.ida.his.se/henrike/jsp.html
• Example Algebra Vocabulary
• http//www.quia.com/cc/66054.html
• Example http//www.tryscience.org/
• Plus supercomputer access, real experiments,
  robots, data collection

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Plagiarism for and against

• For
• Write Your Essay
• http//www.essaytown.com/
• Against
• Check handins
• http//www.turnitin.com/

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And, finally

• The Future?
• Virtual reality 3d college
• Intelligent agents
• PDA/ mobile technology
• In use!
• Opportunities for MSc and PhD
• Apply here!
• http//www.londonmet.ac.uk/pg-prospectus-2003/cour
  ses/depts/cctm/