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Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia Preparing Online Materials Understanding foundations of online learning Sanjaya Mishra Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, new Delhi
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Preparing Online Materials: Understanding Foundations of Online Learning

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Presentation on 23 January 2014 by Dr. Sanjaya Mishra at the Refresher Course organised by CCMG, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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Page 1: Preparing Online Materials: Understanding Foundations of Online Learning

Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia

Preparing Online MaterialsUnderstanding foundations of online learningSanjaya MishraDirector, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, new Delhi

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Overview eLearning or Online Learning Forms of eLearning Instructional Design for eLearning Designing Online Learning Environments Trends in Online Learning

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What is eLearning?

(Source: © Sharma & Mishra, 2007)

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Why eLearning is popular? Access to educational resources from

outside the institution; Quick and easy way to create, update

and revise course materials; Increased interaction with student

through e-mail and discussion forums; Location and time independent

delivery of course materials; Multimedia capabilities enabling

instructional designers to prepare quality learning materials;

Interactive and dynamic learning experience through online assessment tools;

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Why eLearning is popular? Platform independent delivery,

accessible through any computer with a simple browser interface;

Increased learner control through hypertext based presentation of information;

Opportunities for international, cross-cultural and collaborative learning; and

Ability to serve a large number of students at a potentially reduced cost.

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Forms of eLearning

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3

Web integrated in the classroom to supplement teaching

Web used in a mixed mode (as blended learning)

Web used independently as a stand alone system

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Instructional Design for eLearning

(Source: © Mishra, 2002)

Learning activities

Learner supportContent

Behaviourism Cognitivism

Constructivism

Participation in discussion forum

Email contact Reading of

lessons

• Learner guide• Mentor support• Online library• Social

interaction• Synchronous

chat -counselling

• Objective-based course units

• Self-assessment online

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ERIC-Model

CONSTRUCT EXPERIENCE

INTERACT REFLECT

Source: © Sharma & Mishra, 2007)

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Designing Online Learning Needs Analysis Learner Profile Organization Profile Development of a Blueprint Institutional preparation Learning material development Evaluation Promotion Maintenance and Updating

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Developing Online Learning ContentTypes of Contents Text, plain or formatted Hybrid text/graphics documents, such as

Adobe Acrobat Colour images, still and animated or

videos Sound 3-D models Interaction or simulation using

JavaScript, VB Script, ActiveX

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Developing Online Learning Content

Media Types Text Graphics/Images Audio and Video Animations and 3D

models

Tools/Formats Word processor, PDF, HTML

editor GIF, JPEG format image

documents using photo editors and graphic suits

MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 for Video and Mp3/Ogg Vorbis for audio most widely used format. These can be developed using digital video/audio capture tools

Flash animation, VRML

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Facilitating Online LearningCommunication Tools Electronic Mail Discussion Board Mailing List Chat Blogs Micro-blogging Wikis Social networking/bookmarking

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Delivering Online Learning Synchronous (eg. Delivered using video

conference tools) Asynchronous (mainly through use of

Learning Management Systems) Both synchronous and asynchronous Using hosted Services in any suitable

platform Innovative Practices

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Innovative Practice Example• SLM Development, 2008• Sanjaya Mishra trained

20 individuals to write self-learning materials

• Used weekly reading and GoogleGroup

• Wiki-based Tasks to develop SLM using wiki

• Learning contract, certification, online activities, visible outputs

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TRENDS IN ONLINE LEARNING

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Open Educational Resources Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute

– No permissions required– Released in open license

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Massive Open Online Courses Large enrolments Freely available, not

necessarily in open license

Online and required networked connections

Courses, meaning designed and delivered by teachers, in cohorts as opposed to OER

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Open Badges Identity management Authenticating learning and skills Banking of skills and display online

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Other Trends Learning Analytics Video Learning Social Media Mobile Devices

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