who am i? esl teacher (12 years) 3 years teaching ‘online’ professional development officer...
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WHO AM I?
• ESL teacher (12 years)• 3 years teaching ‘online’
• Professional Development Officer (Online Learning) TAFE SA
• Online Learning Coordinator (Douglas Mawson TAFE)
ONLINE LEARNING
WHAT is it? WHY do it?
WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?Activity Yes/no Media Studies teacher gets students
to examine online newspapers in acomputer room
Student in Korea studies English witha teacher in Australia using email only
Rural based Community Servicestudents use print based distancelearning materials and communicatewith lecturer via online forum and chat
Hospitality students come to classeveryday and can access coursematerials on the Internet at home afterhours
Engineering lecturer uses printed outInternet resources with students in anormal classroom
WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
Activity Yes/no Media Studies teacher gets students
to examine online newspapers in acomputer room
Yes
Student in Korea studies English witha teacher in Australia using email only
Yes
Rural based Community Servicestudents use print based distancelearning materials and communicatewith lecturer via online forum and chat
Yes
Hospitality students come to classeveryday and can access coursematerials on the Internet at home afterhours
Yes
Engineering lecturer uses printed outInternet resources with students in anormal classroom
Yes
WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
Activity Yes/no? Carpentry and Joinery Students go
into a computer room and doMeasurement exercises from a CDROM
Electronics students in a face to faceclassroom do all assessments via afloppy disc that contains the testmaterial in a computer lab
Computer Studies students study amodule about Databases in an on-campus computer lab
Multimedia students design websitesin on-campus computer lab
WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING?
Activity Yes/no Carpentry and Joinery Students go
into a computer room and doMeasurement exercises from a CDROM
No
Electronics students in a face to faceclassroom do all assessments via afloppy disc that contains the testmaterial in a computer lab
No
Computer Studies students study amodule about Databases in an on-campus computer lab
No
Multimedia students design websitesin on-campus computer lab
No
Online Learning - evolution:
• Online learning = off campus only
• the module phase
• low take up of modules
• the term online learning is being replaced by
e-LEARNING to reflect the variety of activity
WHY GO ONLINE?
From Networking 99:
Networking 99
2004 - only 14% of jobsWILL NOT
require some degree of technological fluency.
WHY GO ONLINE?(10 good reasons)
1.Australia has more than 4M Internet users = about 20% of the population.(comparison with VCR’s)
2.Convenience factor for students
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.”
THE REPLY#1
If I hadn’t 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
THE REPLY #2I 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.
WHY GO ONLINE?
3. 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)
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!
WHY GO ONLINE?
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)
WHY GO ONLINE?
5. Research: students who have access to both online and classroom
training do best.6. We owe it to students to encourage
web based computer/research skills.
7. Strategic direction: national (ANTA); state (VLE); institutional strategic plans
WHY GO ONLINE?
8. Bond between student and lecturer via communication tools
9. It is both a professional challenge and an inspiration.
10. “Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who
use technology will replace teachers who don’t.”
WHY GO ONLINE?
11. The corporate perspective:
• many companies are embracing online learning
• saves them money
• saves downtime
• they have the money
do we
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL?!
CONVINCED?
Ettp (TAFE SA)
• national/international profile via use of WebCT platform
• WebCT institute• Hosting regional conferences (April 2001)• ettp (education technology transfer
protocol): e-commerce arm of TAFE SA (http://www.tafe.sa.edu.au/top/ettp/index.html)
• online education consultants
from smoke signals to the Internet
Man - the compulsive
communicator
(David Attenborough)
Professional Development Officer (Online Learning) TAFE SA
Michael Coghlan([email protected])
(Thank you)