week 6 (e-learning)

Miss JAmie goes to school....

some explicit knowledge she found in NP

• Staff Intranet
• Library
• Mel

The k-space model suggests that students’ course knowledge may be enhanced by enabling and facilitating availability, sharing and finding of relevant information, as well as learning by doing.

WHAT

• EXPLICIT
  [Availability of knowledge]
  -Questions & answers
  -Classifying summaries
  -Search facilities
  
• TACIT
  [Sharing of knowledge]
  -Discussion forums
  -Announcements
  -News

HOW

• EXPLICIT
  [Finding of Knowledge]
  -Lecture Notes
  -Relevant Resources
  -Databases
  
• TACIT
  [Learning by doing]
  -Assignments / Tutorials
  -Online video & streaming
  -Feed-back / guidance

Explicit-What k-Tools
•Knowledge repositories
•Provide students with relevant information that can they absorb, interpret and hence turn into new and valuable knowledge.
e.g Lecture Notes aid in learning specific topics and increase overall knowledge of the subject

Explicit-How k-Tools
•Enable students to search information on their own terms, as knowledge repositories can often create difficulties for students in extracting what they need, due to the diversity and ambiguity of information.
e.g. Search engine is a means of access to what students are looking for. It allows students to gain knowledge on relevant topics quickly, whether they are looking for course content or trying to find the details of a staff member.

Tacit-What k-Tools
•Sharing of information tools.
•To encourage both students and staff to interact with one another.
e.g. Discussion Forums allow students to interact with each other. Allows students to post questions regarding assignments, exams or even general queries in relation to the subject, thus allowing them to transfer and acquire knowledge amongst themselves.

Tacit-How k-Tools
•Enable students to learn by doing.
•Through personal experience, they allow students to develop instincts, abilities, intuition and expertise concerning the subject.
e.g. Online Quizzes allow students to progress through the subject and acquire knowledge at their own pace by allowing them to participate in theses quizzed in the comfort of their own home and in their own time.

What is e-learning?
•Delivery of learning via internet
•Primary asynchronous (non real-time)
•Often misunderstood as:
–Live web-cast
–Knowledge portal or repository
•Courseware is either “off the shelf” from a company that sells courses, or it is custom-designed
•A learning method, not a software product
–Technology-enabled
–Not designed IT departments or engineers

Benefits
•Improve students’ achievement, their attitudes toward learning, and their evaluation of the learning experience
•Increase teacher/student interaction and to make learning more student-centred
•Eliminate geographical barriers while providing increased convenience, flexibility, currency of material, retention of students, individual learning and feedback over traditional classrooms

Disadvantage
•Students feelings of isolation, frustration, anxiety and confusion
•Reduced interest in the subject matter and questionable learner achievement

Reflection:

this lec is quite fun, as there are alot of pictures. We also get to find out that NP mel is actually lurved by many people because it is user friendly...