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Effective Distance Learning Pedagogy In Developing Countries

eLearning Industry

In some developing countries, distance learning is in the same classification as self-study programs, where content serves as didactic material for learners to study on their own by sifting through a considerable amount of content material without needing critical academic guidance by instructors.

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People, politics and pedagogy

Learning with e's

Photo by David Bushell on Geograph In a previous incarnation I was Training Manager for a distance learning project called RATIO back in 1996. RATIO was a three year project funded by the European Union and as a team we were tasked to establish 40 learning centres across the rural areas of South West England. Unported License.

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eCombat: Lessons from the Interactive Battlefields of Afghanistan

Vignettes Learning

In October 2000, Military Technical Report 1107 entitled “Applying Collaborative and e-Learning Tools to Military Distance Learning: A Research Framework by Curtis J. This paper accurately assessed the trend of military training, the shift from conventional learning to interactive elearning. This gets more interesting.

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What is learner autonomy?

Docebo

In many ways, autonomous learning (or independent learning) takes the role of the teacher, educator, or learning admin out of the picture and allows a student to create and follow their own learning process. Learners now have a vast array of knowledge constantly available to them.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Sure, the pedagogy may not be perfect, but the alternative is much worse. It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference. The pedagogy of MOOCs will be enriched. Don’t all these people deserve a better education? The former is the subject of such disdain.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Sure, the pedagogy may not be perfect, but the alternative is much worse. It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference. The pedagogy of MOOCs will be enriched. Don’t all these people deserve a better education? The former is the subject of such disdain.

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What is normal?

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

A submission to an event or award for a project or team glosses over information that the author considered too normal or basic to cover, but actually helps to condition and ground the work, and therefore makes it easier to understand the ‘where’ as well as the ‘why’ and ‘how’.

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