Learnspace staff support network from Illawarra TAFE
Exposing e-learning skills sets: The Knowledge Tree
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Likewise, you can
lead students to computers, but you can’t offer them engaging courses – unless
VET practitioners have developed and honed the skill sets required to
effectively implement e-learning
Ten top tips for teaching with new media.
amazing PDF resource with ideas for engaging students and using web 2 effectively.
The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU) is an internationally leading centre for research in the cognitive sciences and neurosciences, with close links to clinical neuroscience research in the University of Cambridge Medical School. Over 120 scientists, students, and support staff, primarily based at the Unit's Chaucer Rd site, are organised into four major research groupings, in the areas of Memory, Attention, Emotion, and Language. With dedicated 3T MRI (Siemens TIM Trio) and 306-channel MEG (Elekta-Neuromag) facilities available on site, the Unit has particular strengths in the application of neuro-imaging techniques in the context of well-developed neuro-cognitive theory. More about the Unit ...
Intute provides access to a range of free resources to help students and staff in universities to develop Internet research skills that can support university work, and avoid some of the pitfalls of using the Internet for scholarly work.
2,000 courses from MIT - free or for donation only.
Web course related content, access to education regardless of ability to see, hear, speak, manipulate or organise information.
References
From grammar-based teaching to task-based teaching - making the shift, Jane Willis
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/jane-willis/grammar-based-teaching-task-based-teaching-making-shift
Criteria for identifying tasks for TBL, Jane Willis http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/criteria-identifying-tasks-tbl
Reading for information: Motivating learners to read efficiently, Dave Willis http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/reading-information-motivating-learners-read-efficiently
A task-based approach, Richard Frost http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/a-task-based-approach
Personal Learning Environments, Graham Attwell, www.elearningpapers.eu, Vol 2, No 1, January 2007, ISSN 1887-1542 http://www.elearningeuropa.info/files/media/media11561.pdf
Wiki How article on starting out in instructional design - eLearning and online education and training