Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Assessment Task !

Surfing at the net I found a website that that could assist in choosing and evaluating an e-learning material. The website is actually for agriculture specifically for cereal. The Cereal Knowledge Bank which is handled by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) is a storage of training materials that are related to cereal production to poor farmers and consumers to improve their daily lifestyle. There are two related gaps pointed out at the course conclusion as the purpose of this course. First, Rhetoric and Action, it is between the people’s art of talking today and learning which is through Internet and the numerous developer of instructional content. Second, Connectivity and Content, it is the gap of the global internet convenience to the world and the huge number of appropriate e-learning instructions in education that is available. click here to view the website

The course has 6 Module. Each module has a contributing part in using e-learning as an instruction and ends with a short quiz to evaluate your understanding.

· Module 1 Introduction. It is a basic information and background about e-learning and information that are related.

· Module 2. Analysis. Helps to perform the proper analysis and establishes the analysis phases; who, how and what.

· Module 3. Design, to organize your thinking and help you visualize the e-Learning creation process,

· Module 4. Development. Learned how to develop an e-Learning course based on the design.

· Module 5. Implementation. Testing your materials to determine and improve their effectiveness.

· Module 6. Evaluation. Evaluate e-learning in terms of economics, goals and purpose.

Derek Stockley (2003) defines e-learning as The delivery of a learning, training or education program by electronic means. E-learning involves the use of a computer or electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) in some way to provide training, educational or learning material”. However, Badrul Khan said that to achieve a successful e-learning system the facilitator should involves a systematic process of planning, design, development, evaluation, and implementation to create an online environment to support learning. This website has shown a course which is very useful for teachers or facilitators because it is important that they may choose a material that is suited to the needs and level of students. Thus, it emphasize that e-learning is not just merely using the electronic or computer device in as an instructional material but carefully chosen material that adopt to the necessities of the students.

The course in this website gives me more confident in using e-learning in teaching because through those steps to follow I could assess myself that I am in the right track, which the instructional material that I chose is able to meet the topic that is within the context of the students. After reading I was amazed that this website is for Facilitators that educate farmers and the fact that they are using e-learning to reach out farmers. This will also open me that e-learning is widely use by every facilitator on whatever should be taught but it is carefully design and thinking that facilitators should also be creative to find available technology that is commonly use by the students. In my own point of view this course would be a great help for me and with my fellow teachers because it will be clear to us on the procedure on how we will integrate technology in our class. Going through the course in this website e-learning for me is it doesn’t mean that when you pick those e-gadgets you are in e-learning but using technology to help students to learn to analyse, create, and evaluate and that involves facilitators to have critical thinking in incorporating e-learning in class.

References:

Morrison, James L. ,The Global e-Learning Framework:An Interview with Badrul Khan, May/June 2003. Online http://technologysource.org/article/global_elearning_framework/

Stockley , Derek 2003, http://derekstockley.com.au/elearning-definition.html

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