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The History of Online EducationE-Learning

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Section Topics

Personal Experience

The Beginnings

Teething Problems

Addressing the Challenges

Section Two

Section One

Section Three

Section Four

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Personal Experience

I first became interested in online training in 2003 when I worked for a community bank with limited funds for staff development.

Enrolled in MSc E-Learning in 2003 and graduated in 2007.

Research / Thesis was titled “A Study of Online Teaching and Learning Experiences in Higher Education” and focused evaluating online teaching and learning experiences based on existing models of teaching online.

Since then I have been involved in teaching / training and instructional design both in my full-time job as well as my adjunct work.

http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/node/add

CampusOne was the University of Ulster’s first online / E-Learning “campus” launched in 2002.

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The Beginnings

E-Learning or Online Learning within colleges and universities, evolved from the correspondence learning model, which had been around for many years.

In the business word, E-Learning began in the early 80s with computer based programs used to train employees.

1992 saw the beginning of the World Wide Web and with it came better ways to distribute and access information via the Internet.

The Mid – Late 1990s saw the growth of academic institutions offering online courses. CalCampus was one of the early innovators, which previously offered computer assisted learning programs dating back to 1982.

By the early 21st century, many educational institutions began offering E-Learning options and many business organizations took advantage of the opportunities presented by the web and online training initiatives.

Most early E-Learning course were delivered directly through he use of a telephone line and a Modem.

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Teething Problems

Source: http://trinarimmer.com/2010/07/29/the-evolution-of-e-learning-adoption/

Commercial WordBusiness organizations tried to integrate E-Learning as a cost-saving approach to training.Often they did not have the expertise needed and required the help from outside consultants.

Academic WorldEarly adopters who were experienced with the correspondence model continued to integrate this approach in the online environment!

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Addressing the Challenges

Instructional Systems Development is the process of developing courses that are well designed and thought out, which meet a specific set of learning objectives.

It is necessary to adopt proper ISD principles to the online learning environment.

Temptation to simply “package” lessons and curriculum from face-to-face and correspondence materials to the online format was common.

Unfortunately this led to poor use of the technology available. In cases where face-to-face material was used in an online course, considerations for student-student, student-instructor interaction were not made.

The solution was to develop a plan for robust ISD specifically for online courses that would make use of all the available technologies.

>>> Fast Forward …. How are we doing today in 2012?

Image Source: http://www.instructionaldesignexpert.com/addie.html

“ADDIE is an acronym for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. This model guides you through the process of creating effective educational courses and materials for your audience.”

Synchronous strategies – Live web-conferencing and chatAsynchronous strategies – Proper use of multi-media learning objects, discussion and collaboration technologiesEvaluation strategies – Ways to effectively “test” students knowledge at a distance.

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Additional Sources

The challenges of the learning object paradigmhttp://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/107/100

Evolving business models in eLearninghttp://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/Resource/CMS/Assets/5c10130e-6a9f-102c-a0be-003005bbceb4/form_uploads/e_learning___Evolving_business_models_in_e_learning_2001__SRIC_.pdf

Impact and Challenges of E-Learning In the business word http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers0303/rs/ers03036.pdf

An informal history of eLearninghttp://www.internettime.com/Learning/articles/xAn%20Informal%20History%20of%20eLearning.pdf

Promoting E-learning in the Academic Environmenthttp://lisr.ro/en12-erichvargolici.pdf

Teaching in an online learning contexthttp://www.aupress.ca/books/120146/ebook/99Z_Anderson_2008-Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_Learning.pdf#page=355

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