New Technologies of e-Learning 2.0
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Course Content
The focus of the course will be on the design, development and evaluation of teaching, studying and learning processes that are supported by the use ICT and contemporary digital media applications. The course content will focus on the use of Web 2.0 which allows users to create content in such a way that allows others to both read and write to a web environment. Social software is seen as a feature of Web 2.0 involving tools that are used to communicate in different settings such as one-to-many (blog or podcast) and many-to-many (wiki). A major feature of social software is that it enables people to connect together, providing a space in which they can interact and share ideas, experiences and knowledge. ICT supported collaborative learning can be seen to encourage active and inquiry-based approaches to learning. The course will utilise a range of software tools combined with a diversity of hardware devices including MP3 players and mobile phones will be used to promote access to learning resources within an open and flexible learning environment. The course content will be responsive to contemporary developments in the field, the interests of participants and in particular to issues, questions and problems arising through an introduction to work based action research planning. The course content will be structured around the following six modules:
•Orientation (1 ECTS) •My Learning (1 ECTS) •Collaborative Learning (1 ECTS) •Mobile Learning (1 ECTS) •Multimodal Learning (1 ECTS) •Action Research Planning (2.5 ECTS)
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