Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2139] IFETS-DISCUSSION Digest 276
From: Adrian Bertolini (adrian.bertolini@rmit.edu.au)
Date: Mon 03 Sep 2001 - 18:36:55 MEST
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 03:36:55 +1100 From: "Adrian Bertolini" <adrian.bertolini@rmit.edu.au> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2139] IFETS-DISCUSSION Digest 276
The lurkers seem to be coming out!
Just following up with comments made by Steve Fisher about
"If we put just "content + resources" online then yes, we are catering to the appetite of mass education market and can make money, but are we really
improving their nutrition. I can understand the pragmatic issues, but I have also observed that when you do provide high quality online experiences
that generates deeper learner, it has a profound effect on customers aka students who enjoy the experience and come back for more."
My experience of the initial software for ebooks and such is that they do deliver mainly content and resources. Certainly until recently I had been looking at it that way ... how can one create an environment where the students have the resources to learn for themselves. But as I have been working with one of my students in the development of a multimedia textbook i have been delving more into creating it such that the student is left with a deeper ability to learn and explore. Educational institutions are really not only about having the students understand certain technical material ... they are about developing adults who possess capabilities such as leadership, life-long learning, communication skills, integrity, social conciousness, etc. Creating learning activities that enhance these skills is what is critical.
So how do we develop these capabilities using the online medium?
Role-playing is one way. Game playing is another (e.g. Robert Kiyosaki's Cashflow 101 to learn about the paradigm of money and financial statements). I think as a community we need to start thinking outside the box and being creative with our online developments in such a way that we are not only serving hamburgers to feed ourselves but also enabling the customers to develop the skills to desin and build their own hamburgers and serve others.
I'm interested in what other may have to say about using the online medium to develop other capabilities. I suspect that real development of many of these capabilities can only come from face to face activities and interactions.
regards
Adrian Bertolini
Learning Technology Mentor
Dept of Aerospace Engineering
RMIT University
Melbourne, Australia
adrian.bertolini@rmit.edu.au
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