Seb Schmoller (seb.schmoller@virgin.net)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 06:55:21 +0100
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 06:55:21 +0100 From: Seb Schmoller <seb.schmoller@virgin.net> Subject: "Virtual"
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I agree with Ken Myers from NetG that:
> Learning happens in the learner. My hope
> is that those of us who profess to be
> educators can recognize when learning
> happens and that we can be facilitators
> rather than obstacles or ineffective
> bystanders to the continuation of that learning.
Why do people (not Ken) persist in applying the word "virtual" to
technology assisted/mediated learning? Why is it seen as a virtue
(!) for the word virtual to be attached to so many initiatives in
this area? Yet we all know that deep learning feels (and is)
utterly real, and is never "virtual", and that one key point about
the use of ICT to support learning is in order to make the process
more effective, real, quicker, deeper etc.
Seb Schmoller
Learning Technology Development Manager
The Sheffield College
http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/lettol/
http://www.living-it.org.uk/
mailto:seb.schmoller@sheffcol.ac.uk
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