Drivers to e-learning

17 October 2007 by Helen

The reasons why University staff are considering e-learning in their courses tend to be as varied as the disciplines they come from and almost as varied as the individuals concerned.

Some of the drivers are:

from above, e.g., Department or Faculty head: “our modules should use the VLE more”;
from students – our students are arriving more e-literate and they will want to use the kind of digital environments and resources that they are used to at school;
assessment – can e-assessment be more effective or time-saving?
new course – time to use some of this e-learning stuff;
have been using the Web so far and want to find out if the VLE can be used instead;
have heard about wikis and blogs: how can I use them?
distance learning courses – for which there are obvious advantages in using e-learning – but what does it mean?
competition – similar courses have more e-learning – are we falling behind?
there is a particular topic in the course that students have trouble with – can we solve this with e-learning (answer – it might or might NOT be appropriate!)

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