Comments on: eLearning and “Scooby-Doo! Where are you?”

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:45 +0000

Hi!
I am a student at Union University in Dr. Clifford’s EDU class. I found this post of yours very pertinent to what we have been focusing on in class. I am a pre-service teacher with a focus in Spanish and ESL. It is good to learn how you can use video streaming and e-learning to enhance your classroom. I especially likes the steps you gave that are needed for computer-based instruction. These are important to remember and not overlook when working with technology in the classroom. I have learned a lot about e-learning, particularly how effective it can be if done properly and the level of interaction it can bring to a classroom. I know that I am just in the beginning stages of learning though and I am excited to see just how broad my knowledge of this can become. Thank you for your blogs!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:23:30 +0000

I think that the integration of elearning in the classroom is great. As a student, I enjoy being taught with presentations involving help videos from the internet. The internet is a very useful resource, especially outside of the classroom. The teacher cannot always be with you to teach you the current material. Therefore, using videos from the internet helps me learn material that I may be confused about when I am not in class. As a future teacher, learning this process of integrating elearning in the classroom will help me teach my students more effetively. Also, I think that the students will benefit from elearning when they can see the lesson being taught. I look forward to the continuous process of using elearning tools. Not only has it helped me, but it will help many students in the future.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:57 +0000

Hi!
I am in Dr. Clifford’s class as some of the people above are. In my school, we really did not use elearning. It has been a new process for me through this class, but I have enjoyed the different learning techniques so far. I find your website very interesting and helpful for this journey that I am on, and look forward to hearing more from you in class and through your blogs. I like the idea of different ways to teach material in the classroom and think that this will not only help entertain the children, but also help keep me interested by doing something different. I think that the same old lectures will get monotonous and look forward to learning much more about elearning!
Thanks!

By: Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:17:09 +0000

I am a student in Dr. Clifford’s EDU 250 Class. Before this class, I was not as familiar with e-learning. I have learned alot of different tools to use in my classroom. As an early childhood education major, younger children often lose their focus easily, and need something to keep their attention on. I think that by tools such as showing videos to students are a great way of involving children in learning. It keeps them interested, and focused, rather than the usual lecture. The children are qued in to the video, and learning at the same time. I believe that I am still in the learning process, and look forward to learning more about using technology in the classroom.

By: Hannah Gregory

Hannah Gregory — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +0000

The integration of eLearning–technology in the classroom–with the content material provides an optimal and effective teaching instrument. Such a tool creates an atmosphere conducive for growth in knowledge, not only in course content, but also in the usage of technology. As this society is endeavoring to become more and more technologically driven, the eLearning method is what students can easily relate and adapt to.

By: Kary

Kary — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:06:35 +0000

I admit it, I am an eLearning advocate. There has to be something said about the greatness of being able to sit down at a covenant time within ones schedule to learn. It seems that when class starts at 5:30 on campus, I must be there, on time, with my thinking cap on and force myself into learning mode. For the most part, this is not a problem but everyone has their ‘days’. If you can’t turn on your thinking cap to participate in class discussion or focus on the lecture, you are wasting time. It’s kind of like the ‘in one ear and out the other’ saying. Your body is present but your mind isn’t. eLearning allows for thoughtful response and if conducted correctly, deeper discussion. For example, a response to content through eLearning is thought out, written, proofed and submitted in minutes or hours whereas in a class discussion, the thought is compiled, proofed, and submitted (verbally of course) in a matter of seconds.

The structure of eLearning is still a very new concept to me and I would consider myself a novice at best. It seems that eLearning and site based learning effectiveness fall into the hands of the instructor and student body. Both must deliver meaningful content and discussion to work together to reach a deeper level of understanding and thinking.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:15:53 +0000

I am a student in Dr. Clifford’s EDU-250 course at Union University; I have learned so much knowledge about the tools that can be use inside of a classroom. My goals are to teach biology at the high school level, so you know there will be challenges to keep the students attention. Being shown how to bring technology in the classroom has just opened my eyes to new techniques I can present to my future classroom. Learning all the different things I can use will only help me get to my students more but also allow my students to feel comfortable and excited about the world of biology. I can’t wait to see what there is still to lean about elearning but I am looking forward to using it in my future.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:14:31 +0000

As a student in Dr. Clifford’s EDU-250 course, we have explored many tools that can be used in the classroom no matter what the grade level or content area pertains too. This is helpful in my “quest” to become an elementary teacher. I have many tools that I can access that are easy to create and learner friendly. This is important for younger children to be able to explore the internet in order to be up to date in years to come. So I guess I am in the still learning process of elearning.

By: Chuck Hodges

Chuck Hodges — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:09:09 +0000

Where am I on elearning? Here’s where I am…

I have been a student in a few 100% online, graduate-level courses, and I have been teaching 100% online graduate courses in IDT programs for a few years. I often find myself contemplating 2 issues while wearing my professor hat: (1) How to balance what I perceive as a great desire for online learners to take asynchronous courses, with elements of my courses that require student-to-student interactions, thus removing some of the freedom that might have attracted the students to online programs in the first place. And, (2) Finding a balance between creating “quality learning experiences” for my online learners, which are engaging, meaningful, etc. BUT also do not keep me grading 24 x 7. I have around 75 students each semester.

I have no answers (yet), but all you asked was, “Where are you?” That’s where I am.