NZ+e-learning



Check out our Otago College of Education wiki http://e-learningotago.wikispaces.com/

What is happening in NZ schools?

Wikis - http://stmarysroom42009.wikispaces.com/ and http://super12scribes.wikispaces.com/ Blogs - [] and http://super7scoopers.edublogs.org/ Digital cameras - http://educationalsoftware.wikispaces.com/Picture+Sharing Teaching resources - http://www.writingfun.com/ Online Games - [] Web 2 tools - **[|Super Dooper Music Looper]** [|Break in the Road][|www.wordle.net]

E-learning and pedagogy **

Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live.

Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section. For instance, e-learning may:
 *  assist the making of //connections// by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time
 *  facilitate //shared learning// by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom
 *  assist in the creation of //supportive learning environments// by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences
 *  enhance //opportunities to learn// by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further.
 *  Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.

//Ministry of Education (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum Years 1- 13 Effective pedagogy: Teacher actions promoting student learning (pg 36) Wellington, New Zealand //