Thursday, January 15, 2009 •
11:32 AM
My perspectives of e-learning was much narrower before I attended the lecture. I only thought of "e-learning" as a form of virtual learning, in replacement of learning at a physical classroom. When I first came across this module, I asked myself, "What "E-Learning" is exactly?" And IVLE was like the only form of e-learning I could thought of. However, I realised that there are several different definitions and perspectives of "e-learning". The different definitions of e-learning somehow tells me that e-learning actually emcompasses much more than I what I thought.
To be honest, i was taken aback by this module's workload. When I first learn about all the weekly assignments, the learning journal and project all stated, I felt kind of "frightened". But it's probably because it's the first week of school. I didn't expect the e-learning module to be so assignments-based. Initially, I thought this module would more or less focus on virtual-learning, in which there will be some lessons conducted over the web, or we would be taught some stuff over the Internet.
Anyway, I thought that the concept maps and timelines was an interesting way to help us to see and understand concepts in a bigger picture, as well as help us to connect to the readings. Although I still feel kind of lost in this first week of lecture, but I hope as the weeks goes by, I'll be able to grasp the concepts better.
This is my concept map of E-learning. Yes, it roughly sums up my perspectives of E-learning as a whole.
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