Psychological and Group Learning Perspectives:

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Psychological and Group Learning Perspectives
Their relevance to e-learning

• E-learning, London February 2001
• Dr. Gilly Salmon, Open University Business School
• United States Open University

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Gilly Salmon

• Centre for Information Innovation, Open
  University Business School, UK
• E-learning consultant, in industry commerce

• United States Open University, MBA Program
  Director E-learning consultant
• Visiting Professor, School of Management
  Economics, Queens Belfast.

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Managing learning transformations
changes

• learning environment, student experience
• roles of trainers
• management and organisational structures

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TWO MAIN VIEWS OF DEVELOPING ONLINE LEARNING
PROCESSES

• INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

• MODERATED INTERACTION

course in a box
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E-moderatingPurposeful Online

• Moderators preside over meetings

• E-moderators convene and orchestrate electronic
  meetings

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SUCCESS FACTORS FOR ONLINE LEARNING
ACCESSIBILITY
e-moderator interventions
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Interaction
AUTHENTICITY
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LINKS
5-STEP MODEL
ENABLE
conference
DVPT.
FACILIATE
SEARCH PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCT
SUPPORT TASK
BUILD BRIDGES
SEND READ
INF EXCHANGE
SET UP SYSTEM
ONLINE SOCIALISATION
WELCOME
ACCESS MOTIVATION
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enable
E-moderate 1-5
facilitate
support task
build bridges
welcome, motivate, direct to help
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increasing interaction
Participation
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Learning Group Development (after Tuckman)
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online
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ONLINE LEARNING STYLES(after Honey Mumford)
Online Extraverts
ACTIVISTS range of activities new problems
experiences ability to hold the floor bounce
ideas off of others
THEORISTS time to explore links between ideas
and situations structure to use online time
delays, serious topics
Online Intraverts
PRAGMATISTS links between learning work
problems try out- evaluate practical value and
use
REFLECTORS think deeply about concepts
activities gives considered responses
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Building a wave of e-moderators
confident constructive
develop- mental facilitating
knowledge sharing creative
recruit
develop
train
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Training e-moderators

• Online learning first!
• Train within the media
• Train for 5-stage model
• Make it interactive
• Train for active engagement (e-tivities)

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Online training for e-moderators
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E-moderating training for industry
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CONTACT, book other PAPERS
Many thanks for your attention

• G.K.Salmon_at_open.ac.uk
• Papers http//oubs.open.ac.uk/gilly
• Book web site http//oubs.open.ac.uk/e-moderating