Learning from the Web or through the Web: a model for Web based training and education

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Learning from the Web or through the Web a
model for Web based training and education
Dr Des Casey The Peninsula School of Computing
and Information Technology Monash
University Melbourne, Australia des.casey_at_infotech
.monash.edu.au
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Embracing the Web
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Financial Imperatives

• Spiraling training/
• education
• costs
• Reduction of staffing costs

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• Technological
• Imperatives

• New generations will use their technologies
• Learning model determined by technological
  capabilities

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Educational Imperatives
An educational model with which large proportion
of population can learn successfully
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social species
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Learn in groups.
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Models of learning

• biology
• psychology
• sociology
• education

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Role of teacher is significant
human to human interaction
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We learn from our environment
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Some very general characteristics of the
teaching/learning process

• Person to person contact, with the teacher
  managing the process
• Spoken language
• Written language

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Two roles of teacher

• Directs and/or influences the students in
  learning process
• Communicates material through speech and media

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Embracing the Web
Web based model must appear satisfactory
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Web based learning models
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Web as source of information

• convenient place to store information
• one part of the learning environment
• still person to person encounter

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Web as electronic book

• Web is the teaching/learning environment and
  process
• Web presents information in a structured way
• suited to absorption of information by
  independent learners

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Web as teacher

• As for the previous model plus some communication
  between teacher and students, typically email or
  chat

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Web as a communication medium

• students learn from a teacher
• through the web, not from the web
• will probably also incorporate the three previous
  models

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Web as a communication medium

• face to face learning uses many strategies
• web based learning will be restricted to those
  strategies that can be ported to the web
• design with feasible strategies in mind
• some areas of learning unsuited to the web

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Web as a communication medium

• provide real person encounter
• different requirements for interaction
• independent learners
• provide facility and allow students to select

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Web as a communication medium

• Level of interaction depends on 1) subject
  matter, and 2) the degree of independence of the
  individual
• useful to pre-estimate level of interaction
  likely to be needed

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Implementation Encounter the real person
through the Web
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Web as teacher

• text, graphics HTML or PowerPoint
• pre-recorded videos, links
• synchronous and asynchronous two way text

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Web as communication channel

• Extra dimension of contact.
• Live two way interaction between teacher and
  students

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Web as communication channel

• two way text
• severly limits content
• two way video
• bandwidth limits geographical flexibility
• one way video - one way text

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Real Producer (or Presenter) to encode
video Real Server to broadcast Real Player
browser plugin
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Conference Room (or any similar chat program)
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• live lectures with interaction
• pre-recorded lectures and interactive sessions

Options
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Flexible attendance modes mix web based with
on campus learning
Options
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Multimedia learning materials high costs for
volatile materials
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Some final points...

• book model becomes impractical from cost/
  adaptability
• medium model is flexible and relatively low in
  cost

• high cost of web page development

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Some final points...

• however the level of adjustment will be less than
  for a model that excludes human interaction

• students will need to adjust

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Some final points...

• On going staff costs will not decrease as staff
  will need to emphasise the human interaction
  aspects

• Not cheap education for masses

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Some final points...

• students will look for a familiar learning
  environment
• they will vote with their browsers

• interaction is integral to learning

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Learning from the Web or through the Web a
model for Web based training and education
Dr Des Casey The Peninsula School of Computing
and Information Technology Monash
University Melbourne, Australia des.casey_at_infotech
.monash.edu.au