Dr Hamish Macleod, who lectures on e-learning at the University of Edinburgh, advises against using the technology solely for disseminating educational content.
Twitter devotee Laura Doggett, director of e-learning at Westfield Community Technology College, has written an article available at www.lauradoggett.com that is held to be seminal by those inclined to witter about Twitter.
Kathy Wiles, senior adviser for e-learning at the UK's Learning and Teaching Support Network, estimated that about 20% of study in British universities is e-learning - students downloading materials, taking part in online discussions or assessments.
"We are hoping to discover that Second Life is an environment in which every student feels comfortable about taking part in academic discussions," says Gilly Salmon, professor of e-learning at the University of Leicester.
This article reports on a study that assessed students' readiness to make the shift from traditional learning to the technological culture of e-Learning at a university in Durban.
"If you could all get your phones out," is not a phrase you expect from a teacher but Dr Paul Hill, head of e-learning at St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Bristol, is grinning encouragement at his assembled audience of 100-odd pupils and staff.
Dr Wim Trooster is currently working as a Senior Lecturer/Researcher on e-learning at Windesheim University, The Netherlands.
In contrast, e-learning at the college level is frequently carried out at the students' home or habitual place of study, in their own computers, where they can open many other programs or apps.
Prior to joining Learning Innovation, Sophia was a Teaching Associate Professor and co-director of the Graduate Certificate Program in E-Learning at NC State University, College of Education.
Some of the issues presented in the script are based on scripts validated and implemented in other research: the development of an oral source (Pantaleón & Rey 2006) and the design of a system for the management and control of the production of content and learning objects, for e-learning at Unipanamericana (Parra, 2010).
General information about the provision of e-learning at the faculty level is given in Table 1.
