making the case for new media in e-learning

Careers in New Media Douglas E. Welch http://DouglasEWelch.com/newmedia http://elearningguild.com

MAKING THE CASE FOR NEW MEDIA IN E-

LEARNING

Douglas E. Welch

What is Holding You Back? Poll #1

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Why New Media? Why Now? “Never before have we had such a wide

variety of educational tools at our disposal so inexpensively and so widely available”

Why wouldn’t we make use of these tools to better serve our clients, customer, students, etc?

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Older is not necessarily better Don’t mistake technological limitations

for best practices New tools aren’t necessarily better, but

they deserve to be investigated Not everything will work, nor should it If you aren’t moving forward, you’re

falling behind

Inertia

Either/Or

Either/Or

Yes/And

Need to be constantly investigating New services, software and sites get

invented every day Hard to recognize value until you

actually use a particular service or piece of software

Might not fit today, but possibly tomorrow

AUDIENCE

How are learners best served by new media Choice and Flexibility

How to consume materialWhen to consume materialWhere to consume material

Easy ability to review material on their terms

Adaptable to different learning styles

How are learners best served by new media 2 Beyond the lecture hall “If students can more by listening to a

lecture as they ride across campus, shouldn’t we provide that opportunity?”

The goal is to convey information, not fill seats in the classroom

Requires no great resources to capture lectures in audio or video

New Media Brings Intimacy “Whispering in their ears” Looking them in the eyes Brings e-Learning closer to classroom

interactivity

“Selling” New Media Short, small trials are best Do it for FREE, first Gather feedback and recommendations

from clients, customer, students Take every opportunity to try something

out Report successes and move towards

larger projects

“Selling” New Media 2 Use New Media tools internally first Sell New Media by using New Media

Think Small Not everything has to be a huge,

expensive effort Even Hollywood is learning this lesson

Not every movies need to cost $15 million Have a particularly compelling SME?

Get them on audio or videoCollect/Grab content when it presents itself

Easy to gain New Media knowledge Informal Learning Try it! Look online for examples and

assistance Gather skills as needed and as

available, not in one large session, class or workshop

Pro results on amateur budgets Apple “I” suite tools

iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband Audacity Flip Camera/iPhone 4

Other HD cameras

What New Tools Have You Tried Lately? Poll #2

Resources On-going list of interesting New Media

items (via Google Reader)http://bit.ly/newmediaitems

New Media Interchange.comBlog and discussion groups

Douglas E. Welch DouglasEWelch.com me@DouglasEWelch.com Careers in New Media

DouglasEWelch.com/newmedia/ NewMediaInterchange.com