making the case for new media in e-learning
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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?
?
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 [email protected] Careers in New Media
DouglasEWelch.com/newmedia/ NewMediaInterchange.com