Chrisp’s e-learning expriences

As the internet or ‘Web’ naturally evolves then the talk of these new technologies and methodologies generating social change surfaces. Just as it is said that the printing press was the catalyst for the french revolutions then maybe just maybe the current web technologies may generate a similar level of social change. The following passage is taken from a promotion blog, broadcasting for an up and coming conference conducted by an organisation called ‘ Virtual Worlds London’. This conference is being conducted for industry professionals and it certainly seems set to cover some interesting topics;

 will be focusing on the spectral part of the gathering: the Future of E-Learning (Monday), a panel I have the honor to moderate. What will we talk about? For instance, its already evident that the intersection of Virtual Social Worlds and User-Generated Media is transforming E-learning. The panel will discuss the path for integrating Web 2.0 and Web 3D media to fundamentally transform enterprise collaboration, informal learning, and knowledge democratization, which drives organic growth within the enterprise.

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A lot of educational institutions are releasing the benefits in establishing e-learn programs and investing a lot of resourse into creating them. One such program has been established by the ‘Florence Unified School District in Arizona’ in the USA. The school has found distinct benefits thatcan come from the e-learning approach and are prepared to invest heavily into it. There some some significant cost savings to begained with the expansion of e-learning;

The district estimated that the implementation is increasing IT by some 25 percent and is going to save about $100,000 per year on travel costs, staff time, and licensing fees.

The school will be offering many and varied educational services and ech of these are seen to benefit greatly from the implemtation.

Some of the programs being offered electronically to students and teachers include “virtual field trips, video conferencing for teacher professional development, and online dual enrollment courses from Central Arizona College for high school students,” according to information released by Trillion. “The district also started a program to ’share’ classes across the district by broadcasting high school courses and electives to students in multiple schools at the same time.”

Interesting direction taken by this institute. They see an increase of bandwidth from their server will create a service that is 50 times faster. It is set to dramatic increase their educational capacity.