What is eLearning..the task of a brief synopsis...

E-Learning (EL) is the use of electronic technologies used to improve and create learning experiences. It is a form of learning used in a classroom in the 21st century to provide a framework for understanding application of e-learning in higher education. In this Blog, I am refering a lot to the Australian Governments policy towards EL as they have the biggest ongoing programm in this special field of learning in the Pacific. Within Australia, Education Queensland state is at the forefront of transforming classroom practice and students learning opportunities.

Recently the Australian Government have introduced the ‘Smart Classrooms’ strategy for eLearning. This strategy has been comprised of three interrelated and co-dependent components of Digital Pedagogy, Digital Content and eLearning spaces. ELearning spaces “place ownership of learning in the hands of all staff and students and enable the creation of formal and informal spaces to design, create, innovate, share and learn” (Queensland Govt. 2010).

Today majority of learners in the classroom are familiar with the technologies that are being used. For most of them, using technology is a part of their daily routine. Integrating technologies in the classroom supports shared learning and provides learners with an opportunity to enhance and engage in higher order thinking. Technology in the classroom can be beneficial for learning, especially for assessment activities. Not only has technology influenced and impacted on todays learning it has given those a new way of learning digital pedagogy.

As future learning managers, it is your responsibility to achieve learning outcomes for all learners by being workplace ready and future oriented, consequently being able to integrate new ways of learning continuously. Technology has spawned over the last 10 years and according to Lynch and Knight online and e-learning environments are increasingly used today in higher education which are known for setting a platform for fine delivery (2010, p47).

As students become more and more familiar with technology they are willingly engaging in classroom task not only because of the authenticity of learning but the new and interesting ways using technology. It is crucial for the learners of the 21st century to be able to adapt to theory of lifelong learning as the world today is constantly changing especially in the digital world.