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E-learning promotes reflective thinking: Dr. Mary-Jane Andruyzsen, from the University of Western Ontario, kindly gave us permission to post her research study on the use of e-learning to stimulate reflective thinking. This one is well worth reading as it is filled with comments from the students themselves. Abstract. Whole article. Online learning can be dynamic and learner-centred. Shirley Reuschle and Jacquelin McDonald from the University of Southern Queensland (a global leader in online education) provide a thought-provoking article (Online Learning: Transcending the Physical) on the choices that professors have for e-learning environments: either to perpetuate the transmission mode of delivery or to create dynamic, collaborative learner-centred learning. Includes discussion of four critical principles of online pedagogy. http://www.usq.edu.au/users/reushle/Resources/ETL2004.pdf E-learning takes place any time, any place, at any pace. A concise review of the strengths of online learning from the Illinois Online Network focusing on eight specific advantages of online learning. http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/ Hybrids can promote better student performance and student learning. From the Learning Technology Center at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, this site defines hybrid courses, discusses some advantages and disadvantages of the hybrid model, and offers some good examples of hybrids in action. http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/hybrid/ Just to be Fair: E-learning has its disadvantages too. The Illinois Online Network reviews six kinds of problems that can threaten the quality of any online learning environment.
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Online learning environments are no longer considered to be second-class learning environments. In fact, online course management systems can enhance traditional face-to-face learning (F2F); hybrids can let professors provide the best of two delivery modes, and many students enjoy the flexibility and freedom of wholly online study. So there is power in e-learning!