E-Learning & The Science
of Instruction
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITY
GEORGE REYNOLDS
Outline
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Introduce E-learning Activities
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Session Structures with reference to theory
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Multimedia Principles
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Summary
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Bibliography
E-Learning is the delivery of a
learning, training or education
programme by electronic means
(Stockley, 2003)
E-Learning Activity - Session 1
• Children must link the correct
Capital City to the correct area
on the map
• Time limit – 60 seconds
E-Learning Activity – Session 2
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The final session will involve a quiz created
using Kahoot
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This will test the children’s knowledge on
what they have learnt
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An Advantage of E-learning systems is their
ability to track learner activities and monitor
results (Welsh et al, 2003)
Why choose these activities?
• Optimum learning occurs when the load on the working memory is kept to a
minimum
Multimedia Principles Used Within This
Presentation
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Coherence Principle – Extraneous words excluded
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Signalling Principle – Used an outline to signpost the presentation
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Multimedia Principle – People learn better from pictures and words
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Personalisation Principle – Conversational style rather than formal
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Voice Principle – Friendly human voice rather than a machine
The End
Thank
Any
you for listening
Questions?
Bibliography
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Backlund, P., & Hendrix, M. (2013, September). Educational games-are they worth the effort? A
literature survey of the effectiveness of serious games. In Games and virtual worlds for serious
applications (VS-GAMES), 2013 5th international conference on (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
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Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for
consumers and designers of multimedia learning. John Wiley & Sons.
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Stockley, D (2003) - http://www.derekstockley.com.au/elearning-definition.html
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Vygotsky, S. (1978). Interaction between learning and development. Mind in Society pp. 79-91
(online) Available: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/vygotsky78.pdf
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Welsh, E. T., Wanberg, C. R., Brown, K. G., & Simmering, M. J. (2003). E‐learning: emerging uses,
empirical results and future directions. International Journal of Training and Development, 7(4),
245-258.
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Images
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