E-Learning Tools





This is a Stub that is worthy of being expanded int a full IAE-pedia entry.

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies has complied a list of e-learning tools.

Quoting from their Website:


 * I am Jane Hart, and I set up the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (C4LPT). in 2000.


 * The C4LPT website has now become one of the world’s most visited learning sites on the Web. In 2015 there were over 2 million visits viewing over 10 million pages. It comprises a number of key areas:


 * BLOG – This is where I post my thoughts about new workplace trends, technologies and tools.


 * TOOLS DIRECTORY – The newly updated Directory of Learning & Performance Tools & Services now contains over 1,000 entries


 * TOP 200 TOOLS – The Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016 list is currently being compiled, and will be available on Monday 3 October.


 * RESOURCES DIRECTORY – The Directory is being updated and includes but meanwhile here are a variety of learning resources as well as L&D resources.


 * ONLINE WORKSHOPS – The online workshops I run here help learning professionals modernize their approaches to workplace learning in their organisations.

Educational Implications
There are a very large number of computer tools that have educational uses. From a teaching and learning point of view, "more is not better." The idea is to select a modest number of tools and help students to gain a relatively high level of expertise in using these tools.

A browser serves as a good example. There is a huge value in learning how to use a browser. If one has learned a useful level of expertise in one browser, should more learning time be spent in this area? Well, the time might be spent in learning to make more sophisticated (advanced) types of searches. Alternatively, the time might be spent in gaining a low level of expertise in a number of different browsers.

A good case might be made for each approach. For example, suppose the browser that one has first learned is very well suited for retrieving textual materials, but not well suited for retrieving pictures or music. More generally, one can imagine a specialized browser for each discipline and the idea that increasing expertise in a specific discipline can (should?) be tied with increasing expertise in using a browser specific to that discipline.

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