147 pages pdf - ICT Digital Literacy

Getting Started: The ABC’s of “e”
#7: Learning Is Learning Is Learning
e-Learning is just a media, a small "e" in front of learning. Thus, everything fundamental about
learning applies as well.
Victoria Penacca
Telefonica
#8: e-Learning = Learning
Be sure to wrap the e-Learning experience with pre-work and/or communication (motivation and
preparation), real-time support (either on-line or a point of contact), and post-learning transfer
activities (further coaching from manager, follow up communications, post-learning reading and
activities, etc.) Just because it's e-Learning doesn't mean we should forget all the things we
know about adult learning, moving new skills to performance, and enhancing memory.
Bonnie Goren
MSNBC
#9: The e-Learner's Pledge
Recognize the skills that serve e-Learners well: Self Advocacy : "I need to learn"; Self Sufficiency: "I am responsible
for my learning"; Self Confidence : "I can Learn"; Learning Process: "I know how I learn" and Self Evaluation: "I
know whether I am learning." Without this recognition, e-Learning is at best acknowledged as difficult.
Robert Wilkins
St.George Bank
#10: Put Your Toe Slowly In The Water
Be slow with the 'e' in e-Learning. It's always about learning first.
Antoni van Dijk
Triam
#11: Don't Fix What Isn't Broken
Sometimes the classroom is the best solution. Keep an open mind and don't create e-Learning
just for the sake of having e-Learning.
Lon Fiscus
Corning, Inc.
#12: The Rules Of The Game
Focus on people, then on corporate needs, then on technology.
Rodrigo Fernandez
IN2
#13: Those That Can, DO
For e-Learning to be effective in business, it has to support "doing," not only learning. Go back to a fundamental
concept in education: behavioral objectives. After an e-Learning session, the student must be able to DO
something, not just know something. If you can't state a behavior that the student can do after the e-Learning
session, you may have used the e-Learning tool as a hose to spray a thirsty student instead of as a glass.
Harold Strawbridge
#14: Unite, Don't Divide Your Workforce
Before introducing e-Learning, find out more about the basic skills of the workforce. What proportion use a
PC at work? What proportion have the required PC skills? What proportion are able to undertake e-Learning
in the working day without prior clearance with a boss? The answers to these questions are critical in
designing the overall strategy (and especially important at implementation time). If ignored, there is a
possibility of creating or accentuating a digital divide in the workforce.
Martyn Sloman
Chartered Inst. of Personnel Development
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