ABOUT TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED LEARNING
NEW FORMS OF LEARNING FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Technology-enabled learning (TEL) has the power to transform both teaching and learning in classroom-based, online, and blended education by introducing the digital tools and resources 21st-century learners will need in order to explore, understand, and express themselves.
These technologies, including computers, the internet, social media, mobile and tablet devices, and open educational resources, can bring fundamental structural changes. They can transform teaching by creating new, connected relationships between teachers, students, and content to improve instruction and create a more personalized form of learning. Applied well, TEL has the potential to expand learning opportunities, enrich experiences, and support greater equality of access around the world.
In particular, TEL can be used to develop six main digital skills: communication, information search, collaboration, creation, assessment, and personal or professional development. It may also include learning about the technology itself as a subject, but its primary focus is on increasing learner engagement and access across all these essential skills for our new century.
Building upon the Community of Inquiry framework as a theoretical foundation, TEL incorporates additional frameworks, such as TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge) and TIM (Technology Integration Matrix), to bring pedagogy and technology together and to address the highly complex process of knowledge creation in diverse and unique contexts. It also draws strongly upon the open education movement, involving open educational resources (OER) and open licenses; the collaborative process of creating, sharing, and revising OER promises not only higher quality but also more locally-appropriate learning materials open to all.
The Technology-Enabled Learning Resources Repository grew out of a massive open online course, TEL MOOC, offered by the Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University.
About the TEL MOOC. Athabasca University and the Commonwealth of Learning
The TEL Resources Repository is a shared collection of member-created lesson plans and other resources for technology-enabled learning. As our community grows, so will our collection. The graph below indicates the total number of resources, downloads, and members over time.
Dr. Marti Cleveland-Innes, Professor, Athabasca University
Dr. Nathaniel Ostashewski, Associate Professor, Athabasca University
Dan Wilton, Project Developer, Athabasca University
JoAnne Murphy, Project Manager for TEL MOOC, Athabasca University
Connie Levina Yuen, Instructional Media Analyst, Athabasca University
Carmen Jensen-Tebb, Project Manager for the Collaborations Program, Athabasca University
Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Commonwealth of Learning
... and our growing community of contributors to the Repository.
THE BLENDED LEARNING PRACTICE MOOC
blpmooc.org
The goal of the BLP MOOC is to introduce blended learning as an important and rapidly developing form of education, with an emphasis on the benefits it offers to both educators and students, including greater flexibility and convenience, as well as potential increases in learner creativity and independence. The BLP MOOC has been designed to assist teachers and other educational professionals to adopt blended learning strategies through a step-by-step constructivist and design-based approach. Throughout the course, you will be able to reflect on decisions taken to provide an authentic learning experience in your own context. It will provide a general discussion of types of blended learning in reference to the level of education, the needs of the students, and the subject being taught. The discussions and associated activities will review pedagogy, materials, and technology usage.
THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATORS' TOOLBOX
inclusivetoolbox.org
Student populations today are more diverse than ever before. Ensuring that each student is meaningfully included and successful is a challenge for teachers, instructors, administrators, and others involved in the educational process. Differences in ability levels, ethnicity, cultural background, and gender identity, among other factors, can provide learning environments with a rich kaleidoscope of features. With inclusive leadership and practice, student diversity can add value to the learning environment, providing opportunities for meaningful learning, personal growth, and community building. Join the Inclusive Educators' Toolbox community and contribute your own tools and ideas for inclusive education.
These technologies, including computers, the internet, social media, mobile and tablet devices, and open educational resources, can bring fundamental structural changes. They can transform teaching by creating new, connected relationships between teachers, students, and content to improve instruction and create a more personalized form of learning. Applied well, TEL has the potential to expand learning opportunities, enrich experiences, and support greater equality of access around the world.
In particular, TEL can be used to develop six main digital skills: communication, information search, collaboration, creation, assessment, and personal or professional development. It may also include learning about the technology itself as a subject, but its primary focus is on increasing learner engagement and access across all these essential skills for our new century.
Building upon the Community of Inquiry framework as a theoretical foundation, TEL incorporates additional frameworks, such as TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge) and TIM (Technology Integration Matrix), to bring pedagogy and technology together and to address the highly complex process of knowledge creation in diverse and unique contexts. It also draws strongly upon the open education movement, involving open educational resources (OER) and open licenses; the collaborative process of creating, sharing, and revising OER promises not only higher quality but also more locally-appropriate learning materials open to all.
ABOUT THE TEL RESOURCES REPOSITORY
The Technology-Enabled Learning Resources Repository grew out of a massive open online course, TEL MOOC, offered by the Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University.
About the TEL MOOC. Athabasca University and the Commonwealth of Learning
GROWTH OF THE REPOSITORY
The TEL Resources Repository is a shared collection of member-created lesson plans and other resources for technology-enabled learning. As our community grows, so will our collection. The graph below indicates the total number of resources, downloads, and members over time.
PROJECT TEAM
Dr. Marti Cleveland-Innes, Professor, Athabasca University
Dr. Nathaniel Ostashewski, Associate Professor, Athabasca University
Dan Wilton, Project Developer, Athabasca University
JoAnne Murphy, Project Manager for TEL MOOC, Athabasca University
Connie Levina Yuen, Instructional Media Analyst, Athabasca University
Carmen Jensen-Tebb, Project Manager for the Collaborations Program, Athabasca University
Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Commonwealth of Learning
... and our growing community of contributors to the Repository.
MORE RESOURCES
THE BLENDED LEARNING PRACTICE MOOCblpmooc.org
The goal of the BLP MOOC is to introduce blended learning as an important and rapidly developing form of education, with an emphasis on the benefits it offers to both educators and students, including greater flexibility and convenience, as well as potential increases in learner creativity and independence. The BLP MOOC has been designed to assist teachers and other educational professionals to adopt blended learning strategies through a step-by-step constructivist and design-based approach. Throughout the course, you will be able to reflect on decisions taken to provide an authentic learning experience in your own context. It will provide a general discussion of types of blended learning in reference to the level of education, the needs of the students, and the subject being taught. The discussions and associated activities will review pedagogy, materials, and technology usage.
THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATORS' TOOLBOXinclusivetoolbox.org
Student populations today are more diverse than ever before. Ensuring that each student is meaningfully included and successful is a challenge for teachers, instructors, administrators, and others involved in the educational process. Differences in ability levels, ethnicity, cultural background, and gender identity, among other factors, can provide learning environments with a rich kaleidoscope of features. With inclusive leadership and practice, student diversity can add value to the learning environment, providing opportunities for meaningful learning, personal growth, and community building. Join the Inclusive Educators' Toolbox community and contribute your own tools and ideas for inclusive education.
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TPACK
The framework and TPACK Academy repository
Technology Integration Matrix
Florida Center for Instructional Technology
Teaching in a Digital Age
A.W. (Tony) Bates
Open Textbook Project
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