Cath Ellis’s research while affiliated with University of Huddersfield and other places

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‘You Can’t Do That in a Classroom!’: How Distributed Learning Can Assist in the Widespread Adoption of Hybrid Learning Strategies
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August 2008

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Cath Ellis

Achieving the widespread adoption of Hybrid Learning in Higher Education is desirable but difficult and to accomplish this requires significant institutional change. This paper suggests that this kind of change can be achieved by the strategic harnessing of Distributed Learning opportunities. It takes as its main point of focus the lecture which, despite significant advances in communication and information technology still prevails as a dominant teaching and learning strategy in Higher Education. It suggests that using screencasting to deliver lectures in a Distributed Learning context can trigger the kind of widespread change required.

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... For instance, the lecture method and the lecturer's role were questioned for a while; this mode is still a typical means of training learners and conveying knowledge in most developing nations. It has been ferociously criticized on account of its inefficiency and unidirectional nature (Ellis, 2008). Thus, the two claimed advantages of online technology (its capacity to connect space and time) are inadequate to make the lecture method as engaging and stimulating as an entirely blended learning mode. ...

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Exploring the Significance of Blended Learning Models for L2 Educators in the Developing World: A Review of Current Literature
‘You Can’t Do That in a Classroom!’: How Distributed Learning Can Assist in the Widespread Adoption of Hybrid Learning Strategies
  • Citing Conference Paper
  • August 2008

Lecture Notes in Computer Science