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The use of Emerging Learning Technologies (ELT)
Blogging
Blogs are like online journals with posts that date based, archived and enable a degree of interaction though the use of comments, pingbacks and trackbacks. Watch the video for more!
Integrated learning modules
Open source software has enabled the development of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and content management systems such a Moodle which have to capacity for forums, instant messaging, and online submission of work and the marking of such work.
It is difficult to work out when a technology is mainstream and no longer emerging. As a working definitions if people on your staff have not heard of the term (s), if they have heard of it and don’t know what it is it is and if they don’t know how to use it t then it is an emerging technology for your school – even if it is mainstream elsewhere. This is unlikely to be the case if you keep up-to-date. There are a few ELTs to consider using.
There is a lot of potential to assist teachers with the management of their own work by using such a system.
These will require a greater involvement of the technical support of your school such as the network manager in order to get such a system operational and stream lined for teaching and learning.
What is the module used in your School or University