Leadership and the eLearning Organization : Leadership and the eLearning Organization

From “Rehearsal and Repetition May Be Bad for Learning: Learning Strategies That Work”

MichelleA — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Individuals who frequent the Blogs and Forums section of eLearners.com may already be familiar with the work of Dr. Susan Smith Nash as a regular blogger. Dr. Nash writes the blog titled, "Inside eLearning" where she discusses the academic, intellectual, and technological complexities of distance learning and online education. She is also currently the Associate Dean of the Liberal Arts and the Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program department at Excelsior College.

Dr. Nash's latest publication, Leadership and the e-Learning Organization, explores the challenges that emerge as institutions increasingly utilize online education. Combining the empirical research and working theories, she discusses topics such as: curriculum, teaching methods, media and effective use of technology. Continue to visit this blog, as an excerpt from her book will be published here every month!

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"Motivation is an important factor in success, and anxiety acts as a huge demotivator."

"Learning strategies that situate the content and make connections between the content and the individual learner's lived experience are highly effective."

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From “Goal-Setting and Self-Regulation in Online Courses: The Basics”

MichelleA — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:00:00 GMT

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"Goal-setting, which is an aspect of self-regulation, can be a vital part of an adult student's success in online learning."

"Adult learners are beneficiaries of self-regulation because it allows them to create order out of an often chaotic existence, and it helps them organize time, energies, and resources."

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From “Stop! You're Scaring Me! Hyper-Identities in ELearning”

MichelleA — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:47:00 GMT

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"Attempts are made to replicate the social control found in face-to-face interactions by imposing rules, establishing ‘netiquette' guides, and monitoring chatrooms."

"Perhaps the e-learning space does not have the same overall feel as a MMORG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game), but it does engage the same energies and fundamental psychological/sociological energies."

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From “Constructivists ‘R’ Us: Pick the Epistemology that Works for You”

MichelleA — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:46:00 GMT

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"Radical constructivism is what psychologist Ernst von Glaserfeld has characterized as a radical ‘theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an objective, ontological reality but exclusively an ordering and organization of a world constituted by our experience'"

"Social constructivism is much more palatable for most people. It suggests that reality is an agreed-upon construct, gradually negotiated or mediated by a group."

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From “Review of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy”

MichelleA — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:45:00 GMT

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"Gee shows how children and adults master the games, revealingly, without the benefit of proscribed classroom exercises, workshops, or formalized online learning modules."

"Although Gee's book ostensibly addresses early childhood development and K-12 education, the concepts and theories are applicable to adult and non-traditional learners as well."

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