Saturday 3 November 2012

E-learning

What is E-Learning?
 E-learning includes all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, these could be online video
tutorials or written articles, most E-learning comes from revision sites or school websites. The information  and communication system serve as specific media to implement the learning process. E-learning is the computer and network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. E-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual education opportunities and digital collaboration. Content is delivered via the Internet, intranet/extranet, audio or video tape, satellite TV, and CD-ROM. Some examples of E-learning are:

Thenewboston.org, this website's aim is to teach anyone interested in learning certain programming languages, it offers embedded Youtube videos and written examples of programming languages, here is a print screen from the website
  As you can see it is nicely laid out and simple to follow, as well as programming languages it also teaches other areas of science and computer science, this website for me is the best place to go for E-learning as it is very simple and the tutorials aren't too complicated and are easy to follow. 
Another example would be mymaths.co.uk, this website is used to help anyone from gcse to A-level maths, the website is entirely interactive due to the use of javascript. It has a variety of useful resources for learning, it is easily navigated thanks to the menus at the top of the screen that will take you to the different sections of maths.
This website is more for students as it goes over only GCSE and A-level Maths, this is extremely useful as it's simple and makes higher maths easier to understand. There's a log in system for students to use that would be provided from the school, which makes the website pointless if you're not a student as you wouldn't be able to access it.

Tutor2u:
This website covers many a level subjects including: Economics, Business Studies, Government & Politics, Sociology, History and Law. It's primary focus is humanities subjects, as there are no resources for Science or Maths, other than that the website is very good, it has a lot of content for learning and it is reletively easy to navigate, although the layout overall could do with a redesign as it can sometimes take a little while to find certain learning materials. Although the content that is offered is very helpful and well worth looking through the website to find.

This website's main audience is people who are studieng A-levels, it requires no sign up and all the revision material is free for use. There is an optional Email address that you may fill in to get updates when more content is added to the website, which can be quite helpful for some people.

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