Getting to grips with e-learning

During the past couple of weeks I’ve been preparing myself to update my knowledge of the opportunities available in e-learning. In my searches I found an interesting free e-book from Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi at Athabasca which I’m working through at present: ‘Theory and Practice of Online Learning’.

There is also a useful WikiEd reading list on e-learning.

I notice that ‘protectionism’ is still alive and well in academia. If you are a non EU student you pay more to study in Europe and vice-versa outside Europe. So my search for an online masters in e-learning or its equivalent made me rule out a good programme at Athabasca. Because I need to pay myself I couldn’t afford the much higher fees. Within the EU the programmes at Ulster and Hull were attractive but the one closest to my needs was an MSc in e-Learning from Edinbugh starting for me in September I hope. What attracted me so much was the balance of the programme and the rich and varied background experience of the tutors.