Week 1: The conceptions of E-learning and two historical perspectives.

1. The problems of out-fashioned content and concerns about economy of scale associated with computer-based training (CD-Rom) no longer apply to E-learning today.
2. According to ROSENBERG (2001), the benefits of E-learning are: (1) Learning is 24/7, (2) E-learning is scalable & (3) Timely and dependable content.
3. According to ROSENBERG (2001), E-learning is a form of distance learning but distance learning is not necessarily E-learning.
4. According to Holmes and Gardber (2006), the drill and practice approach (which is characteristic) of Sydney Pressey's Teaching machine is NOT dead today.
5. Computer-based training (CPT) is: (1) Dull, (2) Page turner like textbooks & (3) Mirror drill and practice approach
6. Film was: (1) The first modern learning technology & (2) Used to prepare US service people for WWII
7. According to Rosenberg; Holmes and Gardber, film and television are considered to be in the history of technologies for learning
8. E-learning hinges on the perspective one takes although E-learning is predominantly a form of online learning.
9. The three perspectives of E-learning are: (1) E-learning as a basic concept of educational delivery or interaction via technology, (2) E-learning as particular computer-based and on-line method of educational delivery & (3) E-learning as an educational technique (pedagogy).