Educational Technology, E-learning and Learning Environments

What this page covers

The page is mostly mind maps, with quizzes, flashcard decks, notes, flowcharts and slide sets alongside them. The themes are technology in education, e-learning, and the settings where learning happens. You will find maps on Personal Learning Environment PLE, which sorts digital tools into categories such as create, communicate, organise and consume.

Where to start

Begin with the note What is ICT in HUMSS?, which describes the ways ICT is used in education and how it influences learning. Then open the mind map Technology in Education, which sets out advantages and disadvantages. After that, move to the maps on blended learning, the flipped classroom and virtual learning environments.

Tools and approaches

• Web 2.0: the notes called Ten Key Points look at how Web 2.0 is characterised, and there are maps on free Web 2.0 tools and on learning with social media.
• Design: the mind map 5 Visual Design Model Stages walks through defining the instructional goal, the context and the visual approach.
• Computer-assisted learning: maps on CALL definition and its advantages and disadvantages sit beside quizzes on CAL and CBT.
• Platforms: the notes Introduction to LMS and the note on MOOCs cover online learning.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a map first to see the shape of a topic. Then take a quiz such as ICT in education, which asks what CAL and CBT stand for and what they can be used for. Wrong answers show which map to revisit. Flashcard decks such as ICT definitions help you fix key terms. Some resources mention GCSE ICT, so school students can find material at their level too.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the strand ICT in Use: Communication, Business and Education, within Computing and ICT. Open a map or quiz now, and when you are ready, make your own to match your course.