INTRODUCTION TO E-LEARNING
Unit 3. Digital literacy.
Unit 1. E-Learning and the information society, knowledge and learning.
The information society and digital technologies Information society is one in which technologies facilitate the creation, distribution, manipulation and administration of information and these play an important role in social, cultural and economic activities .
The Discourses on the Information Society:
• Business speech: It is a huge market with tremendous potential for economic growth with support in the use of digital technologies.
• Critical Political Discourse: Digital technologies must be at the service of social and human development.
• Techno centrist speech: Technology is identified as a panacea of a more efficient and well-being society for its citizens.
• Apocalyptic Discourse: Information and communication technologies represent the end of the ideas and values of modernity and the humanist model of culture.
The new educational problems in the information society. The process of social generalization and diffusion of technological innovations demands, in turn, a process of re-adaptation and readjustment of the individuals and human groups to them so that they can interact with the new cultural forms and of social communication that Promote such technologies.
New formative environments in the information society The definition of training environments is a key element of any proposal to improve the quality of vocational technical education as it determines not only the minimum conditions with which it has to count A training offer, but the criteria that support it.
Unit 2. Fundamentals of e-learning.
Fundamentals.
E-learning consists of education and training through the Internet. This type of online teaching allows the user to interact with the material through the use of various computer tools.
The e-learning mainly comprises the following aspects:
The pedagogic, referred to Educational Technology as a discipline of the sciences of education, linked to technological means, educational psychology and didactics.
Technological, related to Information Technology and Communication, through the selection, design, customization, implementation, hosting and maintenance of solutions where proprietary and open source technologies are integrated.
Characterization of e-learning according to its practices
Reality and assumptions of e-learning.
E-learning and continuous training are booming is a reality, that more and more people use to train and be more productive in their job or in their personal life is indisputable. In this sense, ICT has advanced in such a way that new platforms, methods and resources are emerging with which to make our training easier, fun and playful.
• Space-time barriers disappear. Students can take a course in their home or place of work, the contents being accessible any day at any time. This way you can optimize the time dedicated to training.
• Flexible training. The diversity of methods and resources used makes it easy for us to adapt to the characteristics and needs of our students.
• The student is the center of the teaching-learning processes and participates actively in the construction of their knowledge, being able to decide the formative itinerary more in line with their interests.
• The teacher, goes from being a mere content transmitter to a tutor who guides, guides, helps and facilitates the training processes.
• Up-to-date contents. The news and resources related to the subject of study can be introduced quickly in the contents, so that the teachings are fully updated.
• Constant communication among participants, thanks to the tools that incorporate the e-Learning platforms (forums, chat, e-mail, etc.).
Definition.
"Digital literacy aims to teach and evaluate the basic concepts and skills of computing so that people can use information technology in everyday life and develop new social and economic opportunities for them, their families and their communities."
Access to information.
Access to information refers to the set of techniques for searching, categorizing, modifying and accessing information found in a system: databases, libraries, files, the Internet.
The presentation of digital information.
In order to establish the relations between the parts of a text, the languages offer several resources since they have been shaped to satisfy the human need of communication. One important notion is "information coherence" (Givón 1984: 240).
Processing of digital information.
The processing of the information contemplates that the data can be codified or interpreted in different modes or formats. This processing is the term used to denote the operations performed on a set of image data to improve them in some way, to aid their interpretation or to extract some useful information from it.
Internet applications.
Excel. Excel is software that allows you to create tables, and calculate and analyze data. Excel allows you to create tables that automatically calculate the totals of the numerical values you specify, print tables with care designs, and create simple charts.
Access. This program allows manipulating data in the form of tables (which is the union of rows and columns), perform complex calculations with formulas and functions, even drawing different types of graphs.
Word. Word is software that allows you to create documents on a computer. You can use Word to create text with a good appearance using multicolored pictures or illustrations as images or as a background, and add figures such as maps and tables.
PowerPoint. PowerPoint is software that allows you to create materials that can be used in a projector. The use of this material to announce a report or proposal is called a presentation.
Unit 4. The environment of training organizations with e-learning.
Educational and educational policies aspects of e-learning.
The pedagogical aspects of e-learning are the great forgotten when we talk about this type of training. However, the pedagogical aspects of e-learning are present and very significant since the formation of this concept.
Unit 5. Legal aspects of e-learning.
International right.
Private International Law is the legal framework formed by conventions, protocols, model laws, legislative guides, uniform documents, jurisprudence, practice and custom, as well as other documents and instruments, which regulates the relationship between individuals in an international context.
Responsibility.
Following are 5 recommendations for the student to be able to conduct themselves successfully in this modality: Self discipline, Responsibility, Communication, Time management, Motivation,
Intellectual property.
Intellectual property is the set of rights that correspond to the authors and other owners (artists, producers, broadcasters ...) with respect to the works and benefits resulting from their creation.
Unit 6. Organizational development of e-learning: change management.
Models of organization and management of e-learning institutions.
TICAL (TIC's and Quality) is a professional development company whose mission is to support the processes of change management, organizational learning and effective and quality learning through elearning. Look for professional development in all areas.
Change management. Methodology that encourages the appropriation of new practices and / or management systems.
Organizational learning, methodologies and collaborative tools that allow internal communication, validation of instruments and procedures, standardization of processes and exchange of good practices.
Effective and quality learning within the organization through the detection of training needs, curriculum design, modular b-learning development, and ongoing performance assessment of the institution's professionals. **
E-learning in business strategy.
The arguments that still insist on the economic advantages of e-learning and the benefit of being able to easily reach geographically dispersed populations with a uniform formation are being relegated to the discovery of new potentialities. Its importance is shifting from the lower cost to the cost / benefit ratio.