Week 5: eLearning Trends in Higher Education

Session 3

eLearning Trends in Higher Education

In Summary

This week requires that we critically evaluate eLearning applications & trends in higher education; and apply elearning trends and application within our context of higher education.

Different eLearning applications are:
1. Learning Analytics
2. BYOD (Bring Your Own Devise)
3. mLearning
4. Virtual Reality
5. Argumented Reality
6. Makerspaces
7. eAssessments

There are various challenges in the implementation or to integrate in teaching , learning and research. Some are outlined below:

• Learning analytics - There are ethical concerns and their implications  to be mindful of as explained here: https://elearningindustry.com/7-ethical-concerns-with-learning-analytics

• BYOD -  Educators need to keep in mind that any learning materials they create have to conform to different standards, render well on different screen sizes and be compatible with different operating systems. Read more on https://blog.neolms.com/challenges-mobile-learning-classroom/
• mLearning - Overcoming challenges in mLearning applications

                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbSu6Zwnbps


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