Blog Post 1: E-Learning

E-learning is the use of the internet to communicate information and receive information in return. It is a type of community interaction centered around education. E-learning can only be what educators make it. Learning to communicate with a unique tool and system of tools can be difficult. Using those tools and reaching students enough to impart knowledge is even harder. Teachers are communicators everyday in their classrooms, but what happens when that classroom is more and more intangible and controllable? This is something that educators must adapt to, because E-learning is not going anywhere.

http://blog.prodigyfinance.com/2013/04/19/the-online-learning-revolution/

 New education websites turn every educator into not only a communicator when they are speaking, but a communicator every-time they type. Freedoms for students make educators more creative with due dates and projects that can be accomplished in short periods of times with frequent check-ins. The limits of education websites and technology means that educators need to be more creative in order to achieve the in-person feel with education. Students appreciate when educators can learn to navigate the tools at their disposal in a way that encourages learning. The following Ted talk explains how an educator/communicator is doing just that.

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html