Firestone Maintaining your competitive advantage in today’s wired world

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    Firestone  Martini effect  CMC systems 3 MLEs  MLE features Reach, richness, affiliation Reach, richness, affiliation Paradigm grid for online learning Paradigm grid for online learning  Critical success factors  My experiences  Monday morning … and if you don’t…?  References Agenda

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    Firestone 3 MLEs Managed Learning Environments: “Range of information systems that contribute to learning & the management of that learning in an educational environment.”

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    Firestone Affiliation Reach Richness The Three Dimensions of Competitive Advantage for Navigators Phillip Evans & Thomas Wurster. Blown to Bits. Reach, richness, affiliation Reach, richness, affiliation

    Firestone Paradigm grid for online learning Paradigm grid for online learning Good Practices Open-ended, strategic Specified learning activities Learner- managed Teacher- determined NW NE SWSE 1.Dialogue 2.Involvement 3.Support 4.Control

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    Firestone  MLEs motivating medium for teacher & student  Learning curve - steep or shallow depending on IT literacy (yours and your students’)  Time consuming – but you should keep at it  Useful for content based courses as the course delivery tool  Useful as a supplement to other course types  Integration into the course is key if a supplement  Return On Investment - is it worth it?  My experiences

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    Firestone  Evans, P. & Wurster, T. (2000). Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy. Harvard Business School Press.  Coomey, M. & Stephenson, J. (2002). Online learning: it is all about dialogue, involvement, support and control – according to the research. In Teaching & Learning Online. Pedagogies for New Technologies. Kogan Page.  References