1. Judy Behling
November 28, 2010
EDUC – 6715 Application 4

2.  E-School provides an alternative to the
traditional classroom environment.
 In an E-school, school takes place any time
and virtually anywhere, as long as the student
has access to a computer and the Internet.
 Allows for unique opportunities for 21st
century students to use the skills they are so
adept at.

3.  Drop outs
 Home schooled students
 At risk students
 Home bound (sick, suspended, etc.)
 Gifted students (enrichment activities)
 Students with disabilities
 Students whose first language is not English
 Students in rural areas where access to
resources is limited

4.  “Moodle is a Course Management System
(CMS), also known as a Learning Management
System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application
that educators can use to create effective
online learning sites” (http://moodle.org/)

5. Moodle is the abbreviation for Modular Object-
Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
 free and open-source e-learning software platform
 Focus on interaction and collaboration
 Moodle philosophy includes a constructivist/social
constructionist approach to education

6. http://www.rcampus.com http://www.rcampus.com
 “RCampus is a comprehensive
Education Management
System and a collaborative
learning environment... [with]
innovative productivity tools
[that]connect students and
educators with important
information crucial to student
success while allowing school
administrators real-time
access to data for better
tracking of institutional
effectiveness. “
 “Educators, students and
school administrators can
manage courses, build
ePortfolios, create websites,
join eCommunities, assess
school work with rubrics and
much more, from a single
location. Everyone will find
RCampus a familiar
environment with tools that
are easy and effortless to
use.”

7.  Free and open access ~ tools are openly and freely available for you to do
your academic work. There's nothing to download or install.
 Quick and easy ~ quickly build courses and classes, websites, ePortfolios,
rubrics, and much more.
 Highly secure ~ extra measures taken to provide a highly secure
environment
 Collaborative ~ Students/faculty can collaborate in a number of ways,
through communication tools within their courses, websites, communities,
and ePortfolios, to collaboration on building and sharing content
 Lifelong ~ “Build for free - Keep forever”
 Comprehensive ~ Do all your work within a single login
 Cross-Campus ~ Build cross-campus clubs/groups, teach or learn at
multiple schools using a single system, exchange books with students and
find tutors at other campuses and schools around you.
 User-Centric ~ tools are truly user-centric - you are in control.

8. To fill the instructional gaps, educators must:
 “Become familiar with new technologies and knowledge resources, even
those that at first blush do not seem at all related to their teaching.
 Incorporate new knowledge resources into the learning program of each
student.
 Leverage these rich online tools to differentiate learning and engage
reticent learners.
 Promote self-directed learning for all students.
 Seek out real-world applications of content and integrate those
applications in student learning.
 Give students opportunities to communicate their understanding
through a variety of media—print, video, Web 2.0, and more.”
- Lemke & Coughlin, 2009

9. “The advent of low-cost global communications
has led to mass collaboration in the social,
economic, and political sectors. Young people are
no exception; they expect to interact with and have
a voice in everything they do—and that includes
learning” (Lemke & Coughlin, 2009).
“Today’s society is fraught with economic,
environmental, social, and political challenges.
Students are eager to learn in the context of these
real world issues(Lemke & Coughlin, 2009).

10. PROS of E-LEARNING CONS of E-LEARNING
 Students can access work
24/7
 Work can be completed
online and corrected online
(time and $ saving)
 Differentiated instruction
using a variety of technology
 Allows for collaboration
and/or discussion between
class members and the
instructor
 Allows for timely and relevant
feedback
 Promotes self-directed
learning
 Face to face interaction is
all but eliminated
 access to computer and the
Internet
 Technological abilities vary
 Students who procrastinate
 “Cheating”

11.  Lemke, C., & Coughlin, E. (2009). The change
agents. Educational Leadership, 67(1), 54–59.
 www.moodle.org/
 www.rcampus.com