Karen Melhuish kicked off the session by introducing some discussion and thinking about eLearning and what the various terminology might mean.
"eLearning is learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through the appropriate use of ICTs", and eMaturity is "a school or college's capacity to make strategic and effective use of ICT to improve educational outcomes" (BECTA)
Historically, different people from different contexts, might bring different understandings to the table. Karen then posed the question, Why do we need national eMaturity? Developing mature learners who are resilient, and the institutions themselves are less focussed on the tools, and more on the achievement of learning outcomes.
Karen shared with a short video, which looked specifically at an eLearning initiative with...