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Academics launch e-learning investigation.
Byline: Kim Thomas
Academics launch e-learning investigation
Kim Thomas
The benefits of learning technology are to be explored by a new committee that brings together some of the most high-powered names in e-learning.
The committee, formed by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), is to investigate how new technologies can be used by students in further, higher and adult education.
The aim, said John Cook, president of ALT and vice-chair of the committee, is to develop proposals for the use of technology in learning, such as electronic assessment. The committee hopes to run "high-quality research" events, said Cook, and to bring together practitioners and policy-makers: "We almost think of ourselves as a think-tank. We want to really set the agenda in terms of learning technology."
Membership of the committee, which is chaired by Professor Robin Mason of the Open University and includes senior academics from Leicester and Nottingham universities, will be fluid, said ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Academics launch e-learning investigation.