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Criteria For Selecting Your E-learning Strategy
and Your E-Learning Technology.
How Should You Instruct Them?
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Daily – e-learning augmented classrooms, “flipped”
learning, technology often mainly for note-taking, videos,
labs.
Weekly – flipped learning, TEE, blended learning, content
is mainly online, discuss in class, some online discussion as
well, exams in class
Monthly – TEE, blended learning, content and discussion
mostly online, testing online, meet for main exams, final
discussions, application, outreach etc.
Rarely – online learning plus face-to-face residential
intensives like many seminaries.
Never – fully online, very careful attention to pedagogy.
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Flipped = content online, discussions in class
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Blended = online learning plus face-to-face
meetings
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TEE = Theological Education By Extension,
study manual, revise and do exams in a
group.
Straightforward Content: meant to be read, and quickly
checked e.g. knowing a child safety policy or a travel
reimbursement policy. PDF + quiz or similar.
 Simple How-To Skills: taught by video, pictures plus text,
how-to-wikis etc.
 Complex Technical Skills: to be mastered in order to
complete a ministry objective and tested by competence
(apprenticeship style) if-this-situation-then-that e.g. running a
sound booth
 Basic Theology and Bible Knowledge: TEE or online
classroom, standardized and tested via exams or online.
 Advanced Theology: Stimulate research and reflection,
discussion, research projects, praxis, action/reflection
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Controversial Issues: apologetics, cults, culturewars material - discussion, argument, case
studies, research, tested by stating your case.
Moots (practice trials for lawyers)
 Spiritual Skills: prayer, healing, exorcism, learn
by video + mentoring, impartation and example,
practice in small groups then in ministry,
evaluate by visible results achieved.
 Homiletics/Performance Skills: best taught in
class but could be taught by video and students
send in audio/video of their 7 minute sermons
etc.
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Contextual and Community Issues: learn
biblical basis, go out into the community, use
qualitative research methodologies, report back
Statements of Faith: and other standard core
values material to be deeply internalized, and
reflected upon and tested by case studies and
discussion in online forums.
Leadership and Management Skills: which can
only be taught by 1:1 mentoring (perhaps some
of it by Skype) and tested in case studies and in
real life
Solitary scholars vs. Group learners
Oral Learners vs. Highly Literate Learners
Reflective, analytical learners vs. Conventional,
authority driven students
 Learn by argument vs. Dislike argument
 Outdoor, kinesthetic, apprenticeship style vs.
Indoor, content driven, lecture style
 Spiritual Intelligence
 Emotional Intelligence
 Mystical / Analytical / Concrete-Relational
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Advanced readers – books, ebooks,
textbooks plus media and apps
Eager readers – simplified textbooks, ebooks
plus media and apps
Reluctant readers – media and apps with
short explanatory text, orality strategies,
storying
Non-readers - orality strategies, storying,
media and apps only
What Is The Most Appropriate Technology?
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Electricity, reliability of Internet access, speed of
Internet, cost of data plans
Are there physical issues such as dust, heat and device
security?
Can the technology be maintained and repaired in
that environment?
Can the software be supported, updated easily,
debugged, and maintained.?
Does it have the required features?
Is it culturally acceptable? Will it cause conflict or
jealousy?
What are the costs of producing the educational
materials for that device or learning strategy?
Feature phones – SMS text, PhonePublish, voice technologies,
answering machines
 MP3 players, audio books, Megavoice etc – audio curriculum
 Radio – audio curriculum plus feedback mechanisms e.g. text,
email.
 TV, video, DVDs, YouTube, etc: video-based curriculum
possibly with feedback.
 Smartphones – numerous elearning apps, brief video, audio,
ebooks, Skype
 Internet cafes – elearning platforms, ebooks, audio, Skype,
video can be problematic
 Tablets –responsive elearning platforms, simplified layout,
audio, video, ebooks
 Laptops / fixed line Internet/ desktops – full range of
elearning options
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Internet Cafes
and Learning
Centers
Serves an entire
community, can be
financially
sustainable
Complex, requires
management
Feature phones
Ubiquitous,
personal and
persuasive, good for
voice, SMS, brief
audio and video
Rapidly growing in
installed base, can
support educational
apps, larger screens
mean longer
engagement times
Very difficult
programming
problems. Limited
fonts.
Smartphones
Expensive, often
require data plans,
easy to interrupt
learning (texts, calls
etc)
Outreach to a
community where
security is not a
major issue e.g.
Philippines
Information and brief
“how-to” skill
training say in a 3
minute video.
Offline digital
libraries such as
Estante, resources in
audio, video, ebooks,
e-learning via apps
such as the Moodle
app, formatted for
lessons less than 20
minutes in length.
Tablets
Becoming more
affordable, wide
range of
functionality, can do
lessons up to 1 hour
(or more
Lack of proper
keyboards. Theft is
a major drawback.
Status implications
in some cultures /
jealousy.
See Alan Carrington’s
Padagogy Wheel.
E-Readers and
ebook reader
apps
Present text and
graphics well, prices
are dropping fast,
great formatting,
Allow downloading
of materials. Sync
across devices, good
for disabled
students.
Total functionality,
good for postgrad
work and for more
sophisticated
learning.
No or minimal input
or feedback.
Basically a single use
device.
Scripture engagement,
affordable textbooks,
portable textbooks.
Situations of low
power usage. Older
or visually impaired
students.
PCs and
Laptops
Cost. Power
Full range of elearning
requirements. Need options.
for Internet
connections.
MP3 players and
similar e.g
Megavoice
Can train small
groups, does not
require literacy,
good in tribal
areas, can be solarpowered. Does not
require electricity,
cell signal or
Internet.
No input/feedback
/assessment, very
limited learning
options, cell
phones have most
of these
capabilities.
Orality based
strategies, Scripture
engagement,
storying, MP3 digital
libraries. Low power,
zero signal, zero
Internet situations.
Repositories,
hard-drive
distribution
Delivers huge
amounts of content
which can
potentially go viral
with the right
gatekeeper.
Needs to be linked Content delivery,
to another learning digital libraries,
platform to be
resources.
optimally useful.
Wireless
People are already
familiar with the
process of logging
on to a wireless
network. Portable.
Limit to range and
to number of
simultaneous
connections.
Limited input/
feedback.
Pastor’s conferences,
meetings, classrooms,
curated resource
distribution.
Bluetooth
Can go viral passing
files person-toperson securely.
Slow. Small file size.
Very limited range,
Bluetooth is often
turned off. No
input/feedback.
Viral distribution of
small files in places
where BlueTooth is
widely used.
FM Radio
Very popular, almost
universally
supported even on
phones now.
High cost of
production and
management.
Limited feedback.
Audio based
evangelism and
training to a specific
population base.
Audio books
Increasing popularity among
executives and others who
enjoy training “on-the-go”.
Good for keeping up with a
certain field of knowledge.
Can be downloaded, shared
and go viral. Does not
require looking at a screen.
Private with earbuds.
Require learners
who have good
concentration and
comprehension.
One-way only.
In-service training and
updating for people
who travel a lot and
for people who spend
a lot of time in traffic
e.g. in Bangkok.
Scripture
engagement.
Motivational talks.
Getting through postgrad reading
assignments.
Short-wave
radio
Immense range. Digital
short-wave is much clearer.
May make a comeback if SW
chips included in Chinese
phones.
Less and less short- Rural areas. Oral
wave receivers and
learners. Listening
enormous power
groups.
bills. Needs to be
combined with other
instructional
technologies.
Internet radio,
streaming
audio services,
MP3
downloads
Rapidly growing and may
outrank terrestrial radio
by 2016. Can be
structured into a
curriculum and combined
with other learning
technologies. MP3
universally supported and
lower bandwidth
requirements than video.
Moderate technical
complexity which
requires a technical
staff member or
volunteer. Need to
be careful about
legal and licensing
issues and server
security. Can have
bursts of very high
traffic.
Training or
evangelistic audio to a
globally dispersed
constituency.
Especially if focused
on a particular topic
or demographic.
Television,
DVDs,
Streaming
Video, IPTV
Technology already in
place, is a well-liked
training method. Works
with non-readers.
Personal impartation.
High cost of
production. Oneway only unless
combined with
small groups, print
materials etc. Very
hard to
contextualize.
Village outreach, bible
schools, bible studies,
churches, mass
audiences.
Social Media
Nearly ubiquitous, a
great way to reach a
certain “tribe” with a
specific set of
interests
Still heavily print
based, must have
basic literacy, lack of
privacy and security.
Communicating with a
defined demographic
or interest group.
Used as the “top of
the funnel” for
elearning.
NFC and similar
device-to-device
communication
Secure device-todevice
communication for
files, much faster
than BlueTooth
Smartphones only,
not yet widely
adopted by most
end users.
Covert updating of
digital libraries and
resources.
SD Cards incl.
Micro-SD cards for
phones.
Familiar to most folk,
can hold a large
amount of data.
Getting less
expensive.
Cannot be used on
Apple devices.
Formatting
problems for data.
Slow duplication.
Digital libraries, short
films, audio, Scripture
engagement, ebooks
etc.
Mobile Apps
Can have a full eTend to be
learning experience. downloaded and
never used.
Power users with
smartphones. Courses
and resources.
USB “thumb
drives”
Hold a large amount
of data, work offline,
portable apps such
as Poodle, well liked
and familiar
technology, rapidly
dropping in price
can be secured with
Truecrypt or Ironkey.
Easily lost or stolen.
Slow to duplicate.
Some training
needed to use
portable apps.
Limited feedback.
Best when used in
combination with
other learning
technologies.
Courses and
resources, especially
when an Internet
connection is not
available.
E-learning/ LMS
Rich experience,
structured, can
deliver an entire
degree course.
Rapidly improving.
Still sorting itself
out, choosing the
right LMS can be
daunting, some
technical
complexity, course
design is hard work.
Delivering complex
structured learning
material such as
formal courses , can
include audio, video,
discussion etexts, etc.
Digital libraries,
wikis and
directories
Enable rapid retrieval Require
Ordered information in
of specific
maintenance, can be a certain field of study
information and can hacked.
be updated by
participants.
SMS text
Ubiquitous, low-cost, Brief informational
well accepted,
uses only. Cost for
persuasive. May be
some people.
integrated with email
via SMS to email
gateways. Allows
response.
Prayer points,
Scripture engagement,
class questions and
reminder notices.
Search esp.
contextual search
and Google
Custom search
engines
Simple to use, no
legal problems or
copyright issues, can
be targeted to
specific websites
and subject areas.
Fast. Saves on
building massive
repositories.
One-way, best when
integrated with
other learning
technologies.
Requires an Internet
connection.
Discovery learning.
Information retrieval
from dispersed
websites and
databases, research.
Egroups, Email,
and Bulletin
Boards
Asynchronous
learning, simple,
texts can be
attachments.
Limited bandwidth
needs, low technical
complexity,
participatory.
Require literacy and Discussion-based
diplomacy (no
learning, networking
flaming), only useful students and experts.
in situations where
people feel safe
sharing ideas.
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How many different learning contexts are we
operating in?
Which is the best two or three STRATEGIES
for each context?
What are the two or three best
TECHNOLOGIES for each context?
How can we get organizational buy-in for
BOTH the strategy and the technology?
John Edmiston
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