e-learning

E-learning and pedagogy **
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Information and communication technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live.

Similarly, e-learning (that is, learning supported by or facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined in the above section. For instance, e-learning may:
 *  assist the making of //connections// by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time
 *  facilitate //shared learning// by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom
 *  assist in the creation of //supportive learning environments// by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural, or developmental differences
 *  enhance //opportunities to learn// by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further.
 *  Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning.

//Ministry of Education (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum Years 1- 13 Effective pedagogy: Teacher actions promoting student learning (pg 36) Wellington, New Zealand // ||