E-learning in practice
Making the most of the Internet and ICT to support teaching and learning in science
The term 'E-learning' will provoke a range of different responses from teachers. While some may view it as the future of education, others will see it as a gimmick with the potential to increase the teacher's workload. The extent to which E-learning has been deployed varies from school to school, and even between departments within a school. The Internet already provides a range of learning and teaching resources and as teachers we have to make frequent decisions about how we use these resources to help our students learn. Here we give a flavour of the educational opportunities presented by 'virtual learning environments' (VLEs) for teaching science in schools and colleges. We are not experts in the field, but we do have a sense of the positive outcomes that we have observed in our own practice and that of colleagues.
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