WEEK 5: E-Learning, Web 2.0, & Digital Games
E-Learning “Over the last several years, e-learning has emerged as a broad term that encompasses all learning involving technology in any way whatsoever” (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) Technology has taken the educational world by force and many school across America are taking advantage of the tools at our fingertips. We have a vast amount of resources available today as a result of many schools incorporating technology into the everyday classroom. For example, in our district, we no longer purchase hard copies of textbooks rather all books are digital and students are able to download them to their devices. With technology, learning looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago. “Learners today may interact synchronously, asynchronously, or both within a given course. Learners may interact with each other, with a learning management system (LMS), or both, and may do so from the same or different geographical locations (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012.) Because of this f...