I have been thinking about the concept of transforming learning with technology rather than just transferring the old pedagogy onto the web and have come up with the following list so far:
| Transfer | Transform |
| Inflexible: Teacher centered | Flexible: Student centered |
| Fixed module contract: tutor decides on the structure of the module and the assessment criteria | Student negotiation: Tutor and students negotiate the structure of the module and the assessment criteria |
| Notes: tutors provide notes and other inputs using MSword and Powerpoint | Evaluation and selection of learning materials: students are guided towards sources of information and make their own decisions about which ones to use, supported by sets of negotiated assessment criteria. |
| Discussion areas: tutors set up closed discussion areas on a VLE such as WebCT | blogs [ aggregation via RSS ]: each student has their own blog where they can develop their own voice. |
| Presentation areas: set up and controlled by the tutor | wikis: the group has a wiki where thay can produce a consensus about different materials |
| Fixed Syllabus: all students cove rthe same material which is determined by the tutor. | Open syllabus - student selected: students decide on the content they will learn after negotiation with the tutor to help ensure that it meets the learning outcomes of the module. This will allow for differing experience and previous knowledge. |
| Fixed activities: All students do the same things to achieve the learning outcomes | Negotiated activities: Extend student’s ideas to achieve the learning outcomes: The open syllabus idea is extended to the activities that the student undertakes. |
I am hoping to extend/modify/explain further this list later
