Nazeel

Any comments will be highly appreciated. Heuristic statement Effective Integration of Digital Technology such as Web 2.0 in our teaching practices improves overall students’ performance through creativity and deep understanding of the content
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Tan, Jennifer Pei-Ling and McWilliam, Erica L. (2008) Digital or Diligent? Web 2.0's challenge to formal schooling. In //Proceedings Australian Association forResearch in Education (AARE) 2008 International Education Conference//,Brisbane. ||
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Implementing Authentic Tasks in Web-Based Learning Environments. EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, 30(3), pp. 36-43. ||
 * ** Heuristic Statement 3: ** Online Learning Environment using authentic tasks fosters intellectual and social growth in the learners. ||
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 * ** Heuristic Statement **** 4: ** Adopting new technologies for quality teaching and learning will engage and stimulate learners’ interest through digital participation. ||
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 * Source: ** Grubbs, J. Integrating Methods to Achieve an Effective Online Learning Environment. Illinios ONline Network Research Case Studies. Retrieved 10 July 2006 from http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/casestudies/vol2num1/grubbs/index.asp ||

Any comments will be highly appreciated. Heuristic statement one: Creating and maintaining e- learning communities across the globe Changed to : Effective pedagogical use of online tools creates social interaction in E-learning

**Comments:** S G - it feels like you need to finish the sentence with your heuristic. C

reating and maintaining e- learning communities across the globe does what?? Shirley 13/8 - Suggestion - refine your heuristic statement to make your point clearer, for example:

A critical component of 'effective' e-learning is social interaction so include opportunities for students to socially interact online (or something like that)

Shirley 18/8: Nazeel - you're getting there - all 3 heuristics need to be more to the point ie., pretend you are giving some else advice on how to design for online learning and teaching. The way your heuristics currently read, they are not precise but quite general. Try to be more specific. For example, for Heuristic 4 what is an idea that you have taken from the Grubbs paper - that you can offer as a tip or guideline to someone.