Title: The role of the e-Learning manager in re-engineering educational paradigms

Authors: Megan Hastie; Nian-Shing Chen; Richard Smith

Addresses: Brisbane School of Distance Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Hear and Say WorldWide, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ' Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan. ' Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Southern Cross University, Queensland, Australia

Abstract: This paper examines the role of the e-learning manager in the re-engineering of education in the digital age. We say the e-learning manager is the most important determinant of optimal teaching and learning outcomes in technology enhanced educational paradigms. We describe strategies in which the e-learning manager has guided the application of technology enhanced teaching and learning solutions in the development of online courses for the training of hearing health professionals in 'best practice' in Auditory Verbal Therapy at the Hear and Say Centre Brisbane, Australia. The Hear and Say WorldWide e-learning model uses a 'Blended Cyber' mode of delivery that includes both asynchronous and synchronous technologies to reach-and-teach participants around the world, anywhere and anytime. We report on the 'multiplier effect' that results when the e-learning manager trains traditional teachers in the use of digital technologies thereby transforming them into e-learning teachers.

Keywords: e-learning managers; synchronous classrooms; cyber classrooms; cyber face to face; auditory verbal therapy; re-engineering; educational paradigms; teaching outcomes; learning outcomes; technology enhanced paradigms; teaching solutions; learning solutions; course development; online courses; training; hearing impairment; health professionals; best practice; Hear and Say WorldWide; Brisbane; Australia; blended cyber; delivery modes; asynchronous technologies; synchronous technologies; reach-and-teach; multiplier effect; global participation; traditional teachers; digital technologies; e-learning teachers; mobile learning; m-learning; online learning; electronic learning; online learning; internet; world wide web.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2011.045317

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2011 Vol.5 No.3/4, pp.268 - 281

Published online: 18 Feb 2015 *

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