E-Learning+&+Pedagogy+-NZC



e-Learning in the New Zealand Curriculum  Learning Media Online activities and games based around different learning areas of the 2007 New Zealand  []  Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a major impact on the world in which young people live. Similarly, e-learning (that is learning supported by of facilitated by ICT) has considerable potential to support the teaching approaches outlined above.
 * in Effective Pedagogy p34 NZC (Creating a supportive learning environment, Encouraging reflective thought and action, Enhancing the relevance of new learning, Facilitationg shared learnig, Making connections to prior learning and experience, Providing sufficient opportunities to learn, and Teaching as inquiry).

For instance e-learning may: Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning. p36 NZC
 * assist in the making of //**connections**// by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, overcoming barriers of distance and time;
 * facilitate **//shared learning//** by enabling students to join or create communities of learners that extend well beyond the classroom;
 * assist in the creation of //**supportive learning environments**// by offering resources that take account of individual, cultural or developmental differences;
 * enhance //**opportunities to learn**// by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further.