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For three decades and longer we have heard educators and technologists making a case for the transformative power of technology in learning. However, despite the rhetoric, in many ways and at most institutional sites, education is still relatively untouched by technology. Even when technologies are introduced, the changes sometimes seem insignificant and the results seem disappointing. If the print textbook is replaced by an e-book, do the social relations of knowledge and learning necessarily change at all or for the better? If the pen-and-paper test is mechanized, does this change the nature of our assessment systems? Technology, in other words, need not necessarily bring significant change. Technology might not even represent a step forward in education. But what might be new? How can we use technologies to innovate in education? This course explores seven affordances of e-learning ecologies, which open up genuine possibilities for what we call New Learning – transformative, 21st century learning: 1. Ubiquitous Learning 2. Active Knowledge Making 3. Multimodal Meaning 4. Recursive Feedback 5. Collaborative Intelligence 6. Metacognition 7. Differentiated Learning These affordances, if recognized and harnessed, will prepare learners for success in a world that is increasingly dominated by digital information flows and tools for communication in the workplace, public spaces, and personal life. This course offers a wide variety of examples of learning technologies and technology implementations that, to varying degrees, demonstrate these affordances in action. -------------------------------- Recommended Background -------------------------------- This course is designed for people interested in the future of education and the "learning society," including people who may wish to join education as a profession, practicing teachers interested in exploring future directions for a vocation that is currently undergoing transformation, and community and workplace leaders who regard their mission to be in part "educative." -------------------------------- Related Resources -------------------------------- Online resources are available here: https://newlearningonline.com -------------------------------- Join our Online Communities! -------------------------------- CGScholar (Create an account and join the New Learning community) https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/new-learning/community_updates Facebook https://www.facebook.com/newlearningonline Twitter https://twitter.com/neolearning -------------------------------- Take this Course for Credit at the University of Illinois -------------------------------- This course has the same content and anticipates the same level of contribution by students in the Assessment for Learning course offered to graduate certificate, masters, and doctoral level students in the Learning Design and Leadership Program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois. Of course, in the nature of MOOCs many people will just want to view the videos and casually join some of the discussions. Some people say that these limited kinds of participation offer evidence that MOOCs suffer from low retention rates. Far from it – we say that any level of engagement is good engagement. On the other hand, if you would like to take this course for credit at the University of Illinois, you will find more information about our program here: https://ldlprogram.web.illinois.edu/overview/ And you can apply here: https://education.illinois.edu/epol/programs-degrees/ldl -------------------------------- The Learning Design and Leadership Series of MOOCs -------------------------------- This course is one of a series of eight MOOCs created by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis for the Learning Design and Leadership program at the University of Illinois. If you find this MOOC helpful, please join us in others! e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age https://www.coursera.org/learn/elearning New Learning: Principles and Patterns of Pedagogy https://www.coursera.org/learn/newlearning Assessment for Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/assessmentforlearning Learning, Knowledge, and Human Development https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-knowledge-human-development Ubiquitous Learning and Instructional Technologies https://www.coursera.org/learn/ubiquitouslearning Negotiating Learner Differences: Towards Productive Diversity in Learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/learnerdifferences Literacy Teaching and Learning: Aims, Approaches and Pedagogies https://www.coursera.org/learn/literacy-teaching-learning Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media https://www.coursera.org/learn/multimodal-literacies...

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KY

Aug 7, 2020

I appreciated the well-organized format and overall the way the course was designed. Particularly the opportunity to choose our own areas of focus for assignments to learn more.

NM

Jun 20, 2022

Excelle course and leaders were amazing in explantion, very knowledgeable and great way of course set-up.Drawback was submitting the course and finding people to mark the peer assesments etc

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By BADRIAH I I I B I I I

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Apr 27, 2024

ممتازة متنوعة تراعي احتياج المعلم والمتعلم

By MOHAMMED A A A

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Mar 30, 2023

كانت الدورة رائعة شكرًا

لكل القائمين عليها

By sonia g h a

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Aug 11, 2025

maravillosos profesionales , agradecida

By نداء ع ع ا

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Apr 6, 2023

رائع ولقد استفدت من المعلومات بشكل كبير

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Apr 3, 2023

دورة اكثر من رائعة استفد واستمتعت كثيرا

By HUDA H M A

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Mar 26, 2023

الدورة ممتازة جدا شكرا للقائمين عليها

By Ibtisam a

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Mar 9, 2023

دورة رائعة اضافت لي الكثير من المعلومات

By سعد م ص ا

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Mar 20, 2023

الحقيقة استفدت من الدورة

أشكر الأساتذة

By علي ح ا

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Feb 27, 2023

لقد حصلت على فائدة كبيرةمن هذه الدورة.

By Pablo F D I

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Aug 8, 2025

gracias por permitir la participación

By RASHEED S A A ر س ع ا

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Apr 29, 2023

أشكركم على اكسابي هذه المعرفة الثمينة

By هدى م ا

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Apr 13, 2023

شكرا لكم .. كانت تجربة رائعة ومفيدة .

By فرحان ج م ا

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Feb 28, 2023

شكرا جزيلا لكم وبارك الله فيكم جميعا

By MANSOOR M A A

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Jan 22, 2025

Thrilling and interesting experience

By MOHAMMAD R S A M R S A

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Jun 1, 2023

لم تضاف لي الشهادة النهائية

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By هدى س ا

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Mar 10, 2023

Fantastic course full of information

By Hani M A A S

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Apr 3, 2023

Excellent course. Very informative.

By Amal N A

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Mar 31, 2023

جداً رائعة .. يحتاجها جميع المعلمين

By FAHDAH A M A F A M A

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Mar 30, 2023

دورة شاملة و شيقة و ذات مراجع قيمة

By Angela P A N

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Aug 23, 2025

Muy bueno, vale la pena realizarlo

By دلال ر ع ا

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Mar 22, 2023

كانت هذه الدورة مفيدة جدا شكرا لكم

By Dylan88

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Sep 15, 2018

Good interpretation, logic reason

By MAMDOUH A A S

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May 30, 2023

دورة رائعة جداً وثرية شكرا لكم،،

By ALI F A

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Mar 12, 2023

مجهود رائع من الاساتذة والمبدعين

By Kelly C

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Dec 1, 2019

The course content was relevant.