e-Learning Ecologies: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning for the Digital Age

Yes—it’s beginner-level. No prior experience is required, making it ideal for educators, instructional designers, or anyone curious about e-learning strategies.

The course drills into seven key e-learning affordances:

1. Ubiquitous Learning
2. Active Knowledge Making
3. Multimodal Meaning
4. Recursive Feedback
5. Collaborative Intelligence
6. Metacognition
7. Differentiated Learning

These frameworks help evaluate and design technology-enhanced learning environments.

• Estimated duration is about 19 hours, typically completed over 3 weeks at 6 hours per week.
• The course is fully self-paced, allowing flexibility.
  

• Yes—learning includes:
• Videos, readings, a quiz, and peer-reviewed assignments
• Discussion prompts for reflection and engagement
• These elements support active participation and peer learning.

• The course aligns with connectivist learning theory, which sees knowledge as distributed across networks and emphasizes technological mediation in learning.
• It supports computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)—enabling peer-to-peer interaction, social media integration, and immersive technology participation.
• By framing e-learning through affordances (like ubiquitous and multimodal learning), it reflects best practices in blended and tech-forward education.