Authentic learning (week 2)

Lecture 2

Recommended readings (week 2 lecture)

Herrington, J. (2006) Authentic E-Learning in higher education: Design principles for authentic learning environments and tasks. In: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2006, 13-17 October 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Herrington, J. (2009). Authentic E-Learning in higher education. eLi 2009 Riyadh Conference, 16-18 March 2009, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Retrieved 16/07/2011 from: http://eli.elc.edu.sa/2009/content/JanHerrington[research].pdf

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"Dr Jan Herrington is Professor of Education at Murdoch University in Perth. The last 20 years of her professional life have been devoted to the promotion and support of the effective use of educational technologies in learning in schools and universities. Jan's recent research focuses on authentic learning, mobile learning, and design-based research. She has published widely, including a co-edited book entitled Authentic Learning in Higher Education (with Anthony Herrington) and a co-authored book in 2010 (with Thomas C Reeves and Ron Oliver) A Guide to Authentic e-Learning, winner of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) Outstanding Book of the Year Award in 2010. She was a Fulbright Scholar in 2002 at the University of Georgia, USA. She is currently Chair of the Executive Committee of the EdMedia World Conference on Educational Media and Technology". (Academia.edu)

• Authentic context - 9 elements of authentic learning

  • [5:37min video] Herrington, 2012

  • Authenticity in academic settings [3:27min video] Herrington, 2012

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Recommended readings (week 3 lecture)

Jonassen, D.H. (1994). Technology as cognitive tools: Learners as designers. ITForum. Retrieved 16/07/2011 from: http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper1/paper1.html

November, A. (n.d.). Students as collaborators: The digital learning farm. Retrieved 1/1/2012 from: http://novemberlearning.com/resources/archive-of-articles/digital-learning-farm

Further readings

Herrington, J. (2012). Authentic Learning [website]. Retrieved June 6, 2012 from: http://web.me.com/janherrington/AuthenticLearning/Home.html

Herrington, J., Reeves, T.C., & Oliver, R. (2010). A guide to authentic e-learning. New York: Routledge.

Parker, J. (2011). eLearn Open/Authentic Learning [website]. Retrieved June 6, 2012 from: http://www.elearnopen.info/authentic.html