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Apply concepts and skills

Image of three playing cards all of which are aces; suggests the post 16 target group i.e. Adults Continuing Education.What is the intended outcome?

Learners apply knowledge and newly acquired skills through active participation.

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Established Practice

What is the established practice?

Answers will vary but may include one or all of these...

1: - Practitioners demonstrate skills in context and set associated tasks.

2: - Practitioners adapt tasks to the existing competences of learners.

3: - Practitioners build up learners' skills in squences of smaller steps on which later knowledge and skills depend.

4; - Learners develop skills of their own through repetitive and progressive tasks.
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Advantages

What advantages can e-Learning bring?

Answers will vary but may include one or all of these...

1: - Learners can be effectively motivated towards skills acquisition that requires repetition when they are participating kinaesthetically, for example, through using an interactive whiteboard and voting system.

2: - Use of images and audio files can support the development of conceptual learning.

3: - All learners can participate in group tasks through the use of wireless technologies [for example, a wireless keyboard and mouse], or electronic voting devices.

4: - Increasing learners' active participation may have an impact on their ability to learn and may improve retention and achievement.
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