This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Re: Profile and big questions

Following on from Barbara's Big Question, I'm Bill Miller, I do eLearning
at University of Birmingham and there's the thing. I heartily agree with
Barbara's questions and have my own ideas about them, but I had to go and
look up 'TEL' just to make sure I'm on the same page (and the great cloud
oracle, wikipedia, tells me that "E-learning is inclusive of, and broadly
synonymous with *technology-enhanced learning* (TEL), *computer-based
training* (CBT), *computer-assisted instruction* (CAI), *internet-based
training* (IBT), *web-based training* (WBT), *online education*, *virtual
education*, virtual learning
environments
(VLE),
and digital educational collaboration." [...]