Building a New "Paradigm"
Building Communities of Learning

 

 

In order to build the new "Paradigm" learning communities will use a wide range of tools.

Existing communities

Te Kete Ipurangi web site "ketes"
English Online
  Curriculum, Pedagogy, Management . . . Discussion Lists
KAWM: 22 Schools doing e-classes via videoconferencing

Social Studies Online

Each Community makes use of a variety of tools and the community defines what works for them and what does not.

The learning communities presently evolving will draw from a wide range of tools which include

  • access to high bandwidth
  • e-mail services
  • videoconferencing
  • discussion groups
  • remote access to school servers
  • internet services
  • Virtual Private Networks
  • intranet & extranet environments
  • local/national & international projects
  • audioconferencing
  • Learning environments Blackboard et al

 

These tools are being trialed in a variety of locations within a wide variety of learning communities.