Welcome to e-Learning as Inquiry
This online resource has been developed to support you, as a teacher, to explore how you can integrate the use of digital content, software, and other e-learning tools and contexts into your literacy teaching and learning.
What this resource includes
Discussion on e-Learning as Inquiry – including the Teaching as Inquiry framework and e-Learning as Inquiry framework.
A case study that provides an example of an inquiry into the use of digital content in literacy. The case study will support you to carry out your own inquiries, so you can link your knowledge of effective literacy practice to your knowledge about the effective use of digital content, software, and other e-learning tools and contexts.
The dimensions of effective literacy practice – which gives you an overview of the dimensions and provides information and materials about the effective use of digital content in relationship to each dimension.
The role of e-learning in literacy teaching and learning
A growing body of research indicates that e-learning has considerable potential to enhance literacy teaching and learning. At the same time, New Zealand teachers have access to an evidence-based body of knowledge about how to improve literacy outcomes for their students.
This raises important questions:
- What is the intersection between these two bodies of knowledge?
- What role could – or should – e-learning play in students’ literacy learning?
- How might teachers use e-learning to personalise the learning opportunities they provide for their students?
