Buongiorno eWorld!

My name is Bill Graziadei, Ph.D. (aka Dr.G), Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York (SUNY) and (e)Learning Consultant at (e)Learning Consulting Services. 

What is e-learning and what's it all about?

e-Learning means Connectivity, Communication, Collaboration, and Content (4Cs) and connects people to people and people to information and involves the 3Rs; namely, getting the Right content to the Right people at the Right time. Participants use various combinations of the Web, LMS/LCMS and/or real-time collaboration solutions integrated with Web 2.0 technologies, e.g., blogs, micro-blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking tools, audio and video podcasts, screencasts, photo sharing tools, mapping tools, gaming, social bookmarking/tagging, etc. for a PLE, as well as site-based classroom instruction to collaboratively create content by networking with instructor(s), guest speaker(s) and other learners around the world. Consequently, content materials may include various combinations of text, images, animations, games, simulations, audio, video, websites and other supplements. Participants can work at locations and times that are convenient for them and best of all the content can be customized to the knowledge of the learner. All this adds up to participants getting personalized, on-demand (e)learning. Web-based courses can be taken using a web browser anytime from anywhere in the world. All this is accomplished through the use of learning objects and blended delivery modalities.

There is pain in staying the same and pain in change; choose the one that moves you ahead. (e)Learning occurs through multiple pathways - auditory, visual, sensory, and kinesthetic; consequently, our (e)learning mantra is TELL me and I may forget; SHOW me and I may remember; INVOLVE me and I will understand.

I look forward to learning, sharing and collaborating with those who participate in planning and building this Personal and Professional Learning Network Environment (PLN/PLE). Here is our interactive shared calendar for us to add upcoming events related to this wiki. Click here to access help videos about how to use pbWiki.

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