The move to on-line is coinciding with moves to more authentic learning settings. The concept of a classroom as a place of learning is expanded as the classroom loses it boundaries. Generic Skills . Learning on-line encourages and supports the development of a range of students key and generic skills. There are a raft of useful skills that can be developed through networked learning including information literacy, task management and working with others.
Learners become self-sufficient and cognisant of their own role in influencing what is learned.
It s all about who takes responsibility for what is learned. Changed roles for the teachers . Teachers of on-line learning become quite different to their contemporaries in terms of their roles and responsibilities. The differences appear in how they interact with their learners and how they manage and implement their learning settings. Their role is that of a guide or a coach.