Many people still believe that good teachers are born and not made. Others believe that good teachers figure out how to teach in their own classrooms. We believe that good teachers can be born again in the digital world. The digital world gives teachers powerful, new ideas, strong content, plentiful pedagogy, and connection to virtual schools in real-time. Furthermore the new kind of e-learning environment gives the teacher a new mission. The new kind of e-learning contributes to producing students who are strong thinkers and novel problem solvers. This paper introduces new learning tools based on cloud computing technologies. Furthermore we present innovative learning tools based on interactive e-learning environment.
This section will introduce e-learning tools that are used in Al Qasemi Academic College.
Interactive boards, also known as electronic blackboards, display monitors are produced in various sizes by different companies. Interactive boards have two distinct functions: display and interactivity. As a display tool, teachers can display specific content related files, software, or Internet resources. As an interactive tool, interactive boards allow the user to write and manipulate objects including images and text. There are specific advantages to use interactive boards in the classroom. Interactive boards provide more flexibility in how lessons are communicated, promote student interaction with content, provide greater visualization of concepts for students, and increase motivation among students.
Traditionally, students sit and absorb knowledge from teacher lecture and notes on the board. Interactive learning means that students are active participants in the learning process. In a learning environment that integrates the interactive board, students are focused on stimulus presented by the teacher on the interactive board and the student, either verbally or physically, interacts with the interactive board [
Interactive teaching begins with a philosophy about teaching with technology and results in a new process of interactive teaching and learning. A combination of constructivism, interactive boards, and Web 2.0 tools is a model for thinking about new ways of teaching. In this framework, both students and teachers are central to process. Teachers are responsible for planning, teaching, and facilitating sequences integrated with technology. Students are responsible for constructing and demonstrating knowledge as well as collaborating with peers to create knowledge. In the planning phase, teachers reflect on what tools will enhance cognitive expansion for students such as the implementation of Web 2.0 tools that aid students in accessing and processing information. In the interactive teaching phase, teachers model use of technology to construct knowledge and demonstrate concepts through dynamic interactions. In comparison to traditional teaching with 21st century’s teaching and learning, the changes are based on interactive components of technology enhanced teaching and learning. Traditional teaching presents a more static version of teaching [
Researchers have found that interactive boards are not necessarily used interactively [
Traditional models of teaching require a teacher-centered approach; however, with new technology, there is support to transform the teacher centered approach to a student-centered approach. In the student-centered approach, interactive teaching and learning are supported by tools that actively engage both teachers and students. The emergence of new technology and research about how people think is changing the classroom. New generations of educational technology are moving towards models and theories that are expected to provide the insights necessary to advance educational technology research in promising new directions [
The term e-learning means something different to almost everyone who uses it [
Multimedia learning is based on the use of multimedia resources like video, audio, graphic, and animation as illustrates
Mobile learning as illustrates
Interactive learning in the classroom supports the role of the teacher and the teacher gives his or her knowledge
Synchronized e-learning environment
Assistive technology tool
Mobile e-learning
and experience totally for the teaching session. The main goal of interactive learning is to make learning process more effective and the problem solving quicker—by giving immediate help instead of showing the way to the digital library or Internet [
An electronic book (variously: e-book, eBook, e-Book, ebook, or digital book) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices. One can find various definitions of e-books. Some definitions focus on the actual technology of delivering and using the written material, and others on words themselves, while most combine all of these elements under on overarching concept.
E-books, like many other forms of computer technology, have two basic components: hardware and software. The hardware for an e-book is any type of technology that displays the “book” on a screen or presents it audibly with a speaker. The software being run on the hardware makes it possible to view or listen to all of the “book” material: text, pictures, sound, and whatever else the author includes. Under this definition, even a DVD displaying closed-captioning qualifies as an e-book.
The major goal of the concept is to set up e-learning platform which is based on modern technology tools for the purpose of interactive e-teaching and e-learning in real-time. The platform supports the wireless technology in particular the interactive technology tools are enable to cooperate with others. The goal is to define a platform that fulfills the requirements of flexible interactive e-learning. The vision of the developed platform is to create system that can overcome the restrictions of the state-of-the-art e-learning system that is bounded to traditional technology tools. The proposed concept is shown in
1) Interactive E-book;
2) Educational cloud services;
3) Apps for education;
4) Adaptive web;
5) Collaborative agent for learning process management;
6) Agent goal oriented evaluation.
The interactive e-learning environment infrastructure consists of three layers, interactive learning tools, application domain adaptor and application course as illustrates
Interactive learning approach happens in the e-learning environment. The lecturer might use PowerPoint slides, Captured lectures, Cloud services [
Interactive e-learning environment
Interactive lesson plan
results. The lecturer is there available, to give instructions and clarification. This short working period in often quite intensive and students really try to solve the assignment, because they are expected to give the presentation. The third part of the lecture is for the presentations. Each group of students select a representative to present their solution to the assignment. If they did not solve the assignment, the lecturer will be ready to present it. The fourth part carrying out computerized test.
In this paper we have given an overview about the technology tools that have been used in the education at Al Qasemi Academic College. Furthermore we have introduced a new interactive e-learning approach. The goal of the interactive e-learning approach is to improve the role of teachers and students in e-learning environment.