Moule,+P+2007.1

=Challenging the five-stage model for e-learning: a new approach=

Pam Moule, University of the West of England. ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 2007, pp. 37–50



The five-stage approach to e-moderating has provided a coherent model upon which to base online learning design in higher education. However, despite its growing popularity, there are concerns that the model is becoming a dominant discourse, being adapted as a template for the design of all online teaching and learning, to the exclusion of other ideas. It is suggested that the five-stage model may not be the panacea it appears and alternative models of e-learning cannot be ignored. This paper reviews the five-stage model and contrasts it with a new conceptual model, ‘the e-learning ladder’, conceived as part of research with healthcare students in the higher education setting.
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