ABSTRACT
E-learning includes access to general information sources (e.g. Wikipedia), academic and specialist learning resources, multimedia such as audio podcasts, as well as tools such as online discussion boards, wikis for collaborative writing, and so on. Business 'productivity' tools, email, presentation software and word processing are also widely used in education. This chapter describes some common uses of these learning technologies and some issues relating to their use. Teachers often give presentations of information, and it is common to show slides from a computer with a digital projector. This provides a structure to what teachers say and allows them to show quotations, pictures, audio or video. The Web can be used to give learners further resources for learning, as pictures, audio or video. A virtual reality simulation relies on realistic audio and video to help learners to imagine and respond to relevant aspects of their environment.
