1. You will prepare to collaborate in groups of three and divide the task of desktop research amongst yourselves. Your tutor will divide you into groups of three by creating smaller discussion groups and asking you to join these smaller discussion groups.
2. Your task is to identify a set of the most important educational principles that should provide the grounding for e-learning planning. Allocate the research of the resources below to each group member. Also discuss what further research you can do and allocate research tasks to each group member.
3. Agree on a date for feedback and discussion of your findings.

Resources

1. Pedagogies of the 21st Century – a paper presented by Gregory Whitby to the ACEL Conference in Sydney, Australia.(10 pages)
2. Read Revisiting the Ten Conditions for Learning which is written by Beate Planche for the Department of Education, Ontario, Canada. It reminds us of the considerations we need to take into account about how people learn.
3. Open the script of the video or watch the video of a New Zealand school principal talking about Leading Pedagogical Change and note the priority given to pedagogy when leading change in a school.
4. Open the script of the video or download the video case study of Balwyn High School, Victoria, Australia, on Key Principles of Education (106 Mb). Note the principles that are mentioned.
5. Case study overviews of school e-learning plans. As you do, so note the educational principles which each school regards as important.​

• Essendon Primary School
• Ringwood Secondary College
• Anderson Creek Primary School College
• Synopses of 12 Victorian government school case studies