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==//**What's the purpose for the ****Theorgram **** online learning community? **//==

===The progress and further development of the Internet in general, and, as a consequence, of online learning education opportunuties in particular, will go alongside the pathway of constantly developing community needs. === === The changes in technology, infrastructure and social cognition will help us make our OLEs mobile, geographically wide, highly functional and meaningful for daily living, in addition to all what we exercise today. Online learning communities in Theoretical Grammar will become an important and reliable integral part of the Izmail State University regional education system with particular goals to promote a lifetime interest to learning and, what's no less important, to secure affordable (technically and financially) access to educational sources. === === Specific experiences which engine my vision of that are going on every day: integration of software into polyfunctional programs, emergence of PDAs, involvement of cell phones and digital TV into internet services and education. ===

==//**What are computer literacy requirements for the **Theorgram ** wiki members? **//== ===Educational technology literacy is technology competence of all those who are educators. The term "literacy" here may be said to have some figurative meaning, but only in part. It literally means that those who work in the sphere of education posess practical abilities to use computer and web-based applications in their everyday activities, both instructional and non-instructional (media, administrators). And the way they do that should result in enriching their performance and enhancing the learning process. Both international and national standards in Ed Tech require incorporation of modern technologies into instruction, management and assessment of all the participants of the process of education. To be and remain involved Theorgram online learning community members should know basic computer editing and web browsing skills. ===

**// Why do I need to be active? //**
===-The more effective this environment is the more successful the process of learning is. In online learning this component becomes even more important, in fact, a decisive one. Thus the online learning environment is based on collaborative and active learning of people with common goals realized through the process of transformative learning practices. === ===-The online instruction with its learner-centered focus demands the acceptance of new social and teaching roles from both the teacher and students. Online students are supposed to be engaged in a very active and collaborative knowledge generation, but these expectations may come true if only the online teacher willingly and efficiently manages 1) educational and 2) technical facilitation and 3) administration of the course. === === - As a moderator, the instructor provides direction guidance and a framework for the course content by offering general, open-ended topics with thoughtful comments on students' posts, various simulations and group projects for building the online community. In addition to that the instructor becomes responsible for ensuring technological comfort of his students from mere technical troubleshooting to their personal progress in the use of tech applications. === === - Though students and faculty are said to have different expectations and use technologies in different contexts, the LMS medium "equalizes" this variety in attitudes, as discussion easily becomes many-to-many and group collaboration becomes rich in forms due to a greater volume of diverse course materials through the LMS. ===