Pedagogical Convergence of E-learning Technologies

One of the problems of designing and evaluating e-learning materials is the absence of a single unified model that establishes a rigorous and consistent relationship between pedagogy and technology. Such a model Would facilitate the most effective use of both of these in the design process. It might also clarify the issue of which of these is driving modern educational development. This paper describes and tests a proposal for it model based on a set of components that call be aggregated in various ways to reconstitute any of the mainstream pedagogical theories. The aim is that they should be acceptable to both the practitioners and the theorists. They should also have a clearly defined relationship with all forms of e-technology, including content-based and process-based formats, so they define a framework for the convergence of pedagogy and technology in e-learning. In this paper, the model is proposed and sonic illustrations are provided for a range of technologies. It is found to be a viable and natural way to inform the design process.