Does more technology mean more choice for the learner: Experiences from the TeleScopia Project

The TeleScopia Project involved the application of a flexible delivery platform for trans-European tele-learning. This paper briefly describes the six courses delivered in the framework of the project, how their designers adapted the courses when given access to a range of technologies, and some key results relating to pedagogical innovation emerging from the project. In particular, with more technology available, the assumption often is that more choices will be available to the learner. In TeleScopia, the courses themselves became more innovative because of the broader range of technologies available, but relatively little choice was made available to the learner within the courses themselves. In the framework of the TeleScopia experience, a number of considerations with respect to flexible learning in trans-European course delivery are discussed.