Week 8 - Procedure and Principal learning

We learnt during lectures today - the idea of procedure and principal learning.

According to Leshin, Pollock and Reigeluth,
Using a procedure refers to applying an ordered set of actions to achieve a goal.
There is often more than one procedure for achieving a given goal. A procedure is sometimes referred to as a technique, skill, or method.
A procedure can be either a mental process or a physical skill.
Most procedures are a combination of mental and physical activities.

The whole idea of coming up with a design to teach somebody over the internet, or over a programme without physically being there was introduced during lectures today.

Let me try to illustrated my thought process with this little chain:

E-learning --> Many obstacles to overcome include the lack of feedback -->
Alternative solutions --> Webquest -->
Yet webquests have to be really properly designed in order for a learner to really absorb anything out of the webquest -->
So are there other alternatives in this online world? --> Blogs, Twitter (where feedback can be obtained) (Or Twitter, where INSTANT feedback can be obtained) -->
Or is webquest enough?

So how is a student going to be able to communicate effectively with his or her teacher, while at the same time, obtaining valuable feedback that will aid in his learning process?

Methods i've thought of in this virtual world includes:

Webcam; Conferencing;
Blogs; although feedback is not instantaneous
Uploading files on portals such as googledocs; although its goin to be troublesome on the instructor's part to actually log in to edit and give comments on the student's work
Uploading videos; clips (although the issue of privacy is brought up here)

Although there are limitations to the various methods i've thought of, i believe that e-learning is still here to stay. And the pace at which technology is advancing would only mean more alternatives for e-learning to adopt and become more effective in the near future.