| Presenter | Workshop Title | Location | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Reeves | Evaluating eLearning | G10 (Library) Room No. 3.17/3.18 |
Friday, 6 August | 9.00 - 12.30 |
| Claudio Dondi | eLearning 2010: who knows? You know! | G27 (Business 2) G27 1.14 |
Friday, 6 August | 9.00 - 12.30 |
| Gilly Salmon | Call off the search! Exploring the spirit, skills and practice of the e-moderator | G27 (Business 2) Room No. 1.12 |
Friday, 6 August | 1.30 - 5.00 |
| James Dalziel | Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) | G10 (Library) Room No. - 3.15 |
Friday, 6 August | 1.30 - 5.00 |
All workshops are limited to 25 participants. Transport will be provided to
and from Griffith's Gold Coast campus from the Marriott, Surfers Paradise. The
workshop fee is $185, which includes morning or afternoon tea and transport.
You may register for the
workshops online. Please check the Workshop Title of your choice for more information
about each option.
Objectives
Participants in this workshop will learn how to implement models and procedures
for evaluating e-Learning at all levels of education. Workshop participants
will learn to develop, implement, and report specific plans, strategies, and
tools for six major phases of the evaluation of interactive learning:
Intended Audience
Senior designers, Senior developers, managers and users of e-Learning systems
including computer-based training, distance education, interactive multimedia,
and web-based learning environments.
Abstract
To conduct a comprehensive evaluation of e-Learning requires a "triangulation"
approach whereby multiple models and procedures are applied. Conducting comprehensive
evaluations of e-Learning in a timely and efficient manner is the focus of this
workshop. Why is evaluation of interactive learning so important? Around the
world, each month sees the introduction of many commercially produced or locally
developed programs promoted as effective e-Learning systems. Yet systematic
evaluation of the implementation and efficacy of these systems is often lacking.
This workshop is specifically designed to establish evaluation as a key strategy
throughout the design, development, and implementation of e-Learning at all
levels of education. Participants will be given access to an electronic performance
support system (EPSS) designed to help educators evaluate e-Learning.
Duration
3 hours, 30 minutes
Biography
Dr Thomas C. Reeves is a Professor of Instructional Technology at The University
of Georgia where he teaches program evaluation, multimedia design, and research
courses. Since receiving his Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1979, he has developed
and evaluated numerous interactive multimedia programs for both education and
training. In addition to numerous presentations and workshops in the USA, he
has been an invited speaker in other countries including Australia, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, Finland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand,
Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Taiwan.
He is a past president of the Association for the Development of Computer-based
Instructional Systems (ADCIS) and a former Fulbright Lecturer. In 1995, he was
selected as one of the "Top 100" people in multimedia by Multimedia
Producer magazine, and in 2003, he was the first person to receive the
AACE Fellowship Award from the Association for the Advancement of Computing
in Education.
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Abstract
What will drive the evolution of learning systems? Many forecasts have been
exaggerated concerning the development of eLearning and have often produced
wrong decisions to invest, to adopt, to wait. Rather than listening to another
uncertain forecast, this workshop will help you to make your own forecast, considering
drivers of change, policy options, values and stakeholders of your own context.
The workshop, while presenting and utilising some key results of European Union Project such as L-CHANGE, SEEQUEL and LEONIE, will stimulate an active debate among all participants, after a "positioning phase", that will help to recognise your own points of view on eLearning and to structure the debate that will follow.
Duration
3 hours, 30 minutes
Biography
Claudio Dondi, born in Modena in 1958, is the President of SCIENTER – a
non-profit research organisation based in Bologna and active Europe-wide in
the field of innovation of education and training systems - since its establishment
in 1988. In this position his main activities are the co-ordination of large
national and European projects, as well as policy advice and evaluation at regional,
national and international level. His other positions include: Professor of
Human Resource Development at the College of Europe in Bruges (1998 - 2003),
Member of the Board of the MENON EEIG in Brussels, Member of the Editorial Boards
of the British Journal of Educational Technology and of the European Journal
of ODL, Vice-President of the European Institute for e-learning, Vice-President
of EDEN - European Distance Education Network.
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Abstract
In order to thrive in online learning environments, participants look to their
human teachers, trainers, mentors and facilitators – the people I call
'e-moderators'. Sometimes the learners look constantly for reassurance and response
from their human supporters. Sometimes they are overwhelmed by constant messages
of directions and encouragement. The e-moderators do their best to promote engaged
learning, often burning the mouse well into the night to achieve some kind of
'presence' in virtual environments.
This workshop offers an opportunity to shine the light on the art and science of e-moderating and ways of creating successful promotion of e learning, without the consumption of impossible amounts of time.
It will include:
Duration
3 hours, 30 minutes
Biography
Dr Gilly Salmon is an academic member of the Centre for Innovation, Knowledge
and Enterprise at the Open University Business School (OUBS). She chairs the
OUBS's large online Professional Certificate in Management. She is also Visiting
Professor at Caledonian Business School, Glasgow where she is involved in innovative
online developments, e-strategy and change processes. She is also founder Director
of All things in Moderation Ltd, an international online training company (www.atimod.com).
Gilly has been involved in online teaching and learning since the 1980s. She
researches, writes and speaks internationally about e-learning and educational
change. She has two research degrees- one in change management and one in online
teaching. She says she needs both in the e-world! Her interests are in the experience
of online learning and teaching, harnessing networked technologies in the service
of educational objectives and the key role of online teachers, trainer or facilitators-
a role she calls ‘e-moderating', A new edition of her book ‘E-moderating'
has just been published (www.e-moderating.com).
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Abstract
The Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) is a revolutionary e-Learning
system based on the concepts of Learning Design. It provides a visual drag and
drop environment for building sequences of collaborative learning activities,
and these sequences can be saved, and hence shared, searched for, re-used, adapted,
etc. LAMS also includes a learner "delivery" environment for running
activity sequences, and a comprehensive live monitoring environment for teachers
to track the progress of students and groups. This workshop will provide an
introduction to Learning Design and LAMS, and hands-on activities using the
software for learner activities, monitoring and especially authoring. All participants
will receive access to a free trial account for LAMS for 30 days after the workshop
for trial purposes. The workshop will conclude with discussion of the future
of LAMS, including the potential to provide the software as open source software
which would be freely available for non-commercial use.
Duration
3 hours, 30 minutes
Biography
James has been involved in e-Learning innovation since 1996. Co-founder of WebMCQ,
one of Australia's first e-Learning companies, he has worked with education
sector, corporate and government e-Learning clients through WebMCQ for the past
six years, particularly in the areas of online assessment, courseware development
and consulting services. James has recently left WebMCQ to take up a full time
position as Director of the Macquarie E-learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE)
– a research centre for next generation e-learning technologies. MELCOE
projects include: “COLIS”, an internationally acclaimed e-learning
integration project; “MAMS”, an access and identity management infrastructure
project; and development of the ground breaking “LAMS” system based
on the concepts of Learning Design.
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