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2006: ASCILITE 2006 Companion Materials

The proceedings of the 2006 ASCILITE Conference.

L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear, & P. Reimann (Eds.)  Who’s Learning? Whose Technology?                                                            University of Sydney, Australia

December 3-6, 2006.

Published: 30 November 2006

ASCILITE Conference - Pre-Conference Workshops

  • Giving effective and interactive presentations

    Tony Koppi, Elaine Pearson

    The purpose of the workshop is to help presenters to get away from the ‘death-by-PowerPoint’ that so many of us are subjected to at conferences. A traditional approach seems to be to have as many slides as possible and to talk quickly in the short timeframe often allowed at conferences. Adopting a more educational approach based on learning and teaching principles (that presenters no doubt apply elsewhere) helps overcome the traditional transmission model so often used at conferences.

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  • How to develop ‘on-demand and on-the-go’ ubiquitous educational multimedia for connected communities

    Margaret M. Maag

    An interactive technological tool that facilitates different forms of online communication, learning, and collaboration among educators, students and colleagues across international borders will be presented, demonstrated, and taught to workshop delegates. Participants will create their own blogs while demonstrating an understanding of RSS. At the completion of the workshop, participants will be able to: summarize the basic format, function, and use of blogs; describe the potential use of blogs in education, professional development, and virtual conference participation; implement provided Free/Libre/Open-Source Software (FLOSS) to create a personal and “team-ascilite conference” blog; create a RSS feed by using a source, such as Feedburner; summarize the basic set-up, purpose, and use of podcasts; explain the potential use of podcasts in education, professional development, personal use, and virtual conference participation; implement provided FLOSS software to create a unique podcast; create a smartcast feed by using a provided source; design and organize an enhanced podcast; tell the instructor the technical components of a vodcast.

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  • Embedding quality guidelines into e-learning practice

    John Milne, Andrew Higgins

    How can a set of quality guidelines bring real performance improvements for e-learning practitioners? This workshop will introduce e-learning quality guidelines that are: flexible so that they can be applied to the diverse tertiary context, easy to use, and able to evolve as understanding on best practice develops. This workshop will explore how to apply the guidelines to a participant’s institution and discuss their future development. The workshop will be divided into six parts: Welcome & introduction to guidelines, who needs them and why use them; Group activity: write a scenario that draws on the key issues relevant to e-learning in your group. Start by discussing some of the key issues, shortlist a few of them and then write a short outline of these issues at a typical institution. Present the scenario to other groups. Introduction to the e-learning guidelines and how to use them; Group activity: Take a scenario developed earlier and research guidelines that can help with the scenario. Report back on findings; Discussion of future developments of the e-learning guidelines; Wrap up and summary.

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  • A comprehensive introduction to Elluminate Live! A Web browser based synchronous learning and teaching environment

    Stephen Rowe, Allan Ellis

    Participants completing the workshop will be provided with: a demonstration of the approach developed at SCU for orienting staff to using Elluminate Live!; the knowledge and ability to use a range of features and tools available in the current version; the opportunity to connect and engage with national and international participants; an overview of a variety of instructional models that can be implemented; a forum to explore potential applications in the discipline areas of participants; access to the range of training and support resources available from Elluminate.

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  • Course re-design within a community of practice model

    Diane Salter

    This half day workshop is designed to allow participants to learn about the design and implementation of a new program for staff development initiated at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The design of this programme provides a community of practice model for staff to work on course re-design. This approach can significantly reduce the amount of time needed for curriculum development at a minimal cost without compromising the creation of an effective learning environment. The implementation of this program, at the institutional level, includes Professional Development, Subject Development, Implementation and Evaluation and Dissemination. In the workshop, in addition to learning about the program design and implementation, participants will learn about and apply the process of ‘applied learning mapping’ that faculty use as the framework for redesigning their course when they participate in this staff development program. The ‘applied learning mapping’ process is designed to shift instructors from a tendency to focus on content coverage and presenting content, to the design of a learning environment that promotes student interaction and engagement with the content. Time for discussion on how the approach can be adapted and presented, using a combination of online modules and face-to face workshops to meet specific institutional needs will be incorporated into the workshop.

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  • Using iPods & iTrips as knowledge acquisition tools for problem-based learning in the workplace

    Paula Williams, Beth Hobbs

    Seventy-three percent of students surveyed in 2006 undertaking vocational training and education (VTE) training said that e-learning would in the future improve their employment outcomes (Australian Flexible Learning Framework 2006). This study further stated that, by integrating information and communications technologies (ICT) into VTE, it becomes more flexible and more responsive to client needs, improves quality and access and fosters innovation. In this workshop, participants will: be introduced to and engage with Web 2.0 audio-visual tools and their current usage in vocational education and training; explore potential applications of ipods and itrip transmitters as tools for teaching and learning in the workplace; create and publish a mini ilecture using open source software for mobile devices; gain insight into how mobile communication devices can facilitate collaborative–based learning in today’s workplace.

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  • Improving your publications profile

    Craig Zimitat

    On completion of this workshop, participants should have a clear understanding of: the nature of a conference paper and journal articles; how to write a poster, conference paper, or presentation; the processes involved in peer review of journal articles; how to use and respond to feedback given by referees to enhance and publish a paper.

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