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ANNOUNCING

* Two additional speakers
        - Vijay Kumar (MIT - OpenCourseWare and Open Knowledge Initiative)
        - Andrew Booth (Leeds University - Bodington VLE System)

* Programme now available (see below)
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"Beyond Theory: Educational best practice and the use of ICT for
teaching and learning"

11th April, 2003
Oxford Union Debating Chamber
Oxford, UK

Organised by Oxford University's Learning Technologies Group
(http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg)

Sponsored by the JISC Committee for Learning and Teaching
(http://www.jisc.ac.uk)

Target audience: Education (FE, HE, and lifelong learning), Vendors, ICT
Developers

Subjects: ICT, Teaching and learning, Educational Best Practice, Virtual
Learning Environments/Learning Management Systems, Distance Learning,
Educational Technology Standards....

This event will discuss, at a high level, the development of C&IT
material for use in teaching. In particular has pedagogical theory/best
practice fed into this in the past, and if not, should we be trying to
remedy the situation for the future? Are commercial VLEs the answer to
our prayers or are we being pushed into a corner against our better
judgement as teachers and designers?

These questions and many more will be discussed, debated, and maybe
even answered in the one-day colloquium "Beyond Theory: Educational best
practice and the use of ICT for teaching and learning". For the last
eight years Oxford University has organised a series of successful
events which have discussed the place of technology in the spheres of
learning, culture, and society and 'Beyond Theory' continues this.

The event will also include a lengthy debate on the motion:

"This house believes that commercial Virtual Learning Environments (LMS)
provide sufficient facilities for the teaching and learning needs of
Higher and Further Education"

Speakers this year (see full programme at the end of this message):

Professor Oleg Liber (Bolton)
Vijay Kumar (MIT)
Dr. Gilly Salmon (Open University Business School)
Dr. Andrew Ravenscroft (UNL)
Professor Angela McFarlane (Bristol)
Professor David Unwin (UK eUniversities Worldwide)
Bill Olivier (CETIS)
Tom Franklin (TechLearn Centre)
Dr Andy Syson (Coventry)
Prof. Andrew Booth (Leeds)

More details can be found at:

Beyond Theory: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2003/

PRICE (in sterling)
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5.00 Student/Unwaged
40.00 Educational/Non-profit
150.00 Commercial

(includes coffees and teas, but NOT lunch or accommodation)

HOW TO BOOK
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Go to http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2003/book.htm, print out
the form and send it to Judy McAuliffe, LTG, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford
OX2 6NN by the 28th MARCH. Payment can by by cheque, credit card, or
institutional order.

PROGRAMME
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9.30-10.00 - Registration

10.00 - Welcome: Stuart Lee, Head of the Learning Technologies Group,
University of Oxford

10.05-10.30 - Opening Plenary
'Alone together - learning in higher education'
Prof Angela McFarlane, University of Bristol


10.30-12.30- Round Table Discussion: 'The influence of educational best
practice on ICT in teaching and learning'

*	Andrew Ravencroft, London Metropolitan University
*	Professor David Unwin, Learning Programmes Director, UK
eUniversities Worldwide
*	Bill Olivier, Director of the Centre for Educational Technology
Interoperability Standards (CETIS)
*	Vijay Kumar, OCW/OKI, MIT
(Chair: Stuart Lee, Head of Oxford's Learning Technologies Group)

Including a discussion on 'The impetus behind the development of ICT
material and major national projects is always one of two things: advances
in technology or economic necessity. The needs of education always come a
poor third.'


12.30-1.00 - Second Plenary
'Reclaiming the Teritory'
Gilly Salmon, Open University Business School
(Chair: Tristram Wyatt, Director of Online and Distance Learning, Oxford
University)


1.00-2.30 - Lunch (*not provided*, but coffee will be served from
2.00-2.30)


2.30-4.30 - Formal Debate: 'This house believes that commercial Virtual
Learning Environments (LMS) provide sufficient facilities for the teaching
and learning needs of Higher and Further Education'

For:

*	Tom Franklin, TechLearn
*	Andy Syson, Coventry University

Against:

*	Oleg Liber, Bolton Institute
*	Andrew Booth, Leeds University
(Chair: John Stone, JISC Committee for Learning and Teaching)


FURTHER INFORMATION
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For more information on booking, the programme, the venues, etc. please
see the above web site or contact Judy McAuliffe
([log in to unmask]; tel: +44 (0)1865 273221)

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