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>Making the mould: academic practitioners and learning technology standards
>Oxford Brookes University
>22 October 2003
>
>Cost:   £85 for ALT members
>         £140  for non-members
>
>Overview
>
>This workshop will examine the ways in which learning technology standards 
>will affect
>academic practitioners, and the ways in which academic practitioners will 
>affect
>learning technology standards. The workshop will not only inform 
>practitioners, but
>also help them to engage even more effectively with the tools of their trade.
>In the context of government initiatives (eGIF, e-Learning Strategy), and 
>many other
>pressures from industry (IT, publishing, consultancy, etc) it is all too 
>easy to get swept
>unknowingly along in the stream. What does it all mean on a 
>epistemological level?
>How will the implicit epistemologies embedded in learning technology 
>standards be
>shaped in practice, and how will they shape practice in return?
>
>Topics to be covered
>
>· Current policy context
>· Standards and standards organisations
>· Pedagogy and learning technology standards
>· Course design and roles today
>· IMS Learning Design and emerging learning technology applications based 
>on IMS-
>LD
>
>Expected outcomes
>
>· Understand how learning and teaching is affected by the increasing use 
>of learning
>technology
>· Explore the role played by standards, specifications and the 
>standardisation process
>in the     development (and use) of learning technologies
>· Discover the opportunities and limitations which arise when standards 
>are applied
>· Envisage and anticipate future tools and practice and suggest ways in which
>academics can help   shape the development of future tools
>· Examine changing roles of academics
>
>Who should attend
>
>This workshop is intended for people who are beginning to be familiar with 
>the use of
>learning technologies such as VLEs, discussion forums, online electronic 
>journals,
>databases and repositories. The workshop would be particularly useful for 
>HE/FE
>lecturers and teachers, educational/course developers, 
>librarians/information scientists
>and learning technologists.
>
>Programme
>
>0930    Registration
>1000    Introduction, aims of the workshop
>1015    Standards and standardisation, government and industry
>1030    Critical reflection and LT practice
>1045    What is your ideal VLE?
>1115    Pedagogy and Learning Technology Standards
>1145    Do standards restrict or enhance learning?
>1215    Learning design focussing on course design
>1245    Lunch
>1330    Course design and roles today
>1400    Libraries, repositories and metadata
>1430    Knowledge structures in your domain
>1500    What will be available in the future?
>1530    Look at  LAMS
>1600    Plenary discussion and close
>
>About the presenters
>
>Dr Allison Littlejohn is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Academic 
>Practice at the
>University of Strathclyde, specialising in Learning Technology.
>
>Lisa Corley is Pedagogy Forum Co-ordinator, CETIS  (Centre for Educational
>Technology Interoperability Standards) at Bolton Institute of Higher 
>Education.
>
>Lara Whitelaw is based at the Open University Library and is the Metadata
>Development Manager.
>George Roberts heads Off-campus e-Learning at Brookes. His research 
>explores how
>discourse embeds ideologies in e-learning.
>
>James Dalziel is Adjunct Processor and Director of the Macquarie University E-
>learning Centre of Excellence (MELCOE)
>
>Venue
>
>This workshop will be held at Oxford Brookes University.
>
>Travel and accommodation
>
>For directions please visit  www.brookes.ac.uk
>Please note that it is the responsibility of delegates to arrange their own
>accommodation.
>ALT membership
>
>Have you joined ALT? Individual membership costs just £40 per annum for 
>educational
>staff in the UK. Contact the ALT office for more information or visit our 
>web site at:
>www.alt.ac.uk
>
>Booking deadline
>
>Please return no later than Wed 8 October 2003 to:
>
>ALT Administration
>Oxford Brookes University
>Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane
>OXFORD OX3 0BP, UK
>Tel: +44 (0)1865 484126
>Fax: +44 (0)1865 484165
>Email: [log in to unmask], URL: www.alt.ac.uk
>
>Disclaimer
>While great care is taken to provide accurate and helpful information and 
>advice at this
>workshop, ALT cannot accept any responsibility for any losses subsequently 
>incurred.
>Participants are expected to check all essential information and seek 
>professional or
>expert advice as appropriate to specific circumstances. ALT reserves the 
>right to
>change programme details without notice.
>
>Association for learning technology
>Registered Charity Number 1063519
>
>
>
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>Making the mould: academic practitioners and learning technology standards
>Oxford Brookes University
>22 October 2003
>
>Cost:   £85 for ALT members
>         £140  for non-members
>
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>
>Association for Learning Technology
>Oxford Brookes University
>Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
>Tel: +44 (0)1865 484125  Fax: +44 (0)1865 484165
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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Geoff Minshull
Direct Learn Training
Online services to education, project management and evaluation, VLEs, 
deafness/disability consultancy, online conferencing
Web:   http://www.directlearn.co.uk/ - last updated 31.01.03
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