Dear All,
Stumbled across this website the other day. It's a commercial company, but
has a useful library section with links to papers.
www.e-learningcentre.co.uk
Andrew Lewis
e-Services Officer
Library and Information Services
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
01628 796 592
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www.rbwm.gov.uk/libraries
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Bazley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 January 2005 16:33
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Fwd: Oxford E-learning Conferences
>Preliminary Announcement
>----------------------
>
>ANNOUNCING: TWO E-LEARNING CONFERENCES, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
>7th and 8th April
>Said Business School
>
>1) The Shock of the Old 5: Implementing Innovation
>
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2005/
>
>
>2) Beyond the Red Tape: Are the needs of governments,
>educational institutions, and learners inherently at odds?
>
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2005/
>
>
>===================================================
>
>The Shock of the Old 5: Implementing Innovation
>===============================================
>One-Day Conference on Educational Technologies
>
>University of Oxford, Said Business School, 7th April
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2005/
>
>*** Call for papers & Registration ***
>
>The Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University Computing Services is
>pleased to announce our fifth annual one-day conference on educational
>technologies. Shock 5 will explore the issues arising from using
>educational technology to bring about innovation in academic practice.
>
>Rather than concentrate solely on the technology itself, papers are
>invited that will additionally discuss the cultural and
>organisational factors which hinder innovation from occurring. What
>are the key factors that impact on the implementation and adoption of
>innovation in e-learning?
>
>Proposals in the following areas are particularly encouraged:
>
>*Empowering students to create their own learning resources, from
>simple web sites to creating their own computer games
>
>*Using novel forms of assessment, particularly initiatives to replace
>summative assessment by paper based examinations
>
>*Sharing and self-publishing academic content, in particular managing
>the legality of publishing through unconventional means
>
>*Personal publishing for students. What issues arise if students are
>introduced to discussion boards, weblogs and Personal Development
>Planners?
>
>*Utilising new channels of communication. Are PDAs, mobile phones and
>handheld devices useful tools in our armoury
>
>Registration is now open. Please visit the website for more information
and
>the booking form.
>
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2005/
>
>Refreshments and lunch are included in the price: 80.00 (academic); 200.00
>(commercial); 40.00 (members of Oxford University)
>
>
>
>
>
>================================================================
>
>Beyond the Red Tape: Are the needs of governments,
>educational institutions, and learners inherently at odds?
>
>===============================================================
>
>One-Day Debate on Educational Technologies
>
>University of Oxford, Said Business School, 8th April
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2005/
>
>Organised by the Learning Technologies Group, University of Oxford
>
>Sponsored by the JISC Committee for Learning and Teaching
>
>Digital technologies have the potential to radically change the way we
>learn and form knowledge. We need to understand how the procedures and
>policies that have been built up within educational institutions over the
>past should be changed to exploit the capabilities that technology is now
>able to provide. Learners are no longer constrained by local geography
>because they can easily engage in discussion with anyone with access to a
>phone line. The written style of narrative no longer needs to be the main
>format for expressing ideas, learners can create and share pictorial
>representations of their understanding through graphing and computer
>gaming toolkits. Searching across networked computers gives learners
>access to quantities of information that dwarf the capabilities of
>physical libraries.
>
>We are beginning to see how digital technologies could transform the way
>we run libraries and how academics publish their research. Teachers and
>learners are starting to interact with learners through a wide range of
>modes other than in person in the classroom. Technical innovations could
>also be requiring us to take a long look at the way we assess learners.
>Researchers are even beginning to ask whether the traditional essay should
>be replaced by asking learners to create a computer game that conveys
>their ideas and research! We need to ask if the policies that govern
>practice in our institutions today merely support the way we used to
>learn, and if they are evolving fast enough to exploit the possibilities
>that technology now provides.
>
>The day will comprise of two debates: in the morning we will get a chance
>to listen to the views of real learners at schools and university who will
>debate the question:
>
>"Should technology revolutionize education?"
>
>In the afternoon we will debate the motion:
>
>"It is teachers not government that prevent innovative technology changing
>education."
>
>There will also be two keynote speakers. Please check the conference site
>for confirmed speakers and more details regarding the event. Registration
>is now open!!! Refreshments and lunch are included in the price: 80.00
>(academic); 200.00 (commercial); 40.00 (members of Oxford University)
>
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk:81/ltg/events/beyond2005/
>
>The Beyond Conferences have now been running for 9 years at Oxford
>University. See:
>
>http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2004/previous.htm
>
>
>For any questions related to either event contact [log in to unmask]; tel:
>+44 (0)1865 273221.
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Martin Bazley
ICT4Learning
15 Margin Drive
Wimbledon
SW19 5HA
07803 580 727
www.ICT4Learning.com
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