Hi Shanti
Sorry - meant to call you today but got overtaken by other things.
This could be very useful - and there would be some good contacts there, too.
Heather
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Subject: [VLES] Oxford E-Learning Conference 'Beyond the Red Tape' -
PROGRAMME now available
PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE!
'Beyond the Red Tape: Are the needs of governments, institutions, and
learners inherently at odds with e-learning?'
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2005/
*** Join the key debates of the year! ***
Organised by Oxford's Learning Technologies Group and sponsored by the
JISC Committee for Learning and Teaching
April 8th 2005
Said Business School
University of Oxford
Why do many teachers and lecturers feel reluctant to use IT in their
courses? Is it just an aversion to trying out new things, are they afraid
of technology, or do they have justifiable reasons based on their teaching
practices? Are the Government and educational institutions doing enough to
support and promote e-learning, or do they actually hinder its adoption?
Are things like traditional exam methods to blame? Or is it the measures
by which teachers are externally audited?
All these and more will be discussed at 'Beyond the Red Tape'! This is a
premier event in the e-learning calendar, with the Beyond series going
back 10 years. This is your chance to engage in debates with key policy
makers.
Speakers and chairs include:
* Martin Ripley (Head of e-Strategy at the Qualifications and Curriculum
Authority);
* Niel McLean (Executive Director, Educational Prcatice, BECTA);
* Claire Fox (Director of the Institute of Ideas);
* Dom Antony Sutch (Radio Four presenter and former Headmaster at Downside
School);
* Philip Pothen (JISC);
* Keri Facer (Director of Learning Research, Futurelab);
* Mary Barker (Managing Director, NILTA);
* David Perks (Teacher at Graveney School);
* John Cook (Research Fellow, London Metropolitan University);
* and four students (two A-Level and two Undergraduates)
There will be three plenary speakers and two debates based on the motions:
"Should technology revolutionize education?"
and
"Attitudes not policies are stifling innovation in educational uses of
technology"
Full details at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2005/
Programme at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2005/programme.htm
Book now at: http://secret.oucs.ox.ac.uk/events/
Cost: 20.00 students; 80.00 academics; 200.00* commercial - to cover
coffees, teas, and lunch.
[* includes free for publicity inserts into delegates' packs]
N.B. On the 7th April you may also wish to attend the conference 'The
Shock of the Old: Implementing Innovation' also held in Oxford. Details
at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/shock2005/.
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