WORKSHOPS AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Course design for effective learning
a 2-day workshop
How can you ensure that your ODL, CAL or web-based learning materials
support effective learning? The answer is to engage in a careful analysis of
topic content in order to identify effective tutorial and assessment
strategies. This workshop introduces you to a "framework for course design"
and a set of techniques for carrying out knowledge and task analysis.
Date: 10-11 November 1999, 09.30-17.30
Venue: The Open University Training Centre, Cofferidge Close, Stony
Stratford, Milton Keynes
Who will benefit: Teachers, trainers, writers and course designers who wish
to ensure investment in ODL, CAL or web-based learning is well spent.
Workshop aims: The workshop will help you to:
1. Understand principles of effective course design.
2. Carry out knowledge and task analysis.
3. Present courses and lessons in ways that accommodate different styles and
strategies of learning.
4. Design strong, relevant forms of assessment.
The workshop will include practical exercises. It will be helpful if you
have some specific course content in mind that you wish to work with. If
possible, bring with you some example materials, such as descriptions of key
concepts and skills.
Workshop leader: Dr Bernard Scott
Fee: £350-less 10% discount if you book more than one place on this or any
of our other workshops or courses.
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Implementing open and distance learning
a 1-day workshop
It is tempting to view the introduction of open and distance learning
methods simply as changes in teaching technology. At a time when processing
power is doubling roughly every eighteen months, the main issues tend to be
human factors related rather than technical feasibility: the availability
and willingness of individuals to get involved and promote new approaches
and the capability of organisations to adapt to changing needs,
opportunities and pressures. This workshop will help you to think through
the people issues in your own organisation.
Date: 12 November 1999, 09.30 - 17.00
Venue: Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton
Hall, Milton Keynes
Who will benefit: Training managers, trainers, chief executives of small and
medium sized enterprises, University Vice Chancellors, deans and heads of
departments, school and college heads, lecturers and teachers.
Workshop aims: This workshop will help you to think in new ways about the
delivery and support of learning and provide practical guidance on the
implications of trying to introduce distance learning methods into more
traditional learning contexts and organisations. In particular it addresses
the following questions:
What options do companies and educational organisations have in fostering
the development and implementation of such approaches?
What are the likely pitfalls and how can they best be avoided?
How can I develop a successful implementation strategy?
The workshop will be based on real, practical, examples described in Stephen
Brown's most recent book, Open and Distance Learning: Case Studies from
Industry and Education (Kogan Page 1997) which reviews the lessons to be
learned from trying to integrate distance learning strategies with
established face to face teaching methods and organisations.
Workshop leader: Professor Stephen Brown
Fee: £195-less 10% discount if you book more than one place on this or any
of our other workshops or courses. (Each workshop member will receive a copy
of Open and Distance Learning: Case Studies from Industry and Education.)
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