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
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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)
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Beyond
the Red Tape: Are the needs of governments,
educational institutions, and
learners inherently at
odds?
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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.htmFor
any questions related to either event contact
[log in to unmask]; tel:
+44 (0)1865
273221.