Will you offering further seminars this year?
Brenda Osakwe
Capel Manor College
Enfield
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Jane Jotcham
Sent: 18 March 2005 12:21
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Subject: [VLES] Introduction to the Bodington VLE System - Seminar,
Leeds, 6th April 2005
Bodington Buzz: Introduction to the Bodington VLE system
FREE SEMINAR - Wednesday 6 April 2005
Time: 10.30 - 3.30 (Registration and coffee from 10.00)
Venue: Edward Boyle Conference Room
Leeds University Library
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds LS2 9JT
With the growing interest in open source solutions for Virtual Learning
Environments, we would like to invite you to a free one-day seminar
demonstrating the Bodington Open Source VLE system.
Bodington was developed at the University of Leeds and is now being used
by the University of Oxford, the University of the Highlands and Islands
(UHI), and various FE colleges. It is an open source system which is
entirely free to use and which is experiencing a considerable amount of
development work.
The day will be hosted by the the Bodington.org team, part of the
Learning Development Unit at Leeds University, who are responsible for
the co-ordination of the development of the Bodington software in
collaboration with partner institutions. The Presentations and
demonstrations are aimed at decision makers and potential users of the
system who may be considering adopting or switching to an open source
VLE to contribute to their teaching and learner support.
Presentations will include:
* Brief introduction to Bodington
* Choosing Bodington and rolling it out
* Future directions of Bodington
* The support community for Bodington
* Bodington development projects underway
* ePortfolios and log books in Bodington
* Shibboleth integration
* Examples of using Bodington in teaching
During the day you will see Bodington demonstrated and have a chance to
ask questions about deploying it and using it in teaching. The day will
be divided into two parts. The morning will consist of short
presentations to all delegates introducing Bodington and giving an
overview of the experience of using Bodington in the different
institutions. There will also be presentations of some of the current
development projects.
After lunch there will be two parallel sessions and you are asked to
choose the session you would like to attend. Briefly, the themes of the
two sessions will be (1) 'Technical and Service Delivery aspects' and
(2) 'Use of the Bodington system in Teaching'.
To register
The day is free to attend and lunch will be provided, but you need to
reserve a place. To book a place please visit:
http://bodington.org/buzzbooking.jsp <http://bodington.org/buzzbooking.jsp>
If you have any queries, or require further information, please contact
Jane Jotcham at Bodington.org, Learning Development Unit, University of
Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT.
Telephone 0113 343 6669 or email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
N.B. Bodington Buzz is aimed at those involved in learning and teaching
in the UK and is free for them. However, you must register in order to
attend. If you are not involved in learning and teaching in the UK
but would like to attend this event, please contact
Jane Jotcham (contact details above). Capacity is limited for this
event. Registrations beyond our capacity audience will be placed on a
waiting list, and registrants will be notified as soon as a place becomes
available. The Learning Development Unit may need to limit the
number of delegates attending from a single institution.
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