Dear Colleague

Netskills will be running the following workshops at Metro New Media, London:

1. Design Solutions for e-Learning, 19th September
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This workshop is aimed at those who are currently delivering or preparing to deliver some aspect of their teaching provision online. It investigates a range of design solutions for pedagogically effective web-based course design to aid and support the teaching and learning process.

2. Content Solutions for e-Learning, 20th September
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For e-learning to be more than just page turning, you need to provide learners with engaging content. This workshop introduces the skills you need to create such content, the tools that can help you and how to reuse and repurpose existing learning resources.


3. Assessment Solutions for e-Learning, 21st September
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Assessment, when used well, has long been recognised as a key element of developing effective learning. The rise in recent years of online assessment has brought a range of assessment tools and techniques into general use. While they provide an important framework to facilitate the delivery of online assessment, questions remain regarding the effective design and development of pedagogically fit online assessment.

4. Project Management for the Education Sector, 21st September
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This workshop introduces a project management methodology that can be adapted for any size of project and is specifically tailored to the needs of the education sector. The day is interactive, providing a structured approach to project management and investigating a number of examples.

5. Communication and Collaboration for e-Learning, 26th September
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Communication and collaboration are key elements of the online learning process. Whilst many tools facilitate these activities, using them effectively requires careful design, planning and management.

This practical workshop will enable you to engage learners in collaborative learning through best use of the online environment.

6. e-Assessment: Tools & Techniques, 27th September
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This workshop focuses on tools available for creating online assessment and the practical techniques required to use them effectively. Participants will have the opportunity to evaluate a range of assessment tools that can be used to create different types of assessment. In particular, we will focus on the emerging assessment management system TOIA, which is freely-available to UK HE and FE. These tools will be considered in terms of their functionality and interoperability with other tools and systems such as VLEs.

7. Detecting and Deterring Plagiarism, 28th September
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The issue of plagiarism has been around for centuries, but its impact has escalated with the growth of the world wide web, with its vast range of content, easy opportunities for cut-and-paste, and growing market of commercial sites helping the potential plagiarist. The education sector has seen a significant increase in cases of plagiarism in recent years, with observers suspecting that many more cases go undetected and/or unreported. While sophisticated online services can help with the detection of web-based plagiarism, long-term deterrence lies with appropriate course design and effective institutional policies.


These workshops also support our BTEC-accredited qualifications:
www.netskills.ac.uk/content/products/accreditation/pdp/index.html

Further details these workshops and of all Netskills events are available from:
www.netskills.ac.uk/content/products/workshops/


Regards

Jamie Stogden
Netskills
University of Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 7RU

tel: 0191 222 5000
fax: 0191 222 5001
web: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/ 

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