What is e-Learning? Why do it, how to publish it successfully and what are the benefits?  An interactive seminar to help you plan what could work for you.

e-LEARNING - ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

Thursday 21 October 2010 

Royal College of Pathologists, 2 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AF 

Chair: Oliver Jones, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Book online <http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=240638>  

Many publishers are investing in a portfolio of e-Learning products in order to provide interactive learning solutions to supplement textbooks, journals, courses and seminars. This interactive seminar will look at the reasons why businesses can benefit from e‑Learning solutions and why e-Learning is so popular in providing high quality, accessible learning. 

 

The seminar will demonstrate what e-Learning must include to be successful.  Case studies will show how a business needs to evolve in order to successfully publish and implement e-Learning solutions. 

 

Who should attend?
Small to medium publishers and societies who see the potential of e-Learning, yet don’t know where to start.
Editorial teams involved in the instructional design of content to be published on the web
Course and events leaders involved in transforming components of a course into an e-Learning or blended learning package
Publications managers requiring advice on the processes involved in e-Learning publication
Educationalists who are new to e-Learning
Project managers who have experience of product development but who are new to the publication of e-Learning
Commissioning editors responsible for ensuring publications are innovative yet educationally robust

 

PROGRAMME

 

09.30  Registration & Coffee

 

10.00  Introduction & Overview from the Chair

Oliver Jones, Education Projects Manager, RCOG

 

10.10  Achieving a successful educational experience using educational technology
’how people’s behaviour differs to that in more traditional learning environment.’
Anne Adams,  Educational psychologist (Open University)

 

11.00  What e-Learning can include and how to design it
Stephen Van-Vloten, Independent E-learning Specialist 

 

11.45  Coffee

 

12.00  Where to start, what the team requirements are and what you need to know.
Karen Edwards, Independent Instructional Designer

 

12.45  A small publisher’s perspective – the evolution of e-Learning from 2004-2010 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Oliver Jones, Education Projects Manager, RCOG

 

13.15  Lunch

14.00  Blended learning solutions and partnerships
Jo Wiles, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Elsevier

 

14.45 How to successfully develop and implement e-Learning to support postgraduate/further/higher education and continuing professional development
Chris Mason, Independent E-learning Specialist 

 

15.30  Tea/Coffee

 

15.45 Blended e-Learning and virtual reality simulation, the immersive way to learn
Majid Al Kader, Skills 2 Learn 

 

16.45  Close & wine reception

 

Further information: 

For further details and online booking, please see the  <http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=240638> website or contact me  

Lesley Ogg
Senior Coordinator, Events & Information Systems
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
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