Innovating e-Learning 2009 Online Conference
Thriving, not just surviving!
Themes for Innovating e-Learning 2009 reflect the challenges facing further and higher education in the 21st century and explore the increased options offered by technology for meeting those challenges.
The fourth JISC international online conference
(Please note: the conference is now closed. However, the presentations are now available - see the programme. You can also download the evaluation report.)
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Venue Online
Dates 24 - 27 November 2009
Theme 1: Finding the way
Focuses on exploring guiding principles for technology-enhanced learning and teaching. Drawing on insights from recent JISC-funded research and other leading thinkers in the field, this theme asks questions such as:
- What are the needs and expectations of learners using technology in their learning? How can we distinguish between the myths and the reality, and respond effectively?
- Is there a role for social media in supporting, engaging and retaining learners?
- How can technology enhance the broader canvas of curriculum delivery?
- What are the benefits and challenges posed by open educational resources?
- What will educational institutions look like in the future?
Theme 2: Meeting the challenge
Looks at the integration of technology-mediated practice under specific agendas asking questions such as:
- How can institutions respond with more agility to the changing needs of the workplace?
- How can institutions engage employers and professional bodies in curriculum design?
- Adopt or avoid? Can virtual worlds open up new routes to learning?
- How can the design of technology-rich physical learning spaces be informed by research?
If you are a researcher, institutional manager or practitioner involved in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, Innovating e-Learning 2009 will be of interest to you. Delegates from further and higher education and from overseas are welcome.
Proceedings take place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. The 2009 conference also includes opportunities to participate in real-time sessions in Elluminate®(a tool for interactive online collaboration, provided by Netskills), see presenters on video, meet other delegates in the Virtual Coffee Shop and try your hand at new tools and techniques. There will also be sessions using Second Life, with the support of the Regional Support Centres.