2010 ETUG Spring Workshop: (see session descriptions http://etug.ca/?page_id=835)
Session: Discovering a Multi-Access Learning Environment in Action
Presenter: Valerie Irvine, TIE Research Lab, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria
Dr Garry Allen, Principal Advisor Academic ICT Integration, RMIT
At the end of 2010 RMIT will complete a three year program addressing strategic development in its elearning capability. The program, which is described at: www.rmit.edu.au/reap has been undertaken in three phases across
1. Minimum online presence,
2. Enhanced learning environments and
3. Active learning.
This presentation will cover the outcomes from REAP that are relevant to other University contexts, along with trend directions for learning technologies that influence university-level planning.
Presentation on "Practical Competences in Engineering and Technology Enhanced Learning: MOOCs and Emerging Areas at the IEEE Education Society" from the IEEE Education Society Special Technical Community on Learning Sciences at the The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr Garry Allen, Principal Advisor Academic ICT Integration, RMIT
At the end of 2010 RMIT will complete a three year program addressing strategic development in its elearning capability. The program, which is described at: www.rmit.edu.au/reap has been undertaken in three phases across
1. Minimum online presence,
2. Enhanced learning environments and
3. Active learning.
This presentation will cover the outcomes from REAP that are relevant to other University contexts, along with trend directions for learning technologies that influence university-level planning.
Presentation on "Practical Competences in Engineering and Technology Enhanced Learning: MOOCs and Emerging Areas at the IEEE Education Society" from the IEEE Education Society Special Technical Community on Learning Sciences at the The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Campus IB - a People-Oriented E-learning EnvironmentMichael Zeiller
Presentation at ED-MEDIA 2008 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. Vienna, June 30 – July 4, 2008.
Paper by Michael Zeiller, Martina Jelinek & Sebastian Eschenbach
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inc...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inclusion in an online learning environment- Emily Myanna and Jennifer DeJonge, Metropolitan State University
Open Education. A Modern Approach to Teaching and LearningKOED
Prezentacja Richarda Baraniuka (Connexions / Rice University) z konferencji "Otwarta edukacja w Polsce", zorganizowanej 23 kwietnia 2009 roku w Sejmie RP przez Koalicję Otwartej Edukacji (KOED).
This small publication on Virtual Mobility summarizes the main conclusions and outcomes of the VMCOLAB project. The booklet starts with defining the concept of Virtual Mobility and presenting the different types that can be distinguished. This is followed by an introduction of the VMCOLAB project and a presentation of the main support materials and services this project has developed for higher education institutions, teachers and students that want to engage in Virtual Mobility experiences. The three VMCOLAB pilot courses demonstrate the potential of Virtual Mobility for different target groups. Finally, some recommendations propose how to better integrate Virtual Mobility into educational experiences across Europe.
The publication is available in all the project languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian and Lithuanian.
The BC Open Textbook Project: More than Saving Students Money.
In the fall of 2012, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education announced funding to support the development of open textbooks. The primary goal of the project is to save post-secondary students money by promoting the adoption of free, open textbooks. But there are additional goals and benefits of the open textbook project that will benefit the post-secondary system in BC and beyond. In this presentation, Clint Lalonde from BCcampus will give an update on the BC Open Textbook project, and talk about some of the other open educational goals of the project that go beyond saving students money.
With a mandate from our IT Steering Committee and a wee pot of money Okanagan College built Model Technology Enhanced Classrooms at each of our 4 campuses this past year. The intent was to provide instructors with an opportunity to gain familiarity with educational technologies currently in use but not available to everyone at OC. It also came at a time when we are wrestling with the demise of VGA as a universal connection standard, and instructors wanting to use iPads for teaching, and students wanting to be able to display on the projector, and bringing in guest speakers using Skype, and running a backchannel, and … So we built them. And we learned a lot of things along the way. And I’ll tell you about them. http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/Campus_and_Community/employees/itservices/edtech/Model_Tech_Classroom.html Since 2005 Mike Minions has been the Educational Technology Coordinator at Okanagan College.
Campus IB - a People-Oriented E-learning EnvironmentMichael Zeiller
Presentation at ED-MEDIA 2008 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. Vienna, June 30 – July 4, 2008.
Paper by Michael Zeiller, Martina Jelinek & Sebastian Eschenbach
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inc...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inclusion in an online learning environment- Emily Myanna and Jennifer DeJonge, Metropolitan State University
Open Education. A Modern Approach to Teaching and LearningKOED
Prezentacja Richarda Baraniuka (Connexions / Rice University) z konferencji "Otwarta edukacja w Polsce", zorganizowanej 23 kwietnia 2009 roku w Sejmie RP przez Koalicję Otwartej Edukacji (KOED).
This small publication on Virtual Mobility summarizes the main conclusions and outcomes of the VMCOLAB project. The booklet starts with defining the concept of Virtual Mobility and presenting the different types that can be distinguished. This is followed by an introduction of the VMCOLAB project and a presentation of the main support materials and services this project has developed for higher education institutions, teachers and students that want to engage in Virtual Mobility experiences. The three VMCOLAB pilot courses demonstrate the potential of Virtual Mobility for different target groups. Finally, some recommendations propose how to better integrate Virtual Mobility into educational experiences across Europe.
The publication is available in all the project languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian and Lithuanian.
The BC Open Textbook Project: More than Saving Students Money.
In the fall of 2012, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education announced funding to support the development of open textbooks. The primary goal of the project is to save post-secondary students money by promoting the adoption of free, open textbooks. But there are additional goals and benefits of the open textbook project that will benefit the post-secondary system in BC and beyond. In this presentation, Clint Lalonde from BCcampus will give an update on the BC Open Textbook project, and talk about some of the other open educational goals of the project that go beyond saving students money.
With a mandate from our IT Steering Committee and a wee pot of money Okanagan College built Model Technology Enhanced Classrooms at each of our 4 campuses this past year. The intent was to provide instructors with an opportunity to gain familiarity with educational technologies currently in use but not available to everyone at OC. It also came at a time when we are wrestling with the demise of VGA as a universal connection standard, and instructors wanting to use iPads for teaching, and students wanting to be able to display on the projector, and bringing in guest speakers using Skype, and running a backchannel, and … So we built them. And we learned a lot of things along the way. And I’ll tell you about them. http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/Campus_and_Community/employees/itservices/edtech/Model_Tech_Classroom.html Since 2005 Mike Minions has been the Educational Technology Coordinator at Okanagan College.
Keynote address (Feb, 2016) to the educators in the Fort Nelson school district. We all know that we cannot teach a child without a concection... without a relationship. In the hustle and bustle of our jobs as educators, we often forget our why, the reason we got into education, of trying to make a difference with kids. In this talk, 6 Keys to Connecting are shared and discussed with the challenge of creating a more positive climate and better connections with kids in our classrooms, schools, and organizations.
Mobile-First SEO - The Marketers Edition #3XEDigitalAleyda Solís
How to target your SEO process to a reality of more people searching on mobile devices than desktop and an upcoming mobile first Google index? Check it out.
Re-Bridging the Digital Divide: Academic Libraries as a Source for Digital Eq...Jacqueline L. Frank
Join our discussion to see how four academic librarians are working to advance digital equity and inclusion for their users, by removing barriers that inhibit student access. The presenters will discuss the current digital divide in Montana and how access to, or lack of access to resources impacts student success in remote learning environments, including personal device ownership, access to internet or cell service, remote authentication, and digital accessibility. Libraries serve as an integral IT access point for many students, faculty, and staff, and play a critical role in the higher education IT community. The session will outline a variety of ways academic libraries are connected to information technology including through online instruction, acquisitions and remote access to resources, and public and digital accessibility services. Finally, they will share perspectives and strategies to promote digital equity and inclusion and increase the accessibility of library and online resources.
In this presentation at SXSWedu in March 2013, Dr. Gigi Johnson explores the fuzzy world of “blended” courses in higher education. She dissects the tensions and tribulations as universities attempt to blend F2F and web-enriched tools in traditional environments, including challenges of time, space, and data politics in research universities, challenges with cost structures and faculty development, and abundant legal and IP issues. What is a class vs. what it could be with rich alternative technologies for learning? How do old universities rethink “class” instead of “just” repackage learning in a blended environment?
CornellX: What we've learned about Epistemological beliefs, Motivation, Inten...Alexandra M. Pickett
Patrice Torcivia Prusko will provide a presentation that will highlight what we’ve learned about student’s epistemological beliefs, motivation, intent and achievement of goals in a MOOC. The goal of this presentation is to share and reflect with participants on what we can learn about how students learn and what truly motivates them.
This was a course assignment when I was studying at FPT University where we had chances to talk about what we were interested in in front of the class. I was dreaming of a MOOC platform for Vietnamese during that time. I hope that these slides from my coursework will be useful for those who are looking for an overview of MOOCs, or attempt to do business with it. Also on the ending slide, I talked about my personal idea for running a Mooc platform. Sit down and enjoy!
Using Mobile Technology in Information Literacy Skills Training to Enhance ...Tony Tin
Thirteen mobile information literacy eLearning lessons have been designed to demonstrate how to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively. Testing of the tool is underway with students majoring in psychology, social work, and education to determine the effectiveness of using mobile technology to enhance students’ information literacy skills. This poster highlights the development and application of the mobile information literacy innovation, the collaboration between faculty and the Library and preliminary findings of the pilot project. Successes and challenges of the research project to support anytime, anywhere student mobile information literacy eLearning training will be highlighted.
Sloan-C Merlot 12: OER and Accessibility Higher Education Status and IssuesUna Daly
Gerry Hanley, Merlot; Una Daly, Open Courseware Consortium; and Mark Riccobono, National Federation for the Blind present on the importance of designing in accessibility for OER producers and consumers.
Keynote on 'Pedagogies for Today' given by Professor Rebecca Ferguson of The Open University at the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2022), a hybrid conference based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Presentation given at GUSCO, the Guldensporen College in Kortrijk, Belgium. In this presentation I give an overview of the MOOC benefits for teachers and students.
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Indigenous History Month Art Activity
In June 2022, we got together virtually to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Month by working our way through a month-long art project. Each person was to think of an Indigenous artist they admire, research the artist and their work, and create a piece of art for themselves influenced by the artist they had chosen. Throughout the month we presented on these artists and why we connect to their art and discussed important topics like appropriation vs. appreciation. We learned a lot about Indigenous artists in Canada and about each other and ourselves. The art project allowed people to connect with their heritage as well as Indigenous peoples; it was as much a research and art project as it was a team-building and self-reflection activity.
Unpacking Power Hierarchies in Students as Partners PracticesBCcampus
Slides from a session with Roselynn Verwoord, Conan Veitch, Yahlnaaw, and Heather Smith from the Symposium 2018 held on October 24, 2018 in Vancouver, B.C.
Building Canada’s Zed Cred: Challenges and OpportunitiesBCcampus
Slides from the panel session with Amanda Coolidge, Krista Lambert, and Rajiv Jhangiani from the 15th Annual, Open Education Conference held on October 10 – 12, 2018 in Niagara Falls, New York
Connecting Students with People who Care(er): Post-Secondary Professionals as...BCcampus
Presentation by Candy Ho, Faculty, Educational Studies, Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Dr. Cindy Xin
Director of Research, Simon Fraser University
Increasingly students begin their post-secondary experience with a career in mind, and two recent studies (Environics Research Group, 2011; Ho, 2017) suggest that those paths are largely influenced by educators (e.g. Faculty) before a student even considers visiting a career centre. Consequently, these professionals have the inherent capacity to extend their care for students beyond their teaching roles: as Career Influencers, defined by the EdD study as individuals working in a higher education institution who informally provide career-related advice, guidance, and/or counselling to prospective and current students and/or alumni.
This session has two goals. It aims to help attendees recognize their influence in student career development, and consider how they can incorporate career development components into their teaching practice. Findings and implications from Ho’s (2017) EdD study will serve as a backdrop of the session (research questions are included at the end*), while attendees are guided through reflective and discussion activities that enhance the awareness of their influence in student career development.
Current planned activities include having the attendees:
-Reflect on their “constellation of life roles” (Magnusson, 2014) and how roles, events, and experiences contribute to their approach as educators
-Consider how their current activities and interactions with students (e.g., curriculum, office hours conversations) help students develop employability skills
-Discuss their impressions on the notion of the ‘Everyday Career Influencer’, pondering on questions such as:
How do they currently serve as Career Influencers and demonstrate a sense of care for student career development?
How might they further their practice as Career Influencers?
What opportunities and/or challenges do they face as Career Influencers within their institutions? What can they do to take advantage and/or overcome them?
-EdD study research questions and sub-questions:
How do post-secondary education professionals conceive their influence in student career development?
How do they conceptualize the term “career”?
How do they see their role as having an impact on student career development?
How do they see themselves as individuals as having an impact on student career development?
What resources and/or competencies do they believe are important in furthering their impact on student career development?
Festival of Learning 2018 - May 28 – 30 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver, B.C.
Presentation by Ian Linkletter, Learning Technology Specialist, UBC
Presenting about UBC’s efforts to implement and evaluate team chat as a learning technology for online and blended courses. Team chat (like Slack) is a transformative communication and collaboration technology, combining threaded discussions with real-time chat in an intuitive and flexible way. Features like persistent history, advanced search capability, file sharing, typing status, mobile apps, and emoji reactions add up to a versatile tool that is still easy to use.
Research shows how timely interactions with instructors, collaboration with classmates, and a sense of community can enhance teaching and learning. This is particularly important in an online learning environment. Team chat has given our students a direct communication channel to their instructor and each other, helping them connect, ask questions, seek clarification, collaborate, and build community.
Since 2016, the Faculty of Education has been piloting an open source team chat application called Mattermost on a UBC-hosted server. Unlike Slack or Microsoft Teams, which are both cloud-hosted outside of Canada, Mattermost allows us to keep student data secure in compliance with BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). Mattermost has been used in over 20 course sections across the faculties of Education, Arts, and Science. As of December 2017, the UBC Mattermost pilot consists of 100 daily active users, 300 monthly active users, and almost 70,000 posts.
Attendees will learn (and chat) about:
• Ways team chat can enhance learning
• How team chat has been applied in real use cases including online program cohorts, learning communities, and research teams
• The relationship between secure, safe, transparent platforms and academic freedom
Mattermost will be blended into the session, allowing attendees to choose the conversation(s) they wish to join, participate in real-time, network with colleagues, and carry on chatting after the Festival of Learning concludes.
Festival of Learning 2018 - May 28 – 30 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver, B.C.
Cultivating trust and Emotional Safety in Educational EnvironmentsBCcampus
Presentation by: Steven Bishop, Learning Designer, Douglas College, Ross Laird, Educational Consultant, Laird Associates, Leva Lee, Manager, BCcampus, Kathryn McNaughton, Hope Miller, Online Learning Designer/Trainer, Douglas College, Sandra Polushin, Coordinator / Faculty, Douglas College
Many educational institutions are grappling with the troubling rise of mental health challenges within their communities. Issues such as depression and anxiety are becoming increasingly common not only within the student population but also among instructors and educational administrators, many of whom find their collegial environments to be fraught with new hurdles involving the care and wellness of people.
Bedrock human values such as belonging, trust, and emotional safety are becoming harder to develop and sustain in educational environments undergoing turmoil and change from a variety of influences. How might we preserve and nurture these values? How might we commit to practices that cultivate the wellness and well-being of our colleagues and communities? How might we commit to environments of authentic caring in which people feel emotionally safe and valued?
Over the past year, a small group of practitioners at several local institutions (BCcampus, Douglas College, Vancouver Community College) has been working on projects designed to encourage emotional care and wellness. In this interactive session on the theme of "Mental Health for all within and across our organizations", these practitioners will each share the hurdles and rewards of their process. The purpose of the session will be to provide participants with perspectives and tools to use in approaching themes of care and wellness at their own institutions -- with colleagues, students, and community partners.
The experiential session will be informed by the practice, theory, and research currently being conducted at the partner institutions involved in these projects. Participants will hear about common hurdles involved in promoting the care and wellness of people, will hear perspectives about navigating the complex terrain of human relationships, and will practice tools and ideas for moving forward with their own initiatives.
Festival of Learning 2018 - May 28 – 30 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver, B.C.
An adventure into creation of OER: A STEM wiki projectBCcampus
Presentation by Pamini Thangarajah, Associate Professor, Mount Royal University
Removing financial barriers to undergraduate education is crucial, and the creation of open educational resources (OER) will directly help. And not only would the resources developed benefit the students as they are taking the class, but also by making the material open, it could be used by other faculty and students, not only at your institution but beyond.
In an appreciation of my financially unburden educational experience, I have explored what I can do to help the students to access the required learning materials. There is no open text(s) available that can be used for this course. To this end, I have created the resources in an open educational environment.
In this session, I will be walking you through my experience of creating open educational resources for a mathematics course at the Mount Royal University, Calgary.
Festival of Learning 2018 - May 28 – 30 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver, B.C.
Analysis of UFV Student Learning Patterns: Ratio of Instructor-Directed (In-C...BCcampus
Presentation by Samantha Pattridge and Hannah Peters (UFV)
Symposium 2017: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary Education
The Symposium is an annual one-day event presented by the BCTLC and BCcampus that combines presentations, discussions, and networking with colleagues who share an interest in scholarly teaching and learning in post-secondary education.
When: Nov. 6, 2017
Where: Simon Fraser University – Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Encouraging Folio-Thinking: Capturing the Learning with e-PortfolioBCcampus
Presentation by Claire Hay, Associate Professor of Geography, University of the Fraser Valley, Michelle Johnson, Educational Developer, University of the Fraser Valley and Mary Gene Saudelli, Faculty, Teaching and Learning, University of the Fraser Valley
Symposium 2017: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary Education
The Symposium is an annual one-day event presented by the BCTLC and BCcampus that combines presentations, discussions, and networking with colleagues who share an interest in scholarly teaching and learning in post-secondary education.
When: Nov. 6, 2017
Where: Simon Fraser University – Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Presentation by Shauna Jones, Senior Lecturer, Simon Fraser University
Symposium 2017: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary Education
The Symposium is an annual one-day event presented by the BCTLC and BCcampus that combines presentations, discussions, and networking with colleagues who share an interest in scholarly teaching and learning in post-secondary education.
When: Nov. 6, 2017
Where: Simon Fraser University – Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Symposium 2017: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary Education
The Symposium is an annual one-day event presented by the BCTLC and BCcampus that combines presentations, discussions, and networking with colleagues who share an interest in scholarly teaching and learning in post-secondary education.
When: Nov. 6, 2017
Where: Simon Fraser University – Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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Discovering a Multi-Access Learning Environment in Action
1. Discovering a Multi-Access Learning
Environment in Action
Dr. Valerie Irvine
TIE Research Lab, Faculty of Education
University of Victoria
virvine@uvic.ca
2. About Valerie
Dr. Valerie Irvine
Assistant Professor, Educational Technology
Co-Director, Technology Integration and Evaluation
(TIE) Research Lab
University of Victoria
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3. TIE Research Lab @ UVic
“Technology Integration and Evaluation” Research Lab
http://tie.uvic.ca (with Co-Director, Dr. Allyson Hadwin
Approximately $800,000 in funding provided by:
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• British Columbia Knowledge Development Funds
• Knowledge North (Canarie)
• The University of Victoria (various sources)
• Telus
• Polycom
• Dell
• SMART Technologies
• Epson, etc.
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4. TIE Research Lab @ UVic
RESEARCHING
• Technologies for improving learning strategies
• Learner and teacher technology acceptance
• Regulating solo and collaborative learning
• Evaluating video-conferencing technologies for
learning and collaborating
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5. TIE Research Lab @ UVic
INFRASTRUCTURE
• State-of-the-art video conferencing facility
• Research workstations
• Digital video & recording devices
• 3 portable laptop laboratories
• Video capture and streaming server (about to be
enhanced)
• SMART technologies
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9. So what does this mean for learning
environments?
• Influx of new technologies supported the
exploration of ways to support networked learning
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10. Reflections on online course
experiences
• Registration options:
• Building, Room, Day, Time
• “ONL” = online…
• Guest speaker from Stanford and the logistics of
student involvement when no schedule was
committed
• Video conference vs. Elluminate
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11. Reflections on online course experiences
• Mix of off-campus & on-campus students enrolled
• On-campus students create F2F meetings
• Distance students create F2F meetings when in
the same city
• Perception of responsibility to meet needs of
on-campus students
• Rural school district superintendent with VC-enabled
room expresses interest in teacher PD via VC
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12. Current Processes in Higher Education
• Examination of registration system
• “building, room, day, time” course category
• “online” course category
• An environment or way to connect is chosen
• Student participation in a course
• determined by ability to access a course within
those constraints
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13. Current processes in higher education
• NO option for students to *make a choice*
about *how they are able* to access a course
• Locus of control of course access is at the
instructor or institutional level
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14. Factors for Change
• Recent research showing higher exam results
with podcast learning
(McKinney, Dyck, & Luber, 2009)
• How do we communicate choice of access to
learners?
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15. Factors for Change
• Declining student population in some cases
• echo generation moving on, increase of post-
secondary institutions, decrease in funding,
etc.
• Need to merge the three types of learners
and find ways to deliver learning that can be
accessed…
• Anytime, anywhere, and any way
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16. Questions raised
• How does this fit with current delivery modes?
• How can this be communicated via traditional
university time table systems?
• What type of label is appropriate for this
environment?
• How can this be supported?
• Do we worry about media release of students?
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18. Learning Delivery Considerations
• Additional Considerations
• Open Online Communities
• Open Courses
• See examples by George Siemens (Athabasca
University) or Alec Couros (University of
Regina)
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19. Multi-Access Learning (Irvine, 2009)
allows the following:
• School district, health unit, business could register a
number of students and the spot for one IP connection to a
vc-enabled classroom
• Individual enrolment by desktop distance learner to watch
recorded lectures and participate online
• On-campus learners can register a bum-in-seat spot in the
VC-enabled classroom
• Potentially, desktop connection to VC unit if hardware
bridge is employed
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22. Three Types of Learner Access
1. Distributed (online)
• Off campus typically
• On campus learners (can be unhappy with an
online option)
• Individual access (not likely pods of F2F learners)
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23. Three Types of Learner Access
2. IP Video Conferencing
• Off-campus learners (e.g., health units, business,
K-12, etc.)
• With so many codecs around, why do we not
support their access to higher education for
professional development?
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24. Three Types of Learner Access
3. Face-to-Face
• Still “the” mode for most universities
• Might be easier to push traditional faculty
members to move to video conference than to
teaching online?
• Course casting is typically seen as a supplemental
resource for on-campus students
• And perhaps loss-leader marketing tactic…
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27. Considerations for Implementation
• Recording and Privacy
• Media Release?
• Course outline as contract and stated
• Alternative exists (online access)
• Integration of other technologies to access
community groups (SMART Bridgit conferencing)
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28. Considerations for Implementation
• Registration Systems
• Biggest barrier
• No option for learners to *make a
choice* about how they wish or *are
able* to access learning
• We have offered anytime and anywhere,
but not any way
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29. Considerations for Implementation
• Registration Systems
“Multi-access course”
1. Online (asynchronous)
2. Video Conference at stated day/time
User to submit IP, register one-way of
the multi-point unit, register students
at site
3. Face-to-face at day/time/room
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30. OVERVIEW OF FIELD INITIATIVES
• Video conferencing
• Role of Social Media
• Role of Recording/Streaming & Mobile Learning
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32. VIDEO CONFERENCING
• Community support
• http://2learn.ca equivalent is required
• And where exactly is the VC community???
• Some school districts listed on Canarie site:
http://www.canarie.ca/canet4/connected/map.html
• Some school districts listed on VcAlberta.ca
site:
http://vcalberta.ca/directory/directory.cfm
• More to come on VcCanada.ca when it gets
more support…
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33. The Elevate Conference (K-12)
• Approximately 500 K-12 Educators in Alberta
• willing to come to a conference in August
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36. Social Media
• Could provide ability to provide another way for
learners viewing live stream to participate or for
connecting for open education
• Tagging options within streaming solutions
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37. Recording/Streaming & Mobile Learning
• Live Stream or Video-on-Demand of Multi-access
course
• See presentation later today
• Ability to support mobile learning with this multi-
access route
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38. Dream? Or Plausible?
• Invited to present to Internet2’s advisory group in
Washington DC…
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39. to check out
• http://cilc.org
• http://vcalberta.ca
• PTC report
• VROC
• Content providers/BCTF
• http://bc.net presentation
• http://tie.uvic.ca
• GYRD
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40. Open Floor for Comments/Questions
Dr. Valerie Irvine
virvine@uvic.ca
250-721-7778
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