Educational Development

Dates, times and room numbers have been confirmed for networked learning workshops. Ways to promote these remain unresolved. I did attempt to draw ALL EDC programmes into one list to use on the website and in other places. I have proposed a wiki is the better place and method to compile such a list for version control and to collaborate and maintain currency, but this proposal requires further consideration.

In the meantime the networked learning workshops begin in April, to coincide with the due date for staff individual development plans. I had hoped to get an EDC list out to staff to assist in the preparation of their IDPs, but now I am doing the best I can to get the networked learning list out.

Workshops in Networked Learning, as part of the EDC programme 2006 (starting April)

Leigh Blackall – Programme Developer for Educational Development at Otago Polytechnic

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Hi, my name's Leigh Blackall and I'm a new guy around here. I've done my fire warden training, and have orientated myself around the Dunedin Campuses. I've had initial meetings with Departments who are interested in developing flexible options for their programmes and now I'm ready for a bit of teaching work to compliment that. so I've hit the ground running by offering this informal programme in networked learning.

Here are a range of workshops to help staff and students develop fluency in new information and communications technologies that are proving quite useful in the education sector generally. I have been using these technologies in my own teaching back home in Australia for the past 2 years.

We'll be starting the first day in April, with one running every day of the first 2 weeks of each month. If you were keen you could book yourself in for every lunch time slot in the first 2 weeks, or you could take it slow and come when you can throughout the year, either to the before lunch slot or during lunch or both, whatever suites you.

Hope to see as many faces as we can get there, and I look forward to meeting you.

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eGroups
One of the oldest group communication devices on the Internet, email groups can still be the simplest and most effective tool for enhancing programmes with online participation. In this workshop you will learn how to find and join established eGroup learning communities, and create and manage your own.
Date: 1st Monday of every month, 11am - 12noon
Time: 11am – 12noon then 12noon – 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523 (H201 - April 3 only)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Blogs
From travel diaries to teaching and learning journals, there are over 60 million blogs in the world today, a number that continues to rise every day. In this workshop, learn what they’re all about and discuss how they are already being used in training and education.
Date: 1st Tuesday of every month
Time: 11am - 12 noon and 12noon – 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523 (H201 - April 4 only)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Wikis
Online collaborative authoring through a wiki can be a remarkable way to develop research and community engagement around subjects. From wikipedia.org (the free encyclopaedia) to small project specific wikis, this workshop will consider ways wikis can be used in training and education.
Date: 1st Wednesday of every month
Time: 11am - 12 noon and 12noon – 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523 (H201 - April 5 only)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Web feeds
From simple web feeds to podcasting and videocasting, RSS is a powerful way to obtain and distribute digital media online. In this workshop we will look at how easy it is to use RSS in programmes, and how beneficial it can be to teaching and learning.
Participants who have attended the Blogs and Tagging workshops will be at an advantage in this workshop.
Date: 1st Thursday of every month
Time: 11am - 12 noon and 12noon – 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523 (H201 - April 6 only)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer.
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Podcasting
You've seen all those students wondering around with iPods, mobile phones and other MP3 type players right? This workshop will help you get your audio recordings onto those devices in a remarkably easy way.
Participants who have attended Blogs, Digital Audio Recording and Editing and Web Feeds workshops will be at an advantage here.
Date: 1st Friday of every month
Time: 11am - 12 noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523 (H201 - April 7 only)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Finding and reusing digital resources
The Internet is a deep space with plenty of fertile planets of free and open teaching and learning resources to find (and even more dead rock and sordid crud to dodge along the way). In this workshop we will look at ways of finding free and open resources, and the legalities and practicalities of reusing them.
Participants who have attended the Tagging and Web Feeds workshop will be at an advantage here.
Date: 2nd Monday of every month
Time: 11am - 12noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer.
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Tagging
With so much available online, how on Earth do we find and manage what is useful? Tagging and folksonomies is one way. Folks what? Come along to this fun session take control of the Internet and make it work for you. Librarians especially encouraged to come.
Date: 2nd Tuesday of every month
Time: 11am - 12 noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Networked Learning
Bringing it all together into a model for flexible learning. Participants who have attended Blogs, Wikis, Web Feeds, and Tagging workshops will be at an advantage here. Please note, this session is majority conversational. Participants are invited to bring their own WiFi laptop for these sessions.
Date: 2nd Tuesday of every month
Time: 12 - 1 pm
Room: H206A/H206B (H311 on April 11 and June 13)
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Digital video recording and editing
There's no doubt that video can be an excellent way to communicate more complicated things to learners. In this workshop we'll use a range of recording devices and free and simple software to record and edit our own videos. You'll be surprised at how easy it can be. Participants are urged to bring along any digital image recording devise they may already own, as well as the cables it came with to plug into a computer.
Those who have attended Dale Parson's Camtasia workshop will be at an advantage here.
Date: 2nd Wednesday of every month
Time: 11am - 12noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Vlogging
V what!? Take your digital video, add it into your blog and podcast it!
Participants who have attended Blogs, Podcasting and Digital Video Recording and Editing workshops will be at an advantage here.
Date: 2nd Thursday of every month
Time: 11 - 12noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer.
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Open Office
A free alternative to Microsoft Office, Open Office can not only be a great way for students to obtain affordable (free!) office software, but also a remarkably easy way for you to create PDFs and Flash movies!
Date: 2nd Friday of every month
Time: 11 - 12 noon and 12noon - 1pm (come when you can)
Room: H523
Presenter: Leigh Blackall, Programme Developer
Contact: Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

TBA or apon request for 5 or more people

VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol, on online telephone calls for the rest of us. VOIP is a good way to make free long distant telephone calls, and even tele/video conferencing! In this workshop we’ll look at some of the VOIP options (Skype, Gizmo and Gtalk). Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Digital images online – Upload and distribute photos for free, use various features to create web resources. Find free and easy to use image based resources. Participants who have attended Brian Treanor’s Digital Images workshop will be at an advantage here. 2 hours. Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Digital image editing - So you've taken a photo and have successfully transfered it to your computer. Now you need to edit it such as cropping, black and white and compress it for use online. In this workshop we'll use Google's Picasa and the free and open source alternative to Photoshop - GIMP (Graphic Image Manipulation Program). Participants who have attended Brian Treanor's Digital Images workshop will be at an advantage here. 2 hours. Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Flash – Basic uses of Flash animation to create digital learning resources. Participants who have attended Leigh Blackall's Digital Video Recording and Editing, Dale Bennett's Camtasia, and Brian Treanor's Digital Images workshop will be at an advantage here. 2 x 3 hours. Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz

Creative Commons, copyright and open courseware - With the vast numbers of high quality teaching and learning resources being made freely available by so many people and other educational institutions, what does content ownership and intellectual property mean now? Is there any advantage to restrictinig access to our content? Is open content and open courseware a better business and educational model? 1 hour presentation and discussion. Leigh through edcenquiries@tekotago.ac.nz