Facilitating Online/course mini conference
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[edit] Mini Conference FO09
Facilitators: please enter a proposed event, dates and times below (between 9th - 22nd November and if you haven't done so already start a thread in the discussion area for your proposal. All times in UTC/GMT please (NZ time is UTC +13 hours). Time zones can be calculated using this web site: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
[edit] Online Discussion Forum Session
Title: Elearning Interaction Through Online Discussion Forum
Date: 7.30 pm, Monday 16th November, (UTC/GMT + 13hrs)
Facilitator:Krishan Mani (kmani@manukau.ac.nz)
Presenter:Meena Adhikari (MIT) and Guest Speaker: Cherie Wright, Programme Leader National Certificate in Computing, Manukau Institute of Technology.
Venue:Elluminate: meeting room here
Description:For my Mini Conference I would like to discuss the Importance of Online interactionusing online discussions forums. How effective is asynchronous communication. Discuss some pros and cons of Online Discussions Forums. Share examples of online discussion and how users befit from it. Visit my blog for more details and dicussion about the topic. http://facilitationonlinekrishan.blogspot.com/
Back Up Plan: Skype (Skype ID: krishanmani83)
--Kmani 21:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Twitter Session
Title: All you need to know (can we use it in Education?)
Date: 11 am, Friday 20th November, (UTC/GMT + 13hrs)
Facilitator:Debra Maddocks (d.maddocks@ucol.ac.nz)
Presenter:Kevin Brennan (UCOL)
Venue:Elluminate: meeting room here
Description:To explore the use of Twitter in Education via asynchronous discussion prompts/ Q&A before a facilitated presentation session by Kevin Brennan, eLearning Advisor, UCOL. During the week leading to the presentation, please make use of the following NING network site- SIGN UP HERE[1]
Back Up Plan:Details will be posted on the NING site as required DebraMaddocks 06:06, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Going online to save the mala - early lessons from a web-based conservation planning process
Date: 2pm Monday 23 November
Facilitator: Stephen Blyth
Presenter: Caroline Lees, co-convenor Conservation Breeding Specialist Group Australasia (CBSG)
Venue: TBD. Please RSVP and I will send a login to the webconferencing software - email Stephen at commonknowledge.net.nz
Description: The Australasian CBSG recently trialled a virtual environment as an alternative to face-to-face conservation planning workshops. Focused on saving the endangered mala, which inhabits Australia's dry centre, an online workshop process unrolled over a two month period from early August 2009. A variety of technologies were used including phone calls, Skype and synchronous conversation using Vyew web conference software, along with email and a Google sites wiki.
Sablyth 20:48, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Use of wikis in education
Title: How has wikieducator been used to support students learning in travel and tourism education
Date: Wednesday November 18 at 1pm
Facilitator:Rachel Byars (rbyars@tekotago.ac.nz)
Presenter:Hillary Jenkins(Otago Polytechnic)
Venue:Elluminate: meeting room here
Duration:30 minutes
Description:To explore the use of wikis in Education via Eluminate - Hillary Jenkins, Programme Manager - Travel & Tourism at Otago Polytechnic has been using wiki educator within their courses for a few years. She will present information on how the wiki can be used as both an educational and marketing tool for courses and how to motivate collaboration. If you would like to explore the wiki prior to the conference, please follow this link. At the end of the presentation there will be the opportunity for questions to Hilary.
Back up plan: Skype rachel.byars Please note this event will be recorded and available on this wiki.
Recording Information: If you missed out on this session, you can listen to the recording
[edit] Implementing online tools into your teaching
Title: How to implement online tools into your teaching)
Date: Monday November 23 at 12 noon)world times here(my original time was scheduled by Heather, sorry for the change)
Facilitator:Kylee Tindall (dssltd@xtra.co.nz)
Presenter: Robin Heyden from Boston, US
Venue:Elluminate: meeting room here
Description:To find out how to implement online tools into your teaching via Eluminate - Please refer to the questions via email to support the open discussion Ktindall 1:00, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Googlereader and Del.icio.us - Link to Elluminate recording attached
Title: Organising your online activities using Googlereader and Del.icio.us
Date: Friday 13 November at 11am
Presenter: David McQuillan (DavidM@tekotago.ac.nz)
Facilitator: Hilary Blamires, Otago Polytechnic, Wintec Hamilton Base (hilary@tekotago.ac.nz)
Venue: Elluminate: meeting room here
Description: To explore the use of Googlereader to organise multiple blogs, and Del.icio.us, a social bookmarking web service for storing,sharing,and discovering web bookmarks.
Duration: 1 hour Link here: http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz/play_recording_confirmation.html
Back up plan: Skype hblamires
[edit] Moodle, Ning, Wikieducator,Facebook and WiZiQ
Title: How Moodle, Ning, Wikieducator, Facebook and WiZiQ can be combined to enhance online Instruction
Date: Monday the 23rd of November Time:8PM
Duration: 1 Hour
Facilitator: Catherine Taylor (catherinetaylor@inspire.net.nz)
Presenters: Nellie Deutsch will be Co presenting with Gladys Gahona
Venue: [WiZiQ][2]
Description:To Discuss and Demonstrate techniques that facilitate active life-long learning. Look at ways in which Moodle (LMS)(CMS), Ning, Wikieducator, Facebook, and WiZiQ can be combined to share and enhance the facilitation of online instruction and learning via Blended Learning (BL) and Blended Online Learning (BOL) Modalities (see BOL workshops on WikiEducator and IT4ALL.
Back up plan: Elluminate
[edit] Virtual Office
Please Note: Change of presenter/Change of Date/time :)
Title: Creation of a virtual office for SPELD Manawatu.
Date: TBA Time: TBA
Facilitator:Heather Moran (h.moran@ucol.ac.nz)
Duration: 20 mins
Presenter:Mark Leonard Jones
Venue:Elluminate
Description:Mark is a UCOL BICT third year student embarking on a final industry project designing and implementing a virtual office for the Manawatu branch of Speldnz. Speldnz is a not for profit organisation that provides information, assessment and tuition to families, whanau, schools, businesses and individuals living with Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Disabilities.
Back Up Plan: DimDim
[edit] Making the transition
Title: Making the transition first steps from static materials to interactive online resources.
Date: TBC NZ - world times here
Duration: 1 hour
Facilitator: Debra Robertson-Welsh [3]
Presenters: Three presenters from the Manukau Institute of Technology, Learning Technology Centre: Erle, Cameron and Lisa.
Venue: TBC
Description: The presenters will give examples of how they have taken static teaching materials and converted them into interactive and online resources.
Participation needed:Please put forward any area of interest that you would like the team to cover. If you have any items for discussion regarding making the move to using online communities for teaching and learning please send them to Debrarw[4]
[edit] Personal Learning Networks
Title: Discover your personal learning network
Date: Tuesday 17th November 8pm NZ - world times here
Duration: 40 mins
Facilitators: Rosanne Wilson (rose.glenn@xtra.co.nz)
Presenter: Anton Pienaar is a Senior Instructional Designer at e-Blended Learning Solutions (e-BLS) in New Plymouth. He has been involved internationally in the design and implementation of learning, teaching and assessment online. He holds an MA in Higher Education with a specialisation in E-learning in Higher Education and Learning Management Systems. He is a passionate teacher, having taught from high school level to post-graduate level. Anton has presented at several international conferences and is specifically researching the phenomenon of asynchronous communication online and its real influence on learning.
Venue: *DimDim
Description: We will be discussing personal learning networks and what they are. You will discover (if you haven't already) your own PLN. To prepare for this meeting please look at Joyce seitzinger's blog *[5]. She discusses PLNs on her blog. She also did an excellent presentation at eFest on PLNs as well. When you enter the DimDim meeting room can you please use your first name as an identifier. Please also make sure your audio is functioning. Finally, there will be a small incentive prize for the person with the best participation in the meeting.
Back up plan: A second meeting will be held on Thursday 19th November 8.30pm ONLY if the session fails.--Rosannew 08:01, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Blogging for Preschoolers
Date: Monday 30 November 6pm NZ - world times here
Facilitator: Adrienne Moyle (adrienne_moyle@yahoo.com)
Presenters: Beverly Kaye and Tania Coutts.
Venue: Elluminate ( I will update link soon, it is not working at the moment)
Description: Beverly and Tania have been doing amazing things with blogs at Manaia Kindergarten in Northland. Hear about their action research project and how blogging has influenced the children's learning. Questions and discussion welcome.
Back up plan: Should there be any problems with Elluminate we will re-schedule the meeting. I will email basic user guides out with the session invitations, and will open the meeting half an hour early to assist newcomers to Elluminate to become familiar with the tools.
[edit] Implementing blogs as a effective e-learning tool
Title: Implementing blogs as a effective e-learning tool
Date: Asynchronous event (2 week period from 16th Nov 09 to 30th Nov 09)
Facilitator:Meena Adhakari (madhikar@manukau.ac.nz)
Presenter: Jagadish Ghimire (connect.jaggu@gmail.com)
Venue:Visit my BLOG http://meenaadhikari.blogspot.com/ for more details and begin discussion.
Description: Discussing blogs as a knowledge sharing,reflective,asynchronous tool for debate.The You Tube video link in my blog contains presentation on using blogs in a learning environment.It discusses the potential benefits and downsides to it.At the end, it will come down to what suits who, and if learning outcomes can be met with blogs in a online setup.Please post feedback through comments, and myself or the Guest SPeaker will get back to you as soon as we can. Cheers Meena
--Meena 21:17, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Resources that may be used for the mini conference
- Tinychat - killian sibajene free chat room that also uses audio video conference
- Skype - free conference call (better for small groups)
- DimDim - free web conference, similar to Elluminate. Sarah Stewart's review of DimDim.
- Second Life - virtual world
- WiZiQ - free virtual classroom, similar to Elluminate
- mikogo - free screen sharing / online meeting
- Vyew - free screen sharing / online meeting
- WebIQ - as mentioned by Leigh during the meeting on 14/10
[edit] Information that may be of interest
This is a great wiki resource with practical tips on how to facilitate online meetings/sessions. The wiki is called " synchfacilitation" - recommended by Alison Miller.
Live Webcast: The Top 10 Tips for Successful Webcasts: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT Click here for more information.
Will Videoconferencing Kill Business Class Travel?
Brilliant tips from Nancy White on how to facilitate an online meeting: Teleconference Call Tips
Great advice: Learn the secret of a great web meeting.
Where Rubber Meets Road: Real Experiences Transitioning To Virtual Workshops by Julia Young, 10 November 2009
Where Rubber Meets Road (2): Six Traps to Avoid When Designing Your First Virtual Workshop by Julia Young, 12 November 2009
[edit] Past conferences
FO08 - This conference program is better viewed on Wikieducator, where the 2008 course was held
