A broad and expanding spectrum of electronic learning materials is currently in use in universities, industry and other settings. These materials have the potential to transform education, but there are countless ways that reality may end up falling short of this potential. The aim of this conference is to identify a path toward a world in which the sharing of innovative learning materials is both commonplace and effective.
Overview: A broad and expanding spectrum of electronic learning materials is currently in use in universities, industry and other settings. These materials have the potential to transform education, but there are countless ways that reality may end up falling short of this potential. The aim of this conference is to identify a path toward a world in which the sharing of innovative learning materials is both commonplace and effective. We have the following goals, to:
- Identify Enablers and Barriers in the Reuse of Electronic Learning Materials
- Link Innovations in Reuse with Communities of Practice
Target Audience: those interested in:
- Electronic learning materials and their distribution and reuse,
- The establishment and evaluation of communities of practice.
- Pedagogy in higher education, with particular reference to enterprise, engineering, technology and health.
Sponsors Include:
- Cambridge-MIT Institute
- MIT Engineering Systems Learning Center (ESLC)
- UK Open University
- TU Delft
Background: This is the third in a series of conferences sponsored by CMI and ESLC. The first was on “Legal Issues in e-Learning,” held in Cambridge, England, September 16, 2003. The second was on “New Frontiers in Electronic Learning Materials,” held in Boston, Massachusetts, June 1, 2004.
The conference will draw upon work carried out in CMI’s Knowledge Resource Network project, launched to find ways of exploiting some of the value of the learning materials from the 6 Masters programmes across the UK.
Draft Agenda
| 8.30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome, Overview and Expectations
KRN Welcome – William J. Nuttall, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
OU Welcome – Paul Clark, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Learning and Teaching
Workshop Expectations – Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Sloan School of Management, MIT
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| 9:20 |
Part I: Sponsoring a Systems Change in UK Higher Education
Keynote Address 1 – Liz Beaty, Director of Learning and Teaching at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
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| 9:45 |
Keynote Address 2 – Derek Morrison, Acting Head of e-Learning at the Higher Education Academy |
| 10:10 |
Interactive Discussion: Goals and Aims for the use of Electronic Learning Materials |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Part II: Current Practice (2 parallel sessions)
Session A:
- OpenCourseWare Dan Carchidi, MIT
- The DoITPoMS Project: an "embedded" resource? John Leake, University of Cambridge
- The Open University's Open Content Initiative - a brief overview Tony Walton, OU
- Development experience with the AERS-TLRP Masters' modules Erica McAteer, Strathclyde
- Experience with JORUM Steve Rogers, Edinburgh
- fOCUS: An adaptable resource for observation skills training John Oates, OU
Session B:
- Evolving consequences of blocking the use of learning materials Ray Corrigan, OU
- Systems perspectives on reuse and communities of practice Jenny Brakels and Ellen Sjoer, TU Delft
- 'Keep them away from my stash!': Persistent cultural obstacles to reuse Keir Thorpe, Southampton
- Universities' Collaboration in elearning (UCeL): a model for a CoP Raquel Morales, Cambridge
- Community dimensions of repositories Sarah Currier, Strathclyde
- Inhibitors and enablers to reuse Chris Pegler, OU
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| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:00 |
Part III: Break out Discussions
What do we want to achieve (patterns of use, culture change, etc)?
What are the constraints, inhibitors and challenges?
How do we make it happen?
Group 1: Fostering Communities of Practice
Group 2: Addressing social and cultural dimensions in the reuse of learning materials
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| 14:30 |
Break |
| 14:45 |
Part IV: Summary and Next Steps:
Reports from the Break Out Groups
Case Example: CMI data |
| 16:00 |
Plenary discussion
Facilitation – William Nuttall and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
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| 16:20 |
Concluding comments
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| 16:30 |
Adjourn |
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