Educational Designer and Programme Developer

UCTL, University of Canterbury and Otago Polytechnic

Workshop

This is a beginner’s workshop, focusing on the teaching and learning side of this topic, not the technology.

Increasingly, social software (such as blogs and wikis) is being used in formal taught courses. If not carefully guided, the openness and social nature of these tools can work against the formality of course objectives and assessment.

During this workshop we will consider blogs, wikis and RSS as they can be used in formal taught courses. This will include some hands on activities and appropriate case studies, focusing on setting up the activities and appropriate tutor/facilitator attitudes.

Depending on interest, we will then consider:

• Assessment issues and rubrics
• Management of personal identity in a distributed world
• Reflective practice using blogs: different or the same?
• Blogs vs forums
• Should tutors/lecturers Blog?

Derek has recently moved from the Christchurch College of Education to UCTL (the University Centre for Teaching and Learning) at the University of Canterbury where he works as an Educational Designer. His background includes High School teaching with subjects including Physics, Movie Appreciation, Science and Mathematics.  He has developed and taught in several online courses, and is currently helping introduce blogs and wikis into a range of courses.  He is an intermittent blogger and has a home page at http://lits.gen.nz.

Leigh works in Educational Development for the Otago Polytechnic. He designs and develops educational media and maintains the Learn Online weblog and facilitates the Teach and Learn Online eGroup. In the winter he tele skis, in the summer he climbs and renovates a state house. http://leighblackall.wikispaces.com/   

Tutors, lecturers, designers interested in this topic