Capability Building - Assessment: E Learning

Blended learning, e-learning, managing learning, e-assessment: how can it assist your learning? How can you use it to draw on collective knowledge and learning?

Think about


· Ways you might use technology to support learning and assessment

- How will you connect with each other to keep relationship going?

· Think critically about what u are or will be using

· Learners are consumers and producers of digital media, ICT, internet

DVD: New Skills, new literacy’s…
- judgement
- reliable information
- how to enter into different spaces
- what are the norms
- ‘play’
- Experiement
- Problem solving
- Visualisation
- Multi tasking

Supporting clients assessment for learning
- ESL
- Resources
- Tools
- Log books
- Learning materials
- Mentors
- Work placements
- Activities
- Guest speakers
- Active involvement
- Moderation
- Case studies
- Reflection
- Interviews
- Access to human/material resources
- Environment

Using technology to support these approaches

- E diaries; scheduling meetings
- Wiki; e learning mentors; course content; record what u r doing in program; post messages; resources; case studies
- MP3; video; capturing information
- Learning Management System: moodle, janison; support for students, information, pwr points; recording and managing (on line staffroom)
- Vod or Pod Casting: knowledge management
- Smart pens: to note and recall; recording (sign release forms); meetings, RPL
- Flip Camera; mobile phones; Flicker – upload photos, send for assessment
- Video ‘point of view glasses’ – narrating; live streaming; workplace recording; trades/worksite
- Webcam/Skype/MSN – conversations, ‘f2f’ from distance/region

Strategies to collaborate/network with others

- blogging: share progress; comments
- RSS feeders – for blogs/subscribe for reading; eg training packages; on line spaces
- Social bookmarking: areas of interest; new ideas – tagging, bank of resources, sharing; feed into different locations (delicious.com)
- Twitter: microblogging; asking questions, gathering information, seeking and sharing information; on line messaging (http://suewaters.wikispaces.com)
- Skype: text, access beyond times set up; conference calling; communication
*make choice for work/life balance

Project Team connecting with you to support your learning:

- Skype
- Centra – web based
- On line forum

E learning support – Australian Flexible Learning Framework

E learning innovations funding
Getting started with e learning
Workshops
Regular updates and newsletters

Support you require

- list of names and contact details
- feedback on the right track (forum review)
- Let others know (marketing)…INSIDE DFEEST
- 1:1 conversations
- Mentoring: On line; community of practice, forums, phone, email
- Links to networks
- Assistance with E learning
- Assistance with ‘admin’ resources

At the end of orientation I am thinking, I am feeling:

- trying to frame a question; scheduled a meeting to deliver information
- feeling excited about the weekend
- composing ‘sales’ email/pitch; expression of interest for participation
- more open to e learning
- strategies to market proposal
- have to be organised
- good that I’ll be able to use methodologies
- ‘get your hands dirty’
- Time to get manager and ‘people’ together to structure time for staff so that everybody gets to hear…
- Challenged
- Commit to learning one new piece of technology
- Reasonably supported
- A lot of information overload
- Meet with manager; staff meeting
- Levels of targeting; breadth of project
- Confident but overloaded with ideas
- A lot of ideas; pull together for cohesive plan
- Bit nervous; excited about opportunity
- Organising, time; immediate feedback
- ‘energised’
- Reasonably clear; time to get on with it!
- All things to do next week to get ball rolling
- Brain ‘dead’
- Need safe clear space to ‘filter’
- ‘humbled’ to be in a room with such ‘fantastic’ people
- Idea down on paper; seek support b4 I move on
- Learn a lot about myself
- Get started; get going!
- Experienced group with so much in common
- Not all smooth sailing; but will learn from experiences