SLOAN-C ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: Moving the Laboratory Online: Changing the Laboratory Learning Experience Using the Online Environment*
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Key Information
Workshop Description
Workshop Schedule
Technology Information
Attendance Pricing
Panelist/Presenter Biographies
Registration is now open.
Key Information
Total Minimum Length: ~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Start Date: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 (Start of online activities and discussions; viewing recorded presentations)
Synchronous Date: Friday, May 23rd, 2pm-3pm ET – Live session conducted in online meeting room
Resources Provided:
- Presentations and other workshop materials, viewable online until December 31st, 2008
- 1-hour Live Panel Discussion – Friday, May 23rd, 2pm-3pm ET
- During the Panel Discussion – Participation in Live Q&A
- After the Panel Discussion – Viewing of Q&A Session until December 31st, 2008
Workshop Agenda at Glance
Activities begin Wednesday, May 14th. A live synchronous Question and Answer Online Session will be held on Friday of the second week, May 23rd, 2pm-3pm ET. All activity is recorded, even the live events, allowing you to watch the events at a later date if you are unable to attend. All workshop content will remain available until the end of the year.
Workshop Description
Is it possible to create authentic and engaging “hands-on” scientific learning experiences over the Internet? Can remote instrumentation combined with the tools and culture of the online environment be developed as a legitimate alternative to the current approaches used in teaching and learning laboratory-based sciences? Moving the lab online requires challenging the traditional science teaching practices, notions, and approaches used in science education today. It also involves redefining the best practices associated with these activities. As these practices develop, the online science environment will continue to provide interesting and engaging opportunities for the teaching of science. This workshop explores the laboratory learning experience in an online environment.
*This workshop is part of the Select Series and College Pass Members must use their additional 50 seats provided to take advantage of this workshop.
Schedule
May 14th – May 16th Activities: Learn Moodle, the workshop's learning management system, and Elluminate Live!, the workshop's web conferencing platform. Watch recorded presentations and begin reviewing guest courses.
May 19th– May 23rd Activities: Continue reviewing presentations and ancillary materials; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Devon Cancilla and Simon Albon.
A Live Web Conferencing Session is conducted on Friday, May 23rd at 2PM(ET) (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Devon Cancilla and Simon Albon. We will begin the session with an open round of comments from the facilitators and then open the forum up for Q&A and/or presentations/show-and-tell from workshop participants. We will finish with a summary of thoughts from the facilitators. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATERVIEWING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
  
Supported by:
National Science Foundation CCLI Grant (DUE #0618626), The University of British Columbia Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, and Western Washington University
Technology Information
Sloan-C brings you the following technologies to provide an exciting experience during the workshop:
 Elluminate™ Live! ™ -- Elluminate’s powerful Live! software will take this workshop to a whole new level of interaction. Well suited for the classroom environment, Live! provides the flexibility our workshop needs, from a speaker delivering to hundreds of workshop participants, to multiple small discussion groups occurring in unison. Live! effectively delivers lecture-type speeches, while also having the ability to facilitate collaboration among many individuals. For more information about Elluminate™, please visit the Elluminate page in the Sloan-C Vendor Corner.
 Moodle -- Sloan-C will use an open-source learning management system called Moodle to administer the asynchronous component of the workshop. Sloan-C has found Moodle to provide a flexible and user-friendly set of asynchronous collaboration and learning tools. As with most open-source technologies, the Moodle software is free, making it a very cost-effective software package for any institution or company. We have found though that low-cost does not mean that you have to sacrifice quality. Moodle still provides a robust environment that is dynamic, interactive, and provides cross-platform learner access through a standard web browser.
Attendance Pricing
Price: $295 Each
Individual/Premium Sloan-C Member price: $145 with coupon code* (That's a $150 discount! Find out how to become a Premium Member)
College Pass Member Pricing: Free with coupon code* (Find out how to become a CollegePass Member)
Registration is now open.
*(Individual Premium Members receive 1 discount with membership, Institutional Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 150 "free" seats in the entire 2007 Sloan-C Workshop series.)
Presenter Biographies:
Devon Cancilla, Western Washington University
Devon A. Cancilla, is the Director of Scientific Technical Services and an associate professor of environmental science at Western Washington University where he teaches environmental chemistry. He has been the lead investigator in the development of the Integrated Laboratory Network (ILN), a project currently funded by the National Science Foundation to use remote instrumentation in the classroom and laboratory. The ILN project won a Most Effective Practice Award from the Sloan Consortium in 2004. Recent publications of this work appear in the Journal of Chemical Education (2004, 81(12):1809) and the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (2005, 9(2):4).
Simon P. Albon, University of British Columbia
Simon P. Albon, is a Senior Instructor in the Division of Biomolecular and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He currently teaches pharmaceutical analysis and drug chemistry in the UBC pharmacy program and has research interests in scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning with a focus on learning-centered education in the basic pharmaceutical sciences. Simon is currently involved in an NSF funded program to develop the principles and practices of the ILN for implementation at UBC. His most recent articles on the use of remote instrumentation include: A Learning-Centered Course in Pharmaceutical Analysis, [Am J Pharm. Ed. 2004:68(5):article 114] and Using Remote Access to Scientific Instrumentation to Create Authentic Learning Activities in Pharmaceutical Analysis. [Am J Pharm. Ed. 2006, 70(5):Article 121)].
Cancellation Policy
If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.
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