SLOAN-C ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: Open Educational Resources: Build It and They will Come?
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Key Information
Workshop Description
Workshop Schedule
Technology Information
Attendance Pricing
Panelist/Presenter Biographies
Key Information
Total Minimum Length: ~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Start Date: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 (Start of online activities and discussions; viewing recorded presentations)
Synchronous Date: Friday, August 8th, 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, August 8th, 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, July 23rd. A live synchronous Question and Answer Online Session will be held on Friday of the second week, August 8th, 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
Abstract: E-learning content is becoming much more pervasive. This developing content which can be shared within one institution, or across continents represents a powerful possible paradigm shift in the distribution methods of learning content and courseware from traditional publishing models to those of open and collaborative in nature. Major initiatives from leading institutions to provide open courseware further support the growth of this segment of online learning.
Schedule
July 23th – July 25th 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.
August 4th – August 8th Activities: Continue reviewing presentations and ancillary materials; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Wayne Mackintosh, Gary Miller, and Chris Geith.
A Live Web Conferencing Session is conducted on Friday, August 8th at 2PM(ET) (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Wayne Mackintosh, Gary Miller, and Chris Geith. We will begin the session with an open round of comments from the facilitator 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 facilitator. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATERVIEWING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
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)
*(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.)
Presenters:
Chris Geith - Michigan State University
Dr. Christine Geith is Assistant Provost and Executive Director of Michigan State University's MSU Global, the university's entrepreneurial business unit that works with partners across the campus and worldwide to develop and market online institutes, programs and services.
Wayne Mackintosh - WikiEducator, Commonwealth of Learning
Wayne Mackintosh is a committed advocate and user of free software for education and founder of the WikiEducator project at the Commonwealth of Learning --- an international agency established by the Commonwealth Heads of Government. Wayne is actively involved in the global open education resource movement as a means to reduce cost, to widen access and to improve the quality of education across the world. Wayne also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Here is a link to Wayne's official bio: http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/3004
Ken Udas - Executive Director, Penn State World Campus
Since August 2006, Ken Udas has served as the Executive Director of Penn State World Campus. He has assumed leadership roles in online and distance education since the mid-1990s, previously serving at the University of Maryland, University College, the State University of New York, the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Comenius University in Slovakia. In addition to distance education administration and leadership, his professional interests include educational access, open educational resources, and internationalization of education. Ken earned a Ph.D. in higher education administration and M.S. in management information systems from Texas A&M University.
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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