"Learning in the Age of Information Technology, (IT)"

A Multiple Venue Presentation, (MVP)

by Buthaina Al Othman

with Guest-Presenters, Webheads in action, Vance Stevens, (UAE), Teresa Almeida d'Eça, (Portugal), Aiden Yeh, (Taiwan), Dafne Gonzalez, (Venezuela), and Michael Coghlan, (Australia)

HRD, International - Kuwait, Kuwait

for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, (KPC)

Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:00 - 12:00 noon (8:00- 9:00 GMT)

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Presenter
Guest-Presenter
Presentation Title
Date / Time 

Room/VirtualVenue 

 Buthaina   Al Othman

 

Learning in the Age of Information Techonlogy, (IT)

-background info on methods of education (old + modern)
-theories of learning
- Definition of E-learning: (The "Paradigm Shift")
-Types of E-learning
-Getting started with e-learning
-E-learning support Tools (synch. + asynch CMC tools & ICTs
-how I use free CMC tools & ICTs for my students
-Making the transition from traditional to e-learning (for the novice e-learners)
-Successful e-learning systems
-The E-learning environment
-Improving the learning environment (chart)
-communities of practice, (CoPs) theory (screentshot of JSteels's diagram).
-Example: The Webheads CoPs
-Tools for community building:: (videoconferencing begins with Vance and ends with Michael) (access for the administaration center)

Monday:

8:00- 8:15

GMT 

15 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

The concept of concept of e-learning & successful/effective learning environments for e-learning from his perspective and experience as the founder/leader of several online communities, (for ESL/EFL educators, teachers, and learners), like Webheads in Action, with focus on the following:
1. Managing at a distance
2. - The role of collaborative e-learning to enhance performance and to increase productivity of groups and sub-groups; (Webheads in action + Writing 4 Weheads CoPs for teachers and students from his perspective as the founder and owner/moderator).

8:20 - 8:25

GMT 

5-7 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Hanson-Smith (Apologized)

asynchronous online learning for sub-groups through collaborative projects to enhance the performance and to increase the productivity of a larger group.

Elizabeth's 5 mins will be used for a short discussion with Vance. (this way you don't have to saty till the end, Vance).

 

Teresa  Almeida d'Eca     

Teresa will introduce the audience to the concept of blogs as a collaborative asynchronous online communication tool, showing examples for her created for her students.

8:25 - 8:28.30

GMT

3.5 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

 

Dafne  Gonzales

Dafne will talk about the advantages of text-chat for e-learners, her taxonomy of chat, providing tips for novice e-learners on ways to avoid boredom and de-motivation.

8:28.30 - 8:32

GMT

3.5 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

 

Aiden  Yeh    

Aiden Yeh will talk about the benefits of text-voice-video chat as effective means to enhance oral communication skill for EFL learners

8:32 - 8:35.30

GMT

3.5 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

  

Michael Coghlan will elaborate on the benefits of using voice on the Internet for ESL/EFL learners as a critical, essential feature to enhance and motivate e-learners and to improve the quality of their oral communication skill, (speaking skill), online and off line!

8:35.30 - 8:39

GMT

3:5 minutes

Local venue: KPC Training Center

Virtual venues: go to IvertexC3 - at 8:20 am GMT

Please note: we will start here: Tappedin.org (at 8:00 am GMT) and from there go to IvertexC3 (at 8:20 am GMT)

 Buthaina   Al Othman   Summary

8:39 - 8:41

GMT

 
All of the Guest-Presenters Discussion: Q &A / interaction with the audiance

8:41 - 8:44

GMT

3 minutes
 Buthaina   Al Othman   Creating blogs-(a hands-on activty for the local audience of KPC)
8:44 - 9:00 am GMT
16 minutes