ISSUES FROM THE WEBCT CONFERENCE
How To Translate Them To Your Workplace

The recent WebCT conference, as good conferences do, threw up a number of issues that we can examine in relation to our own work environment. Remember, THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP WORKGROUPS INCORPORATE FLEXIBLE DELIVERY/ONLINE LEARNING INTO THEIR TEACHING.
Issue:
You don't need content to get started with online learning. You just need to know how to use the tools that make it possible.
How do you do this? Why not sign up for the next round of Introduction to Online Learning (WebCT)?

 

Issue:
Online audio and video can bring resources alive.
Would you like to learn how to do this?

Issue:
Shadowing an expert is an effective method of learning from peers.
Would you like some help in arranging this for you?

 

Issue:
One of the sessions at the conference discussed the positive flow on effects of managers experiencing online learning first hand.
Are there any managers out there who'd like to join in the next round of training?

 

Issue:
Murray Goldberg's research (the creator of WebCT) shows that the most successful students are those who have access to a combination of classroom AND online learning.
Would you like some help in giving your students this opportunity?

 

Issue:
Teacher training programs in NZ have had some success with a buddy system where teachers pair up with students to explore online learning in pilot projects.
Would you like some help in investigating how you can do this?

 

Issue:
Online Learning Communities are becoming a valuable resource for teachers and students.

Would you like to build one? Join one?

 

Issue:
Many online resources and practice are merely replicating conventional practice. This is underselling the capability of the Internet to transform the way we learn.

Would you like to know how to adapt resources for online delivery?

 

Issue:
Content that is suitable for use in many existing face to face classes already abounds on the Internet. What teachers and students need are the skills to find and evaluate these resources.

Would you like to learn these search and evaluation skills?

 

Issue:
The web allows the opportunity to move from resource based learning to activity based learning.

Would you like to lean how to structure learning activities based on the Internet for your students?

 

Issue:
Over and again speakers at the conference sang the praises of bulletin boards - they allow quieter students a greater voice, can be used as classroom discussion tools, host debates, etc.

Why not join the next round of Introduction to Online Learning (WebCT) and find out how to use them?

 

Issue:
Wood Trades students at the Marleston campus of Douglas Mawson TAFE are already using the Internet as a resource to accomplish real world tasks like preparing tenders.

Would you like to learn how the web could be used this way for your students?

 

IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS CONTACT JEFF CATCHLOVE OR MICHAEL COGHLAN VIA MIND MEDIA. WE CAN HELP YOU.