IDEA 2006
Integrated e-learning environments
9 - 12 October 2006
Victoria University Flinders
Street Campus,
Melbourne Australia
Open e-Learning Forum
Integrated e-learning environments
Tuesday 10th OctoberThis one day forum focuses on the infrastructure and technologies underpinning integrated e-learning environments. It is aimed at ICT managers responsible for e-learning infrastructure and vendors wishing to integrate their services into e-learning infrastructure.
The forum opens with presentation of case-studies on integrated e-learning environments. Plenary sessions then examine existing e-learning infrastructure solutions and emerging technologies. The plenary sessions are themed around
- Learning infrastructure for personal information,
- Learning infrastructure for resources, and
- Interoperable and re-usable content.
Tuesday 10th October
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:10 |
Welcome and introductionProf Neil McLean, National Technical Standards Advisor, DEST |
Case studiesExamples of integrated learning environments. |
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| 9:10 - 9:30 |
Integrated learning environments in New ZealandSandy Britain, New Zealand Ministry of Education This presentation describes initiatives currently being undertaken by the NZ Ministry of Education to develop a shared services architecture to support the integration of learning environments across the education sector. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (3.7MB) |
| 9:30 - 9:50 |
Supporting e-learning in vocational and technical educationVivienne Blanksby, Resources and Innovation Program, Australian Flexible Learning Framework Overview of e-learning practices and technologies being investigated and deployed to support vocational training in Australia. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (1.5MB) |
| 9:50 - 10:10 |
A model for distributed content repositories in the schools sectorNick Weideman, The Le@rning Federation A model for school access to e-learning content from multiple repositories in multiple organisations. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (2.6MB) |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
The Transport Integrated Learning and Information Service (TILIS)Marcus Bowles, Transport and Logistics Centre Description of the proposed e-learning and e-information portal for the Australian transport and logistics centre. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (2.6MB) |
| 10:30 - 10:40 |
Panel and questions: what do we have in common?Panel chair: Nigel Ward, Australian ADL Partnership Lab Discussion of common integration approaches and issues highlighted by the previous presentations. |
| 10:40 - 11:10 |
Break |
Learning infrastructure: Personal informationPresentations on learning infrastructure dealing with information about individuals and groups. |
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| 11:10 - 11:30 |
Case study: the Student e-Portfolio system at QUTWendy Harper, Student ePortfolio Project Manager, Queensland University of Technology The QUT Student e-Portfolio system provides an environment in which students can document and present different aspects of their academic, professional and personal development Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (1.2MB) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Competency Rules and Competencies RuleRobby Robson, chair IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee A vision for a distributed learning world in which learning experiences are selected, personalized, sequenced and evaluated on the basis of how well they address a learner’s desire to improve or demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities, and the emerging technology and standards that will enable this world. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (4MB) |
| 11:50 - 12:10 |
Emerging technology: Personal Learning EnvironmentsScott Wilson, Centre for Education Technology Interoperability Standards A vision for locating learning environment functionality with the user using Web 2.0 technologies. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (4.5MB) |
| 12:10 - 12:20 |
Panel and questions: Sharing personal informationPanel chair: Marcus Bowles, TALC Discussion of policy and infrastructure considerations when sharing personal information. |
| 12:20 - 1:30 |
Lunch and ad-hoc demonstrationsLunch will include ad-hoc demonstrations of e-learning technologies. |
Learning infrastructure: ResourcesPresentations on learning infrastructure dealing with information about content and resources. |
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| 1:30 - 1:50 |
Emerging technology: The CORDRATM model for federated discoveryDan Rehak, ADL Workforce co-lab An update on the status of the CORDRA model for federated discovery. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (4MB) |
| 1:50 - 2:10 |
Emerging technology: Shared identifier management infrastructureNigel Ward, Australian ADL Partnership Lab A model for shared infrastructure to help manage persistent identifiers over time and simplify integration of identifiers into existing infrastructure. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (4MB) |
| 2:10 - 2:30 |
Case study: Persistent identifier servicesMatthew Walker, Acting Director, IT Collection Infrastructure, National Library of Australia In the constantly changing environment of the web, how do we ensure that online resources continue to be accessible over time? This presentation will explore the need for persistent resolvable identifiers, and uncover some of the issues encountered and lessons learned by the NLA in the implementation of persistent identifiers for its collections. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (112KB) |
| 2:30 - 2:40 |
Panel and questions: Managing the full resource lifecyclePanel chair: Allyn Radford, HarvestRoad Pty Ltd Discussion of policy and infrastructure considerations for managing the full lifecycle of content and resources. |
| 2:40 - 3:10 |
Break |
Interoperable and re-usable e-learning contentPresentations on producing learning content that integrates into learning environments. |
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| 3:10 - 3:30 |
Case study: creating standards-based content for Vocational and Technical EducationLisa Waits, e-Works Discussion of moving to SCORM-based re-usable content within the Vocational and Technical Education sector. Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (2.3MB) |
| 3:30 - 3:50 |
Single-source multiple-output authoring and transformationMike Hall, Nine Lanterns Pty Ltd What are the content and technical issues around single source authoring for multiple outputs? Presentation: HTML | Powerpoint (2MB) |
| 3:50 - 4:00 |
Panel and questions: Creating re-usable contentPanel chair: Robby Robson, IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee Discussion of policy and technical considerations when creating re-usable content. |
| 4:00 - 4:30 |
DiscussionWhat commonalities have emerged?Prof Neil McLean, National Technical Standards Advisor, DEST |
| 5:30 - 7:00pm |
ReceptionReception hosted by DEST and Multimedia Victoria.
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If you would like more information about the content or objectives of the IDEA 2006 events please contact Dr Nigel Ward from the Australian ADL Partnership Lab (email: nward@adlaustralia.org). If you would like more information on registering for the event please contact Johanna McKenzie (email: jmckenzie@adlaustralia.org).