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2011 Enhancement Swapshop
Adding VaLuE From Surface to Deep Learning Using VLEs
From Surface to Deep Learning Using VLEs 24 May 2011
Call for Session Proposals & Conference Information
Call for Session Proposals The aim of this swap-shop is to showcase examples of where VLEs have been used to enhance the quality of learning and teaching, and the wider student experience. The swap-shop is not specifically focused on e-learning, and it is the intention to highlight a broad range of examples of where VLEs have supported and enhanced different approaches to learning and teaching.
Session proposals should be submitted, via email, for review to Dr Andrew Clegg (a.clegg@chi.ac.uk), Principal Lecturer for Learning and Teaching, at the University of Chichester and titled ‘Session Proposal’ to arrive no later than Friday 18th March 2011.
Submissions are welcome on a range of topics that illustrate the innovative use of VLEs in supporting the transition from surface to deep learning.
To book a place at the conference please complete the booking form overleaf and return to:
The aim is to showcase a range of practical examples and individual sessions will be limited to a maximum of 15 minutes. A provisional programme for the conference is outlined overleaf and will be confirmed in March.
Submission Information If you would like to make a presentation at the event please send a session proposal (up to 250 words) including: - Title - Names and affiliations of authors (with contact email addresses) - Session outline - contributors are asked to clearly indicate what elements of their current practice they will be ‘swapping’ Session proposals are invited from colleagues within the following subject areas: Business and Management, Tourism, Sport, Geography, Adventure Education, Physical Education, Theology, Music, English, Media Studies, History, Maths, Performing Arts, Fine Art, Social Studies, Psychology, Childhood Studies, and Teacher Education.
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Provisional Conference Outline
‘Supporting Student Learning With Your VLE: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
9.30am
The keynote presentation will start by exploring the proposition that modern computer technologies provide new opportunities to transform student learning. I will argue that developments in both hardware and software enable new methods of teaching and assessment which were either not possible or not practical only a few years ago. As a result, educational institutions must support their teaching staff to explore and pilot new methods. We must also recognize that many (if not most) students are not ‘digital natives’ in terms of educational applications – they may well use a rich variety of computing technologies in their social lives but they need support to ‘translate’ this fluency into sound educational practice. Of course, many students and staff now own or have access to mobile devices, offering further opportunities for more flexible learning.
Coffee and Registration
10.00am Welcome and Introduction 10.10am Key Note Speaker Peter Hartley Professor of Education Development ‘Supporting Student Learning with Your VLE: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?’
Kevin Botto Human Resources University of Chichester Bishop Otter Campus College Lane Chichester PO19 6PE
1.00am
Alternatively please confirm attendance via email to: k.botto@chi.ac.uk
3.15pm Refreshments
The deadline for bookings is Friday 15th April 2011. Additional information can be found at
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Session 1
12.00pm Refreshments
The intelligent use of new technology allows new flexibility in curriculum design and delivery, access to an ever-increasing range of good educational resources, and more flexible assessment and feedback opportunities for learners. The technology can be relatively inexpensive or even ‘free’. This argument will be illustrated by examples taken from current practice at the University of Bradford and other recent UK initiatives, including:
12.15pm Session 2
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1.15pm Lunch
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2.15pm
Session 3
3.30pm Session 4 3.50pm Summary 4.00pm Close
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new approaches to curriculum design and curriculum mapping open educational resources and applications which allow more flexible delivery creative information searching and conceptual presentation developing employability skills through multimedia software flexible formative and summative assessment through computer-aided assessment new forms and methods of assessment feedback enhancing student reflection through e-portfolios
The potential of this technology depends upon appropriate institutional support and systems and we must also recognise and deal with problems of access and accessibility. But none of these examples depend upon a VLE. And so this raises the question - what is the function of the modern VLE? Is it an essential component of the e-learning landscape or is it a historical stepping stone on the way to more open educational support? I will conclude by arguing that a major obstacle to educational progress is the way that our institutions conceptualise and manage their use of technology. If we build elaborate closed educational and administrative systems which effectively increase student dependence then we are doing those students a massive disservice. To prepare our students for the realities of an increasingly competitive global society, we must use the technology to consciously develop and improve their creativity and independence. As presently conceptualized and implemented, the VLE may not be the best tool to achieve this. Professor Peter Hartley