Workshops for 2018
A list of workshops and other events on offer for staff involved in distance learning at Otago. Note the upcoming Carpe Diem and the Online tools for supporting self-directed learning workshops!
Analytics and Research Methodologies (ARM) workshops
The Distance Learning Office is offering a series of research workshops for postgraduate students and staff.
The Analytics and Research Methodologies (ARM) workshops are presented by Associate Professor Ben Daniel from HEDC. All workshops are via Zoom and will be run in the evenings. The series will run across September and October.
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Teaching in Summer School and/or by Distance in 2019?
Come to the Carpe Diem/Kia Tū Kia Māia workshop!
A two day workshop for people planning to (re)design a paper to be taught at a distance and/or in Summer School.
The workshop aims to provide you with an opportunity to redesign your papers in order to gain maximum teaching and learning benefit from the core digital environment that the University provides for staff and students. The workshop will focus strongly on rethinking how teaching and learning occur in a primarily digital environment in your programme and its constituent papers. It will involve staff from the Library, ITS e-Learning team, HEDC, Summer School and Distance Learning.
Date of workshop: 17th and 18th October, 2018
Register now:
https://corpapp.otago.ac.nz/training/dl/course/6654/course/0/
If you need more information about this workshop, please email
distance.learning@otago.ac.nz
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Online tools for supporting self-directed learning
Facilitated by: Assoc. Prof. Joyce Koh, Higher Education Development Centre
Self-directed learning does not only involve independent learning. Throughout self-directed learning, students are setting and managing their learning goals as well as how they are learning. Yet, this process can sometimes be challenging for students. In this two-hour workshop, we will explore different models of self-directed learning and the web-based technology tools that lecturers and teachers can use to support students for deeper cognitive engagements with learning content and metacognition of their learning processes. Examples of tools covered are online stickies, video-based quiz engines, mindmapping, and note-taking apps. This will be designed as a hands-on and working session where you are encouraged to tinker and create prototypes of lesson activities.
Date: Monday 20 August
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Link: https://zoom.us/j/5949075144
Register at: http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/workshop/view.do?id=133785&type=HEDC
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Distance Learning Forums for 2018
Teaching and Administrator's joint forum
This month, there is a joint teaching and administrator's forum to discuss Turnitin, presented by Matthew Smart, eLearning and eResearch Consultant from the Applications and Support Team.
- Wednesday 22 August
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New to Distance Workshop (upon request in 2018)
This two hour workshop is for people who have not taught a distance course previously or have not had to develop one. The New-to-Distance workshop introduces you to how distance learning happens at Otago. It explores five areas of critical importance to effective distance courses, and provides a brief and easy introduction to them.
To arrange a workshop, contact
distance.learning@otago.ac.nz
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DISTAID Programme (upon request in 2018)
Those of you involved with distance teaching may be interested in the DISTAID programme: an opportunity for you to engage in an extended professional development experience.
DISTAID works by supporting your investigation of:
Distance Education through your
Investigation of how
Services and support,
Tools and technologies,
Assessment and evaluation,
Interactions, and
Design
work within distance courses and papers.
DISTAID is made up of workshops which address ideas about the five areas of distance courses that are critical for success.
The workshops: A series of 5 workshops the focus of which is on essential topics/knowledge having relevance and importance to all distance education contexts.
1. Course DESIGN for distance papers
2. Engaging your students and INTERACTING at a distance
3. Choosing and using TOOLS and TECHNOLOGIES in distance education
4. Supporting learning and teaching through ASSESSMENT of distance student work
5. Get them and keep them!: SUPPORTING distance students (and you)
To arrange one or more of these workshops (tailored to suit your group and to be run either online via Zoom or face-to-face on your campus) contact
distance.learning@otago.ac.nz