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LATENT 2010 – Summary of key discussion points
Morning topics - Opportunities
Entries in the wikis from the morning discussions can be summarised into three categories –
Impact on Teaching Staff
· An evolving pedagogy – ‘teachers are using technology in the old transmissive mode’
· Is mobile/online duplicating activities and therefore adding to workload?
· What is a baseline technology capability? (also for students) – how we meet or continually raise this?
· Collaboration beyond the walls – with other institutions, industry, etc; bring in specialists from around the world
· Dumbing down of learning by such ready web-access to information?
· Learning activities must be authentic
· Changing assessment strategies – eg assessable learning content vs exams; smaller pieces of ongoing assessment rather than large high value assessment points; students contribute to assessment tasks, eg MCQs
· Importance of the Library and authenticity of content
· Are there sufficient training opportunities to ensure lecturers are not just changing by trial and error?
· Need to use models of course design that incorporate technologies in ways that encourage critical thinking and problem solving
· Intellectual Property – who owns online teaching material?
Impact on Students
· Social implications of social media – are students losing the art of communication face-to-face, attention span?
· A risk of students as freeloaders if material is shared?
· How good are students at learning to learn? How can this be facilitated for students from different cultural and educational backgrounds?
· What do students need, vs what do students want?
· Are students engaged by being aware of the learning experience?
Questions of Technology
· Experiences of unreliable technology add to workload and uncertainty
· Social media limits the communication – no body language, no human contact; importance of blended learning
· Physical facilities (eg lecture theatres) not adequately equipped
· Technology that offers better support for disabilities, eg visual or hearing-impaired
Afternoon topics – Challenges
Structural
· Lifelong learning, eg e-portfolios; students need access to work and resources after graduation
· Share knowledge and support across the institution; communities of practice
· Support by way of incentives, promotion, barriers
· What is the position or responsibility of IT Services in supporting new technologies, eg mobile, wireless, immersive (Second Life, etc)
· What do government policies allow, encourage, discourage?
· Design of physical spaces, new teaching spaces
· Does the curriculum allow for innovative course design?
· Are there Management perceptions of efficiency that impact on emerging pedagogies? What are the resource implications?
Pedagogical
· Balance of content and engagement – blending using technologies as well as traditional teaching
· Supporting students in assessment, eg peer assessment, peer teaching - aligned with learning outcomes
· How do you assess student reflection?
· If we concentrate on learning rather than knowing, do students understand the value of this?
· We have traditionally transmitted knowledge and information. How do we impart wisdom to use this knowledge?
Support
· What technologies are staff and students most comfortable with?
· ‘Digital natives’ concept not as simple as that – all levels require support
· 24-hour support systems – are they available, do we need them?

A/Prof Pare Keiha (PVC Learning and Teaching)
Steve Wheeler (no ppt, all audio)
Steve Wheeler (part 1)
Steve Wheeler (part 2)
Peter Looms
Steve Wheeler (with slides, part 1)
Steve Wheeler (with slides, part 2)

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A/Prof Pare Keiha (PVC Learning and Teaching)
Steve Wheeler (no ppt, all audio)
Steve Wheeler (part 1)
Steve Wheeler (part 2)

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A/Prof Pare Keiha
Steve Wheeler (part 1)
Steve Wheeler (part 2)

its lame that there's no video to watchWelcome - A/Prof Pare Keiha (PVC Learning and Teaching)
Steve Wheeler (part 1)
Steve Wheeler (part 2)
Peter Looms

{Looms.ppt}
Change management model, institutional change
What is the role of government in elearning at tertiary level?
Latent discuss not just elearning
What we teach needs to be around for following up straight after it is given
We can nono longer opt
Have backups for when we do not have technology, do not be too dependent on the technology
AsychrousAsynchronous versus sychroussynchronous
We can use technology for other things than it's traditional purposes, ideas?
What are we trying to do in our classrooms? Is this technology helping our students think?
If elearning is the answer what was the question?

{Wheeler.pptx}
How does this impact on teachers training?
How do we impart our wisdom?