The+Fifth+Pan-Commonwealth+Forum+July+Conference

toc =The Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning=
 * 13-17 July 2008 at the University of London
 * Website: http://www.pcf5.london.ac.uk/

Developing the Conference Presentation

 * Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24620575281

Presenters

 * Interested in Taking Part in the Presentation f2f: Sandra Mackenzie, Madhumita Bhattacharya, Niki Lambropoulos, David Harper, Shawn Berney, Ken Banks, Moira Hunter, Karen Barnstable, June Kaminski, Dan O'Reilly
 * Interested in Taking Part in the Presentation virtually: Kris Kumar, Randy LaBonte, Paul Beaufait, Mark Hawkes

Logistics

 * Live In-World contributor meeting (second life) on Screen One (Virtual World Correspondent: Dan O'Reilly or Mark Hawke)
 * Blog Feed on Screen Two (Blog Master: Shawn Berney?)
 * Elluminate on Screen Three for virtual participants (Moderator: Randy Labonte)
 * Though I'm a bit concerned about the time of day or night (JST) the Elluminate gig will take place, I'd be happy to co-host it with Randy. Paul B. 1206747084


 * Conference Presentation

Purpose:** Introduce the contents of the collaborative book (launched at the PCF5 conference) and the contributors by demonstrating technologies and techniques for online collaboration (including consideration for countries with limited resources)


 * Tools and technologies to be demonstrated:**
 * blogs,
 * social media,
 * teleconferencing environments,
 * virtual worlds,


 * Screen One: (toggle between 3 events)

1) Live Second Life Presentation In Life Moderators: Mark Hawkes, Dan O'Reilly, At Conference Moderator: Shawn Berney** Book contributors will be in our leased land in Second Life discussing via text messaging, Education for a Digital World. These individuals will be participating in Second Life from varying locations around the world.

2) **Moira Hunter:** PageFlakes demonstration of social media tools (rss feed showing and linking to our conference blogger 3) **?Volunteers?:** Conference Blogger

A group of book contributors from a variety of locations around the world will be using this teleconferencing environment to join the conference presentation. The link to enter the online presentation and participate virtually is: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=727&password=M.4202FE73C613EE9B4CDE91FE12B02A
 * Screen Two: Live Elluminate Presentation.**
 * At Conference Moderators: Sandy HIrtz, Paul Stacey**
 * Virtual Moderators: Randy Labonte, Paul Beaufait**

Overview
Enlisting the practice-based knowledge of educators to address the aspirations and goals of today’s information-savvy students is surely a key to providing enriching experiences using learning technologies. However, faculty, instructors, staff, administrators, policy makers and governance bodies have their own unique perspectives on the role of learning technologies within higher education, and each has a sense of what would constitute an enriching experience. That experience might include highly-flexible and engaging course offerings, convivial tools for instructors, more learners for academic departments, increased recognition and enhanced reputations for institutions, more mobility for learners between programs and across institutions—items with specific success indicators depending on evaluators' viewpoints.

Despite the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within the higher education sector, ICT use in higher education may not yet have made as significant an impact on the fundamentals of teaching and learning, nor revolutionized classroom practices as predicted, according to a report on tertiary education from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2005). Instead, the report pointed to administrative services such as admissions, registration, fee payment, and purchasing as areas of appreciable ICT impact. While ICT use may have changed the nature of the learning experience for many learners, providing convenient access to information resources from libraries and online databases, and relaxed the time, space, and distance constraints of education, the fundamentals of how higher education institutions teach and the ways that learners learn have remained largely unchanged—until now.

How do we currently approach the enrichment of teaching and learning using ICTs? Are there emergent models of practice arising from educator experiences that may apply broadly to ICT applications for teaching and learning? Are there best practices with learning technologies emerging from particular institutions or jurisdictions that could have wider application across the higher education sector? How has the proliferation of ICTs, and particularly mobile technologies, been incorporated by educators into their practice in diverse communities around the globe? This book addresses these questions.

It was collaboratively developed and edited by experienced practitioners in the higher education sector. It is the output of ongoing discussions among practitioners who have participated in an online community of interest promoting dialog among and between interest groups holding a common vision of sharing knowledge of best practices with and for their peers. This is a book that had its roots in organic discussions of practitioners, and became a larger work through their collective intention to disseminate their knowledge more broadly.

The book addresses issues of learning technology use in five sections focusing on:
 * 1) The impact of instructional technologies
 * 2) Creating online courses
 * 3) Implementing technology
 * 4) E-learning in action
 * 5) Engagement and communication

Brainstorming

 * available live and online via Elluminate (must talk to Gary)

1. Introduce the book A short synopsis of the objectives of the book and the rational for the organisation of the book.

2. Speak to each of the five book sections: > > I would like to consider the following topics when we discuss the book sections:
 * The impact of instructional technologies
 * Creating online courses
 * Implementing technology
 * E-learning in action
 * Engagement and communication
 * The chapter outline and two sentences for each chapter focussing on the main idea of the chapter.
 * Online collaboration
 * tools and technologies for collaboration across boundaries
 * blogs,
 * social media,
 * teleconferencing environments,
 * virtual worlds,
 * wikis
 * Is there a constructive role for innovation in improving the situation for billions of people who remain under-served in a rapidly developing world?
 * Can innovation be driven by under-developed countries?
 * Can new architecture allow such countries to leap-frog beyond the capacity for change of developed countries?
 * What strategies are suitable for countries with very little Internet access (mobile devices, ...)?
 * What innovations could be used to expand access to education for millions of people currently outside of the system?
 * What are examples of innovation in learning that are not focused on electronic technology?
 * What are examples of innovation in learning that are not focused on electronic technology?
 * How can we more closely match the daily use of technologies by learners with the aims of educational communities?
 * Can we use any of the available technologies to better facilitate learning where existing systems are not coping?
 * Will the next generation of low-cost computers make the difference in making large-scale access to computers a reality?

Make invitation to collaborate on a second edition: Innovations in Education


 * Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD]. (2005). ...