Fascinating. Almost worth enrolling to see what this looks like.
Thank-you Wayne. Derek. Derek Chirnside http://lits.gen.nz - +64 21 511 303 Sent from mobile which may (or may not) explain typos and non sequiturs. On 15/07/2013, at 6:35 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Great question. The purpose this prototype is to trial a few technology > related issues. SP4Ed will be the first New Zealand micro Open Online Course > (mOOC) to be offered in "parallel mode" with an official postgraduate course > from a Kiwi uni. > > In OER university lingua - parallel mode means free OERu students learning in > parallel with full-tuition students registered for a university course. Micro > means a subcomponent of a university course. In this case SP4Ed is a > subcomponent of EDEM630 (Change with Digital Technologies in Education) at > the University of Canterbury. > > From a technology perspective: > > The OERu version will run without an LMS (interaction technologies are > distributed across the Internet -- in short, a PLE approach) We ran an SP4Ed > prototype in May this year. > The University of Canterbury students will follow the course through the > institutional learning management system (in this case Moodle) > You'll appreciate a few of the technical challenges, for example: > > How do we share SP4Ed posts from Ucan students using Moodle with the free > OERu learners? > How will the free OERu learners get to see Moodle posts because they wont > have authenticated access to see the Moodle forum posts. > How will the Ucan students get to see all the PLE interactions from the OERu > students? > How do we share the e-learning course materials across these platforms. > This is what we're prototyping with SP4Ed 2013.07 -- a live parallel mode > example to help us refine some of the technologies for the future of mOOCs > for the OERu collaboration so our anchor partners can teach in parallel mode. > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Derek Chirnside <derek.chirns...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Wayne, just curious. Do you know if the course will use Moodle as the LMS?? > > -Derek. > > Derek Chirnside > http://lits.gen.nz - +64 21 511 303 > Sent from mobile which may (or may not) explain typos and non sequiturs. > > > > > On 15/07/2013, at 5:59 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Elizabeth, >> >> The e-learning in Kenya event looks great! I'm perfectly jealous that I >> won't be able to attend :-( >> >> Unfortunately -- we can't change the dates for the Scenario Planning for >> Educators (SP4Ed) course - -there are already participants from +20 >> countries and the course is running in parallel mode with a scheduled >> post-graduate course at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. (SP4Ed >> participants will be joining postgraduate students at the University of >> Canterbury for this free online course as part of their studies -- should be >> fun.) >> >> The SP4Ed course materials are designed for asynchronous delivery - so >> attendees at the e-Learning Kenya will be able to register and participate. >> All materials are accessible online and participants can work through the >> materials at times which are convenient for their own schedules. >> >> I provide more details below including a link to a poster which you can >> download. Would appreciate your help in distributing the announcement >> through your networks. >> >> Wayne >> >> Scenario planning for educators (SP4Ed) is a free micro Open Online Learning >> Course (mOOC) offered by the e-Learning Research Lab at the University of >> Canterbury in collaboration with the OER Foundation. This two week course >> will simulate the scenario planning process for navigating uncertain >> education futures. Register today. >> >> This is an important prototype for the OERu network. The University of >> Canterbury is the first OERu partner to be offering a mOOC in parallel mode >> as a subcomponent of the postgraduate course Change with Digital >> Technologies in Education. This will offer our network the opportunity to >> experiment with the technologies and challenges associated with running a >> course within an institutional learning management system in parallel with >> the open version hosted on WikiEducator. We will be trialling the >> integration of LMS hosted discussion forums with the public interaction >> tools. >> >> When: 29 July - 9 August 2013 >> Where: Online >> Cost: Free >> Registration: Open >> >> Download poster for SP4Ed 2013.07 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Elizabeth Mbasu <mbasu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Wawire. 29th July is among great days for e-learning in Kenya. >> http://elearning-innovations.com/registration/ >> >> Is it possible for this date to be changed? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, wawire christopher <wctop...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Hi everybody, we are urging every body to uptake the up coming course on >> scenario planning for educators scheduled for 29th July and the Open Content >> Licensing for Educators on 4th September. In Kenya we are mobilizing >> teachers on the same; sensitizing and distributing posters to schools. 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