Atelier-D

INSPIRE Conference 2011

INSPIRE (International Conference for Process Improvement, Research and Education)

When: Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th April 2011
Where: Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

The 16th Annual INSPIRE conference, organised in conjunction with the BCS e-Learning SG, addresses software process improvement related to teaching, training and research whilst SQM addresses issues relevant to business and industry.

 

Aims and Objectives:

• To improve awareness of process improvement issues
• To promote better understanding of software quality and process improvement issues
• To increase the effectiveness of process improvement
• To improve the quality of web communication
• To improve the quality of relevant courses for academia and for industry

Conference Topics:

• eLearning and e-safety
• Teaching and learning software quality and software process improvement
• Developing and support of high quality Resource Based Learning Environments and Materials
• The Bologna Process and computing curricula
• On-Line and Distance Learning
• Research and Learning Communities
• Teaching of Professional and Ethical Issues
• Continuous Professional Development for software practitioners
• Organisational Quality Management Systems in education
• Raising awareness of software quality issues
• Social Responsibility
• Greening issues

For more information visit: http://inspire.lboro.ac.uk/index.php or email: margaret.ross@solent.ac.uk

The CAL Conference 2010

Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainablity

When: 13-15th April 2010
Where: Manchester UK
Submission Deadline: 24th September 2010

CAL (Computer Assisted Learning) is one of the leading international conferences in the field of education and technology. It brings together researchers across all education sectors, from primary years, to informal learning, to higher education, and across a range of disciplines from psychology to computer science, media and cultural studies. 

 

In 2011, the conference will lead a challenging international debate about the future of research and practice in educational technology.  CAL 11 aims to:

• Explore the role of educational technology research in addressing questions of global and social justice, widening participation and digital democracy
• Assess what role educational technology might play in the context of low carbon, energy, contrained futures
• Explore how emerging technologies from diverse fields (e.g. gaming, AI, biotech, ubiquitous computing) might offer new environments for learning
• Examine the informal learning practices emerging in children, youth and adults' digital cultures and their implications for education
• Reflect on what lessons have been learned over the last thirty years of education technology research, and what these might mean for the future of research in the field.

Theme 1: Sustainablity, globalisation and social justice
Theme 2: The future of learning technologies

Theme 3: Informal learning and digital cultures
Theme 4: Looking  back to look forward

For more information please visit: http://www.cal-conference.elsevier.com/

For those of you tweeting, the tag is #CAL11

 

Elluminate Session: Project Showcase

Generation 4 Showcase:
Transforming Curriculum Delivery in Medical Education through Interactive Online Virtual Patient (VP) Cases

The Generation 4 (G4) project started in November 2008 funded under JISC's Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology programme.  The project has replaced paper problem-based (PBL) cases with Interactive Online Virtual Patient (VP) cases with options and consequences.  Students work through the cases in groups making decisions as they progress, the outcomes are dependant on the choice they have made. The project has delivered 18 cases to the Transition year (T year) of the MBBS (medicine) course at St Georges', University of London, supported with online formative VP assessment cases for self-directed learning.  

This showcase demonstrates how technology can be used to support PBL (problem-based learning) and shows how cases are constructed and delivered using examples of virtual patients.  Professor Terry Poulton and Trupti Bakrania from the G4 project team lead this session.

To view the recording of this session please visit: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.D5140A53438B4AB8FA66B579DCC24D&sid=2009077

Please visit the G4 Project Blog for background resources.