2014+Archived+events+and+recordings

=== FREE 1 hour webinar series (all times are either AEDSTD or AESTD where applicable)=== Gail has more than 20 years’ experience an educator, presenter and facilitator of e-learning in a range of disciplines including business, administration, project management, training and education. Her main passion is to support VET Practitioners to effectively use technology in education. || [|This is a past event. Please click here to listen to the recording for this event] ||
 * ** Session Title ** ** Quick tips for successfully using Adobe Connect with learners (Beginner session) ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * Connecting to Adobe Connect for the first time
 * Connection speed and running the audio wizard
 * Do I really need a headset?/Why is there feedback in the room?
 * Opening the session
 * Managing layouts and Pods
 * Sharing files
 * Making it fun
 * Closing the session
 * Emailing the chat transcript ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * ** 17 February 2014 ** || 2:00 PM AEDST || Gail Smith || Gail is the NSW E-learning Advisor for the National VET E-Learning Strategy. In this role she provides strategic e-learning advice, support and e-capability building services to the NSW Vocational Education and Training Sector.

Using technology as a vehicle for assessment seems to raise red flags for the auditors! This presentation will showcase a blended assessment process from the Double Diploma of TAE demonstrating how a range of different tasks meet the the requirements of the rules of evidence and the principles of assessment. ||
 * ** E-Assessment Best Practice ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * //**6 March 2014**// || 10:30 AM AEDST || Ann Brady || Ann is a highly experienced e-learning practitioner who is passionate about promoting the concepts around the design of blended learning and assessment, choosing the right tool and/or method for the job and integrating different methods and tools. || [] ||


 * ** Online reflective diaries as assessments ** |||| ** Session Description ** ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * ** 11 March 2014 ** || 2:00 PM AEDST || Ruth Djordjevic Training Manager NSW Federation of Housing Associations || Ruth is a highly experienced VET practitioner who has provided online training for TAFENSW & Canberra Institute of Technology Centre for Training in Social Housing. || @https://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/p6jq1fn9c7a/ ||

Regardless of how teaching is undertaken, or where the student is, teaching is still teaching. “Pedagogy before technology” ||
 * ** Session Title ** Online teaching is still teaching |||| ** Session Description ** Applying f2f skills to online environment. Online often “suffers” because we forget the things that occur in a F2F environment. This session will look at some techniques for capturing that informal information that occurs in the F2F environment.
 * ** Proposed Dates ** || ** Proposed Times ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Your Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * **Please note: date changed from 19 March to** **27 March 2014** || 11:30 AM AEDST || Tim Riessen || Tim is a n experienced educator with over 30 years experience, 25 years of this experience has been in the Vocational Education system. Tim has worked with technology mediated delivery systems since 1999. Primarily using Blackboard, but now also includes Moodle. Tim's experience includes proprietary online systems to delivery/manage FFS delivery/assessment. His current employment has included providing advice and PD to academic staff on the developing of online content and assessment. Have provided online PD via Blackboard Collaborate. || @https://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/p8nkvorrc22/ ||


 * ** Session Title **
 * Including social media in my teaching (7 week program)** |||| At the end of this activity you will be able to:

• Identify common social media platforms and discuss their advantages and disadvantages with others

• Use social media to develop and maintain a positive online presence

• Plan a simple strategy that will enable you to use common social media platforms with learners

• Develop simple guidelines for using social media with learners

10:00 AM AEST 1/5/2014
 * Please note: This is a hands on program that will require at least a 30 minute commitment from you daily and participation in a weekly Adobe session to discuss your experiences with others. The platform we will use to disseminate your challenges will be Edmodo –through a daily post you will receive a small challenge that will require you to interact with the Social Media platform chosen for that week’s discussion.** ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Booking URL ** ||
 * **1/5/2014** || Orientation webinar

Remaining session times will be by negotiation with the group || Gail Smith || Gail is the NSW E-learning Advisor for the National VET E-Learning Strategy. In this role she provides strategic e-learning advice, support and e-capability building services to the NSW Vocational Education and Training Sector.

In this six week program you will explore a range of social media platforms and meet others in your group via a weekly webinar.

Week one Orientation and overview of Edmodo Week two Explore Twitter and Edmodo Week three Developing a PLN using LinkedIn Week four continue exploring Twitter, Edmodo, LinkedIn via a weekly challenge Week five Becoming a social blogger Week six – Curating content using online newspapers, magazines and Pinterest Week seven Explore Facebook as a social learning platform Final webinar: Putting it all together || [] ||

A review of Adobe Captivate and Articulate storyline. Both allow the creation of interactive learning “chunks”. Session aims to provide an overview of both systems with a compare/contrast of both. ||
 * ** Session Title **
 * Developing online material ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * ** Proposed Dates ** || ** Proposed Times ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Your Bio ** || ** Archived event ** ||
 * **8 May 2014** || 10:30 AM AEST || Tim Riessen || Tim is a n experienced educator with over 30 years experience, 25 years of this experience has been in the Vocational Education system. Tim has worked with technology mediated delivery systems since 1999. Primarily using Blackboard, but now also includes Moodle. Tim's experience includes proprietary online systems to delivery/manage FFS delivery/assessment. His current employment has included providing advice and PD to academic staff on the developing of online content and assessment. Have provided online PD via Blackboard Collaborate. || []

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** What's all the fuss about e-learning strategy? ** |||| ** Session Description ** [] ||
 * ** Session Title **
 * Why?
 * How do I start?
 * Who do I need to talk to?
 * Quality criteria and how they can help
 * Other strategy tools to assist ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event **
 * ** Please note date change from 19 May 2014 to 26 May 2014 ** || 2:00 PM AEST || Gail Smith || Gail is the NSW E-learning Advisor for the National VET E-Learning Strategy. In this role she provides strategic e-learning advice, support and e-capability building services to the NSW Vocational Education and Training Sector.

Gail has more than 20 years’ experience an educator, presenter and facilitator of e-learning in a range of disciplines including business, administration, project management, training and education. Her main passion is to support VET Practitioners to effectively use technology in education. ||

Webinars are a great way to present information to geographically dispersed learner groups. Even better, is using them as an interactive learning tool. This webinar will walk the talk, demonstrating how to actively engage learners in a live online environment. A range of teaching and learning strategies will be shared and your thoughts and opinions will form part of the learning experience. || = = Video is making it's way back and becoming one of the most popular online learning resources engaging today's learner! This webinar will explore some basic steps you can take to create and edit videos to use with your audience. Discover ways video can be used in education, learn how to plan for video production and engage with the different ways to edit and publish a video resource. || = =
 * ** Webinar Tools: Using WebEx ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Booking URL ** ||
 * //**5 June 2014**// || 10:30 AM AEDST || Ann Brady || Ann is a highly experienced e-learning practitioner who is passionate about promoting the concepts around the design of blended learning and assessment, choosing the right tool and/or method for the job and integrating different methods and tools. || [] ||
 * ** Introduction to video for teaching and learning ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * **11 June 2014** || 12:00 AEST || Kelly Pickering || Kelly has a passion for technology in teaching and learning. Kelly works as a Learning Technology Officer for The Northern Sydney Institute TAFE NSW. This role sees her support staff in all facets of eLearning. Kelly is also a Part Time teacher and has facilitated many online courses. Designing and developing eLearning resources through a well thought out and strategic approach is a great area of interest for Kelly. || [] ||

Gail has more than 20 years’ experience an educator, presenter and facilitator of e-learning in a range of disciplines including business, administration, project management, training and education. Her main passion is to support VET Practitioners to effectively use technology in education. || https://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/p7n2i58gwng/ ||
 * ** Session Title ** ** Social media tools to promote social learning opportunities online and in the classroom (Beginner session) ** |||| ** Session Description **
 * Social media strategy
 * What is social learning?
 * Your digital footprint
 * What tools can you use to promote social learning?
 * Is LinkedIn useful to learners?
 * Do I really need guidelines? ||
 * ** Date ** || ** Time ** || ** Presenter ** || ** Bio ** || ** Archived Event ** ||
 * ** 4 April 2014 ** || 10:30 AM AEDST || Gail Smith || Gail is the NSW E-learning Advisor for the National VET E-Learning Strategy. In this role she provides strategic e-learning advice, support and e-capability building services to the NSW Vocational Education and Training Sector.