Workshop Schedule

29 November 2006, 09:00 am - 17:00 pm

Location: Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni, No. 135, Main Building, Room 3017, Phone: +49-170-316 0173

"How to produce an instructional module on the Internet"

A pre-conference workshop of the Online Educa Conference 2006 in Berlin: a hands-on workshop for teachers, professors, trainers and educational experts with an eLearning phase on the Internet.

Dear participant,

on the occasion of the Online Educa conference we will have the opportunity to collaborate on November 29, 2006. This letter informs you about how to get prepared for the workshop.

Objectives: The workshop aims to develop instructional planning and implementation skills of educational staff having the mandate to develop eLearning / blended learning services. Intended outcomes of the workshop activities are:

• to make hands-on experience of basic planning activities when designing instruction, especially for eLearning / blended learning scenarios
• to apply teaching methods
• to use synchronous and asynchronous communication tools for eLearning purposes
• to edit content on a ZMS based content management platform on the Internet

Method: You will work on several assignments, guided by a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) and facilitated by a set of templates. All results will be published online on the eLearning platform. Each participant will have a work place (workstations are available however we recommend to bring your own laptop). The coach(es) will provide for support.

Preparation: To achieve good results within the allocated working time, please prepare in advance:

1. Digital images: In order to design your personal course home page please bring a digital portrait photo, and preferably a digital logo of your institution or other images related to your job and eLearning projects.
2. Definition of your eLearning service product: We need to know which educational service product (e.g. a blended learning course unit) you are planning to develop in the near future. In the forthcoming eLearning workshop, you will be asked to specify in which project you will become engaged in (e.g. name of the product, target group, market demand, scope, budget etc.). Please clarify in advance which eLearning product shall be produced by you. This shall relate to your real, current job tasks and your responsibility within your institution. We expect to cooperate along the line of real tasks to increase the impact of this workshop.
3. Preparation of your media and internet supported instruction: You will author an instruction and in the afternoon test the Internet based delivery. Learner support will be simulated in a role play. In this practice you will work together with a peer and take over alternate roles of a tutor (providing your training) and a learner (participating in your peer´s training). The instruction that you will develop should relate to your job and be of practical relevance for your fellow participants, too. It must include an assignment (e.g. a discussion, an individual task or a group work). Learning time for your participants should not exceed 15 minutes (for the access and the study of the learning materials). The accomplishment of the assignment should not take longer than 15 extra minutes, so that your course module can be finished within 30 minutes. Needful preparation before we meet: please decide on a topic for your instruction. Look for and select suitable resource material (e.g. a copy of an article, a web page, an instructional video) you are planning to use for your course module. Bring these resources in digital format with you or make sure that they are accessible (e.g. on the web). Please start thinking about a possible assignment for your peer already.

Final note: you will benefit from this workshop only if you bring your digital training resources so that you can work hands-on on the further development of your own media/Internet supported course module. Internet connection will be available. We recommend to bring your own laptop and a USB memory stick.

Please contact me directly (shof@hoffmann-reif.com) in case of any questions.

I am looking forward to collaborating with you soon.

With kind regards

Sebastian Hoffmann, workshop facilitator

Workshop agenda