Education Keynotes: Curriculum Change -2009 (8’31”)

This excerpt (8’30”) is from the ‘wrap-up closing keynote delivered by Simon Atkinson at the Estonian e-Universities Conference held in April 2009 in Tartu, Estonia. Simon builds on comments made by conference contributors to reflect on issues such as media

Dashboard: Recognising Faculty-Student Contact Time

Following the presentation of the SOLE model and toolkit at Madison-Wisconsin in August 2011, a number of conversations about the ‘diagnostic’ function of the SOLE  toolkit have taken place. One of the concerns of faculty and students is contact time.

DiAL-e and SOLE at Distance Education Conference Madison-Wisconsin 2011

DiAL-e and SOLE at Distance Education Conference Madison-Wisconsin 2011

The  27th Annual Distance Learning and Teaching Conference at Madison-Wisconsin this August was a diverse and varied programme attended by some 900 distance educators from all sectors, from K-12 to professional education. My contribution was a half-day  DiAL-e Workshop with Kevin

US Interest in the SOLE model & toolkit

The 45 minute ‘Information Session’ session on Thursday (4th August) at the 27th Annual Distance Education Conference at Madison-Wisconsin produced a tweet from @lookstein “simon atkinson shares his flexible model for student-owned learning engagement – very valuable (and entertaining!)” so

MW Distance Education Conference Student-Owned Learning-Engagement Model Videoshare

Student-Owned Learning-Engagement Model Wednesday 3rd afternoon Videoshare session had some 60-70 people present for 5 short videoshare presentations. The session was intended to be 5 minutes pre-prepared video and 10 minutes of questions each. A fun and interesting session. The

SOLE Model Poster at ALDinHE 2011

Simon in front of the SOLE Model Poster

This year the ALDinHE conference had as its theme – “Engaging Students – Engaging Learning” and was a series of small, diverse but very practical sessions ranging from identifying successful work-based learning models to the effective induction of non-traditional learners.

SOLE Model dissemination 2011 Conferences

The next version of the SOLE model, with embedded Intended Learning Outcomes and further pedagogical guidance, along with a populated example, will be ready for the 2011 conference season! Version 2.0 will be released on Saturday 16 April just before