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Humboldt Kolleg - Cameroon E-learning, Research-Development in Cameroon: Challenges and Perspectives. Hands on elearning. Dr. Virginie Aimard::: :::Innovative and strategic Capacity development expert. Explore and create …your own e-learning way !. Plan of the session.
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Humboldt Kolleg - CameroonE-learning, Research-Development in Cameroon: Challenges and Perspectives Hands on elearning Dr. Virginie Aimard::: :::Innovative and strategic Capacity development expert
Plan of the session • 8:00-8:30 Exploring online resources • 8:30-9:15 Creating a Wiki (Pause) • 9:30-10:30 Using Moodle
Examples • DNA From The Beginning http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/ • Graph Theory Lessons http://oneweb.utc.edu/~Christopher-Mawata/petersen2/index.htm • Simulations_RVLS http://onlinestatbook.com/stat_sim/index.html • Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences • Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES http://www.wikieducator.org/ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ http://ocw.mit.edu http://www.oercommons.org/ UNU OpenCourseWare Merlot African Network
Your Moodle: Elearning at Yaoundé I • Go to http://www.vie.unu.edu/elearning/ • Create an account • Connect with your login info and enter the course
WIKI • A tool to create collaborative website with dynamically linked content • Everyone can be an author no centralised power or control • Ownership and empowerment • Easy to use • Can be used for projects with students • Or to present learning materials and offer feedback possibilities
How to create a Wiki • Go to Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com) • Create an account • Log in with your ID and password • Click on create new wiki • To start writing it – click create new page • Create the different pages and then link them together • You can edit text, photos, graphs,as you wish and it is directly saved online
Suggested extra individual self study • Designing a course sequence /online scenario • Create a blog
Blended Learning: Structure Seminar 2 Seminar 1 Introduction Self study Self study Structured infomration search (WebQuest) Group activity in a discussion forum Presentation of a group work in a virtual classroom Learning Process script Online phases Online phases Online phases F2F session, teacher presents the course F2F session, lecture and group work Exam
Create your own eLearning scenario • How do you want to use eLearning for your teaching? • During your class • as part of student self-study work • as a resource reference for the students • …? • Designing your online course curriculum
Curriculum development of an online course • Topic of the course • Definition of the course (What is this course about? Make a short description) • Objectives of the course • Scenario (How do you envision the teaching process? Which sequences online, which sequences in face-to-face; e.g. Week 1= introduction (face-to-face), Week 2 =, Week 3 = …) • Learning activities (type of activities the students will do) • Milestones (which milestones do you foresee?) • Resources (which resources do you need?)
What are Blogs? • Web + Logs = Blogs • Easy to create/to use personal websites • Initially personal diaries • Composed of chronological posts • Allow comments from other users • Can be used as • an online CV, • to present research projects and results, • to give access to resources to students… • Etc. • How? Go to www.blogger.com and follow instructions