Monday, June 22, 2009
8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Abstract:
The goal of this tutorial is to give participants all they need to quickly get started with e-learning. This tutorial should be taught in a half day (3 hour) version. In the first part of the tutorial they learn everything they need to set up their first courses for a small department using Moodle. The second part presents an overview on Web 2.0 technologies and how these tools can be used for teaching and learning.
Objectives:
Benefits for Participants
• Hands-on experience how to set-up Moodle on a Microsoft Windows system.
• Experiences how e-learning 2.0 can enhance daily teaching and learning routines. How can lecturing be supported by using Web 2.0 technologies?
After the conference participants will have access to a recording of how to perform the installation and links to the appropriate downloads.
Participants will receive an open eBook about Web 2.0 technologies as well as different resources.
Outline:
Outline
First Part
• Introduction to Moodle
• System Requirements
• Installation of a Web Server, database, and Moodle (Demo or Hands-on),
• First steps in Moodle: Setting up courses, assigning lecturers, using resources and simple forms of grading students. (Demo or Hands-on)
• Advanced teaching concepts and the constructivist approach of Moodle.
Second Part
• Introduction into Web 2.0 technologies that can be used for daily
lecturing. Overview of technologies such as Weblogs, Wikis, and Podcast.
• Discussion about experiences by showing different scenarios as well as different didactical approaches
• Planning how Web 2.0 technologies can be used in different context.
• Introduction into EduPunk and EduPirats generation
Prerequisites:
Target Audience
Participants that need to quickly set up a personal e-learning platform for themselves or for few coworkers. (Part 1 of the tutorial)
Participants who like to use new technologies for teaching.
Intended Experience Level:
Beginner
Instructor Qualifications:
Edgar R. Weippl is assistant professor at the Vienna University of Technology and CEO of Security Research. His research focuses on applied concepts of IT-security and e-learning. Edgar has taught several tutorials on security issues in e-learning at international conferences, including ED-MEDIA 2003-2005 and E-Learn 2005. In 2005, he published Security in E-Learning with Springer.
After graduating with a Ph.D. from the Vienna University of Technology, Edgar worked for two years in a research startup. He then spent one year teaching as an assistant professor at Beloit College, WI. From 2002 to 2004, while with the software vendor ISIS Papyrus, he worked as a consultant for an HMO (Empire BlueCross BlueShield) in New York, NY and Albany, NY, and for Deutsche Bank (PWM) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Martin Ebner is currently head of the team Social Learning at Graz University of Technology. He is responsible for all e-Learning activities of this university.
His research focuses strongly on the use of Web 2.0 technologies for teaching and learning purposes. Martin has taught a number of lectures and seminars around the topic of e-Learning and the use of computers in educational settings.
He studied from 1995 - 2000 civil engineering and got his masters at the Institute of Structural Concrete. Afterwards Martin worked as scientific assistant at the Institute of Structural Concrete and wrote his Ph.D. thesis about "e-Learning in structural engineering". Since 2005 he holds a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from Graz University of Technology. From 2005 to 2006 he worked at the Institute for Building Informatics as Assistant Professor. Since September 2006 Martin is head of the team Social Learning at the Computing and Information Service Department.
An extended CV including all publications is available at http://www.martinebner.at or visit one of the greatest German speaking Weblogs http://elearningblog.tugraz.at