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Invited Speaker

Transform Teacher Education through Student Authoring of Learning Designs

James Dalziel

Macquarie University / LAMS Foundation, Australia

Abstract:

Learning Design is a new approach to educational technology that focuses on the development, sharing and running of sequences of learning activities also called digital lesson plans. Learning Design goes beyond traditional content-centric e-learning approaches to combine both content and collaborative learning tasks into scaffolded sequences of student tasks. While some Learning Design systems require considerable technical skill for authoring, the open source Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) provides a simple drag and drop visual authoring interface for creating Learning Designs which makes it appropriate for use in teacher education courses. This presentation provides an overview of the field of Learning Design and visual authoring in LAMS, followed by a review of outcomes and highlights from recent teacher education courses that incorporate student authoring of Learning Designs.

Biographical Information:

James Dalziel is Professor of Learning Technology and Director of the Macquarie E-Learning Centre Of Excellence (MELCOE) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. James leads a number of projects including: LAMS (Learning Activity Management System), including roles as a Director of the LAMS Foundation and LAMS International Pty Ltd; MAMS (Meta Access Management System), a national identity and access infrastructure project for the Australian education sector; and ASK-OSS (the Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software), a national advisory service on open source issues for the Australia education and research sector. Prior to his current roles, James helped lead the COLIS (Collaborative Online Learning and Information Services) project, was a Director of WebMCQ Pty Ltd, an e-learning and assessment company, and was a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sydney.