Event:

TEMPUS Joint European Project EQIBELT
Expert's lecture:
Simon Atkinson on Pedagogical Opportunities of E-learning

Location:

Zagreb, Croatia

G     University Computing Centre (Srce), University of Zagreb

Date and time:

Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 12:00

Lecture was available via web streaming

Lecturers:

Simon Atkinson, Centre for Learning Development, University of Hull, UK

Simon Atkinson is an educational developer. He has been Head of eLearning at the University of Hull since July 2003 and is also currently Interim Head of the Centre for Learning Development. Prior to joining Hull he was part of the Academic Professional Development Programme of the Institute for Educational Technology (OU-UK) and before that the Centre for Continuing Education at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has also worked at both Exeter University and Oxford University in developmental roles.

www.hull.ac.uk/elearning/team/simon/index.html

Title:

Revolution and Pedagogy:
Why e-learning can still transform university teaching?

Lecturer will explore why the teaching conventions of the past 200 years endure in our online teaching and how new emerging technologies which Universities no longer control may offer the best hope for a radical improvement in the learning experience of our students

Audience (participants):

�     University teachers involved or interested in e-learning

�     Members of university bodies responsible for teaching, e-learning or ICT

�     Members of government bodies responsible for implementation of e-learning methodology and technology

�     Members of EQIBELT project team and university's e-learning teams

�     ICT or other support staff involved or interested in e-learning

�     Students

Language:

English