Gabi Witthaus and Terese BirdBeyond Distance Research Alliance
University of Leicester
ALT Learning Technologist of the Year:
Team Award 2009
European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning:UNIQUe Award 2009
Sustainability: Technology UseWill look at sustainability of tech use by each
of the two schools involved in DUCKLING, for each of:Second LifePodcastseReaders
Second Life - PsychologyAcademics would need to keep up practicing in
Second Life (such as one did ) for confidenceAcademics would need to consult with
educational designer and technologist to design activity
Academics could train up new students in SL and do e-tivities themselves if they wished
Sustainable - yes
Second Life - EducationUse of LanguageLab – separate, external SL
resourceFlexibleAcademics can continue to make use of
language teaching schools in SL as a learning resource
Second Life has become optional part of CALL module
Sustainable - yes
Podcasting – Both SchoolsAcademics from both Schools felt
comfortable creating their own podcasts and posting on VLE
Might need assistance with new Wimba Voice Board in the short run (still political issues with that tech)
Sustainable – yesAlready embedded in courses
Pedagogical Podcasts!
eBook Readers - bothPurchase of eReaders for each student seems
expensive but was a savings (money and time) from printing and shipping loads of notes
Not difficult to change into epubs and post onto Bbd
Students coming to uni with their own ereaders? Perhaps not quite yet, but many have iPhones, iPod Touches, and soon iPads… it will soon be commonplace to provide materials in these formats
Sustainability: PedagogyEducation
New head of courseNeed new philosophy: integrate assessment into
online discussion forumUpcoming meeting with new team -hope springs
eternalPsychology
Podcasting has become mainstream, administratively and in every other way
Ebook readers saved so much money – every chance to continue
Second Life – bit of a wild card but very possible