Workshop session descriptions

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Session topics

Navigating edna 2.0

A tour of what's new in the edna 2.0 website and suite of tools. Find your way around events, resources, news, groups, lists and the edna sandpit - all full of resources for Australian education and training. 

Discover free tools and resources through edna and related sites

 In this session learn where to find great, quality assured learning objects, webquests, games, templates and resources through the edna collection and related sites.


edna's collaborative tools overview

Tips and advice about collaborative tools and your needs. Participants will have the opportunity to explore edna Groups and edna Sandpit Groups.

Group Owners: Exploring the possibilities

Are you an owner of an edna Group or thinking of becoming a Group owner? Activities, resources, and blocks provide the basis for interactivity in edna Groups. How do you set these tools up? How do you get the best out of them? This workshop is a must for Group Owners.

Groups: beyond the basics

OK, so now I'm registered, how do I participate? This workshop will de-mystify forums, wikis, blogs, chats, myGroups, how to set up your Group profile and much more.
Explore the features of edna Groups in edna's Training Space
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=140

Integrating ICT into teaching and learning

An update on research, policy and practice around integrating ICT into teaching and learning, and how edna supports this. An opportunity for participants to discuss and share strategies for effective integration and empowerment.

Making online communities work - the social stuff

Setting up an online community is only the first step. How do you raise the level of engagement in your online community? What activities work best? This presentation will cover tips for nourishing and managing your online communities.

Social networking tools

Social networking online is becoming more and more popular. In this session we will explore popular online tools including blogs and wikis and discuss their potential for educators.

Get your hands on edna 2.0

Explore events, resources, news and themes relevant to your teaching, in this hands-on session. Discover what RSS is and how using edna's shared information services can help you keep up to date with new resources and ideas.

Beyond web 2.0

Where should we be looking next? Immersive worlds, games in education, personal learning environments, Learning 3.0?
Presented in Western Australia by guest presenter, Kim Flintoff, currently involved in PhD study at Queensland University of Technology. Kim teaches Contemporary Performance and Drama Education at Edith Cowan University and is a co-chair of the IDEA Special Interest Group for Drama and New Media, and one of the co-founders of the AusSLERs group – Australian Second Life Educators and Researchers: http://www.ausslers.com

Social issues, values and ICT in teaching and learning

A chance to tackle the hard questions. Issues like cyberbullying, plagiarism, online safety, identity and social justice. Preview australian made learning objects, online projects and resources that address values and aim to build positive online communities.

The multimedia web

There's so much more to the web than text. Explore ways to exploit images, audio and video online for teaching and learning. Discuss the benefits and traps in podcasting and online image and video sharing.

Create your own site using edna's toolkit.

In this hands-on session users will learn how to add the edna search box and RSS feeds to a webpage.

Keynote presentations

YouTube, me Jane: Library 2.0 - why it's all about 'me' (Belinda Weaver) PPT 1.41Mb
Belinda Weaver is currently the Co-ordinator of ePrintsUQ, the ePrint repository of the University of Queensland. She also co-ordinates the development of the new UQ eSpace repository which aims to capture and preserve other forms of research output at UQ, such as image collections, research datasets and multimedia.