Pre-Conference Workshop A1
Beyond SMART: Reconsider the Concept of Quality in Times of Collaboration and Simulation in New Media Learning
Date Wednesday, Dec 2 Time – RoomTiergarten II/III Price: free of charge Status: fully booked
Workshop leaders
Volker Lichtenthäler
Senior Consultant Global Knowledge Sharing and Learning, GIZ, Germany
He has been delivering training throughout the world, including 5 years as a lecturer in Business-German at Dublin City University in Ireland and several months in Mexico and Brazil. He has been designing, developing and delivering courses in various subjects for a diverse mix of cultures and communities, recently also in various African countries. He has also worked for 3 years as an Instructional Designer for Web Based Trainings at the Forschungsinstitut Berufliche Bildung gGmbh (Vocational Training Research Department) Nuremberg. He is now responsible for the Global Campus 21 E-Academy and the new M-Learning portal for Management Skills of the GIZ in Bonn.
In 1999 he was awarded the European Label for Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning by the Linguistics Institute of Ireland.
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Alessia Messuti
Learning Innovation Specialist, International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO), Italy
Alessia Messuti has a background in communication with a special focus on the use of new media for social inclusion and local development. Since 2009 she is working as a training specialist in both private and development sector, where she has gained experience in instructional design and quality assurance for e-Learning, facilitation of on-line and face-to-face training, educational research and web 2.0 for learning and social interaction. Fascinated by the idea that distance education and the use of new technology increases access to learning and promotes life-long learning, she keeps exploring new pedagogical approaches for adult learning.
Since 2013 Alessia has been working for the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITC-ILO) on mobile learning for development projects.
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Erick Gankam Tambo
Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Germany
Erick Tambo is originally from Cameroon. He graduated at the Technical University of Dortmund in computer science with a focus on electrical engineering and holds a PhD in computer science from the FernUniversität in Hagen (Distance Learning University).
He is associate academic officer at the United Nation University in Bonn at the institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). He is in charge of the conceptualization, organization and management of e-learning activities at UNU-EHS. Erick leads and coordinates UNU-EHS contributions to support the development of the Pan African University of the African Union in Algeria.
Prior to joining UNU-EHS, Erick Tambo led the working group on Information and Communication Technologies for development (ICT4D) at the chair of cooperative systems at the FernUniveesität in Hagen. The working group designed and developed socio-technical systems to support the development processes of southern countries with a special focus on sub Saharan African countries.
He has a broad expertise in educational technologies and computer supported teaching/learning systems for developing countries, socio-technical systems to support the North-South knowledge transfer, collaborative working processes between Africa and its Diaspora, endogenous/appropriated technologies and local innovation.
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http://www.ehs.unu.eduhttp://www.vie.unu.edu/
Content
The Open ECB Check initiative has been providing a quality improvement scheme for E-Learning programmes for almost 6 year. Many international organisations were supported in measuring how successful their e-learning programmes are and introduced continuous improvement though peer collaboration and bench learning. ECBCheck forms a participative quality environment which allows its members to benefit in a variety of ways by having access to tools and guidelines for their own practice on the one hand, and being able to join a well-established yet vibrant Community of Practice on the other hand.
It is now time to find new ways to consider the latest technological developments in the field of new learning within this initiative. In this ½ day-workshop participant will examine closely the criteria, peer-reviewing process and the business model. New partners are to be found and new ideas will arise.
Target audience
- E-learning experts & institutions with focus on e-learning for capacity development;
- institutions & experts interested in quality assurance in e-learning
Prerequisite knowledge
Basic understanding of e-learning in general and organizational development in education
Outcomes
New partnerships are won!
Institutions, organizations and individuals will partner and contribute with the project.