Online Educa Berlin 2009

Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 14:30 - 16:00

	COM16	DEM17/32	COM18	IMP19
Title	BILD Personal Learning Environments – The UK’s Vision of the Future	Demonstrations and Best Practice Showcases	Putting the Web to Work in Class – Practical Tips and New Ideas	21st Century Assessment Debate
Description	This session highlights the latest developments and research into the future of personal learning environments. Inspiration is taken both from the BILD’s (British Institute for Learning and Development) current involvement in European research projects, as well as developments being made by BILD members in technology to take the personal learning environment into the future.	Demonstrations and best practice showcases take place throughout the afternoon in Potsdam III. The highly flexible format chosen for these sessions allows conference participants a chance to experience a range of innovative tools, services and online courses. Full description	This session takes a look at the extensive web resources available to educators to take advantage of the opportunities available. The session provides links to material that you may not be aware of, plus introduce new technology tools that could help make a difference.	Can traditional forms of learning assessment meet the needs of 21st century customers? Skills are changing rapidly, learners expect innovation, and businesses want to know that individuals can deliver results. How can new technologies add value to assessment? Hear the arguments in this session and contribute your own during the debate.
Room	Schinkel III	Potsdam III	Köpenick I	Charlottenburg I
Chairperson	Jack Wills, The British Institute for Learning and Development (BILD), UK	Christel Schneider, ICC - International Language Network, Germany Michael Tighe, U.S. English Services, Germany	Véronique Maes, Arcola Research llp. London, UK	Sue Martin, SAP AG, Germany
Content	Karen Velasco, The British Institute for Learning and Development (BILD), UK Personalised Learning Environments – Do They Create ROPI and What Does the Future Hold? Linda Steedman, eCom Scotland, UK Virtual Classrooms – Their Role in the Future of E-Learning Environments Brian Bishop, Caspian Learning, UK 3D Serious Games – The Future of Meaningful Learner Feedback Will Murray, nLearning/Plagiarismadvice.org, UK Tackling Plagiarism now and in the Future	Ken Currie, CAPDM Ltd., UK CourseworkerXML – A Proven XML Publishing Service for Education Providers Olaf Dierker, KWB – Koordinierungsstelle Weiterbildung und Beschäftigung e.V., Germany ConTrucker – Computer-Based Training for Container Truckers Chandra Holm, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland eMathematics – A Digital Course on Applied Business Mathematics Joan Lu, University of Huddersfield, UK New Student Response Services for iPod and iPhone Timo Raatikainen, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland Moodle (CMS) + Adobe Acrobat ConnectPro + Wikis / Blogs in Conjunction Trond Thorseth, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Norway Demonstration of New Innovative Online Simulator Tools in Vocational Education and Training Mark Landeryou, Lexara Limited, UK SILVER: Semantic Interactive Learning Visualisation Environment Research Atle Løkken, University of Stavanger, Norway Interactive PDF-Documents by Flash-Multimedia – A New Breed of Multi-Purpose E-Learning Applications Robert Kotrys, Poznan Technical University, Poland Innovative Solution for International Certificates of Excellence Steve Bone, Zolk Ltd., UK Learningworks Virtual Conference Series Cristina Vertan, University of Hamburg, Germany PROLIV – An E-Learning Support for Learning and Teaching Computational Linguistics Aura Mihai, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Romania VTC - Shoe: Virtual Training Centre for Shoe Design	Mehdi Tounsi & Gillian Duncan, Gatlin International LLC, UK Look at a Smart and Profitable Business Model for Continuing Education Around the World Frank Coggrave, NComputing, UK The $70 PC – Empowering Growth Peter Sommer, Wacom Europe GmbH, Germany Handwriting – An Old Concept? Benefits of Electronic Pen Input Devices in E-Learning Sessions	Ursula Hesselmann, Management Consultancy Hesselmann, Germany Forget about Web 2.0 Techniques – Let's Talk about Learners, Creativity and the Impact of Learning Ciarán Dawson, University College Cork, Ireland Web 2.0 Technologies and Social Constructivism The presentations will be followed by a debate which will also include: Eric Shepherd, Questionmark, UK