Presentation+plan

Here is a plan of the presentation that Sally and I are preparing to deliver.

Building on from Assignment one, Sally and I debated: //Formal learning versus informal learning and cultural shifts in educational practice. Are they mutually exclusive or a necessary part of personal learning networks//

Building on from that assessment task:
 * We created a wiki so that we could collect and collaborate our resources - we used a variety of references - YouTube, articles, peer reviewed journals
 * We will encourage people to come and give us feedback on the project and any areas that we have missed or need improvement. If you also have any resources that you would like to contribute, they will be great fully received.

We will collate the salient points within the wiki and create a PPt presentation which we will share with you and engage in a discussion based presentation, debating the merits and pitfalls of formal and informal learning in a program called Blackboard Collaborate.

We plan to have an interactive and engaging mini-debate/discussion/presentation where we will invite members of the class to participate using the many features that Blackboard Collaborate has to offer for online synchronous classroom instruction. The informal nature of this presentation will present both our work and the Blackboard Collaborate tool. Some of the features of Bb Collaborate we plan to use include: - a poll on the groups opinions, web tours to the wiki, use of the interactive whiteboard.

To facilitate the process of providing feedback and comment on the presentation, we will provide a survey (built in survey monkey) for all participants to complete and as part of the final submission, and as a statement, we will present our findings, compiling what we found, what the consensus of the group was, their thoughts on our topic and finally present our recommendation/final position of the topic A link to the Bb collaborate session will also be provided as part of the final submission and be made available for peer review.


 * __Procedure for Attending the Bb Collaborate session on the 16th November, 2011__**

Our presentation will be held in an online classroom called Blackboard Collaborate (we would like to offer thanks to yum productions for allowing us the use of their Blackboard Collaborate room). Next week (9th November) we will send a link out to the class. For anybody who reads this in the next week, here is the link to the room.
 * @https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=voffice&password=M.9BA9BAF81716FBAB35C16F794F9CDD

|| It will be important to load the software before the day of the presentation. When you click on this link, it will automatically download the necessary software, which may take a few minutes to download and install. It is important during this time that you are patient as it looks as though the system has stalled, but it really hasn't. If you want to find out more about the system requirements in Bb Collaborate, please click the link to find out more information.

http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Overview.aspx

As part of the online classroom experience, we are hoping that you will actively participate in the discussion, and if you have a headset, have it available for use. When you first log into Blackboard Collaobrate, one of the first things that you will need to do is to configure your headset/microphone (if you have one) or use your computers inbuilt mic and speakers.

So that we can troubleshoot any issues, I would like to request that people begin to log in from 8.30pm. That way we can get the audio-visual elements set up before we begin our presentation.

We are looking forward to having this session and it will be great for you all to attend. We can speak more about it next Wednesday in Skype

Thanks Leo & Sally

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 * Thanks - Leo & Sally.**

Hi Sally and Leo,

Thanks for such a comprehensive plan – or more appropriately a plan for such a comprehensive project. It is impressive that this project is springboarding from your debate. I will be on leave on Wed 16 November and so will be unable to participate in your presentation. I am glad that our final presentation will incorporate the best of this session.

Were you aware that Laurens and Paul were also planning to present synchronously on Wed 16?

Having said all of that, I am simply in awe of your capacities to build such a technology rich environment and invite your peers in. I love the fact that you will incorporate feedback into your final report and that you are planning so many opportunities for feedback and interaction. It sounds like constructivism at its best (or maybe it’s just on steroids).

Is Blackboard Collaborate part of the Melb Uni Blackboard platform or is it completely different? It sounds like a very flexible and powerful tool. I’d like to know if it is easy or even possible to access.

I appreciate that you will kick off with summarising and presenting the salient points of your debate so that peers will be able to take those ideas whichever which way. It’s also very helpful that you intend to pull everything together and move it forward into some recommendations. I think that is a really motivating aspect of this collaborative work. Peers working together but also expecting a result. Nice.

I found your instructions of getting to the site by Nov 16 clear and intriguingly simple. I hope the reality proves just so.

All the very best with this.

Rika