Well, now that the dust has settled on this year's Plymouth e-learning Conference, it is time to reflect. The verdict was that Plymouth rocks! It seems from the many positive comments we received that it has been a great success. 80 delegates attended the event today, to hear Professor Mark Stiles give a keynote on the tensions between institutional and student control over learning. Over 25 papers, demonstrations and workshops were also presented (Jackie Sitters, above, presents a paper on wikis in higher education), featuring Second Life, blogs, wikis, webcasting, handheld and mobile technologies, and there were lunchtine demonstrations by BlackBoard and our own home grown Leatning Technologist team. The latter was something of a triumph, because the LT team were able to present a neat version of the Nintendo Wii surface hack, which impressed a lot of those present.
Left is a picture of the final plenary where Ray Jones (University of Plymouth), Helen Keegan (University of Salford), Mark Stiles (University of Staffordshire) and I took part in a panel session. We answered questions from the delegates on the semantic web, plagiarism, sustainability and the future of e-learning, as well as revisiting issues such as ownership and control, formal vs informal learning and transparent vs opaque technologies. We are already planning next year's event which will take place over two days, on 23-24 April 2009. There will be at least two keynote speakers, a social event and conference dinner. Some photos from the day are available for viewing on Flickr.
I'm in the Faculty of Education at the University of Plymouth. I'm responsible for convening the University's e-learning research network and co-ordinating technology mediated learning for the Faculty of Education. I serve on the editorial boards of seven international journals, including ALT-J and IRRODL and I am co-editor of Interactive Learning Environments. I'm also the chair of the UNESCO funded IFIP WG 3.6 (Distance Education) and a Fellow of the European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN). My research interests include e-learning, distance education, creativity and Web 2.0 social software.
Wheeler S (2009) Learner support needs in online problem based learning. In A Orellana, T L Hudgins and M Simonson (Eds.) The Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Design and Teaching. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers. pp 475-486.
Wheeler S (2009) Open Content, Open Learning: Using blogs and wikis in higher education. In U-D Ehlers and D Schneckenberg (Eds) Changing Cultures in Higher Education. Berlin: Springer-Verlag
Wheeler S (2009) Destruction and Creativity on the Social Web: Learning with wikis in higher education. In N Kock (Ed.) E-Collaboration: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Hershey PA: IGI Global Press.
Wheeler S (2009) Student Perceptions of Immediacy and Social Presence in Distance Education. In A Szucs, A Tait, U Bernath and M Vidal (Eds.) Distance and E-learning in Transition. London: Wiley.
Trentin G and Wheeler S (2009) Teacher and student responses to blended environments. In E Stacey and P Gerbic (Eds.) Effective Blended Learning Practices. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Press.
Wheeler S (2009) Destruction and Creativity on the Social Web: Learning with wikis in higher education. In S Hatzipanagos and S Warburton (Eds.) Social Software & Developing Community Ontologies. London: IGI Global Press.
Wheeler S (2009) 'E's of Access: e-Learning and widening participation in education. In S Gibson and J Haynes (Eds) Perspectives on Participation and Inclusion: Engaging Education. London: Continuum.
Wheeler S and Wheeler D (2009) Using wikis to promote quality learning outcomes in teacher training. Learning, Media and Technology. 34 (1), 1-10.
Wheeler S (Ed., 2009) Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures: Cybercultures in Online Learning. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.
Well, now that the dust has settled on this year's Plymouth e-learning Conference, it is time to reflect. The verdict was that Plymouth rocks! It seems from the many positive comments we received that it has been a great success. 80 delegates attended the event today, to hear Professor Mark Stiles give a keynote on the tensions between institutional and student control over learning. Over 25 papers, demonstrations and workshops were also presented (Jackie Sitters, above, presents a paper on wikis in higher education), featuring Second Life, blogs, wikis, webcasting, handheld and mobile technologies, and there were lunchtine demonstrations by BlackBoard and our own home grown Leatning Technologist team. The latter was something of a triumph, because the LT team were able to present a neat version of the Nintendo Wii surface hack, which impressed a lot of those present.
Left is a picture of the final plenary where Ray Jones (University of Plymouth), Helen Keegan (University of Salford), Mark Stiles (University of Staffordshire) and I took part in a panel session. We answered questions from the delegates on the semantic web, plagiarism, sustainability and the future of e-learning, as well as revisiting issues such as ownership and control, formal vs informal learning and transparent vs opaque technologies. We are already planning next year's event which will take place over two days, on 23-24 April 2009. There will be at least two keynote speakers, a social event and conference dinner. Some photos from the day are available for viewing on Flickr.
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