Learning Technology Mentors 2008
Program Description
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The Learning Technology Mentors (LTMs) program focuses on building Institute wide staff capability to use and embed new technologies in teaching and learning. This will result in more flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of customers and students and enhance student engagement and personalised learning opportunities.
In order to achieve desired outcomes, this project proposes to develop a key group of Sydney Institute practitioners as LTMs. Initial LTMs (one at each campus) will form a network of mentors across Sydney Institute skilled in the use of those new technologies.
Teaching sections to be mentored will be identified by College Management Teams in conjunction with senior college staff. LMTs, who have skills in using the technologies will be identified through an Institute wide Expression of Interest (EOI) process.
Program Rationale
This project also aligns with the Sydney Institute Business Plan 2008 identifying “embedding new technologies and personalised approaches in teaching and learning activities” as a College priority under the Products and Services key area.
Program Objectives
The objectives of this project are to:
- Better utilise existing technologies to enhance teaching & learning practice
- Build institute staff capability to use these new technologies
- Be more responsive and flexible in the delivery of services to customers and clients
- Enhance student engagement and personalised learning opportunities
- Create an institute wide network of Learning Technology Mentors (LTMs)
Program Deliverables
This program will deliver the following outcomes:
1. A series of professional development activities designed and delivered to increase Learning Technology Mentor skills in the use of the following technologies:
- Wireless and mobile technologies
- Adobe Connect, an online synchronous communication platform
- Learning management systems (Janison and Moodle)
- Web2.0 technologies such as wikis and blogs
- Resource development kits (laptop, iPOD, digital camera, software: Adobe captivate, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Audition, iTunes)
- Smartboards
- eBeams,
- video conferencing
- Mentoring skills
2. A 10 week mentoring program where the LTMs will mentor teachers/teaching sections that will be identified by College Management Teams (this is to ensure that the program is meeting the strategic directions of the Institute)
3. Embedding of technology in teaching and learning
4. An institute wide network of Learning Technology Mentors
5. An evaluation of the project will be undertaken by survey and focus group meetings.
6. A final report will be developed on the results and outcomes of the project.
Program Scope
Project timeline
Proposed project timeline Please note this timeline may be updated at any point in the program.
LearningTechnology Mentors Program
Learning Technology Mentors June 2008 and key areas to be targeted (click here for the surveys & Zoho links)
Program commencing June 16 2008
Professional Development Sessions for Learning Technology Mentors
Project Scope and Mentors' Roles (Handout 1)
Project Scope and Mentors' Roles (Handout 2)
Learning Technology Mentors Second Weekly Meetings
The LTMs meet second weekly to discuss isses and milestones that are part of the implementation of the program.
Meeting recordings
3 July 2008 and 5 July 2008
29 July 2008 and 31 July 2008 (recordings not working )
12 August 2008 and 14 August 2008 (recordings not working)
26 August 2008 and 28 August 2008 (recordings not working)
Learning technology Mentors Final Report
Result:
In conclusion from a quantitative analysis the LTMs mentored over a ten week period 443 staff and conducted 737 sessions. Petersham and Enmore (Bronwyn Crawford-Petersham and Deborah Lindsell-Enmore) were outstanding with 222 sessions, followed by St George (Rosa Ochoa) 149 sessions and Randwick (Vivian Cassar Patty) with 111 sessions.
It was identified from the stataistics extracted from Zoho Creator that Wikis and Moodle were the most popular technology. Interestingly podcasting was more readily taken up than blogs which leveled in par with digital storytelling, then eBeams and vodcasting to follow.Surprisingly, Adobe Connect was low in comparison to even moblogging and the use of Audacity and the camera glasses had a greater uptake than Connect. The technologies such as Bridgit, Elluminate (web-conferencing tools, alternatives to Adobe Connect) and Virtual worlds were never explored by the LTMs. This could be attributed to firewalls and misunderstanding of Department Eduction and Training’s desktop sharing ability with the use Bridgit. Click here to Read Full Report Final LTM report
Resources
- Resource Scope and Development
- eNetworks Online Conference Event: 18 - 19 June 2008
- Project Plan
- Learning Technology Mentors Kit
- Learning Technology Mentors Blog
- Learning Technology Mentors Adobe Connect Room
Tagging our content
To assist aggregating our content across the the range of web2.0 services we are utilising use the tags ltm2008 ltmnetwork to tag your content.
For example
Sandboxes
We have set up sandbox test environments so you can experiment for your own learning and use for training purposes.
SI blog/podcast/vodcast platform
http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/sandpit/
This blog is fully enabled for podcasting/vodcasting and it's feed has been registered with iTunes so that one click subscription works.
You all have accounts as editors on this server.
SI Wikispaces
http://sandpit.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net
Here you will need to join the wiki, from there we can make you an organiser of the wiki.
SI Moodle
http://sielearning2.tafensw.edu.au/moodle/login/index.php
You can log in to the Moodle using your netwotk profile (the one you use to log into your computer @ work with) One in there is a course title FAQ & Course to test new features which your automatically have course editing rights. You can use this to experiment.
Adobe Connect Pro
http://webconf.det.nsw.edu.au/ltm/
Contacts
Please contact Workforce Development for further information:
siworkforcedevelopment[@]tafensw.edu.au
