On May 12th Terry Anderson gave an overview of the value, form and function of a large scale research agenda. The week continued with asynchronous forum discussions in which delegates related their own experiences and expectations for e-learning research and the types of organization models they have experienced to support this research. On May 13th GrĂ¡inne Conole provided an international perspective on e-learning research, policy, and practice.
Background Reading
Buell, T., Anderson, T. (2006). Toward a Pan-Canadian e-learning research agenda [doc][pdf]
Conole, G. (2008). International perspectives on e-learning: mapping strategy to practice [doc][pdf]
Charpentier, M., Lafrance, C., Paquette, G.(2006) International e-learning strategies: Key findings relevant to the Canadian context [pdf]
Rossiter, J. (2002). An e-learning vision: Towards a Pan-Canadian strategy and action plan. (CANARIE Discussion paper). Ottawa, ON: CANARIE Inc. [pdf]
Week 1 Presentations
All live presentations are scheduled for 9:00 am PDT, 16:00 GMT and will take place in this Elluminate Room.
During week 2 a series of well known Canadian researchers and administrators presented and discussed issues relevant to developing, stimulating, and supporting an active research agenda. The presentations were hosted live and recorded on Elluminate.
As a follow on from the Week 1 discussions we are working together in this wiki to design a survey:
Week 2 Presentations
All presentations are scheduled for 9:00 am PDT, 16:00 GMT and will take place in this Elluminate Room.
We will kick off week 3 with a live session then delegates will contribute to a WIKI to overview components, methodologies, important research questions and next steps towards creating a pan Canadian research agenda.
Shaping Our Future Wrap Session Let's get together on the final day of this conference to review and celebrate our work together over the past 3 weeks, as well as discuss next steps. | session archive | text chat transcript |