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Overview

  • Week 1: Issues. How do we acknowledge and recognize informal learning?
  • Week 2: Cases (eg. e-passport system)
  • Week 3: Challenges and Opportunities
Seminar tag: 'evalprac'

Contributors

Caren LevineWilliam OwenBonny JohnstonDerek ChirnsideJenni HardingFrank fucileJulia HengstlerPicture of Christine HorganPicture of Bronwyn StuckeyPicture of Naava FrankPicture of Pamela SternPicture of Susan Alcorn MacKaySL/RL meNellie DeutschPicture of Jo Ann Hammond-MeiersDeirdreBPicture of Kim FLINTOFFPicture of Elizabeth AnnePicture of John SmithPicture of Lorraine MockfordPicture of Susanne NyropPicture of Jeffrey KeeferMinhaajPicture of Sylvia CurriePicture of Ken UdasPicture of Valerie TaylorDon on his bike at Ironman Canada 2008Picture of Paddy FahrniPicture of Nicholas Bowskill

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Summary of Issues

Week One: Emerging Themes and Issues

  • Impact of blended learning in corporate and academic settings
  • Evaluating lifelong learning opportunities
  • Impact of social media on elearning
  • 3D (virtual worlds) learning and evaluation
  • Shifts in thinking about the relationships between formal and informal learning
  • Opportunities to rethink evaluation in learning
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Week Two: Webinar Themes and Issues

  • How do we “recognize” learning?
  • How do we celebrate learning?
  • Do learners distinguish between formal, informal, and nonformal learning?
  • What is the role of portfolios for evaluating and recognizing informal learning?
  • Is informal learning about self-evaluation?
  • Are formal learning assessment tools transferable to the assessment of informal learning?
  • What role do educators play in helping learners assess their own (informal) learning?
  • What are implications for accreditation?
  • What is the relationship between learning and the (self) assessment of that learning?
  • What is measured when assessing informal learning?
  • How is informal learning valued, especially by institutions?
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