Learning Technology Research Symposium - 2007

The 2007 Learning Technology Research Symposium was held on the 24th October 2007 from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the Education Bldg A35, Lvl 2, University of Sydney

Go to the 2008 Symposium page or view the information from last year's event below.

2007 Symposium Timetable

	12:45-1:00 pm	Registration
	1:00 pm	Symposium starts
	1:30-2:30 pm	Research Poster Showcase (two 30min sessions)
	2:30-3:15 pm	Round Table Session 1
	3:15-4:00 pm	Round Table Session 2
	4:00 pm...	Kudos and Nibblies (best poster awards, tea, coffee, snacks)

Posters

The Research Poster Showcase is an opportunity to catch up on the various research innovations in ICT-supported Learning emerging locally. It's also an opportunity to showcase your own research, and explore shared interests. The poster showcase will be broken down into two half hour sessions, giving everyone a chance to alternate between discussing their own work, and finding out more about the other work out there. The session will include a diverse showcase of collaborative work, government-funded research, small projects and postgraduate research.

View a full list of abstracts

Some of the scheduled poster presentations include:

• Anindito Aditomo: "Analysing learning opportunities in online, Wiki-based collaboration"
• Carlos Gonzales: "Lecturers' experiences of teaching undegraduate courses using the web"
• Chun Hu: "Approaches to study and uses of technology among students of the Net Generation"
• Dai Fei Yang: "A pattern-based approach to teacher support in higher education"
• Ian Brown: "Making news today: the changing face of literacy"
• Jason Sargent: "Resolving the refugee camp as campus paradox"
• Kashmira Dave: "Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) provisions for rural and remote areas- parental involvement and perspectives on changing technology and practices"
• Kate Thompson: "Do school students learn more about the environment from a system dynamics model by themselves or with a partner?"
• Matt Bower: "Towards understanding teaching and learning in web-conferencing environment"
• Miriam Weinel: "Coordination dynamics in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) based chat logs"
• Ole C Brudvik: "Rip, mix & burn: multimodal literacy in the new media environment"
• Paul Kearney: "How students in a peer review situation suggest and agree upon essay revisions, and how the introduction of computer-generated feedback will affect this process"
• Sarah Howard: "Teacher change - a preliminary exploration of risk-taking in the context of ICT integration"
• Sue Bennett and Karl Maton: "Questioning the 'Digital Natives'"
• Sue Bennett: "Creating strategies and tools to support the design of online teaching and learning"
• Susanna Mann: "Mobile learning design using mobile technology at Powerhouse Museum"

If you are interested in presenting a poster, please contact Symposium Coordinator Agnieszka Zmijewska.

Round Tables

The round tables are a unique opportunity to engage in discussion and enquiry with experts and practitioners in a particular ICT and learning interest area. Each round table will be facilitated by 2 or 3 researchers who have particular experience in the chosen theme. The table leaders will kick off the discussion with 5 minute presentations, after which the table will open for discussion, questioning and debate.

Round Table themes include (for a short description, please click the round table topic):

• Mobile learning
• Video-based learning
• ICT for environmental education
• Methodological frontiers in learning technology research
• Digital culture and new learning

If you are interested in facilitating a round table or proposing a theme, please contact Agnieszka Zmijewska.

How to register

There are three ways to participate in the symposium:
1) Present a poster of your research in Learning Technology,
2) Help facilitate a round table on a particular area of interest,
3) Just come along and learn.

Take advantage of loads of research in ICT-supported learning all in one place. The event will be buzzing with discussion and innovation so browse the posters, discuss hot topics and listen in. Meet up with colleagues, and catch up on the e-learning research scene. Top it off with some afternoon nibblies and poster awards.

If you're interested in registering or have any questions about the event, please contact Symposium Coordinator Agnieszka Zmijewska by email or phone at 9351 4107. There is no fee for registration, but registration is necessary so that we can track numbers for catering and space requirements.

Communities and Change Research Festival

The Learning Technology Research Symposium is being held as part of the Faculty Sponsored Communities and Change Research Festival. For more information on the preceding two-day conference and related events, see the Research fest information page. The Learning Technology Symposium can be attended in addition to, or separate from, the rest of the Festival.