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U21 E-learning Conference Programme
Wednesday 29 November 2006
 
08:15 Bus collects delegates from Holiday Inn Hotel  
09:00 Conference opening and welcome  
09:10 Keynote address
 Reflections on the history, present and future of learning management systems and learning technology		 Professor Murray Goldberg
Adjunct Professor at UBC, creator of WebCT and former President & CEO of Silicon Chalk Inc.
10:10 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 1
Generic e-learning materials: exploring localisation issues		 Dr Gordon Joyes
University of Nottingham
10:30 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 2
Research-led learning supported by student-centred e-learning activities		 Dr Robert E Kemm
 University of Melbourne
10:50 Coffee break  
11:20 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 3
Video conference and on-line courses in distance learning		 Professor Xu Zhong & Professor Han Guang
 Fudan University
11:40 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 4
The development of soft skills in a rich e-learning environment		 Professor John A Spinks,U21 Global/University of Hong Kong
 Dr Helen Lange, U21 Global
Ms Venus Chan, University of Hong Kong
 
12:00 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 5
Establishing pedagogical research programmes based on institutional goals and priorities		 Dr Gary Poole
University of British Columbia
12:20 Pedagogy & Learning Paper 6
Balancing learner expectations and educator perceptions in an on-line MBA course for exemplary learning.		 Dr Kanishka Bedi
U21 Global
12:40 The Tecnológico de Monterrey Virtual University Ing. Patricio Lopez del Puerto
Tecnológico de Monterrey
13:00  Lunch  
14:10 Technology & Techniques Paper 1
Toward an understanding of scalability, innovation and academic culture		 Dr John Alexander
University of Virginia
14:35 Technology & Techniques Paper 2
If they build it, they will come: creating opportunities for e-learning communities of practice		 Dr Keith Kirkwood
University of Melbourne
15:00 Technology & Techniques Paper 3
"Perpetual Beta" in the virtual classroom		 Mr Roger W Geyer & Dr Steve Whitaker
University of Virginia
15:25 Technology & Techniques Paper 4
 Learning technologies and learning spaces		 Mr Robert Hunter
University of Birmingham
Dr Nora Mogey
University of Edinburgh
15:50 Tea break  
16:20 Keynote address
Contextualising authentic e-learning tasks as assessment 		Dr Jan Herrington
University of Wollongong
17:20 Close of session  
17:45 Bus returns delegates to Holiday Inn hotel  
18:45 Transport to Conference Dinner venue (TBC)  

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