Handout for Workshop Presentation, "Learning Management Systems
and Cutting-edge issues for Web-based
delivery"
& Panel, Technology-driven movement in corporate
communication training
Conference on Communication and Culture
in the Workplace,
by Steve McCarty, Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan;
President, World Association for Online Education; Instructional Designer (WebCT), World Bank Global Development Learning Network
Partnership with Japan
Web mail: mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp 【日本語は以下の２ページにあります】
This presentation
takes participants into password-protected learning management systems such as WebCT. Participants can see the difference between the
student interface and the designer interface where contents are turned into
learning experiences.
[ PowerPoint
presentation for this workshop: http://waoe.org/president/lms/ibc.files/frame.htm
]
The presentation will suggest prerequisite
knowledge or areas to investigate before instructors use such software. For
example, the difference in results between being able to write HTML or not will
be demonstrated. Audience interaction through questions and comments is most
welcome. Some cutting-edge issues in e-learning to consider are:
* Instructional
design principles -- adapted to the East Asian learning style -- guide the
planning of asynchronous and synchronous communication sessions to foster
active learning. To combat the stereotype of solitary distance learning --
anathema to Japanese culture -- online courses should be portrayed as expanding
the social and intellectual circle of participants while they are empowered
with the 21st Century tools of online communication.
.* Stages in
adopting new educational technologies, i.e., the need for hands-on
training for staff acceptance
* Marketing
issues, i.e., networking to move beyond the captive audience that
most successful institutions such as universities have relied upon
* Cross-cultural
issues, i.e., differing teacher-student expectations
* Gender issues,
i.e., how to ensure a female-friendly environment
* Face-to-face
dependence, i.e., overcoming this tendency, especially in a culture where
interpersonal closeness is measured in frequency of meetings
* Ensuring
positive outcomes, i.e., by widening the students' social circle, facilitating
learning according to individual interests and styles, training in ICT
technical skills, and expanding career horizons, by means of a highly
interactive course design providing an onramp to real life
ONLINE COURSES
Blackboard still
has a free version - practice creating your own online course:
http://coursesites.blackboard.com/
WebCT - largest market share and user community,
from US$7,000 per year:
WebCT tools and the good teaching principles /
learning styles they support:
http://www.langara.bc.ca/biology/HOLMWOOD/tools.htm
[Online courses entered during the Workshop are
password-protected]
ORGANIZATIONS
World Association
for Online Education: http://www.waoe.org/
Global University
System Asia-Pacific Framework:
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/
World Bank Global Development
Learning Network: http://www.gdln.org/
PRESENTER’S WEBSITES
Essential Sites: http://www.waoe.org/steve/index.html
Online library (an
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library 4-star site):
http://www.waoe.org/steve/epublist.html
WebCT for the Language Teacher (Presentation at
http://www.waoe.org/president/ritsumeikan/index.html
Overcoming
Face-to-Face Dependence in Distance Education:
Gender and Cultural Considerations (PowerPoint presentation on the Web):
http://www.waoe.org/steve/gender-culture/f2f.files/frame.htm
日本語で (IN JAPANESE)
講演者の和英ホームページ： http://www.waoe.org/steve/j.html
バイリンガリズムと日本学 [日本語バジョン] (「アジア学にとても役立」-
☆☆☆☆ と Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library に評価されました)：
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/jpublist.html
世界オンライン教育学会 (日本語): http://www.waoe.org/japanese/index.html
グローバル大学（UNESCO認定のNGO）アジア太平洋機構：
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/asia-pacific/projects-j.html
『人文社会科学とコンピュータ：情報化社会におけるインターネット活用法』：
http://www.seibunsha.net/books/ISBN4-915730-30-1.htm
上記の章「国際社会への扉：上級英語とネット上の遠隔教育」の概略：
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/tobira.html
WebCT - World Wide Web コースツール (日本語版、名古屋大学)
http://webct.media.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
[ PowerPoint presentation for this workshop on the Web
–
mainly screen
shots from inside password-protected online courses (view with MS IE): http://waoe.org/president/lms/ibc.files/frame.htm
]