ODLAA holds first webinar, free!
The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) is holding its first webinar for 2013 next Tuesday, 13 August, which is free of charge and open to members and non-members alike.
The open invitation has gone out to those in the School of Rural Health, with registrations needed by Friday 9 August. All you have to do is reply to jo.osborne@utas.edu.au by 4pm Friday.
An email acknowledgement will be sent on receipt of registration with details of how to access and join in the webinar. It is from 4 to 5pm (Australian EST) on Tuesday, 13 August.
Topic of the webinar is: Digital Assessment – no place for paper?
Presenters include:
Dr Andrew Fluck, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, School of Education, University of Tasmania who will discuss eExams
Kerry Earl, Senior Lecturer, Professional Studies in Education, University of Waikato, NZ – Short text assignments
Dr Barrie Todhunter, Associate Director, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Southern Queensland – Digital group assessment
Sally Jordan, Deputy Associate Dean (Assessment), Faculty of Science, Open University UK – Computer-marked assessment with feedback
With a focus on practitioner experience, the expectation is that the webinar will run as short presentations on individual aspects of the theme, followed by discussion/questions from the ‘floor’.
ODLAA is a professional association of educators, instructional designers, educational researchers, education consultants, and administrators from across Australia and overseas that is dedicated to advancement of research, practice, and support of education ‘across time and space’.