Commerce Staff: Teaching with Technology Seminars

Posted 18/02/2008 by Tony Carr

To all academic staff members:

The 2008 Teaching with Technology events start with two lunchtime seminars on new developments in Vula on 26th February and Mobile Wirelessly Connected Learning on 28th February.

1) What's New in Vula?

When: 13.00 - 14.00 on 26th February
Where: LS1E
Refreshments served from 12.50
Signup at http://teaching.cet.uct.ac.za/events/view/97

Stephen Marquard, Learning Technologies Co-ordinator in CET will present the highlights of new features and improvements in Vula. Among the new tools there are features for structured presentation of course content and for the use of maps in teaching. Several of the existing tools including Tests and Quizzes have been enhanced.

2) Mobile Wirelessly Connected Learning

When: 13.00 - 14.00 on 28th February
Where: LS1E
Refreshments served from 12.50
Signup at http://teaching.cet.uct.ac.za/events/signup/98

Deborah Tatar investigates "whether, when, and how individual, interpersonal, and community aspects of being can interact with technologies to aid learning." She is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.

Abstract: "In the U.S., we have a saying: “You can bring a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” One good reason to use mobile wirelessly connected learning is to bring information to people (bring water to the horses, as it were), but another is to help them focus on the material to be learned and absorb it deeply (make them drink). I will present a research programme that focuses on the latter. This research programme started in the Algebra classroom, led to participatory design with science teachers, and then on to support for the construction of shared,location-based narratives. Most recently, it has been abstracted to designs and questions about supporting the microstructure of coordination during learning processes."

Further Information

If you have any queries about these events please contact Tony Carr on tony.carr@uct.ac.za  or Glenda Cox on glenda.cox@uct.ac.za. CET's Teaching with Technology team is also available for departmental meetings and individual consultations about skills for teaching with technology.

Contact Person

Tony Carr
Staff Development Co-ordinator
Centre for Educational Technology
Centre for Higher Education Development
University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
tony.carr@uct.ac.za 
+2721 6505033
http://www.cet.uct.ac.za