Synchronous+Discussion+(Seminar)


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 * DETAILS OF SYNCHRONOUS GUEST SPEAK FOLLOWED BY ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION IN STREAM**

Welcome to the part of our seminar, Topic 2 - Culture, that encompasses a synchronous guest speak using Adobe Connect and following asynchronous discussion in Stream. This activity centres around learning outcome 1 of Topic 2, detailed below:-

 1. Critically evaluate from a teaching and learning perspective how our cultural capital as students and educators impacts upon the uptake of ICT in education.

Details of links, times, dates, places and content points of interest follows:-

Hosted by: Sue Guest Speaker: marg gilling
 * GUEST SPEAK DETAILS**

Date of Guest Speak: Sunday 15/08/2010 at 7.30 till 8.30 pm Location: Adobe Connect Pro room [] Log in details: Your Massey University Stream user id and password.

We are honoured to have marg gilling, School of Educational Studies, College of Education, specialist in the field of culture and diversity in education, attend our Adobe Connect room to give an engaging talk on the impact of culture on the uptake of ICT globally.

marg's talk will centre around the following key points:- · What is cultural capital that we as local and global individuals bring to educational organizations utilising ICT? · How do cultural factors affect the uptake of ICT? · What does culture bring to educational understanding?

Once marg has finished her guest speak at around 8pm, we will stay online in the Adobe room to further discuss synchronously key points that have arisen from marg's talk.


 * STREAM ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION**

From there we will move to the discussion thread in Stream (link to be posted here) titled "Culture **__and__** ICT in Education OR Culture **__V__** ICT in Education. Is it a marriage made in heaven... or not? We will discuss over three days factors surrounding culture and ICT in education focussing on - is Culture and ICT in education a combatant divorce of concepts and technologies or a collaborative conceptual and technological marriage made in heaven? This discussion leads on from marg gilling's guest speak on the 15th of August, and encourages you to really stretch your fingers on the keyboard and tap away all that lies within your mind, either opinion or knowledge around this discussion thread focus.

Thank you very much for attending this part of the seminar, I do hope you enjoy it!

NOTE for me only: During this time Talk about identifiable global cultural differences in the use of ICT e.g. SMS v LMS.


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