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UserPage:catspyjamasWhy the Cat's Pyjamas? I lived abroad and became more or less bilingual, adding English to my Dutch mother tongue. I've always adored the versatility of my adopted language and am particularly enamored by the 1920s & 30s expressions. So when it came time to pick a name for my freelance company (now in hiatus) it was quite easy, the Cat's Pyjamas. "For 'great' (in the 20s) we have: the cat's pajamas, remarkable, first used around 1920, when pajamas were still somewhat shockingly new...similar expressions...the duck's quack... the bee's knees, the clam's garters...the sardine's whiskers" (From "Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past" by Stuart Berg Flexner) Table of Contents Table of contentsMe & eLearningMy work Until about 14 months ago I was working as a freelance instructional designer in e-learning from my home in the Netherlands, although e-learning jobs were scarce and I had more web design and other projects. Then in July 2006 I was offered a position as e-learning advisor and developer at a polytechnic in New Zealand. I moved to NZ in September 2006 and made the move from the corporate training environment to the tertiary education sector. Since then I've moved from UCOL to another institute of technology, EIT Hawke's Bay on the east coast of the North Island. Here I'm the only eLearning Advisor for 400 staff and have a variety of responsibilities including staff development, project management, eLearning advice, instructional design, implementing eLearning processes and LMS administrator.My experienceI am an eLearning instructional designer and project manager who has worked on online learning projects since 1999. Despite having a Bachelors Degree in Celtic Studies, one of my first jobs was in e-learning and I have tried to stay in the field ever since. Its innovative, creative and constantly changing nature is a source of great job satisfaction. To aid my work, I began studies towards the Master's of Educational Technology at the University of Southern Queensland Online three years ago. Some interesting tasks I've had: translating the WebCT platform to Dutch, developing a course on gender mainstreaming and a training program for the largest Dutch flower auction. I've worked with more than 7 LMSs, over 30 content production tools and counting With the move into the tertiary education, the focus of my work has become more about organisational change and staff development. Since starting at my new institution in April 2007, I have coached/mentored/trained/advised about 75+ staff members and been involved in well over 30 projects. Being in eLearning is a rollercoaster ride, but a good one! My study at USQUntil three years ago, my work as instructional designer was based on what I had picked up through projects at various training companies, as I had no formal background in instructional design or education. But when the company I worked for went bankrupt and it was impossible to get a job with the Dutch economy as it was, I decided to put my time to good use and get a formal degree in this field. I am now nearly in possession of the little piece of paper that states I have a Master of Educational Technology.These are the courses I took:
Professional interestsAt the moment, the following online learning areas are vying for my attention.
eLearning LinksWeblogg-ed Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson  Site dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm, technologies that are transforming classrooms around the world. Will is always on top of things - read his blog to keep up to speed. Web2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us YouTube: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us Excellent digital story on the (r)evolution of the digital age and the possibilities inherent in web2.0. This gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. Stephen's Web Stephen Downes website Stephen is perhaps best known for his daily research newsletter, OLDaily (short for Online Learning Daily), which reaches thousands of readers across Canada and around the world. He was at eFest2006 in Wellington and made an impact with his plea to distinguish between learning done in groups and learning done in networks. The word 'group' became a '5-letter-word' the rest of the conference. If you have an hour, listen to his podcasts on Open Education and the Personalisation of eLearning. Stephen Downes audio page Edublog Insights Edublog Insights This EduBlog is a place to reflect, discuss, and explore possibilities for the use of weblogs in education. Anne works with an organization providing instructional technology outreach to practicing teachers, school groups and educational organizations in order to model the integration of technology at all curriculum areas. Blog of Proximal Development Konrad Glogowski's blog of proximal development Konrad's thesis focuses on the use of blogging communities in education. His blog vocalizes some of his thoughts on this subject and comments on the impact that blogging and blogging communities have on his classroom and his students. My eLearning LinksThe Ed Tech Bach The Ed Tech Bach My newly begun blog for kG and hopefully for all my eLearning thoughts.Online Facilitation Course OER Repository: Online Facilitation Course Be Constructive: Blogs, Podcasts & Wikis as Constructivist Learning Tools Be Constructive: Blogs, Podcasts & Wikis as Constructivist Learning Tools The eLearning Guild's Learning Solutions e-Magazine is a forum for the sharing of strategies, techniques and best practices for designing, developing, delivering, and managing e-Learning. In July 2006 they published an adapted version of my Master's project. My del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/catspyjamasnz I use my del.icio.us to keep all my bookmarks. Feel free to add me to your del.icio.us network. Personally speaking...Personal stuffI have wanted to move out of the Netherlands for several years and now it has finally happened. In october 2006 I took up an e-learning position in New Zealand. I lived in Palmerston North first but am now in one of the wine regions of New Zealand, the sunny Hawke's Bay. It's absolutely stunning: View over Ahuriri, Napier towards the mountains. More Hawke's Bay pics This is my cat Danilo.  My favorite sport is rugby. I play myself (no. 3 - prop) and our team was Dutch ladies champion a few years ago.  Another hobby of mine will always be Celtic studies and whenever our holidays in Ireland, Wales and Scotland allow, I always visit old Celtic churches and read up on the medieval history of the area. This is one thing I will miss very much here in NZ.  My web sitesCat's Pyjamas Cat's Pyjamas Website for my freelance activitiesin 2005/2006. On the backburner now, although I hope to start an online learning blog (edublog) there when I get around to it. Seitznz.com Seitznz.com This is our personal blog about our move to NZ (not up to date) Flickr: Project 366 2008 Flickr.com catspyjamasnz Have started a new Flickr account so I can participate in project365, 366 in 2008 because it's a leap year. I'm wondering what effect taking pictures each day and picking one good enough to submit each day, will have on how I see my environment. Favourites 4 meThis is a list of my favourite things...Flight of the Conchords Flight of the Conchords TV series site YouTube: It's Business Time! What the Folk! FOTC fan site  The musical comedy act of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement who are in their own words "New Zealand's fourth most popular folk act." 43 Folders 43 Folders Site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better. Please listen to Merlin's podcasts for a wonderful reality check about all the geeky habits you may have. 5ives 5ives Delightful things that come in fives. Get in touchYou can contact me through:SkypeSkype: joyceseitzingerhttp://www.twitter.com/catspyjamasnz  MSN MSN Messenger: sjoisepois(at)hotmail.comMe @ kGProgress Report Assignment 1
For my facilitated page, I have set up a page about the concept of the Google Jockey and the Back Channel. This idea was sparked by our first FET8611 live session during which another participant and I were bringing back links and data to the chat window in elluminate, as people were talking. Stephen Downes spoke about the Google Jockey and the Back Channel idea last year during his workshop at eFest. I was intrigued and found this backchannel in the chatwindow really handy during the Australian Flexible Framework's eShownTell sessions as well. As this is new for most people, I'm doing some participatory research during our live sessions. By giving participants the jockey experience and then asking them to answer a series of questions on the Google jockey page, I hope to get useful kG contributions. The first session was simple. Just me Googling and tracking down information and links about the topics discussed and posting them in the chat window. (It was slightly disconcerting to move If enabled in the USQ elluminate, participants can keep a copy of the text in the chat window after the session.) For the 2nd session on 8th January 2008 I'm thinking about two options: - Either I do the 2nd session in twitter or create a kG twitter account which collects all the tweets from kG participants. - Or we can see whether it makes a difference when the Google Jockey and the Back Channel has moderator rights and can post things to the whiteboard instead of only to the chat window. Strategy for "facilitating" my page 1. do participatory research - ie I act as Google Jockey and the Back Channel during two live sessions and ask participants to reflect on experience 2. messages (through kG system) those who are present during the session, to ask them to contribute to the page 3. post a series of questions on my page, with comment boxes so their answers can be structured (no white-space-block) 4. link page to/from other pages and categories 5. remember to thank contributors 6. because it is a smaller topic, I hope that I can explore it in greater detail. Problems I foresee (for course & facilitated page) 1. the diversity in topics is making my attention very fractured, am adding snippets to multiple pages, but not multiple contributions over time to a few, deepening my understanding 2. Twitter, our first group-facilitated topic, has become addictive, making it more difficult to become excited about the group's next topic, Facebook. 3. low attendance at the live FET8611 sessions, has a direct effect on contributions to my facilitated page. 6 participants led to only 2 contributions 4. am spending so much time exploring new technologies and concepts, that I'm neglecting my blog http://thebach.edublogs.org .5. doing FET8605 at the same time, which also depends on group work is very demanding. I seem to be constantly scheduling live sessions or being 'hailed' by fellow group members. Which is great but also time consuming. And being in New Zealand, sleep-consuming as well. 6. I think the workload for this course is quite heavy and I would say that between my own pages, reading & contributing other kG pages, exploring new technologies and being part of a workgroup, I'm quite close to the total course allowance of 160 hours already and we're not even halfway. A2 Proposal - eLearning Staff Development Plan for a NZ Institute of TechnologyAs eLearning Advisor at a small to medium sized New Zealand Institute of Technology, my largest task is staff development for eLearning, mainly but certainly not exclusively aimed at academic staff. After 8 months 'on the job', I feel like I have a good feel for what is needed, but also a fair idea of the limitations that are in place. In this paper, I would like to addres: * My Staff Development Philosopy (why have I chosen this approach) * A description of the environment, mapping pertinent possibilities & limitations * Intended staff development offerings with reasons for selection * All roads lead to Rome - the eLearning Community of Practice in the making and how I intend the staff development offerings and the CoP to complement each other. Training Philosophy* The over arching training philosophy is "Teach A Man to Fish", I'm not interested in teaching one more tool, mainly because one more tool will not do it. And it is this mindset in teachers that is the biggest hurdle. "Teach me moodle, so I can get by for the next 3 years." Marc Prensky articulates the need for teachers to become apt technology users in his keynote speech for Handheld Learning. * Also address activity-based learning. Heavy focus on resources when moving online. There is room for repositories, but need to be clear that that is not teaching. That is resource provision. * How to create the desire or instill the need for eLearning professional development? * Teachers need to be an online student to become an online teacher as was shown by feedback gathered from participants in a previous PD offering. * All courses will lead to an eLearning CoP which is a necessity for our institution. A description of the environment, mapping pertinent possibilities & limitations* Possibilities, chances & opportunities * Limitations, risks & weaknesses Intended staff development offeringsThe offerings will be a mix of longer programmes with shorter workshops. This paper will provide a short description of each, with the reasoning for its selection. Longer programmes: * Course design - How to use our OTARA model * Getting started with EIT Online * Online Facilitation * possibility of collaborating with other institutes * 23 Things - done in teams, self-discovery programme. This may need management endorsement. * Writing for eLearning * Vit-Wine programme is a 6-8 weeks, CoP based programme, aimed at a particular Bachelor's Degree. Once this new approach has been piloted, it can possibly be rolled out to other faculties but only with management endorsements. * eClinics and eLearning Lunches will continue due to success. Shorter programmes (2 hours?) * Lights, camera, Action!!! - activity-based learning for flexible/blended/online courses * What to do with wikis? - quick start for wikis * Buzzing with blogs? - quick start for * Peaking with podcasts...? - quick start with podcasts (Jacqui as guest?) On request/other ideas * Other workshops may be delivered on request - Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, Digital Storytelling, Education in 21st century, Being a 21st century teacher * Special programme for managers, to plan and schedule now for their employees * Perhaps, sth for managers, how to be a 21st century educational manager? * Online facilitation coaching... All roads lead to Rome - the eLearning Community of PracticeIn FET8605, my conference paper is concerned with the necessity of an eLearning CoP at my institution and my intended plan for developing it. This paper will draw on the conference paper, but mainly show how the staff development offerings and the CoP can be symbiotic.Conclusion
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