What sectors are represented here at eLearn 2005?

Which sector are people researching or working on …

• HE? 60%
  
• Corporate 5%
  
• Government (non-military) (a few)
  
• Military (a few)
  
• Health (a few)
  
• K-12 10%
  
• Developing software 20%

INK

Who is doing INK and its recognition?

Motivating professors for eLearning

How can we motivate professors to take part in the e-learning system, other than using large bribes. (Griff suggests free food)

Podcastings

What organizations are using podcasting, and how are issues being addressed with respect to faculty concerns, intellectual property, etc? What uses of podcasting beyond simply recording and redistributing lectures are being used?

ePortfolios

Who is using e-portfolios, and how are they being used in your context?

E-learning to change human behavior

Are there any solutions regarding the development of human behavior in the e-learning context? Using e-learning to change human behavior?

IMS Learning Design

How many people are using IMS Learning Design?

First nations

Who is working with e-learning with first nations, native peoples, etc.

Virtual teams

Virtual teams? How is team leadership selected? How does the process work? What are the outcomes?

Excel and Visual Basic

Is Paul the only person in the room who is stuck back in the 1990’s working with Excel and VB?!

Software engineering approaches

Software engineering approaches applied to the development of high quality e-learning content, e.g. component-based development and product line approaches.

High end videoconferencing

How soon will full (high end) video conferencing capabilities be available for educational applications?

Commercializing grant developed solutions

Strategies for commercialize or sustain systems that are developed under grants. How to get out of the garage and into the marketplace (corporate) or “technology transfer” (academic vocabulary)

Active learning

Best practices for active learning. How to align e-learning with classroom activities?

Informal learning and mobile applications

Meeting with people who are doing informal learning and mobile applications.

Intellectual property issues

How can we overcome intellectual property rights issues so that we can have true interoperability?

Obstacles to idea dissemination?

To what extent is the work of people at this conference getting out into the field and what are the major obstacles to dissemination?

Professionals working online in the workplace

Is anyone doing research with professionals working online in the workplace?

Standards for synchronous technology

Emerging standards for synchronous technology? (Standards for design, technology, user satisfaction, interoperability, etc.)

SCORM

International adoption of SCORM? Other E-learning standards internationally?

Evaluating eLearning

What evaluation methods are used other than student evaluations (student satisfaction surveys) of the tools (i.e., other than “did the students like it?”) are organizations using?

Recovery from disaster

Can e-learning help with recovery from disaster? When there are physical issues that affect an entire region? Planning? Are there differences between what one must do for virtual and traditional education?

Content versus Interactivity

Content versus Interactivity – when, where is which best to use, particular for the corporate sector (what is the best “ROI”?)

Physical learning space design

The design of physical learning spaces that mirror what is happening online (in a blended learning setting).

Reusability

Interested in Reusability?

Learning via video games

Learning via video games … meet at the time reserved for the roundtable?

Government and health care people

Where are the corporate, Government and health care people at the conference? Look for Gary and talk to him.

Diverse delivery technologies

How to develop quality online courses that incorporate heterogeneous technologies, e.g. Integrity, Centra, Breeze … but does someone have a one-stop system?

K-12 collaborative learning

How many people know of collaborative learning environments for K-12?

eLearn 2005 Research Blog

The following questions were brainstormed by attendees at eLearn2005 on October 25, 2005. If you are interested in connecting with others with this interest, reply to the post and include your contact information.