Workshop - LAMS Train the Trainer (2 days)

Presenters: James Dalziel / Leanne Cameron

Wednesday, 28th and Thursday, 29th November, 2007

Length of workshop

9am-5pm each day (2 days)

Cost

$270 + $27 GST = $297

Venue

Macquarie University, North Ryde (Sydney, Australia)

Intended audience

The Train the Trainer workshop is only for experienced LAMS users who intend to assume a role of training others in the use of LAMS. Those intending to enrol in this workshop should email us detailing their LAMS experience.

Maximum number of participants

16 participants

Workshop description and aims

The LAMS Trainer the Trainer Certificate course aims to provide participants with the skills to evaluate LAMS as a tool for creating sequenced learning activities, and to gain skills and knowledge in the use of LAMS so as to be able to train others in its use. It is assumed that participants in the course are already familiar with the fundamentals of effective learning and teaching, and have some experience teaching, training or demonstrating to others.

Outcomes for participants

By the end of the course participants will:

Have designed, run and participated in LAMS sequences for learners;
Have used LAMS as a learner in the classroom and as a ‘remote’ learner;
Have used LAMS to design, author and monitor sequences;
Have demonstrated the use of LAMS tools in a training situation;
Have shared sequences and learning designs;
Be able to recognise and design educationally effective sequences in LAMS;
Have considered the issues that arise with collaborative learning and implementation of e-learning;
Have discussed and analysed the issues arising from the use of LAMS in a variety of educational contexts;
Have evaluated LAMS as a tool for assisting teaching and learning; and
Written a rationale for the design of an effective LAMS learning sequence.

Prerequisites

Presenters:

James Dalziel / Leanne Cameron

The First International LAMS Conference: Designing the Future of Learning