Workshop - LAMS Beginners

Length of workshop

10am-4pm

Cost

£125 for full day (includes catering)

Venue

Open University computer room, Milton Keynes

Intended audience

This workshop is designed for teachers, instructors and students from any educational context, who have little or no practical experience with LAMS.

Maximum number of participants

15 participants

Workshop description and aims

The overall aim of the workshop is to provide a general overview of LAMS. We will also look at how the development of LAMS has evolved and how it is different from (but complementary to) other Learning Management Systems. There will be a brief introduction to the LAMS Community site and the resources that are offered.
The workshop will be highly practical with participants having ample opportunity to explore the Learner, Monitor and Authoring interfaces in LAMS. There will be a number of ready made sequences available for participants to look at and/or adapt.

Outcomes for participants

During the workshop participants will:

• Examine the place of LAMS in e-learning;
• Discuss learning and teaching issues and results from various trials;
• Participate as a learner in an introductory LAMS sequence;
• Author a sequence in LAMS;
• Explore various existing sequences and discuss pedagogical approaches;
• Explore the monitoring environment;
• Evaluate LAMS as a tool for facilitating e-learning.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with using the Internet, and basic computer skills. No prior experience with LAMS is necessary for this workshop.