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OCTOBER 2008
EnRoLE in the News
SEPTEMBER 2008Opportunities to publish about online role play Over the past 18 months there have been many exciting developments in the field of online role play. Existing role plays have been opened up to new players, new role plays have been developed and others are in the pipeline. In the spirit of the scholarship of teaching and learning, EnRoLE members are encouraged to reflect on their work in the field of online role play and to disseminate the lessons learnt through professional development workshops and academic publication. A number of writing collaborations were established at the Writing for Publications Workshop held at University of Sydney in June this year. There are a number of opportunities for publication on online role play coming up in the near future and so it is now timely to progress these ideas into articles. As always, the deadlines for submissions are tight but not impossible.
The reality at present is that many journals have pre-arranged issues for the next 12 to 18 months making it difficult to gain acceptance for timely publication, particularly in international journals within the next 2 years. Those who are sucessful in being accepted often lack impact because their work is diluted by being isolated in the field. However, through the EnRoLE network, opportunity exists for publishing on online role play in the near future in amongst other themes related to the field. A critical mass of pubication in the field will assist in legitimising our work, bringing it forward for mainstream consideration.
Please contact Dr. Elyssebeth Leigh, EnRoLE Publications Coordinator, if you have ideas or enquiries about publishing opportunities. Her email links are elyssebeth.leigh@uts.edu.au or elyssebeth@gmail.com, and mobile is 0412713060. Click here for more information
Collaboration in Teaching and Learning Tankette: from 3 October 2008
Participate in an open conversation about collaboration in teaching and learning (CTL), online from 3 October 2008 to 14 November 2008
at: Click here for more information (pdf) Role playing for inclusive education Have you considered using an online role play to help people appreciate the multiple perspectives that are essential elements of inclusive education? With the advent of the Disability Standards for Education (2005), Australian educational institutions are obliged to comply with a clear set of guidelines for professional practice. These relate to enrolment; participation; curriculum development, accreditation and delivery; student support services; and the elimination of harassment and victimisation. Making these situations "real" to trainee teachers can be facilitated by presenting them with a series of problematic scenarios and inviting them to adopt the role of parents, teachers, principals, teaching assistants and others. ÒInclude a dudeÓ by Dr Chris Kilham, University of Canberra, is one such online role play that received positive endorsements from students in its first trial this year, and has been included in the EnRoLE National Repository of online role-based learning. The development of 'Include a dude' demonstrates the success of Project EnRoLE in disseminating practice in online role play. Dr Kilham was inspired to develop her role play after participating in a workshop as part of the Role Play stream at ASCILITE 2007. Judi Baron and Ann Davenport of the University of Adelaide presented the workshop in which participants took part in an online role play dealing with issues around plagiarism in universities. An overview of the Plagiarism e-Sim is available in the EnRoLE Repository. Follow the Community link on this site for access to the descriptions of online role plays.
AUGUST 2008
Facilitation Skills for Online Role Play Activities (University of Technology Sydney) In this workshop participants explored some of the implications of online learning on the role of the teacher/educator. Learning to interact with learners whom we may never meet requires a re-think of many elements of our 'performance' as educators. The workshop explored how we understand ourselves as educational'performers' ('teacher', 'facilitator', etc) and skills that might assist educators to perform these roles. There was a wide range of questions arising from the workshop which will be explored further in the EnRoLE community space on the ALTC Exchange ALTC Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2008 Our Project Leader, Professor Sandra Wills, was formally recognized for her sustained contribution to e-Learning. Sandra received an Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for 'strategic leadership to ensure learning technologies promote active, collaborative and global student learning'. Sandra's boundless enthusiasm for and commitment to e-Learning has been an asset to EnRoLE. Congratulations Sandra! The full list of citations is available on the Australian Learning and Teaching Council website.
JUNE 2008EnRoLE NSW network hosted a series of workshops associated with the EnRoLE Fellowship. These workshops aimed to increase the scholarship in teaching and learning through online role play. Resources presented in this workshop will be available via the EnRoLE group area in the ALTC exchange at http://www.carrickexchange.edu.au Writing for Publication Workshop (University of Sydney) In this workshop participants discussed practical strategies for, and approaches to, writing and communicating about role-based innovation in teaching and learning. Topics addressed included engaging with the scholarship of teaching and learning; writing for a higher education audience; and planning and structuring your paper. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Christine Asmar, who is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Teaching and Learning. In addition to her research on issues of cultural difference in higher education, Christine has also worked on the scholarship of teaching and learning, and on research-led teaching (including how to research your own teaching). Establishing Role Play Partnerships (University of Wollongong) In order to promote critical dialogue about effective design of collaborative online and blended role based activities, the first half of the workshop profiled four case studies of role play partnerships. These case studies provided participants with ideas for designing their own role play and also made explicit the opportunities and obstacles involved in sustained partnerships. In the second half of the day, the partners involved in the four case studies, plus potential new partners, developed strategies for extending their partnerships and making them more resilient into the future. This was a enlightening and rewarding workshop which stimulated professional exchange around online role based learning. Designing Online Role Play Activities (University of New South Wales) Participants explored the dynamics of online and blended role play and distilled design principles. Roni Linser and Albert Ip presented the design framework developed by Fablusi, as well as exploring a range of issues pertinent to the design and delivery of online role plays. Participants formed Design Teams to begin designing an online role play for their specific context. Collaboration across universities in the design of several online role play activities, including Project Management and Equity, was a valued outcome of the workshop.
MAY 2008
EnRoLE NSW Fellowship initiative
APRIL 2008
EnRoLE community mourn passing of Andrew Vincent
FEBRUARY 2008
Dental Amalgam eSim
DECEMBER 2007
ASCILITE Conference Congratulations to EnRoLE network members representing and informing the online role play community.
Workshop:
SEPTEMBER 2007
NSW Project EnRole September Update
AUGUST 2007
EnRoLE Community Space
Cluster News: EnRoLE@USyd
EnRoLE NSW Network Professional Development Event
Conducted over a 5 week period from Monday 13th August to Tuesday 11th September this workshop will:
Contact Elizabeth Rosser if you would like to register for this event e.rosser@unsw.edu.au
ASCILITE Conference - Extension
SimTecT 2008
JULY 2007
SCoPE is Launched!
METTLE Conference (UMelb)
EnRoLE Victoria Project EnRoLE story in Campus Review
JUNE 2007
Friday June 1st 2pm University of Sydney Cluster launched by Prof Keith Trigwell, Director, Institute of Teaching & Learning
MAY 2007Role Play Repository added to EnRoLE site under "Community" section.
APRIL 2007
Announcing a special online role play stream at the ascilite 2007 conference in Singapore in December:
MARCH 2007
Friday March 30th 1pm Macquarie University Cluster launched by Deputy Vice Chancellor (Provost) Prof Judyth Sachs
JANUARY 2007SimTecT 2007 is the annual simulations industry conference, and will be held in Brisbane this year (June 4- 7). Project EnRoLE team member, Elyssebeth Leigh, chairs the papers committee and is currently managing the receipt and refereeing of more than 120 papers. The focus this year is on "Simulation - Improving Capability and Competitiveness" and the opportunities that simulation provides to understand and improve the way we operate now, and into the future. It encompasses the use of simulation for experimentation and analysis, concept and capability development, system design refinement and validation, process and systems modelling, and in the training of users. Role play in military, industrial and workplace learning contexts is a way of life for those who design, build and teach via the amazing array of technologies that are usually on display at SimTecT conferences.
DECEMBER 2006
Pain Management Roundtable seminar
Front page news
and follow these links to Albert Ip's blog in defence of Andrew Vincent:
NOVEMBER 2006Assoc Prof Holger Maier, University of Adelaide, has won a 2006 National Teaching Award. Holger is one of the co-authors of the award-winning Mekong eSim. Earlier in the year Holger received a Carrick Citation for his teaching. He has also won an Excellence in Engineering Education Award
Links
OCTOBER 2006
Friday October 13th 2pm University of New South Wales Cluster Launch
SEPTEMBER 2006Dr John McWilliams, Deakin University, received a 2006 Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. John has for many years run an intensive blended role play as part of his MBA residential.
Links
AUGUST 2006Friday August 11th, University of Wollongong Cluster launched with Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation seminar by Dr David Sadler, Director of Networks, Higher Education Academy, UK
2005Albert Ip and Roni Linser, formerly of The University of Melbourne, have sold their Fablusi role play engine to the US Army. Over 300 officers are using the role play at any one time and 1000 overall in a year.
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