Peter Gouzouasis, University of British Columbia
Ric Canale, University of Melbourne
Peter Gouzouasis from UBC is the authorised Macromedia Director trainer for Canadian West coast. He is a highly experienced teacher and Director author with research interests in student uses of multimedia authoring tools in learning. Ric Canale is an experienced teacher of numerous multimedia authoring systems and a Director author. His research interests are in methodolgy and project management.
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to creating multimedia with Macromedia Director as an authoring environment. Demonstrations and hands-on tutorials teach you how to import, organise and manipulate media components to create integrated multimedia productions. Participants also receive a take-home tutorial workbook and Macromedia's training CD-ROM.
Saturday 2nd December and Sunday 3rd Dec all day
$450 (or $800 for both level 1 and level 2 courses) 20 places
Susan Metros, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Keith Gatford, The University of Melbourne
Susan Metros, Professor of Art, designed the graphical user interface for the multi-award winning University of Wollongong-Investigating Lake Iluka CD-ROM. Now she brings her strengths to the visual interface of the Web page, with an emphasis on visual communication and cognitive issues. Keith Gatford programs and teaches the Web at the University of Melbourne. This is a hands-on workshop.
Sunday 3rd December all day (lunch included)
$150.00 (or $100.00 if working with a partner) 18 to 36 places
AM3. A Safe Place to Ask Questions in Collaborative Learning Environments
Nathan Scott, The University of Western Australia
Based on 3 CAUT funded projects at the University of Western Australia, the workshop reaffirms that tertiary education must become more efficient, and that students can teach other if the environment is right: a friendly, noisy, safe place to ask questions! Learn how to enhance computer-based tutorials by structuring them to optimise cooperation. Applies to all disciplines and participants will be invited to consider courses they currently teach.
Sunday 3rd December morning
$50.00 20 places
PM3. From Paper to the Web: Making the Most of Your Print-based Courseware
Peter Baldwin, Open Training and Education Network
On secondment from the IT Training Division of the NSW Open Training and Education Network, Peter brings his extensive experience in managing satellite educational TV broadcasting and establishing a Web site for OTEN. The Workshop deals with the educational, technical and design issues related to transposing an existing paper-based course to the World Wide Web.
Sunday 3rd December afternoon
$50.00 20 places
Rob Phillips, Curtin University of Technology
Rob deals with the complex issues of interactive multimedia development for education. Management must take into consideration the design of educational material and the graphic design of the user interface. Rob's workshop dissects the management process and guides us to successfully develop products. A full set of resources will be provided, and there will be deconstuctions of Curtin's finished projects through start-up, development, implementation and maintenance and evaluation.
Sunday 3rd December morning
$50.00 20 places
PM4. Costing and Managing Interactive Multimedia Projects
This workshop has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
AM5. Digital Chisel & Digital Campus Multimedia Authoring Software for Education
Chris Hayden Auckland Advisory Services
Chris deals with need for PACE in multimedia authoring systems for education--Presentability, Accountability, Customisability and Extensibility! This hands-on workshop focuses on learning though multimedia authoring with software including HyperStudio and Digital Chisel. A special offer on Digital Chisel and other Pierian Spring software will be extended to participants who attend the workshop.
Sunday 3rd December morning
$50.00 20 places
PM5. Video Watcher--for Language Teaching
June Gassin, Richard Harrison, Graeme Smith, University of Melbourne
The Horwood Language Centre CALL lab has been designed and constructed to deal with the growing need for using technology in language learning at Melbourne University. The hardware and software which will be demonstrated in this workshop addresses the following issues:
1. Large learner population, using the CALL lab for open access learning
2. Need for automatic logging and marking of learning progress
3. Need to create materials quickly by the teacher
As one example of the software which has been developed by the HLC to address these issues, the Video Watcher a multimedia authoring template which allows language teachers to construct lessons incorporating digitised video from satellite broadcasts and text, will be demonstrated. A prototype Japanese version of this program has been successfully used to teach advanced listening and reading skills in Japanese. A must see for language teachers; using the very latest technologies in the Horwood Language Centre's very best language teaching laboratory! In addition, other packages, such as QuestionMark, will be available for hands-on work during the workshop.
Sunday 3rd December afternoon
$50.00 20 places
Ainslie Ellis, Monash University
This half-day hands-on workshop is designed for those who have little or no experience of the widely used authoring tool Multimedia Toolbook. Ainslie will cover the structure of Multimedia Toolbook, its object oriented approach, and details of its features. Participants will, step-by-step, author their own multimedia program. Familiarity with Microsoft Windows 3.1 environment is assumed. This workshop is supported by Asymetrix Asia Pacific.
Thursday 7th December morning
$50.00 20 places
PM6. Multimedia Toolbook: CBT Edition
Ainslie Ellis, Monash University
A hands-on look at the advanced features of the CBT Edition of Multimedia Toolbook.
You will develop a small computer based training application, including instruction content and a quiz! Designed for those who are familiar with Toolbook basics (or who have done Ainslie's morning workshop). This workshop is supported by Asymetrix Asia Pacific.
Thursday 7th December afternoon
$50.00 20 places
Jean Wood, Monash University
Wendy Wright, Monash University
Carol Jeffs, Monash University
Mauri Collins, Pennsylvania State University
The four presenters are key players in distance education at their universities. Participation will be by automated dial-up or telnet access to guest accounts on the NetFace system. and supported with printed Workbook and Readings. In the first two weeks of the activity participants will learn to use the email, conferencing and assignment submission components of NetFace as students working in `virtual' study groups. During the last week of the activity, participants will graduate to using NetFace as teachers. The ASCILITE'95 Workshop sessions complement and enrich the self-paced activity and late enrolees (and those without Internet access) will be able to catch up during the Sunday session. All enquiries for this workshop may be directed to Jean Wood in the first instance: jean@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
AM8. New Designs for Learning Over Networks
Linda Harasim, Simon Fraser University
Professor Harasim says that "10 years ago we went in blind". Her pioneering courses, entirely on-line, were established in the mid 80s. "Through empirical research in design and implementation, we now know what works for whom and under what circumstances". Her workshop researches into design for optimal learning over electronic networks. With hands-on examples, Linda will take us through the research and implementation of her programs in Canada.
Thursday 7th December morning
$50.00 50 places
Bill Cartwright, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Although Bill researches and teaches spatial data collection for geographers, this workshop will interest graphic communicators and environmental studies teachers and all of us interested in representing things in four dimensional space. Sounds like multimedia doesn't it? Participants will deal hands-on with interactive mapping resources, global positioning systems and surveying packages and move into applications on the Web.
Thursday 7th December afternoon
$50.00 20 places
Cathy Gunn, University of Auckland
Cathy Gunn, previoulsy at Heriot-Watt University, has developed an evaluation model specifically designed to measure the educational impact of complex, high tech multimedia or more simple resources. Hands-on. Participants will apply the evaluation model to products designed for their own areas of interest and discuss ideas with their peers.
Thursday 7th December afternoon
$50.00 20 places
McKenzie Wark, Macquarie University
Matthew Riddle, University of Melbourne
Chris Blackall, University of Melbourne
Julie Clarke, University of Melbourne
Postgraduate students
The Virtual Scholar symposium/workshop will be held at the School of Graduate Studies, in the 1888 Building--the earlier and magnificent Teachers College. The workshop, for postgraduates and academics to share, will explore the development and impact of technology on research topics and methodology, thesis presentation and preparation. ASCILITE Keynote Dale Spender will address the workshop, and technology writer McKenzie Wark will lead a panel session involving postgraduates who are engaged in electronic publishing. Hands-on sessions (2 participants per computer) will provide an introduction to the World Wide Web and publishing on CD-ROM, and presentation sessions will provide a forum for discussion. Issues covered by the workshop include: the Web, bio-informatics; dynamic publishing and implications for authenticity, plagiarism and cheating; thesis presentations and archiving; training of researchers in new technology; gender, ethical and social issues; and the role of libraries.
Thursday 7th December all day (lunch included)
$50.00 20 places for ASCILITE members
$25.00 40 places for postgraduate students
AD11. Advanced MacroMedia Director (Course Level 2)
Peter Gouzouasis, University of British Columbia
Ric Canale, University of Melbourne
The first day introduces you to the Lingo scripting language which allows you to set up buttons, branching, looping, timeouts and to implement sophisticated interactive designs. The second day continues with the more powerful features of Lingo including puppetsprites, lists, parent & child objects. Participants also receive a take-home tutorial workbook and Macromedia's training CD-ROM. Participants must be familiar with animation techniques using Macromedia Director (eg course level 1) and have a basic understanding of how programming languages work.
Thursday 7th December and Friday 8th Dec all day
Please note that the brochure is wrong, this is a two day course starting on Thursday.
$450 (or $800 for both level 1 and level 2 courses) 20 places
Symposium 1: Games, Simulations and Learning
The purpose of the symposium is to examine the possibility of using the strategies of arcade games and quests to enhance educational outcomes in the tertiary sector. This proposition may shock a lot of academics! But what about students? It also will be a showcase for exemplary Australian software...specifically BEAM. Moderator, Professor Sandra Wills from Woollongong, will keep the ball rolling in a very lively way. BEAM will present their world-renowned work, then the panel--Dr John Hedberg, designer of award winning Lake Iluka CD-ROM project, and Dr Clark Quinn specialist in interface design for games and education, and a student who knows all about it anyway--will resolve the issue absolutely.
Symposium 2: Networks for Teaching and Learning
This symposium will immediately follow Professor Linda Harasim's Keynote on the Virtual University. Local speakers and participants will explore what is happening in the tertiary sector in Australia: the infrastructure, the need to revise pedagogies, multimedia over networks, local exemplar practice, old networks, new networks, equity issues.