A test of AI’s Instruction Design skills in theory & in practice
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How Good are Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini at Instructional Design?
#OTESSA25 Conference
Call for Co-chairs
OTESSA is seeking Co-chairs for any one of our co-located conference sites, including 1) the Congress 2025 Conference at George Brown College in Toronto, hosted by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2) one of our co-located sites that are not a part of Congress, or 3) our fully online site (with options from different time zone sites). We welcome diverse representation across fields like educational technology, open education, and more. Co-chairs will help recommend keynotes, oversee peer review, and plan the program, supported by a conference manager and committee.
Call for Papers
Special Issue on Highlights of Graduate Projects
We invite interested authors to submit graduate project highlights for publication in our upcoming annual series, which will showcase exceptional work from project-based (non-thesis/dissertation) programs. High-quality projects will be considered for inclusion in the OTESSA Journal, indexed in prestigious databases like ERIC and EBSCO Education Ultimate. Submissions from authors belonging to structurally marginalized groups are strongly encouraged.
The issue will be published as a two-page highlight with a hyperlink to the full project stored in your institution’s repository.
Call for Papers (CFP) Special Issue on Highlights of Graduate Projects
Have you done a project? Do you want to share it with the academic community across Canada and around the world?
The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association( OTESSA) . . .
. . . is inviting interested authors to submit graduate project highlights for publication in our upcoming annual series, which will showcase exceptional work from project-based (non-thesis/dissertation) programs. High-quality projects will be considered for inclusion in the OTESSA Journal, indexed in prestigious databases like ERIC and EBSCO Education Ultimate. Submissions from authors belonging to structurally marginalized groups are strongly encouraged.
The issue will be published as a two-page highlight with a hyperlink to the full project stored in your institution’s repository.
189. Crafting an Unforgettable Job Talk w/ Dr. Andres De Los Reyes (Podcast)
“Of course, we’re talking about the dreaded ‘job talk!’ When a department hires a new faculty member, the search committee might review hundreds of applications, and invite just the four or five best candidates to host a seminar describing their work.”
To listen, click here: https://hellophd.com/2023/02/189-crafting-an-unforgettable-job-talk-w-dr-andres-de-los-reyes/
From “Hello PhD” Podcast.
Searchable Directory of Selected Journals in Online and Distance Learning
Directory curated by Contact North: https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/journals
AN ONLINE PROGRAM TO ENHANCE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIA
The College of Health Sciences at Obafemi Awolowo University is in the process of establishing a Centre for Health Professions Education. As part of establishing the Centre, the College hopes to collaborate with AWB volunteers to develop a set of three online professional development courses for faculty in: Teaching in the Health Professions, Fundamentals in University Teaching and Learning, and Research in Health Professions.
A volunteer with expertise in educational development has already been identified for the project. AWB is looking for a volunteer with particular expertise in medical education to join with the faculty and volunteer team to participate both in the needs assessment and environmental scan as well as the content development and pilot delivery phases of the courses.
We are looking for 1 or more volunteers.
Ideally, we are seeking a volunteer with a master’s degree in Medical Education or equivalent education and relevant experience. Applicants with extensive knowledge and practical experience in curriculum development are particularly desirable for this assignment.
Application deadline: December 20, 2022
Attributes of a successful Learning Technologist
Edited by Rachel Heyes
September 20, 2022 11:00 am
By Dr Pedro Elston, Head of eLearning at Queen Mary University of London
Why empathy and initiative are desirable skills for eLearning
Over the past few years, there has been increasing demand for Learning Technologists, and we’ve seen a lot more applications from people entering the field for the first time.
To read: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2022/09/attributes-of-a-successful-learning-technologist/
How to transition from teaching to instructional design
We’ve been updating the list of readings in the resources section: https://sites.usask.ca/etad/resources/#reading
The Future of Learning Technology: 10 Key Tools and Methods
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
11am – Noon (Eastern Time)
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Canada and around the world received an unexpected shock as schools, colleges and universities closed and people began working and learning from home. As faculty, instructors, students, administrators, policy-makers and funders, we learned a lot. But what can we expect in the future?
In this webinar, Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Stephen Downes discusses the 10 major educational technology tools, methods and developments that are expected to be more widely adopted within two to three years and will likely be mainstream by 2030.
Our Host:
Stephen DownesResearch Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord