MIT-UQ iCampus Outreach Program Collaboration Launch and Workshop

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Date:	Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Time:	9:00am - 4:00pm
Room:	Seminar Room 470
UQ Location:	Sir James Foots Building (St Lucia)
Event Information
Description:	Please note: This event will run from 9:00am - 12:00pm and 2:00pm - 4:00pm In May 2005 the University of Queensland signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to work closely with MIT as a `hub` institution, implementing, supporting and redistributing MIT iCampus educational tools and pedagogies (see: http://icampus.mit.edu). UQ will focus initially on the development of two specific iCampus projects: iLabs and xTutor. The iLabs project `is dedicated to the proposition that online laboratories - real laboratories accessed through the Internet - can enrich science and engineering education by greatly expanding the range of experiments to which students are exposed` (cf http://icampus.mit.edu/outreach/). Staff from the School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering (ITEE) are pursuing a number of experiments based around iLabs technology. One of these experiments will be demonstrated as part of the official launch of the MIT-UQ Collaboration on 2 November, during the morning session. Dr Phillip Long, Director Learning Outreach with the MIT iCampus Outreach Initiative, will be UQ`s guest at the launch. UQ has invited Dr Long to open the morning session with a presentation about MIT`s philosophical approach to teaching and learning, and the particular developments that have occurred around that philosophy that now distinguish MIT as an educational institution. Dr Long will also demonstrate the range of iCampus projects that are available for adoption by the UQ academic community, such as the MIT Online Assessment Tool (iMOAT), xMAS, the Cross Media Annotation System, developed to enhance the use of video and image in humanities classes, and iDAT (Web-based Wireless Sensors for Education). The afternoon session will involve a workshop to promote iCampus projects to the wider UQ community. Staff will have the opportunity to explore with Dr Long how they might incorporate iCampus projects in to their courses and what would be involved.
Event Category:	Teaching & Learning Week / Seminars & workshops /
Contact Information
Name:	Ms Margaret Lavery
Phone:	(07) 33657255
Email:	m.lavery@admin.uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:	UQ International
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