Responding to the Coronavirus Emergency with e-Learning

Manisha Khetarpal (Maskwacis Cultural College)

Location: Online

Region(s): Other (I am not part of a CALP-funded organization)

Time: July 28, 4-5pm MDT Edmonton

Title: Responding to the Coronavirus Emergency with e-Learning

Description: In this first of a series of six weekly webinars, Tom Worthington will take participants on his personal journey discovering how e-learning could be used in response to COVID-19 and beyond. Like thousands of staff at universities around the world, Tom had only a few weeks to move his teaching online at the Australian National University in Canberra. But he had two advantages: a degree in distance education from Athabasca University Canada, and a background in emergency management at the Australian Department of Defence. Hear about what Tom did, and discuss your own experience: what worked, what didn't and what we do next.

Presenter: Tom Worthington is an independent computer professional, educational design consultant and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University.

In 2015 Tom received a national gold Digital Disruptors Award for ICT Education and in 2010 was Canberra ICT Educator of the Year. He previously worked on IT policy for the Australian Government and in 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his
contribution to the development of public Internet policy. He is a Past President, Honorary Life Member (2002), Certified Professional and a Certified Computer Professional of the society as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a voting member of the Association for
Computing Machinery, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Sahana Foundation for Open Source Disaster Management Solutions.

Tom has a Masters of Education (specializing in Distance Education) from Athabasca University, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the Australian National University and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from the Canberra Institute of Technology. He blogs as The Higher Education Whisperer". https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/

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