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Information Sessions
Join us for a free Information Session on Thursday 29 July @ 3:15pm in BMW Edge Theatre, Federation Square. Register now!
Overview of Online Educa Study Tour
In December 2010, VITTA will lead a delegation to the annual Online Educa Berlin international conference www.online-educa.com followed by a one-week study tour of leading European education and training schools and centres of innovation, travelling from Berlin to Brussels , Paris and London.
Throughout the conference and study tour, delegates will be given a wide range of opportunities to participate in and make presentations about specific areas of professional interest, connecting personally with new colleagues and European Schoolnet eTwinning projects www.etwinning.net.
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The study tour will be led by Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Principal Research Fellow and inaugural VITTA 2009 ICT Leader of the Year, Gerry White. Gerry is a national and global education leader in ICT innovation who is well known to many education professionals through his former role as inaugural CEO of education.au, an Australian national ministerial ICT agency and pioneer of online education services that include edna.edu.au and myfuture.edu.au.
Gerry has successfully led similar international study tours for Australian education leaders and has been a regular keynote presenter at Online Educa Berlin conferences since 1999.
The conference and study tour provides a unique professional learning opportunity for VITTA members to
- see and compare best practice examples of IT and Multimedia teaching and learning across Europe
- learn first-hand how innovation is driving the reshaping of education and training across Europe
- discuss the key challenges for education leaders in driving change with other professional colleague
- discover how other teachers are harnessing ICT in teaching and learning to shape improved experiences and outcomes
- take home practical new ideas
- build new professional contacts and networks
Educators on the tour may also have the option to apply for formal accreditation of individual study tour reflective journals.
The tour group will be limited to a maximum of 30 Australian education leaders involved in teaching IT/Multimedia and the design, implementation and management of ICT for teaching and learning.
Conference exhibitors joining the tour will be limited to 10 Australian educational technology product and services suppliers.
Gerry White | Online Educa Expo | Aussie Online Educa delegates Carol and David meet up at the 2009 VITTA Conference
Tour schedule
Educators
- Meet in Berlin Tuesday 30 November 2010
- Online Educa Berlin Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 December
- Visits to schools Monday 6 to Friday 10 December: Monday Brussels, Tuesday/Wednesday Paris, Thursday/Friday London
Exhibitors
- Meet in Berlin Monday 29 November
- Set up exhibition stand Tuesday 30 November
- Meet teacher delegates Tuesday 30 November
- Online Educa Berlin Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 December
- Visits to schools (optional) Monday 6 to Friday 10 December
About Online Educa
Now in its 15th year, Online Educa Berlin is the largest global e-learning conference covering all sectors of education and training with 2000 participants from all continents. The conference patron is the German Federal Minister of Education and Research.
Each year there is something for all educators as illustrated by the following 2009 themes:
• Next Generation Learning Strategies
• The Potential of Brain Science and Its Impact on Learning
• E-Learning in a Time of Global Financial Crisis
• Innovative Technological Solutions to Support
• Learning Futures of a Different Kind
• Business Models and the Impact of Open Source Solutions
• Mixed Media in Online Learning
• Measuring and Understanding the Impact
• Pedagogical Strategies for Online Learning
• Learning on the Move
• Creating, Reusing and Managing Content
• Learning as a Social Activity
As part of the 2010 conference program, interested delegates will be invited to provide either individual or group conference presentations or workshops. Delegates will also participate in a wide range of networking activities organised in conjunction with the Australian exhibition stand. These activities include invitations to VIP functions and meeting conference keynote speakers.
Educator’s conference and tour package
$7200 includes economy return airfares, ground transport, twin share accommodation, conference registration.
Exhibitor’s package
$5500 includes economy return airfares, single accommodation at Intercontinental Hotel Berlin, conference exhibition costs.
All costs include GST, VAT and all other associated taxes.
Product and service suppliers will share the Australian exhibition stand located at the entrance to the conference main plenary room and exhibition area. The 2010 conference will again be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, located in central Berlin.
‘This was an ideal way to expose our business to a large European audience as delegates attend Online Educa Berlin from over 90 countries. Sharing the stand made a bold statement about Australia and hundreds of people visited us there.’
Carol Skyring, Founder and CEO of LearnTel www.learntel.com.au and regular delegate and exhibitor at Online Educa Berlin.
In 2004 I was invited by education.au to be a part of the first Australian delegation to Online Educa Berlin. At that time I was the Head of Computing Studies at St Andrew's Cathedral School. As a newcomer to Online Educa Berlin, the conference gave me a global perspective on the principles governing the introduction and use of learning technologies in education. Allied to this, I learnt how to apply these principles in my own school in order to move towards a more effective learning organisation.
The outcome of this process was a body of students and educators who were better able to take initiative and responsibility for their own learning. OEB gave me the confidence to say: "This is world's best practice and this is what we need to do in our school".
Pictured at the VIP event in the middle photo above, I was given the wonderful opportunity to meet and to spend some time with pioneers of technology. At a VIP function at the Australian exhibition stand we were joined by Robert Cailliau of CERN (circled in the photo) who with Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. It was a privilege to attend OEB and I can recommend it to all Australian educators.’
David Hawkes, Australian delegate at Online Educa Berlin 2004.
To register your interest in this unique professional learning experience please apply in writing to office@vitta.org.au or contact VITTA on (03)9495 6836.
VITTA is also pleased to announce the support of the Goethe Institute’s Melbourne Office in providing an all expenses scholarship valued at $4400 to one study tour delegate to undertake a residential German language course for one month in Germany during January 2011. Please advise, when expressing your interest in the study tour, if you would also be interested in this opportunity.
For more information about the Goethe Institute’s Melbourne German language programs please see http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/lrn/mel/enindex.htm