Kochi University of Technology, JALTCALL and JALT East Shikoku come together to host a workshop and symposium on Web2.0 technologies in education.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008

Location: Kochi University of Technology, Tosayamada, Kochi, JAPAN
(3rd floor of K-building, located on the east side of campus, near the student cafeteria)
Time: 10:20 – 16:30

Speakers: This event will host a number of educational technology professionals from Japan, America, and the U.K. Our key-note speaker, Dr. Michael Vallance (Hakodate Future University), will conduct a workshop on podcasts and the educational use of i-pods. Other invited speakers include Gordon Bateson(Kanazawa University),　Takahiro Ioroi (Kochi Women’s University), and Mark Shrosbree (Tokai University). Other workshop topics will include eLearning systems, mobile learning and video editing. Today’s global learning environments have benefited tremendously from the emergence of web 2.0, the revolutionary second generation of web-based platforms and services. Web 2.0 technologies such as podcasts, mobile blogs and video sharing have the potential to greatly enable the promotion of interaction and social construction of knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. In Japan, mobile technology is ubiquitous; as a result there are a large number of possibilities for integrating the technology that students are already using in their personal lives into pedagogy and curriculum design. This colloquium, with its hands-on workshops, will allow participants to explore Web 2.0 technologies and their relationship with education and pedagogy, and to benefit from the practical experience of expert practitioners.

Schedule

10:20 – 10:25
Opening Speech

10:30 – 12:00
    A. Workshop by Takahiro Ioroi on Course Management
Systems （beginner）
B. Workshop by Gordon Bateson on Course Management Systems
(intermediate)
12:00 – 12:50
LUNCH
12:50 – 13:50
Web 2.0 Poster Session

14:00 – 15:30
A. Workshop by Michael Vallance on iPods and podcasts
B. Workshop by Mark Shrosbree on Using video in the language classroom

15:30 – 15:40
Break
15:40 – 16:30
Final Symposium
Transportation
By Car: See Google map below. Park in the east parking lot on Campus if driving. There is an enterphone at the parking gate where you can call and ask to open the parking gate.
By Bus: Bus schedule from Tosayamada Station to KUT (Workshop location)
Map of Kochi University of Technology (K-Building)
Zoom out to see Kochi Station and Tosayamada Station.