JOIN Conference, 13th / 14th September, Cologne Germany

The Conference addresses all people and institutions that want to start e-learning with open source software or plan to switch to it.

It is organised by two European Projects, JOIN and SIGOSSEE. These projects offer information and support for all stakeholders in open source e-learning.

A special focus is the quality of the technical and didactical dimension of the e-learning process. The conference starts by putting forward a quality concept for open source Learning Management Systems and this will provide a reference frame for the whole event.

On Monday afternoon we will focus on open source products available on the market: Various open source products will be presented. On Tuesday general aspects of successful e-learning processes are investigated. The general problems institutions face will be addressed. The afternoon is dedicated to target group specific topics.

The target groups are

• Schools: there will be a good practice demonstration and a presentation by skolelinux, a linux package especially for schools
• SMEs: this section addresses the issue of the total cost of ownership
• Universities: the university section will cover issues raised by the Bologna process
• Public administration: this section covers the special needs of public administration

In parallel, there will be product demonstrations by different teams as well as a ‘Developer Get Together’.

Programme Monday 13th
9.15 – 9.30 Registration and Welcome
9.30 – 10.15 About our special interest in open source e-learning, Objectives and services of the JOIN and SIGOSSEE projects (Graham Attwell and Alexandra Toedt)
10.15 – 10.30 Feed-back and discussion 10.30 – 11.00 Break - coffee, soft drinks and fruit
11.00 - 11.45 Open 11.45 – 12.30 Quality in open source Learning Management Systems, An open methodology for quality assessment (Alexandra Toedt)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch - Lunch at Mensa of Cologne University
14.00 - 14.45 Product Demonstration by EduPLone
14.45 – 15.30 Product Demonstration by ILIAS
15.30 – 16.00 Break - coffee, soft drinks and cake
16.00 – 16.45 Product Demonstration by Metacoon
16.45 – 17.30 Demonstration by Moodle
20.00 Social Event Programme

Tuesday 14th
9.15 – 10.00 Standards for Didactics, UNFOLD, Dai Griffiths on IMS Learning Design
9.15 – 10.00 Parallel - EduPlone Workshop
10.00 – 10.30 Quality Approaches in E-Learning, EQO, Ulf Ehlers on quality strategies for e-learning
10.00 – 10.30 Parallel - ILIAS Workshop
10.30 – 11.00 Break - coffee, soft drinks and fruit
11.00 - 11.45 Social and pedagogic Issues, SIGOSSEE, Graham Attwell on pitfalls in the e-learning process
11.00 - 11.45 Parallel - Metacoon Workshop
11.45 – 12.30 Organisational and Management Issues SIGOSSEE, Raymond Elferink on implementing open source
11.45 – 12.30 Parallel - Moodle Workshop
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch - Lunch at Mensa
14.00 – 15.30 Target Goup specific Workshops, public administration, universities, schools, small and medium enterprises.
14.00 – 15.30 Parallel - Developer get together
15.30 – 16.00 Break - coffee, soft drinks and cake
16.00 – 16.45 Planning for future activities, feed-back, meetings and events