Transcript  LORO Presentation and Demo 08/10/09

Using LORO with Languages
courses starting in November
2009
Tita Beaven, Anna Comas-Quinn, Annie Eardley,
Christine Pleines and Hélène Pulker
Demo / Workshop – 1 July 2009
Overview
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What is LORO? What is it for? Who is it for?
How do we use it for Beginners’ courses?
How do we inform & support tutors?
What do we need YOU to do?
Current version of LORO is…
• hosted by Southampton at http://loro.eprints.org
• populated by appointed tutors with course team
materials
• still in development > phased introduction
• soon to be migrated to the OU servers and
integrated with SAMS log in (so that users go
into their accounts automatically)
What’s in it and who is it for?
• Elluminate tutorial materials for tutors: Activity
plans, powerpoints, whiteboards and images
(png)
• Sometimes Prep Docs for students – but these
need to be in the Course Resources area of the
course website (students don’t have access to
LORO)
• Later on, materials created by tutors
Using LORO for beginners’ courses
• Elluminate tutorial materials will be located in the Tutor
Resources area of the Course Website
• Elluminate tutorial materials for Unit 1 will be provided for tutors
in the course website, and the rest of the material will be stored
in LORO (link to LORO needs to be included).
• See an example
http://learn.open.ac.uk/mod/resourcepage/view.php?id=283106
&direct=1
Informing tutors about LORO
• During course briefing (4 slides provided)
• As part of Elluminate training sessions provided
by regions/nations
• Through LORO newsletter, information
messages from LORO project, local staff
development events, etc.
(Sample slides for Course Briefings)
LORO
• Accessible through Tutor Resources area of the Course Website.
• Tutorial materials for L19X (and you can also browse and
download materials for all other languages and levels)
• You will be able to store and share your own materials (if you
want to)
• Training materials and support available through the course
website and tutor forum
Supporting tutors using LORO
• Instructions provided in Course Website and in
LORO Help menu.
• Hoping to recruit one peer supporter for each
course who answers questions in the Tutor/AL
Forum.
What do we need YOU to do?
Course Chairs
• Hand over Elluminate tutorial material to LORO
team promptly
• Include information on LORO in Course Briefing
or Elluminate training for tutors (slides provided)
What do we need YOU to do?
Course Managers
• Create an “Elluminate tutorial materials” area in
the Tutor Resources section of the course
website (template provided).
• Upload Elluminate tutorial materials for Unit 1 to
Course website and include LORO link.
What do we need YOU to do?
Staff Tutors
• Keep tutors informed about LORO.
• Tell us about Staff Development events where
we can talk to tutors about LORO (R04/R08
online, R02 & R07 presentations)
Any questions?
Contact [email protected]
or
Anna Comas-Quinn
LORO Project Manager
[email protected]