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==What are we asking?==
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=Update on 2016 OUCeL Activities=
  
How can OUCEL and COED best collaborate, and what does COED think of formal representation by OUCEL?
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*Created by Giulia Forsythe
==Purpose of OUCEL==
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*[http://bit.ly/2eJpiBa Slides available online]
The Ontario Universities’ Council on e-Learning (OUCEL) is a working group of the Council of Ontario Universities that provides leadership regarding e-learning. Representatives on OUCEL are committed to e-learning that enhances student learning and engagement. OUCEL further encourages a scholarly approach towards e-learning in relation to teaching, research, and service – core values of Ontario Universities. For more information, see OUCEL [[Institutional Updates]].
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[[Category:OUCeL]]
 
 
==History==
 
*OPAS Summer institute
 
*VPA appointed e-learning rep
 
*communications via [https://portal.cou.ca COU portal]
 
*The initial reps (Richard Pinet, Denise Stockley) had been approached by Jan Donio who was the COU/OPAS rep. They were asked to see if there was an interest to generate a group of reps from various Teaching and Technology Centres across Ontario to see if they would be interested in seeking COU affiliate status (an e-Learning affiliate as we later characterized ourselves). This invitation was accepted, and as such, received a  positive response from all reps of the COU Universities. Our group has met several times, we have created a Terms of Reference and have had very fruitful discussions across a number of issues - including possible collaborative projects.
 
 
 
==Meetings==
 
*[[Summer Institute 2008]]
 
*[[Fall Meeting 2007]]
 
*[[Summer Institute 2007]]
 
 
 
==Follow-up from Summer Institute 2008==
 
Richard Pinet, chair of OUCEL sent the following synopsis regarding [[OUCEL and Next Steps]] which included a link to a survey about the direction the OUCEL group desired.
 
 
 
==Votes==
 
Seventeen institutions voted, with results as follows:
 
*41.2% (7 responses)- a) explore with EDC/COED group possible affiliation with them as full partners
 
*41.2% (7 responses)- b) explore with EDC/COED group having reps from our group sit on their governing body
 
*17.6% (3 responses)- c) not seek any arrangement with EDC/COED and pursue our own arrangements with OCAV and COU, independent of the newly formed EDC group
 
 
 
==Discussion Points==
 
*Richard Pinet (University of Ottawa) asked local OUCEL reps who are also members of EDC to attend the EDC/COED group meeting to address this with the larger group
 
*Aldo Caputo (University of Waterloo), Sandy Hughes (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Giulia Forsythe (Brock) agreed to attend the November 14, 2008 meeting at Ryerson
 
 
 
#Is EDC/COED still moving towards affiliate status without the MOU?
 
#If so, how (if at all) does EDC/COED envision itself with technology and teaching
 
#*Does EDC/COED welcome representation or full partnership?
 
 
 
==Arguments For and Against==
 
*Dichotomy between technology and pedagogy
 
**Home for technology innovation and implementation sometimes housed in purely administrative units, not linked to pedagogy (i.e. registration and finance systems)
 
**Many teaching and learning centres have closely integrated technology into their pedagogy (i.e. learning management systems)
 
 
 
===Benefits of Merging===
 
*Many teaching and learning centres have closely integrated technology into their pedagogy (i.e. learning management systems, wikis, blogs, second life, etc.)
 
*Many issues related to technology are deeply rooted in pedagogy; use of video lectures, supplemental learning resources, use of dispersed learning methods. If they aren't already deeply rooted, shouldn't they be?
 
 
 
===Disadvantages of Merging===
 
*Some issues faced by technology reps are purely administrative and do not necessarily affect pedagogy
 
*Some concerns from OUCEL members that e-learning will not receive the full amount of attention it requires
 
*Is elearning a form of educational development? Are members of OUCEL involved in educational development? Do we have enough in common to form one group?
 
*Is EDO/COED too large already? Would more representatives become too unmanageable?
 

Latest revision as of 11:44, 25 September 2024

Update on 2016 OUCeL Activities

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