Events
Webinars
ODLAA regularly provides the opportunity for members to engage in scholarly conversations with leading international and Australian scholars and practitioners through our webinar series. To join us for a webinar on a current or emerging issue in open and distance education make sure you register.
The newly elected Executive Committee are currently busy planning on some exciting 2024 events.
EVENTS PLANNED INCLUDE:
- A 50th Anniversary celebration event.
- Launch of the ODLAA Scholarship program.
- Distance Education top publications webinar.
- Lessons learned through a statewide COP on micro-credentials.
Come back soon to find out about these events or follow us on Twitter.
Previous Webinars
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers of Online Learning
ODLAA in partnership with FLANZ, hosted this special International Women’s Day webinar. Dr Norine Wark and Dr Susan Bainbridge took us through their recently released Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers of Online Learning. A great opportunity to showcase the work of women leaders in online learning.
when
Thursday, March 8, 2023
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEDT)
presenterS
Dr Norine Wark and Dr Susan Bainbridge
Athabasca University
Doctoral students’ perceptions of student-led discussion forums in online classes
The purpose of this study was to examine graduate students’ perceptions regarding student-led discussion forums in online classes. Five distinct themes emerged through participants’ qualitative responses: in-depth learning, diversity of thoughts, student engagement, teaching skills, and time-consuming.
Attend this webinar to find out more.
when
Thursday, October 27, 2022
9.30 am –10.30 am (AEDT)
presenter
Nara M. Martirosyan
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA
Toward building a fair peer recommender to support help-seeking in online learning
Help-seeking is a valuable practice in online discussion forums. However, the asynchronicity and information overload of online discussion forums have made it challenging for help seekers and providers to connect effectively. This study formulated a new method to provide fair and accurate insights toward building a peer recommender to support help-seeking in online learning. Want to know more? Join us at this webinar.
when
Thursday, September 29, 2022
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEDT)
presenterS
Wanli Xing
University of Florida, USA
Research trends in online distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Visualizations of research show that the field has focused largely on remote teaching as a new term to depict online distance learning but has also covered a wider spectrum of issues in relation to teaching and learning, with an emphasis on technologies for teaching and learning, assessment, teacher capacities, and institutional preparedness.
when
Thursday, August 25, 2022
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenterS
Sanjaya Mishra
Commonwealth of Learning, Canada
Sidhartha Sahoowill
Banaras Hindu University, India
Shriram Pandey
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information, India
Home broadband and student engagement during COVID-19 emergency remote teaching
During 2019–2020, school buildings worldwide closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar reports on the findings of a study that assessed the influence of high-speed broadband availability on student engagement with distance learning within 206 secondary schools in Ireland. What are the implications for schools and government? Join us to find out.
when
Thursday, July 28, 2022
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm (AEST)
presenterS
Ciarán Mac Domhnaill, Gretta Mohan and Selina McCoy
Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 4, Pages 465-493
Distance education students’ satisfaction: Do work and family roles matter?
The perceived flexibility of distance education, whereby students can juggle their multiple life roles, is often cited as the predominant reason for enrolling in this mode of study. This study (1) explores whether the paid worker role or family role predict distance learners’ satisfaction; (2) examines the relationship between role conflict and role facilitation regarding distance learners’ satisfaction; and (3) investigates the role of sociodemographic characteristics as potential moderators in this relationship. Join us for some interesting insights.
when
Thursday, June 30, 2022
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm (AEST)
presenter
Philippa Waterhouse, Rajvinder Samra and Mathijs Lucassen
Open University, UK
Distance Education, 2022, Vol 43, Issue 1, Pages 56-77
Effects of online teaching presence on students’ cognitive conflict and engagement
This webinar shares findings of a study that explored the effects of online teaching presence on students’ cognitive conflict and engagement by analyzing three rounds of a course taught with different levels of teaching presence. Join us to find out the results of this interesting study and gain practical advice for online teaching.
when
Thursday, May 26, 2022
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenter
Yang Wang
Nanjing Normal University, China
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 4, Pages 547-566
K-12 teachers’ barriers to implementing OER
Open educational resources (OER) are a cost-effective alternative to traditional textbooks for K-12 teachers to provide differentiated instruction at a much lower cost. However, teachers have to overcome barriers to implement OER in their classrooms. Join us for this webinar to gain insights into the barriers to implementing OERs and strategies for overcoming them in a in K – 12 environments.
when
Thursday, March 31, 2022
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEDT)
presenters
Hangtao Tang
Yu Bao
University of South Carolina, USA
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 4, Pages 582-598
Becoming scholarly practitioners: Creating community in online professional doctoral education
In 2020 there was an upsurge in professional doctorates being taught online. What have been the perceived effects of adapted pedagogies on learning and community?
when
Thursday, February 24, 2022
9.30 am – 10.30 am (ADST)
presenters
Veselina Lambrev
Barbara Cruz
University of South Florida, USA
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 4, Pages 567-581
Remote proctored exams: Integrity assurance in online education
Remote proctored exams have become an important tool to ensure integrity and academic honesty in distance education, but how have they impacted student learning and their academic integrity?
when
Thursday, November 25, 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (ADST)
presenter
Sandra Gudiño Paredes
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, México
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 2, Pages 200-218
Impacts of authentic assessment on the development of graduate attributes
The role of authentic assessment activities is critical in the development of graduate attributes among learners. This webinar offers insights into this challenge as well as strategies for examining the impacts of assessment activities on graduate attributes.
when
Thursday, October 21 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (ADST)
presenters
Shironica Karunanayaka
Som Naidu
The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Distance Education, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 2, Pages 231-252
Developing lifelong learning with heutagogy: contexts, critiques, and challenges
The COVID-19 global pandemic caused a significant shift in instructional responsibilities as parents overnight became instructors for their children. Resulting from this transition, we have seen several examples of heutagogy used by both adults and children. This webinar gives attention to some of the challenges of implementing heutagogy.
when
Thursday, 30 September 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenter
Rob Moore
Old Dominion University, USA
Distance Education, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 4, Pages 547-581
How to decide among videoconferencing systems to support experiential e-learning
This presentation will focus on our recent study that analyzes four widely used videoconferencing systems: Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, and WhatsApp using experiential e-learning as the framework.
when
Thursday, 26 August 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenters
Ana-Paula Correia
Chenx Liu
Fan Xu
The Ohio State University, USA
Distance Education, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 3, Pages 381-401
Distance Education across critical theoretical landscapes: touchstones for quality research & teaching
The COVID-19 pandemic both exposed and exacerbated disparities in access and equity in distance education. The purpose of this webinar is to revisit “what we have learned,” or maybe “what we should have learned.”
when
Thursday, July 29 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (ADST)
presenters
Dr Mary F. Rice
University of New Mexico, USA
Dr Xeturah Woodley
Guilford Technical College, USA
Dr Patrick Lowenthal
Bosie State University, USA
Distance Education, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 3, Pages 391-325
Educational distancing
Research findings support the conclusion that sudden changes in DE approaches cause teachers who lack experience of online teaching to revert to a lower level of quality than the DE field has come to expect. The webinar will discuss ways for the field to prevent this from doing lasting damage to its reputation.
when
Thursday, 24 June, 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenter
Professor Jon Bagley
Athabasca University, Canada
Distance Education, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 3, Pages 582-588
Understanding vicarious participation in online language learning
Online environments afford opportunities for participation, but equally offer a new perspective on engaging vicariously. This webinar will be drawing on socio-cognitive theory and the concept of vicarious learning to show how language learners combine live and vicarious participation in online tutorials to benefit their learning.
when
Thursday, 27 May 2021
9.30 am – 10.30 am (AEST)
presenter
Dr Christine Pleines
The Open University, UK
Distance Education, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 3, Pages 453-471
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