| Introducing LAMS V1.1 |
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Location: LKL Auditorium
Host/Speaker: Ernie Ghiglione, Macquarie University, Australia
Date and Time:
Friday, 17 February 2006, 10:00 - 15:00
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LAMS is a tool for designing, managing and delivering online collaborative learning activities. The LAMS Foundation is pleased to announce two half day workshops on Friday February 17th in London on LAMS V1.1 (the next generation of open source LAMS). The morning workshop is a general introduction to LAMS
V1.1 for both educators and technical staff; the afternoon workshop provides a more detailed technical introduction to LAMS V1.1 for software developers and others who are interested in technical issues.
The event is being hosted by London Knowledge Lab, with an introduction from Professor Diana Laurillard. The workshops will be run by Ernie Ghiglione from Macquarie University - Ernie is the technical lead for LAMS, and works closely with James Dalziel on translating educational requirements into the technical development of LAMS. Ernie has extensive technical and project management for education open source projects, including OpenACS/.LRN and LAMS. Cost: There is no cost for this workshop
Registration: Space is limited, so please email Renee Vance to register for the workshop:
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Timetable: Workshop 1 - General Introduction to LAMS V1.1
| 10:00am | -
| Coffee and Registration | | 10:30am | -
| Welcome and introduction from Professor Diana Laurillard | | 10:35am | -
| "Introducing LAMS V1.1" by Ernie Ghiglione |
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| - Overview of LAMS V1.1
- How does LAMS V1.1 compare to the current version of LAMS (V1.0.x)?
- New features and functions
- New "plug-in" approach to activity tools in LAMS
- LAMS V1.1 and the LAMS Community
- Future roadmap/upcoming features
- Discussion | 12:00pm
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| End of Workshop 1
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12noon to 1pm [Time for lunch in the local area - NB: lunch is not provided with the workshop] Workshop 2
1:00pm
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| "Technical Roundtable on LAMS V1.1" by Ernie Ghiglione
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| - LAMS V1.1 architecture
- Tools contract
- Sequencing engine
- Integrating LAMS V1.1 with VLEs/Portals
- Open source community development for LAMS V1.1
- Current status and future development plans
- Discussion | | 3:00pm | -
| End of Workshop 2
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Ernie will be available after the workshop for further informal discussion/drinks. Any questions about the content of the workshop can be emailed to Ernie -
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For background and further details about LAMS V1.1, see http://www.lamsfoundation.org/wiki/ |
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