Day 1: The Communities Model of the Internet

Session 1 - Welcome and introductions
                        (Expectations and Overview)

Session 2 - Models of the Internet (presentation)

Session 3 - Online Communities - What are they?

Activity: case studies (work in pairs, present back to group

Session 4 - Email lists as community building tools

Activity1: Familiarity with list archives

Activity 2: Using list archives to solve problems

Activity 3: Using lists archives to analyse community participation

Session 5 - Participating in Online Communities, part 1

LUNCH

Session 6 - Finding information on the Internet

Introduction - the Web is not the Internet

Review information search techniques

Review bookmarks (favourites)

Activity: building an annotated webliography

share results

Session 7 - Building the VECO Web

Day 2: Ways of Using the Communications and Web Tools

Session 8 - Using the Internet for Professional Development

The role of online communities in ongoing professional development

• Investigation: Virtual Conferences
  OR
  
• Investigation: Web Forums

Share back

Session 9: Participating in online communities

Scenarios - what's it like for newcomers?

Discussion:what are the barriers and how can they be overcome?

Session 10 - Real Time Technologies

Introduction

Online guest link up with David Potter - The Netride

Session 11 - Building the VECO Web - resources library

LUNCH

Session 12 - Using the Internet and WWW in your Professional Role

Discussion: your online persona

Discussion: your program's online presence

Activity: Web sites of workplace learning programs

Personal tutorial time

Session 13 - The VECO Internet Challenge

- review skills in an unashamedly competitive environment

Session 14 - Where to from here?

Follow up

Feedback & evaluation