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June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON — Online learning has definite advantages over face-to-face instruction when it comes to teaching and learning, according to a new meta-analysis released Friday by the U.S. Department of Education. Read this article from Inside Higher Ed, http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/29/online
If you need a break from your first life, consider Second Life!
an excerpt of a blog post by Cris Guenter, CSU Chico faculty and MERLOT member
Second Life (SL), a 3D virtual world that is created by its millions of residents from around the world, is providing ever-engaging opportunities and situations for educators and their students. There will be two 3-hour preconference hands-on sessions at MIC ‘09 (Thursday, August 13) to provide attendees with skill development and educational use in SL. Ann Steckel and I, representing California State University, Chico, will conduct these sessions inworld as our avatars, Olivia Hotshot and Friday Karu respectively, and as our face-to-face, good-natured selves in real life.
To Read More of Cris Guenter’s blog post …
http://merlotconf.wordpress.com/
Tim Rogers is one of the talented and dedicated student staff who assists our faculty in the Technology and Learning Program lab. He’d appreciate the participation of faculty from any higher ed institution who would like to participate in a brief research survey.
To: Faculty at Higher Educational Institutions
From: Tim Rogers, CSU, Chico graduate student, Department of Education
Re: Requesting your participation in a survey on Analyzing Communication Patterns Between A Faculty Member And Instructional Designer
For my graduate thesis, I am conducting a survey regarding communication patterns between a faculty member and instructional designer when designing online courses through the Blackboard/WebCT Learning Management System. This research, conducted at CSU, Chico, seeks to better understand potential differences in technical and pedagogical communications that may cause barriers during the consultation process between both professionals.
The survey is available online. This survey takes only about five to ten minutes to complete. This research project has been cleared by the Human Subjects in Research Committee. You may access the survey on the Web site.
Thank you for your assistance. Please contact Tim Rogers at 530.592.8199 or by email with questions.
Designing Significant eLearning and Blended Learning Experiences
This presentation will discuss a case study of the integration of Wimba into an online collaborative e-learning experience with an on-site institute at the University of Utah.
Date: July 22
Time: 2:00 pm EDT
Place: Online - Sign-up Here
If you can’t make the time, sign-up to get an email with a link to the recording.
Presenters: Rebekah Grow & Linda Ralston, University of Utah
The institute incorporated a series of elearning sessions conducted via Wimba and Blackboard Vista designed to prepare participants for an on-campus conference featuring hands-on training with camera and audio enhanced Wimba and PowerPoint technology. The conference was followed by several on-line learning and discussion sessions enhanced by Wimba technology.
The teaching institute’s purpose was to illustrate the need to examine how e-learning, service-learning, and traditional classroom techniques might be blended to create a positive elearning environment enhanced by Wimba technology. The workshop was designed to challenge participants as students, educators and scholars while examining the changing paradigm shifts from instruction to learning and from traditional to innovative elearning.
Watch this slide show to see the relationship between higher ed and new forms of social media.
For more great ideas about using Google Docs, why not check out the resource Twenty Interesting Ways to use Google Docs, by Tom Barrett.
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Go straight to the Voice Thread site
About Voice Thread:
What is a Voice Thread? A Voice Thread is a new technology that allows you to upload PowerPoint files, picture files, movie files and more to the Voice Thread program. Once files are uploaded, users can record commentary by either plain audio or webcam. You can also type in text and use the doodle tool. Students are also allowed to interact with the presentation in the same way as the teacher. Great for collaboration! Best of all, a Voice Thread subscription is free.
Go to the Voice Thread in Higher Ed Site
This session will demonstrate examples of simulations that use a mixture of web technologies, social networking and virtual worlds.
Date: June 11 Time: 10:00 am EDT Place: Online - Sign-up Here
If you can’t make the time, sign-up to get an email with a link to the recording.
Presenter: Dr Liz Falconer, Manager, E-learning Development Unit & Manuel Frutos-Perez, Deputy Manager, E-learning Development Unit, University of the West of England
This session will demonstrate examples of simulations that use a mixture of web technologies, social networking and virtual worlds. In particular we will discuss in detail a simulation that enables groups of law students to work as partners in simulated law practices in a virtual town that supports a range of casework.
We will also showcase an accident investigation simulation built in the virtual world Second Life where groups of students can experience an accident scenario, investigate it, design safe systems of work to deal with the case and work collaboratively on accident analysis and prevention.
Register Here:
http://www.horizonwimba.com/company/events/1617-she—simulations-in-higher-education
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MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. MERLOT’s vision is to be a premiere online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the world share their learning materials and pedagogy.
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CSU, Chico is one of the original campuses involved in establishing MERLOT a decade ago and continues to be directly active in MERLOT. MERLOT’s International Conference is being held in San Jose, CA this August 13-16, 2009.
