LTDC Online News

The LTDC Fall conference was held on Nov 5, at the Pyle Center. Over 25 learning technology staff attended, almost all campuses were represented. Agenda topics included introduction of the many new staff the joined the campuses the past year; a brief discussion of various organization structures; a briefing on the e-learning work group report and recommendations; user of video  and the DoIT streaming services; reports on Quality Matters, eportfolio, Learning Object repositories, Curricular Redesign RFP; Discussion on Blogs & Wikis at local campuses, and concluded with campus updates. Mary Mielke was elected to fill the three year term on the Exec Committee vacated by Lorna Wong. More detailed notes of the meeting were recorded by Carole Turner, and sent to LTDC-representatives.  A lighter side of the day’s event was recorded digitally by Nick Dvoracek at http://www.f295.org/Pinholeforum/forum/Blah.pl?m-1226503871/.

Lorna

For two days on Nov 6 & 7, a group of learning technologists and faculty of various disciplines had the opportunity to discover the power and magic of digital story telling from nationally known expert Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Telling, Berkeley, Ca. The event was sponsored by the LTDC to explore possibilibites of self expression and documentation through creative writing and use of media technology . Over 70 participants attended this workshop at the Pyle Center, while almost the same number of interested faculty attended remotely featured speaker sessions including Liv Gjestvang, Program Coordinator, Digital Union, Ohio State University, Roger Schrank, CIO, Socratic Arts, and Dimitris Lyras, Greek ship owner. Learning Technology support staff gathered for a highly engaged discussion on possibiities of this new application of technology in teaching and learning, while sponsored faculty attended a special workshop to hone their technical skills on digital image manipulation. The partnership of the faculty and LTDC attendees are expected to bring the message “Storytime isn’t just for kindergarten anymore” back to local campuses. The event was organized by Cheryl Diermyer-UW Madison, and assisted by Pat Fellows-UW Colleges, Tom Gillespie-UW Whitewater and Elizabeth Harris at UW-Madison. Please contact your local LTDC representative if you are interested to know more about Digital Storytelling and how to get started.

Lorna

The first group workshop on Quality Matters will be held at UW-Oshkosh on Friday, Dec 12, 2008. Certified trainer Cassie Caster will faciliate the training. All UW campuses are invited to attend. However seats are limited. Please contact your local campus LTC representative on details to register for the session.

Lorna