Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Educause ELI 2010 Annual Meeting – Recorded Sessions

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by
wongl
on January 25, 2010
in Professional Development and Uncategorized
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The Annual ELI conference was held last week, Jan 19-21. Wisconsin was represented by attendees from Madison, Milwaukee, Colleges, River Falls and UWS. Among the many highlights, all featured sessions were recorded and available for public viewing at:

http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=7e668ea5-7ef5-4227-b2da-dab47d4079d4

Many excellent speakers were represented. Check out these sessions. It will be worth your time.

The 2010 Horizon Report was also released at this conference. The complete document is available online at:

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/CSD5810.pdf

Enjoy
Lorna

e-Portfolio Events & Opportunities of Interest

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by
wongl
on January 12, 2010
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Following are a number of e-Portfolio events and opportunities of interest that came across my desk recently. Please note and let me know if you have questions or need more details:

UWS System E-Portfolio Showcase – Feb 16, 2010, Pyle Center – Madsion. 10am – 3:30pm – registered by Feb 5. – Student Portfolio Showcase registration

UWS Growth Agenda for Wisconsin Grant Opportunities – Action Step #2 of the Growth Agenda commits to developing a “Student engagement portfolio” – http://www.uwsa.edu/vpacad/grants/

This can be a good opportunity for e-Portfolio project using D2L-eP or other means.

AAEEBL Webcasts -

The Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL)  –  a relatively new international ePortfolio professional association  created to gather “folio thinkers” to expand critical conversations, hold conferences (international, national and regional), gather resources for shared uses, and build our collective capacity to support reflective learning via ePortfolios.

Webcast: Work-Based Folios in the UK and USA
Date and Time: Wednesday, January 13th at 8-9:30 a.m. PT/11-12:30 p.m.
ET/4-5:30 p.m. GMT

This unique transatlantic webinar will feature presenters from both the UK and USA who will deliver 4 short presentations on the growing use of web based eportfolios for use in “work based learning.” JISC Regional Support Center East and West Midlands have teamed up with EPAC to exchange experiences of how eportfolios are being used in this growing area of higher education. Attendees will be given the opportunity to interact with presenters and networking with colleagues via the use of voting and chat features in this live session.

Webcast: Virginia Tech University
Date and Time: Thursday, January 14th at 10-11 a.m. PT/1-2 p.m. ET

Jointly sponsored with the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), this interactive webcast will feature the university-wide ePortfolio initiatives at Virgina Tech aimed at improving education, learning assessment, and student engagement by using collaborative online tools.  Our presenters will include members of the Learning Technologies team who are leading this work.

EPAC webcasts are free to attend and are open to anyone interested in ePortfolios. Space may be limited for some of the events and pre- registration may be required.  More information on where and how to join the webcasts will be posted shortly on the EPAC blog and wiki athttp://epaccop.blogspot.com/ and http://epac.pbworks.com/.

Thanks

Lorna

Updates from UW River Falls

Published
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leif.nelson
on January 4, 2010
in Campus Updates and UW River Falls
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Electronic Resource Website
The teaching and learning technologies team at UWRF launched an electronic resource website for faculty, students, and staff interested in using technology to support teaching and learning.  Supported by research articles, the website provides information on how particular technology can be used to meet particular pedagogical needs.  Technical information accompanies each tool in the form of step-by-step quick start guides and screencast videos.

Ongoing Technology Integration Workshops
Each Wednesday and Thursday from 12:00 to 1:30pm, the teaching and learning technologies team will offer a workshop with a particular focus.  These hands-on workshops are free and open to all faculty, staff, and students.  Each workshop focuses on one of three areas including technology tools that support teaching and learning, best practices using Desire2Learn, and managing your workflow. 

Online Teaching Institute
Supported by the office of the provost, the teaching and learning technologies staff will begin an online teaching institute with a cohort of fifteen faulty members.  The cohort meets partly face-to-face and partly online.  The workshop provides faculty members the opportunity to examine learning theory and approaches to teaching in online and hybrid learning environments.  A portion of the workshop will be devoted to developing learning activities with appropriate technology tools to help students meet intended learning outcomes.  By the end the eight-week workshop, faculty members will have developed a peer reviewed online or hybrid course.

Submitted by Scott Wojtanowski, UW-River Falls