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Tag for ELI 2008 Annual Meeting Entries

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on November 7, 2007

This posting is intended to establish a common tag for Connect entries related to the upcoming ELI 2008 Annual Meeting, Connecting and Reflecting: Preparing Learners for Life 2.0. The conference is scheduled for January 28-30, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio-Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.

When posting content from or related to the conference in Connect, please be sure to tag it with:

ELIAnnual08

This will ensure your content appears on the Connect page for the event and is available to the larger community sharing ideas and reflections related to the conference.

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Meg and Joan Lippincott Net Savvy Video

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on September 24, 2007

Joan Lippincott, associate executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, contributed a video interview to the ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session, Being Net Savvy: Developing Skills for A Rapidly Changing World. Here's her description of it:

"My daughter, Meg Lippincott, a sophomore at Vassar College, has been working at her college library reference desk and occasionally sharing some observations with me about how students seek information for their academic work. I interviewed her for a brief video for the ELI Focus Session on net savvy students. Her friend Jan Zhan, a student at University of Maryland, did the camera work. Meg discusses some aspects of information literacy, the way she learned to use some math software, and her definition of a 'net savvy student.'" --Joan Lippincott

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ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session Tag

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on August 1, 2007

I'm making this entry to establish the common tag for event content from the ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session, "Being Net Savvy: Developing Skills for a Rapidly Changing World." All participants developing blog entries, posting photos, creating podcasts, etc., from the focus session are encouraged to tag their entries in Connect with:

ELI07NetSavvySession

This will ensure those entries are aggregated on the event page created by the tag.

If you would like to submit content but don't already have a Connect account, please see the Connect FAQ, which provides directions to do so.

ELI | eli07netsavvysession | Information Literacy | net savvy

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Gary Bertoline on Computer Simulations / Visualizations Learners Can Feel

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 20, 2007

[When initially posted, the audio file of this interview had some technical problems that hindered listening to it. Those issues have been addressed in the new file, which is attached below. - JSC]

In another interview related to the ELI 07 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement, I spoke with Gary Bertoline, Distinguished Professor in Computer Graphics and Assistant Dean at Purdue University. We discussed Gary's project parlor and concurrent session topic for the focus session, The Impact of Computer-Simulated Haptic Force Feedback on Learning.

Over the course of our conversation, Gary explains that "computer-simulated haptic force feedback" refers to providing physical response to learners through computer simulations, essentially allowing them to feel forces in a simulation that they would otherwise have to infer. He then provides a brief overview of the research that demonstrates how such feedback enhances learning outcomes in science, technology, and math education and reviews its potential to support teaching and learning in other disciplines.

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Sarah Robbins on Teaching in Second Life

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 20, 2007

We're about a week from the ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths for Interaction and Engagement. As usual, I'm interviewing some of the presenters scheduled for the event to get an advanced sense for the issues they plan to address at the focus session.

In this interview, I talk with Sarah Robbins, a TA Instructor in English at Ball State University, about her experiences in teaching classes in the immersive learning environment Second Life. I ask her about the teaching and learning objectives that led her to try to teach in Second Life, as well as the level of technical expertise she feels is or isn't necessary to teach in that online space. We also discuss the benefits she has found that students derive from learning in Second Life, as well as the benefits she has realized as a developing faculty member by teaching in an immersive learning environment.

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ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session: Immersive Learning Environments

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2007

The ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement, is scheduled for March 27-28 at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Speaker interviews and presentation audio for this event will be posted to the Connect site under the following tag:

ELI_07_SpringFocusSession

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Bryan Alexander on Ubiquitous Computing

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 18, 2007

In my final preconference interview before the ELI 2007 Annual Meeting, I talk with Bryan Alexander, Director of Research for the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE). Alexander is presenting the 3:00-4:00 PM featured session on Monday, January 22; his topic is "First-Generation Ubiquitous Computing: Social, Mobile, and Gamelike."

Our conversation starts with Alexander explaining what NITLE is and what it does, and how his role as research director allows him to explore emerging trends in teaching, learning, and technology. He then discusses some examples of how gaming, social software, and mobile technologies are converging to create the ubiquitous computing environment of which he speaks. Alexander also highlights the implications this developing environment holds for higher education, as well as the importance of gaining and maintaining historical perspective on these changes.

For more information about NITLE, please see http://www.nitle.org.

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Smith & Lomas on the 2007 Horizon Report

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 18, 2007

Continuing my preconference interview series for the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting, I spoke with Rachel Smith and Cyprien Lomas on Friday, January 12, about their upcoming featured session at the conference.

Smith is Director of Special Projects and Publications for the New Media Consortium (NMC), while Lomas serves as an ELI Scholar in Residence and Director of the Learning Centre in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. Their featured session will take place from 4:30-5:30 PM on Monday, January 22, and they will be joined in conducting the session by Larry Johnson, CEO of NMC, and Diana Obinger, EDUCAUSE Vice President and ELI Director.

In the interview, Smith provides some background on NMC while Lomas reviews the key aspects of the partnership between NMC and ELI around the development of the Horizon Report. Smith and Lomas also explain the report's approach to highlighting emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression. Finally, each of them discusses the finding from the 2007 Horizon Report they find the most compelling.

The 2007 Horizon Report will be released publicly at the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting.

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Chris Dede on Emerging Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 5, 2007

I interviewed Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on some of the ideas behind his upcoming keynote address at the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting. Dede will conduct the general session scheduled for 8:00-9:30 AM on Tuesday, January 23; his topic will be "Emerging Educational Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles."

In this discussion, Dede explains the concept and key characteristics of "neomillennials." He also highlights the transformative effect of emerging immersive learning environments on higher education pedagogy and discusses the importance of faculty development in relation to these developments. Finally, he briefly touches on the National Science Foundation's cyberinfrastructure initiative as a significant topic he won't be able to cover in depth in Atlanta. However, he cites the November 2006 ELI Web Seminar he conducted on the cyberinfrastructure initiative as a resource for those interested in learning more about it.

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Deborah Bickford and David Wright on Creating New Spaces for Learning

Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 4, 2007

With the ELI 2007 Annual Meeting fast approaching, I interviewed the University of Dayton's Deborah Bickford and David Wright on the ideas behind their upcoming featured session, "Creating New Spaces for Learning in Community." They will conduct their session on Tuesday, January 23, from 10:00-11:00 AM, along with fellow presenter Bill Dittoe of Educational Facilities Consultants.

My discussion with Bickford and Wright focused on the factors that motivated the University of Dayton to focus on learning spaces as a key component of its academic planning and development. They also reviewed the challenges the university encountered in effectively engaging the institutional community in learning space design, as well as the approaches the university took to overcome them. Finally, Bickford and Wright talked about options institutions might consider in assessing the impact of learning spaces on learning.

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		jcummings's blog Tag for ELI 2008 Annual Meeting Entries Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on November 7, 2007 This posting is intended to establish a common tag for Connect entries related to the upcoming ELI 2008 Annual Meeting, Connecting and Reflecting: Preparing Learners for Life 2.0. The conference is scheduled for January 28-30, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio-Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. When posting content from or related to the conference in Connect, please be sure to tag it with: ELIAnnual08 This will ensure your content appears on the Connect page for the event and is available to the larger community sharing ideas and reflections related to the conference. ELI \| eliannual08 \| Learning \| Teaching \| Teaching and Learning \| Teaching and Learning with Technology \| Web 2.0 Login or register to post comments 408 reads Meg and Joan Lippincott Net Savvy Video Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on September 24, 2007 Joan Lippincott, associate executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, contributed a video interview to the ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session, Being Net Savvy: Developing Skills for A Rapidly Changing World. Here's her description of it: "My daughter, Meg Lippincott, a sophomore at Vassar College, has been working at her college library reference desk and occasionally sharing some observations with me about how students seek information for their academic work. I interviewed her for a brief video for the ELI Focus Session on net savvy students. Her friend Jan Zhan, a student at University of Maryland, did the camera work. Meg discusses some aspects of information literacy, the way she learned to use some math software, and her definition of a 'net savvy student.'" --Joan Lippincott ELI Student Perspective \| eli07netsavvysession \| informaiton literacy \| information fluency \| Learners \| net gen students \| net generation \| Net Generation Learner \| net generation students \| net savvy Login or register to post comments 2454 reads ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session Tag Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on August 1, 2007 I'm making this entry to establish the common tag for event content from the ELI 2007 Fall Focus Session, "Being Net Savvy: Developing Skills for a Rapidly Changing World." All participants developing blog entries, posting photos, creating podcasts, etc., from the focus session are encouraged to tag their entries in Connect with: ELI07NetSavvySession This will ensure those entries are aggregated on the event page created by the tag. If you would like to submit content but don't already have a Connect account, please see the Connect FAQ, which provides directions to do so. ELI \| eli07netsavvysession \| Information Literacy \| net savvy Login or register to post comments 3376 reads Gary Bertoline on Computer Simulations / Visualizations Learners Can Feel Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 20, 2007 [When initially posted, the audio file of this interview had some technical problems that hindered listening to it. Those issues have been addressed in the new file, which is attached below. - JSC] In another interview related to the ELI 07 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement, I spoke with Gary Bertoline, Distinguished Professor in Computer Graphics and Assistant Dean at Purdue University. We discussed Gary's project parlor and concurrent session topic for the focus session, The Impact of Computer-Simulated Haptic Force Feedback on Learning. Over the course of our conversation, Gary explains that "computer-simulated haptic force feedback" refers to providing physical response to learners through computer simulations, essentially allowing them to feel forces in a simulation that they would otherwise have to infer. He then provides a brief overview of the research that demonstrates how such feedback enhances learning outcomes in science, technology, and math education and reviews its potential to support teaching and learning in other disciplines. Podcasts \| ELI_07_SpringFocusSession \| immersive learning environments and simulations \| interview \| STEM \| Teaching \| Teaching and Learning \| Technology Login or register to post comments Read more 4128 reads Sarah Robbins on Teaching in Second Life Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 20, 2007 We're about a week from the ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths for Interaction and Engagement. As usual, I'm interviewing some of the presenters scheduled for the event to get an advanced sense for the issues they plan to address at the focus session. In this interview, I talk with Sarah Robbins, a TA Instructor in English at Ball State University, about her experiences in teaching classes in the immersive learning environment Second Life. I ask her about the teaching and learning objectives that led her to try to teach in Second Life, as well as the level of technical expertise she feels is or isn't necessary to teach in that online space. We also discuss the benefits she has found that students derive from learning in Second Life, as well as the benefits she has realized as a developing faculty member by teaching in an immersive learning environment. Podcasts \| ELI_07_SpringFocusSession \| immersive learning environments and simulations \| interview \| Second Life \| Teaching \| Teaching and Learning Login or register to post comments Read more 7662 reads ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session: Immersive Learning Environments Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on March 13, 2007 The ELI 2007 Spring Focus Session, Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement, is scheduled for March 27-28 at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Speaker interviews and presentation audio for this event will be posted to the Connect site under the following tag: ELI_07_SpringFocusSession ELI_07_SpringFocusSession \| Podcasts Login or register to post comments Read more 4337 reads Bryan Alexander on Ubiquitous Computing Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 18, 2007 In my final preconference interview before the ELI 2007 Annual Meeting, I talk with Bryan Alexander, Director of Research for the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE). Alexander is presenting the 3:00-4:00 PM featured session on Monday, January 22; his topic is "First-Generation Ubiquitous Computing: Social, Mobile, and Gamelike." Our conversation starts with Alexander explaining what NITLE is and what it does, and how his role as research director allows him to explore emerging trends in teaching, learning, and technology. He then discusses some examples of how gaming, social software, and mobile technologies are converging to create the ubiquitous computing environment of which he speaks. Alexander also highlights the implications this developing environment holds for higher education, as well as the importance of gaining and maintaining historical perspective on these changes. For more information about NITLE, please see http://www.nitle.org. Podcasts \| ELI \| ELI2007 \| ELIAnnualMtg2007 \| Games and Gaming \| gaming and simulation \| interview \| Mobile Learning \| mobility \| Social Software Login or register to post comments 5221 reads Smith & Lomas on the 2007 Horizon Report Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 18, 2007 Continuing my preconference interview series for the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting, I spoke with Rachel Smith and Cyprien Lomas on Friday, January 12, about their upcoming featured session at the conference. Smith is Director of Special Projects and Publications for the New Media Consortium (NMC), while Lomas serves as an ELI Scholar in Residence and Director of the Learning Centre in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. Their featured session will take place from 4:30-5:30 PM on Monday, January 22, and they will be joined in conducting the session by Larry Johnson, CEO of NMC, and Diana Obinger, EDUCAUSE Vice President and ELI Director. In the interview, Smith provides some background on NMC while Lomas reviews the key aspects of the partnership between NMC and ELI around the development of the Horizon Report. Smith and Lomas also explain the report's approach to highlighting emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression. Finally, each of them discusses the finding from the 2007 Horizon Report they find the most compelling. The 2007 Horizon Report will be released publicly at the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting. Podcasts \| ELI \| ELI2007 \| ELIAnnualMtg2007 \| Emerging Technologies \| Emerging Technology \| Horizon Report \| interview \| Networking and Emerging Technologies \| NMC \| Teaching and Learning with Technology Login or register to post comments Read more 4765 reads Chris Dede on Emerging Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 5, 2007 I interviewed Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on some of the ideas behind his upcoming keynote address at the 2007 ELI Annual Meeting. Dede will conduct the general session scheduled for 8:00-9:30 AM on Tuesday, January 23; his topic will be "Emerging Educational Technologies and Neomillennial Learning Styles." In this discussion, Dede explains the concept and key characteristics of "neomillennials." He also highlights the transformative effect of emerging immersive learning environments on higher education pedagogy and discusses the importance of faculty development in relation to these developments. Finally, he briefly touches on the National Science Foundation's cyberinfrastructure initiative as a significant topic he won't be able to cover in depth in Atlanta. However, he cites the November 2006 ELI Web Seminar he conducted on the cyberinfrastructure initiative as a resource for those interested in learning more about it. Podcasts \| ELI2007 \| ELIAnnualMtg2007 \| Emerging Technologies \| Faculty Development \| faculty use of technology \| immersive learning environments and simulations \| Learners \| Learning \| Neomillennials \| session Login or register to post comments 7709 reads Deborah Bickford and David Wright on Creating New Spaces for Learning Created by Jarret S. Cummings (EDUCAUSE) on January 4, 2007 With the ELI 2007 Annual Meeting fast approaching, I interviewed the University of Dayton's Deborah Bickford and David Wright on the ideas behind their upcoming featured session, "Creating New Spaces for Learning in Community." They will conduct their session on Tuesday, January 23, from 10:00-11:00 AM, along with fellow presenter Bill Dittoe of Educational Facilities Consultants. My discussion with Bickford and Wright focused on the factors that motivated the University of Dayton to focus on learning spaces as a key component of its academic planning and development. They also reviewed the challenges the university encountered in effectively engaging the institutional community in learning space design, as well as the approaches the university took to overcome them. Finally, Bickford and Wright talked about options institutions might consider in assessing the impact of learning spaces on learning. Podcasts \| ELI2007 \| ELIAnnualMtg2007 \| Learning Space Design \| Learning Spaces \| session \| Teaching and Learning Login or register to post comments 4677 reads 1 2 3 4 next › last »
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