ELI 2009 Annual Meeting (eliannual09) - 16 Resources

General Session Videos

• Virtual Worlds as Naturally Occurring Online Learning Environments,
  Constance Steinkuehler, Assistant Professor, Educational Communication and Technology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
• From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able: Experiments in New Media Literacy,
  Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University
• The Law and Policy of Web 2.0: Much Old, Some New, Lots Borrowed, So Don’t Be Blue,
  Beth Cate, Associate General Counsel, Indiana University System

Featured Speaker Videos

These are just a few snapshots of "Collaboration and Participation" in action.  See Flickr for all ELI 2009 Annual Meeting photos.

You can view the full conference agenda as well as a complete list of speakers and session materials (presentation slides, recordings, and interviews).

ELI Annual Meetings are a unique opportunity to experiment with new technologies in a fun and low-pressure environment. At the 2009 Annual Meeting, attendees were plunged into the world of alternate reality gaming by a common challenge: to save Professor Rufus Bluth, a marine biologist whose controversial research into pink salmon populations put him in the crosshairs of a local petroleum company.

Attendees were first introduced to Professor Bluth during a video interruption at the opening general session. A hidden URL led to Bluth’s research site, which included a series of hidden clues and puzzles to find his research. Clues throughout the meeting space helped fill in the details behind Bluth’s findings, his pursuers, and his “story.”

• Rufus Bluth Research Site
• Player Wiki
• Game Reveal Resources
• "Behind the Curtain" Webcast
  

In addition to conversations occurring face-to-face in Orlando, ELI attendees traded informal reflections and observations using Twitter, an online application that is part blog, part social networking site, and part cell phone/IM tool. In 140 characters or less, the ELI 2009 Annual Meeting "Twitterati" shared URLs, posed questions to each other and speakers, and offered session reflections in real time. More than 250 people also followed "tweets" from the ELI 2009 account.

Learn more about Twitter by reading the ELI 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter.

Attendees began building virtual connections before arrive on site using Ning, an online service that lets users create their own social networks. The ELI 2009 Ning Network included affinity groups, discussion forums, and a real-time chat room where attendees could exchange clues for the ELI alternate reality game or comment on sessions.

Now that the meeting has ended, attendees can continue to share resources or post images that capture their annual meeting experience. To learn more about Ning or how it might apply on your campus, check out ELI's recent technology brief, 7 Things You Should Know About Ning.