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- The Buzz:Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
- Products and Apps Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group
- Online Resources:Campus Technology 2008…
The Buzz
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Academics have long talked of the «academic conversation.» Now, Web 2.0 has called our bluff. We live in the midst of a non-stop world conversation. But, are conversational skills (in writing) important and, if so, how do we teach them?
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Products and Apps
Microsoft Joins Open Source Census Group
Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group. The Open Source Census project tracks the use of open source software by the business community. Survey results are updated on an ongoing basis at the group’s Web site.
Del Mar College To Deploy Web-based Self Service
Del Mar College has selected Datatel Colleague to create a Web-based self-service capability for constituents and enhanced campus management tools for employees. The Datatel technology solution replaces a legacy administration system.
Fresno Pacific Uses Online Tool To Expand Continuing Education Outreach
Fresno Pacific University has selected Orion, the Intelliworks relationship management suite, to manage its marketing and outreach activity for the Office of Continuing Education. The school plans to use the solution, which is delivered as a service online, to collect inquiries from the Web, track communications with students, and conduct follow-up e-mail surveys.
iLinc Web Conferencing Tool Updated, Adds ‘Green Meter’
iLinc released a new version of its Web conferencing tool, iLinc 10, which bolsters session management and adds a «green meter.» The green meter shows cost savings, carbon emissions, and total distance not traveled by using Web conferencing versus in-person meetings. Administrators can also customize several variables in the meter to match their organization’s specific policies.
Online Resources
- Webcast: Web 2.0 tutorials
Two schools share how their students, faculty and staff became proficient users of Web 2.0 and other technologies, thanks to Web-based tutorials from Atomic Learning. Attend this free, one-hour session and hear how they use these short, focused tutorials to teach users how to blog, produce podcasts, and collaborate using a wiki; support online learners and ESL students; and provide additional help desk support. Moderated by Campus Technology’s Matt Villano, this 60-minute Webcast will give you tips and ideas for using tutorials to integrate Web 2.0 technologies on your campus.
Sponsored by Atomic Learning - Campus Technology 2008: Monday Workshops Offer a Web 2.0 ‘Crash Course’
Campus Technology’s 15th annual summer conference, «Welcome to Next-Gen.Edu,» July 28 ? 30, 2008, at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. This year’s Monday workshops provide in-depth, hands-on opportunities to see and learn the cutting-edge technologies highlighted throughout the conference even before the Keynote Address has been delivered! Register TODAY! Early Bird Discount expires June 27!
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Web 2.0 is your single best up-to-the-minute resource for news, tactics, strategies, and case studies for teaching and learning in the new web world. You’ll find the latest information on social software (wikis, blogs, and chat), virtual learning environments, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) such as Second Life, web-enabled collaboration tools, social collaboration sites, gaming, immersive education technologies, and more. Published bi-monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in HTML and text formats.
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