Technology Source Author Forums for September/October
These forums are offered in collaboration with ULiveandLearn, an e-learning company
that uses the HorizonLive platform to allow participants to interact directly
with TS authors via their desktops. You may sign up to participate in any of these
free webcasts by going to http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=webchats&issue=185
and clicking on the SIGN UP NOW button or by going to the ULiveandLearn site at
http://www.uliveandlearn.com/dsp_catalog.cfm?retrieve=3&orderclause=smdt_eventdate&creator=951
and selecting the particular webcast(s) you wish to participate in.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on creating affective relationships in Web-based instruction, featuring
Michael Danchak, whose current article (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=962)
includes suggestions for ways in which instructors can reassure students of
their presence and concern.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 12:00 – 12:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on delivering an online anatomy course on two campuses, featuring
Thierry Bacro, whose article (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=977)
provides an account of how distance education can be adopted within highly specialized
forms of instruction.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. EDT.
A webcast on promoting communication and collaboration online, featuring William
R. Klemm, who illustrates in his article (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1015)
that a “shared document” approach to threaded discussions offers significant
advantages in supporting such discussions.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 4:00 – 4:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on current efforts to use technology to enhance faculty development
programs in higher education, featuring Jerome R. Koblo and Casey Turnage (see
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=943).
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 6:00 – 6:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast highlighting an Australian site (LearnScope Virtual Learning
Community) that focuses on the use of technology in education, featuring spotlight
site editor Stephen Downes and Learnscope’s Rose Grozdanic as they discuss
the problems and issues involved in providing a comprehensive online learning
community to its participants (see http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1035).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast featuring Carl Berger, who, in his interview with James Morrison (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=995)
discussed the potential of integrated software development in instructional
technology.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on the use of the MathOnline system, featuring Gene Abrams and Jeremy
Haefner, who will discuss how they provide a flexible range of learning options
for their students (see http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=970).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT.
In this webcast, Carol Stroud and Brenda Stutsky will discuss how they developed
an online course for regional nurses in Manitoba through sharing community resources
(see http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=939).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT.
This webcast features Peter Suber, a leading figure in the “free online
scholarship” movement, who in his interview with James Morrison http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&&id=1025)
described the technological, legal, and philosophical aspects of this important
movement.
