The Horizon Report in Action

The Horizon Report in Action: Emerging Technologies Today and Tomorrow

March 27, 2013, 1:00pm ET.  (Educause)

Wondering what’s new in mobiles, electronic books, learning analytics, and other emerging technology areas? Join Malcolm Brown and Veronica Diaz of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative as they review the Horizon Report and examine how the report’s findings can be put to work at your institution. During this live hour and a half webinar, they’ll review various emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching and learning and creative expression over the next five years. They’ll also highlight how institutions across the world are implementing these technologies. The Horizon Report is an annual publication of the Horizon Project, a joint undertaking of the ELI and the New Media Consortium.

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Social Media in the Higher Ed Classroom

Friday, August 27, 2:00pm EDT.

To kick off the new school year, we're bringing you an in-depth webinar presented by Professor Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Ph.D., of Purdue University, about the value of using Web 2.0 in the classroom.

Professor Vorvoreanu will discuss how a variety of Web 2.0 tools were integrated into a series of undergraduate public relations courses taught at Clemson University. She will talk specifically about how each tool was introduced to students and used, the rationale behind their use, and also share data about the impact each tool had on student learning, motivation, teacher relationship, and career success.

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Online Learning at Academic Institutions

The APLU-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning conducted an extensive benchmarking study over a 15-month period in 2008–2009 designed to:

(1) identify key factors that contribute to successful, strategic online learning initiatives;

(2) gain a better understanding of faculty attitudes toward online learning and how those attitudes might impact institutional efforts to initiate and grow online programs.

The benchmarking study included interviews with more than 230 senior administrators, faculty, and students at 45 campuses across the country and a national web-based survey of faculty that generated almost 11,000 responses from faculty at 69 campuses. The benchmarking study is the largest study of this type regarding online learning yet conducted.

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Frontline's Digital Nation

Education in the Digital Age: A Tour of Frontline's Digital Nation

Tuesday, December 8, 8:00pm EST.

PBS Teachers and Classroom 2.0 are hosting a free webinar with Producer/Director Rachel Dretzin from FRONTLINE's "Digital Nation" project. Rachel will share her insights and findings from the year-long, multi-platform project exploring the impact of the Web and digital media on life in the 21st century.

The Digital Nation Web site will include online video reports on how the Internet and technology are changing cultures, reshaping workplaces and creating new approaches to the way we solve problems. Issues to be examined include the Web’s impact on education, how social media has changed the way individuals interact, and Internet safety and privacy. Central to the site will be a mosaic of user-generated content designed to let visitors participate in the documentary process. The site also will feature a producers’ blog, embeddable video and other sharable content, and a schedule of live online events with expert guests.

For more information on FRONTLINE: Digital Nation, Life on the Digital Frontier, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/.

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Educational Webinars: What you need to Know
Tuesday, December 8, 1:00pm EST.

Ken Molay, president of Webinar Success, takes you through the use of webinars for training and education. You will have a chance to learn whether web-based training is right for your needs, and how it can coexist with traditional in-room training techniques. Find out about features of web conferencing that support educational requirements and how you can take advantage of them to create innovative and effective online courses.

This seminar is appropriate for trainers, educators or sales enablement professionals. A live question and answer session will let you focus on the issues of most importance and benefit to your organization.

You will Learn

• Advantages and disadvantages of educational webinars versus local training
• Factors to consider when selecting technology
• How to benefit from unique features of web conferencing
• What types of training work best in webinars and what you should avoid
• Ways to interact with students in a remote environment

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The New Wave of eLearning Technologies
Thursday, December 10, 1:00pm EST.

eLearning has come a long way since the start of the internet age. The original 28.8K modem speeds only allowed for text and static clip art based e-learning which was not very engaging to the end user. Fast forward to today when people can watch full motion video content on handheld devices via 3G broadband mobile networks. This opens up the ability to deploy very engaging media for eLearning over a broad array of devices. It also allows for immersive "3D" websites such as Second Life where a person can transform into an on screen "avatar" and interact within a realistic online 3D environment in real time along with other "avatars" (people) from around the world. Many people are using videogames and related programs and becoming accustomed to very interactive and engaging screen content. eLearning developed today must meet those expectations. This session will cover the new delivery platforms and show examples of eLearning deployed on each.

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