U-TELL

[Note: This UTELL is not the same as my U-TELL. Can it be that we came up with the same acronym for two different purposes? :) It's a nice acronym, don't you think?]

Dear members of the Educational Technologists Forum,

We hope you are able to attend the Educational Technologists Forum (ETF), Thursday, December 11, 2008, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in room 402 Walter Library. We encourage you to come at 3:00 for snacks and conversation with your fellow educational technologists. This time, the topic will be the educational potential of the Wii, an innovative gaming platform with a wireless controller that can better track movements in three dimensions. We will describe a few examples and give the audience the chance to experience Wii games. If you've never raced cows, you won't want to miss this one. Presenters are Kurtis Scaletta from the Digital Media Center and Chris Scruton from the Vice Provost's office for Distributed Education & Instructional Technology.

This will be last in our series of ETF activities. As leaders of the ETF, our goal was to give educational technologists across the University the opportunity to network and share their work. We feel that the ETF met both those goals, and we enjoyed some very successful meetings, but have now decided to merge the forum with University Technology Enhanced Learning Leaders (UTELL). Many of you are also UTELL participants, and we feel that the ETF and UTELL have largely the same goals. UTELL meetings are designed to help keep you informed about the latest in academic technologies at the U as well as provide an opportunity for you to ask questions, but there is ample time for networking and for sharing your own successes, tips and tricks with colleagues from across the University.

The next UTELL meeting is Tuesday, January 13th at 11:30 a.m. in 402 Walter Library. If you would like to participate and are not currently on the email list, please contact kcragg@umn.edu to add your name to the list.

Although the ETF is now merged with UTELL, we will continue to explore ways to support educational technologists across the campus, and would like to continue creating opportunities for networking and professional development, so please feel free to contact us if you have other ideas on how we can do this.

Thank you for your interest and participation in the Educational Technologists Forum (ETF) over the past few years, and we hope to see you on December 11.

Sincerely,

Kurtis Scaletta
Co-Coordinator, Educational Technologists Forum/Digital Media Center, Office of Information Technology

David Ernst
Co-Coordinator, Educational Technologists Forum/College of Education and Human Development, Academic and Information Technology Services

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Language Center iTeach Workshop:

Cuaderno: Online Notebook and Writing Portfolio
Tuesday, November 18, 12:20-1:10 p.m.
Jones 35

Presenters: Frances Matos-Schultz, Pablo Viedma, and Jose Fernandez

The Spanish department has developed Cuaderno, a system for creating and managing web-based writing portfolios. Cuaderno is designed and programmed to be flexible and adaptable to different writing tasks and projects which both the instructor and learner are able to manipulate in a secure environment. Learners have access to multiple tools that enhance and facilitate their writing, such as multimedia, rubrics, tutorials and templates. The Cuaderno system is self-populating and scalable and requires minimal administrative intervention. Though initially developed for Spanish, the Cuaderno tools can accommodate different languages and levels. Come to this presentation to learn more about Cuaderno and how it might be useful in your language program!

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Please join us tomorrow for the second session of the 2008 Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Seminar Series. "iTunes U and Beyond: Perspectives of Faculty� will be moderated by Billie Wahlstrom, Distributed Education & Instructional Technology, SVPP and Ann Hill Duin, OIT. The session will take place in 101 Walter Library on November 4, 12:00-1:30 p.m. We invite you to attend and join in the discussions in person or online via UMConnect Meeting.

In preparation, check out http://dmc.umn.edu/spotlight/itunesu.shtml. Spotlight articles are published a few days before each seminar session. The page includes an overview of each topic with citations to related readings and information about relevant campus resources, plus instructions about how to participate via UMConnect Meeting. After each session, we will add on this page a link to the UMConnect recording of the event. The seminars also will be podcast after each event.

*iTunes U and Beyond: Perspectives of Faculty*

The TEL Seminar Series is sponsored by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and cosponsored by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost (SVPP) and the panelists’ units. All University faculty members, staff members, students, and members of the general public are invited to attend at no charge. For more information about the series, please see: http://dmc.umn.edu/spotlight/

Moderators: Billie Wahlstrom, Distributed Education & Instructional Technology, SVPP • Ann Hill Duin, OIT

Panelists: David Arendale, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning • Frank Barnwell, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior • Sehoya Cotner, Biology Program • John Finnegan, School of Public Health

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Language Center Presentation: (CARLA)

Wimba VoiceTools on Moodle
Friday, October 24
3:35 - 4:25 p.m.
Jones 30

Three of the Wimba Voice Tools are now available on the University Moodle course management system. They are Voice Board, Voice Presentation and Podcaster.

Contact Jian Wu at wuxxx015@umn.edu to RSVP

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Using VideoAnt for Feedback
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 12:20 - 1:10 p.m.
Jones 35

Instructors often provide written comments about student presentations. However, these comments can prove difficult for instructors to complete in class, and students may not understand what elements of their presentations are referenced in instructors’ comments. These problems are solved with VideoANT, an Internet-based tool which synchronizes instructors’ written annotations with students’ videotaped presentations. See a demonstration of this technology and learn about the opportunities and challenges it creates.

Presenters: David Atterberry currently teaches in the Minnesota English Language Program at the University of Minnesota, where he completed an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language in 2005.
Catherine Clements is a teaching assistant, Instructional Technology Fellow and MA-ESL graduate student at the University of Minnesota.

Cosponsored by the Language Center and the ESL Forum

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Please join us tomorrow as we commence the 2008 Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Seminar Series. The first session, “U of M Learning Spaces: Physical, Virtual, and Mobile,� will be moderated by Ann Hill Duin, OIT and Robert McMaster, Undergraduate Education, SVPP and will take place in 105 Cargill Building on October 15, 12:00-1:30 p.m. We invite you to attend and join in the discussions in person or online via UMConnect Meeting.

In preparation, check out http://dmc.umn.edu/spotlight. Spotlight articles are published a few days before each seminar session. The page will include an overview of each topic with citations to related readings and information about relevant campus resources, plus instructions about how to participate via UMConnect Meeting. After each session, we will add on this page a link to the UMConnect recording of the event. The seminars also will be podcast after each event.

The TEL Seminar Series is sponsored by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and cosponsored by the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost (SVPP) and the panelists’ units. All University faculty members, staff members, students, and members of the general public are invited to attend at no charge. For more information about the series, please see: http://dmc.umn.edu/issues.shtml

*U of M Learning Spaces: Physical, Virtual, and Mobile*

October 15, 2008, 12:00–1:30 p.m., 105 Cargill Building (St. Paul)

Experience the use of innovative, flexible, mobile learning devices designed for today’s students. Faculty, staff, and student panelists will demonstrate teaching and learning opportunities and the associated challenges as they implement innovative learning spaces and conduct new forms of scholarship.

Moderators: Ann Hill Duin, OIT • Robert McMaster, Undergraduate Education, SVPP

Panelists: Robin Wright, College of Biological Sciences • Aimee Whiteside, OIT • Earl Schleske, OIT• Steven Manson, Geography

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Advanced EndNote Q&A

Next Thursday (October 2 ) the Science and Engineering Library will be hosting an Advanced EndNote Workshop taught by a representative from EndNote. EndNote trainer Doug Nguyen will be in Walter Library, Room 310 from 12:30-1:30 providing answers to questions EndNote users may have about ways to maximize their use of the software.

This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge of EndNote from an expert on the topic. He'll start with a quick demonstration on how to set up the journals term lists so that EndNote can do full and abbreviated journal names and then he'll open it up to your questions.

Come and learn more about customizing citation styles, personalizing your database to best fit your needs, and troubleshooting any problems you may have run into using the software.

This class is free and open to the public. If you’re interested, space is limited. Register click:
http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration/

There is also a beginning EndNote workshop linked on this same page:

EndNote for Engineers and Physical Scientists

An introduction to using EndNote. Learn to import citations, customize your account, and format your bibliographies and in-text citations. We'll also discuss using EndNote in conjunction with EndNoteWeb, a web-based version of EndNote available for free to current University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff.

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SMART-WALTER GRAND OPENING SCHEDULED FOR 9/24

The grand opening of the SMART Learning Commons and Library Media Services in Walter Library will is scheduled for:

Wednesday September 24
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Walter Library Room 204, East Bank

Come tour our new space, learn about our integrated services, and enjoy refreshments and prizes.

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Conference September 18 and 19 in Walter Library.

This year’s conference will be an all-day forum featuring papers and posters on innovative research using the internet and other digital technologies. There will be four presentation/discussion groups (see 2008 schedule) grouped by research themes in the areas of virtual reality, social networking and learning technologies, followed with small group discussion to facilitate interactivity and networking among participants.

I will be presenting on a research project about Maximizing Social Presence in Online Learning in Friday's panel. They are still looking for posters for Thursday.

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Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Seminar Series:
Learning Outcomes. Assessment, and Technology

Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Walter Library, Room 402

Panelists: Ron Aminzade, Sociology, CLA, TC * Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, Writing Studies, CLA, TC * William Goodman, Family Social Science, CE+HD, TC * Kathleen Krichbaum, School of Nursing, AHC, TC* Kurtis Scaletta, DMC, OIT, TC

This seminar will be an opportunity to learn more about institutional learning outcomes, hear from faculty members involved in a pilot program to integrate these outcomes into their specific courses, and explore the role of technology in facilitating assessment and achievement of learning outcomes.

Sponsored by the Office of Information Technology, Academic & Distributed Computing Services, Digital Media Center, Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

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The next Educational Technologists Forum (ETF) session is scheduled for December 13, 2007 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in 402 Walter. We encourage you to come at 3:00 for snacks and conversation with your fellow educational technologists.

Our group session will feature a discussion about best practices in video for teaching and learning. Peter McCauley and Brad Hosack (CE+HD) and Paul Bernhardt (School of Public Health) will demonstrate some of the video projects they've developed in their colleges. Topics include using video to deliver compelling content, and the use of an annotation tool to make video more interactive.

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Learning Strategies in the Digital Age*

Wednesday, November 28, 12:20–1:10 p.m.

Location: Nolte 140, U of MN

The Digital Age has changed the way we learn foreign and second languages. This presentation offers examples of the general types of changes that are shaping new learning styles and strategies in "digital natives," those born after the Internet arrived. It also presents Dr. Oxford's research on learning strategies associated with six models of web-based L2 learning. Finally, it shares suggestions for making the most of web-based L2 learning.  

Presenter: Rebecca Oxford is a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor at the University of Maryland. Technology-enhanced language learning is among her major research areas, along with language learning strategies. She is the advisor to the Language Resource Center project on Grammar Strategies headed up by Andrew Cohen.

Co-sponsored by CARLA and the ESL Forum.

Powered by ScribeFire.

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The Office of Classroom Management has constructed two pilot project central classrooms that are designed as student-centered, integrated, flexible, active learning spaces. John Knowles of the Office of Classroom Management will give short tours of their new technology-rich "Active Learning Classrooms" on November 28 and November 29. The two central/general purpose classrooms are Electri­cal Engineering/Computer Science 2-260, which seats 45, on the East Bank and Biological Sciences Center 64, which seats 117, on the St Paul campus.

Electri­cal Engineering/Computer Science 2-260

- Wednesday, November 28, 10:00 - 11:00

Biological Sciences Center 64

- Thursday, November 29, 10:00 - 11:00

For more information on the Active Learning Classrooms:

This is an opportunity to see the future of university classrooms! Join us at one or both events. Please reply to Kellie Greaves at kellie@umn.edu if you are able to join us.

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Innovations in Educational Technology
BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES

Presents the WORLD PREMIERE of VideoANT
Video Annotation Program & Online Student Speech - Peer Review

This new web program developed by CEHD's Academic Technologies allows students & instructors to add text-based comments during a streaming video! The applications of this technology in education are limitless! Meet the developers & speak with the first instructor to ever use VideoANT in the classroom.

Nov 30 @ 12:15-1:30p.m., Appleby Hall, Room 201

Everyone is welcome! Bring your lunch! Dessert will be served (ants not included).

Presenters: Brad Hosack, Flash Media Developer, Academic Technologies, CEHD
Jill Trites, Senior Teaching Specialist, Dept of PsTL
David Ernst, Director, Academic Technologies, CEHD
Moderator: Caroline Hilk, Instructional Technology Fellow, Dept of PsTL

Sponsored by CEHD Academic Technologies & the IT Fellows program

If you have questions or would like additional information please contact Caroline Hilk by email at hilkx006@umn.edu.

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Tuesday, November 13th, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
402 Walter Library, UMN-East Bank

There is a powerful connection between play, learning, and comprehension. In the course of this CRDEUL forum, Brock Dubbels will make a case for the creation of learning environments that structure play and what cognitive and behavioral processes can be observed and designed into instruction to develop complex problem solving, adaptive comprehension, and how to teach for reflection and transfer through connecting games and play to more traditional notions of education, learning, and problem solving, thus making learning in school more productive and enjoyable.

Play and Interaction are the focus of video games, and games can be used as models for designing classroom instruction. In addition to this, games can be objects for study in the classroom, as tools to make film (often called machinima), to make new games, to conduct experimentation and test hypotheses, and for new communication tools and potential new markets for new products. Along with these elements for activities for classroom instruction, Mr. Dubbels will explain the practice of teaching for transfer.

Presenter: Brock Dubbels is a teacher in the Minneapolis Public Schools.

No RSVP is required to attend this event.

For further information, please contact Bob Copeland, 612-625-6411, copeland@umn.edu, or visit our website, www.cehd.umn.edu/crdeul/.

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The next session of the Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Seminar Series will be held November 7. We invite you to attend and join in the discussions in person or online via UMConnect Meeting. The schedule is below.

In preparation, check out http://dmc.umn.edu/issues.shtml. It will include links to an overview of the topic with citations to related readings and information about relevant campus resources, plus instructions about how to participate via UMConnect Meeting. After each session, we will add on this page a link to the UMConnect recording of the event. The seminars also will be podcast after each event.

The TEL Seminar Series is sponsored by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) and organized by Academic and Distributed Computing Services (ADCS) and the Digital Media Center (DMC). Sessions are cosponsored by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost (SVPP) and collegiate units. All University faculty members, staff members, students, and members of the general public are invited to attend at no charge.

THE U OF M LEARNING TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM: INTEGRATING ONLINE TOOLS TO SUPPORT HYBRID EDUCATION
Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
155 Peters Hall, St. Paul

The University of Minnesota is developing an integrated "learning technology platform" to provide personalized access to a suite of online teaching and learning tools. Panelists will discuss how this new approach better supports academic collaboration, research, instructional content development, and learner assessment.

Moderator: Billie Wahlstrom, Distributed Education & Instructional Technology, SVPP, TC
Panelists: Janet Shanedling, Education, AHC, TC * Shane Nackerud, University Libraries, TC * Heather Aagesen-Huebner, Distributed Education & Instructional Technology, SVPP, TC * John Butler, University Libraries, TC * Tayne DeNeui, Epidemiology & Community Health, SPH, AHC, TC * Vicki Field, Graduate School, TC

I'll be there ... it will be interesting to see what is up-and-coming and to brainstorm how it might help in my current position.

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New Media Research Breakfast
Thursday November 1, 8:30 - 9:30 AM
Murphy Hall, Room 100
Please rsvp to 612-625-0576 or klose004@umn.edu

The Unique Social Role of Online Discussion Amplifiers

By: Itai Himelboim, PhD candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Learn about the unique social role of "Discussion Amplifiers" in online political discussions. These local leaders - "amplifiers" - attract an unusually high reply volume. They act as bridges between the vast and dispersed content on the Internet and their own social networks by importing information for discussion from other online sources. This work was conducted while on an internship at Microsoft Research?s Community and Technology Team.

A series of monthly breakfast meetings featuring new research and survey results conducted by UM graduate students, faculty and the Twin Cities new media community.

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