Submitted by Mike Roy
NITLE now conveniently posts their monthly updates on the web (albeit as a .pdf). You can find this month’s installment, including a link to a session I’ll be facilitating (with Bob Keift from Occidental) at the NITLE Summite, at http://tinyurl.com/NITLE-Liaisons-Update-Feb2609.
— mike
This update describes NITLE events and other opportunities now available to participating institutions and their faculties and staffs, including five targeted programming packages to help campuses advance specific institutional goals as well as several newly scheduled conferences, online series, and workshops. Deadlines for involvement in the opportunities listed in today’s update range from January 23 – July 31, 2009.
Table of Contents
== Participating in the NITLE Network ==
1. Targeted Programming for Campuses
2. Just-in-Time Program Units: Price Lowered
== Professional Development Events ==
1. Major conferences, fall 2009
2. Information Services Camp: four additional workshops available
3. Special Topics: online event series
4. New Workshop-To-Go Topic: Grassroots Video
5. Three new Workshops To Go scheduled
== Community-based Collaboration ==
1. Building Stronger Collaborative Relationships Across NITLE Institutions: An IT and Library Staff Collaboration Retreat
== News and Announcements ==
1. New Network participant
2. New market posted in the NITLE Prediction Markets
== Publications of Interest ==
1. Prediction Markets for Emerging Technology – An Interview with NITLE’s Bryan Alexander
== Deadlines ==
1. Events
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== Participating in the NITLE Network ==
If you have any questions about participating in the NITLE Network, please contact us at any time by sending a note to participate@nitle.org.
1. Targeted Programming for Campuses
In the current economic climate, colleges and universities are pushing themselves to do more with less and to use their resources more strategically than ever to advance their missions. By focusing on specific institutional goals, your campus can leverage its participation with NITLE to make gains in efficiency, promote the effective use of digital technology on campus, and create opportunities for networking, collaboration, and cost-sharing. To take advantage of these targeted programming packages, please send an e-mail message with the name of the package to participate@nitle.org.
* Leverage the NITLE Network: Connect your campus with others in the Network for collaboration and shared problem-solving (9 program units/10 program-unit value)
* Advance Your Institution (Instructional Technology Solutions): Build the expertise, effectiveness, and capacity of your instructional technology unit (13 program units/15 program-unit value)
* Advance Your Institution (Information Services Solutions): Keep pace with evolving user needs and expectations while containing costs (13 program units/15 program-unit value)
* Develop Your Mission Sustainably: Support campus innovators or promote specific initiatives with less impact on your institution’s budget and the environment (two options at 13 or 25 program units/15 or 28 program-unit value)
* Promote Digital Teaching across Campus: Invest in pedagogical innovation that uses digital technology to engage current and prospective students and helps them learn (two options at 54 or 58 program units/61 or 65 program-unit value)
Find out more at http://www.nitle.org/www/site/advancing_institutional_goals.
2. Just-in-Time Program Units: Price Lowered
In response to the current economic situation, NITLE has reduced the price of program units purchased “just in time” to $100 per program unit from the previous $125 price.
Guidelines on purchasing and using program units to access NITLE events are available at http://www.nitle.org/www/site/purchasing_program_units. Questions about program units may be sent to participate@nitle.org.
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== Professional Development Events ==
A full list of NITLE events lives at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Register participants online from the event web page, or send an e-mail to participate@nitle.org with the event title and registrant’s name, job title, and e-mail address.
1. Major conferences, fall 2009
* Virtual Conference for Instructional Technologists
In a rapidly changing technological environment with a dizzying array of available solutions, instructional technologists who are connected to a strong professional network that understands their particular challenges are better placed to support faculty and drive pedagogical innovation forward. This virtual conference for those who provide direct support and assistance to faculty members offers these “front-line” staff members an opportunity to connect with peers, develop approaches to shared problems, and cultivate robust and supportive professional relationships.
Date: August 19, 2009, 11:30 AM – 6:00 PM Eastern. Location: Delivered online, primarily via multipoint interactive videoconferencing (MIV). Registration Deadline: Friday, July 17, 2009. Price: 3 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/923-instructional-technologists-a-virtual-conference.
* Geospatial Technologies in the Liberal Arts
In the spirit of doing more with less, geospatial practitioners in the NITLE Network have expressed strong interest in a professional forum for mutual assistance, training, and communication. This event will provide participants an opportunity to find out about the variety of practices for GIS support and administration that are being developed and followed by colleagues at peer institutions. Participants will share best practices for GIS administration and use, consider the complementary role of modern web-mapping applications and server-based technologies for map and data delivery, and contribute to the development of an on-going community of support for geospatial technologies within the NITLE Network.
Dates: September 25 – 27, 2009. Location: Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY). Registration Deadline: Friday, July 31, 2009. Price: 7 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/920-geospatial-technologies-in-the-liberal-arts.
* A fall 2009 conference on teaching and learning centers will be announced in February. Please stay tuned!
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2. Information Services Camp: four additional workshops available
NITLE thanks these NITLE Technology Fellows for their help in planning the Information Services Camp: James Gehrt (Mount Holyoke College), Eric Luhrs (Lafayette College), Jin Guo (Washington College), Mary Glackin (Mount Holyoke College), and Bob Puffer (Luther College). To see the bios for each contributing Technology Fellow, please visit or subscribe to the Camp blog at http://campnis.blog.nitle.org/. The Information Services Camp blog provides a one-stop shop for all Camp-related information, including updates on surveys, calls for proposals, and other pertinent program information. New workshops include:
* Leveraging Multimedia Production Resources for Maximum Result
When it comes to managing and delivering multimedia production services and/or support, frugal creativity is the order of the day. This half-day workshop will explore newer methods, tools, and best practices for creating or revitalizing an environment for multimedia development and support, emphasizing quicker, easier software solutions, maximizing physical resource return, and exploring student staffing philosophies.
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 (half-day morning session). Location: Smith College (Northampton, MA). Registration Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2009. Price: 2 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/922-information-services-camp.
* Project and Change Management for Information Services
Technology operations on campuses are growing: more servers, more services, more inter-dependence of technologies. But in the current economic environment campuses must focus on how to do more with what they have. Participants in this workshop will be introduced to the fundamental elements of project management and how they relate to resource-scheduling and planning so that they can manage campus projects effectively and efficiently.
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 (full-day session). Location: Smith College (Northampton, MA). Registration Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2009. Price: 4 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/932-information-services-camp-3.
* Delivering Online Services to Mobile Devices
As devices like the iPhone, Blackberry, and handsets based on Android grow in sophistication and market share, providers’ assumptions about how users will access online services need to change. At the same time, institutions must make careful choices about where, when, and how to focus their efforts to deliver applications to mobile devices. This workshop will provide a context for making wise choices about mobile computing projects, and will equip participants to educate their local campus on the uses, potential, and context of these rapidly maturing technologies.
* Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 (full-day session). Location: Smith College (Northampton, MA). Registration Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2009. Price: 4 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/931-information-services-camp-2.
* Metadata for Digital Collections
Institutions are increasingly creating, archiving, and publishing digital documents and information. Understanding the standards and best practices for digital-collections metadata is critical to developing systems and processes for managing these growing archives. This hands-on workshop will provide participants from both library and information technology backgrounds with an understanding of metadata for digital collections, including skills for creating descriptive metadata, information for mapping metadata and for metadata transformation, and skills used to manage metadata in digital collections.
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009 (half-day morning session). Location: Smith College (Northampton, MA). Registration Deadline: Monday, April 13, 2009. Price: 2 program units. Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/936-information-services-camp-4.
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3. Special Topics: online event series
With NITLE’s Special Topics program series, participants can connect and learn with colleagues across the Network directly from their campus offices and engage around specific areas of shared interest. These events are delivered online via multipoint interactive videoconferencing (MIV). An overview of available series live at http://www.nitle.org/www/site/special_topics_series_overview. Series that are new or have new instances as of this update include:
* Special Topics in Information Services
This series helps information services leaders and staff members make wise investments in enterprise systems and projects. These sessions for spring 2009 will focus on email and calendaring and on digital repositories. If you have questions about the series, or if you would like to propose topics for future instances, please contact Eric Jansson at eric.jansson@nitle.org.
— Google Apps for Education. Friday, February 20 & 27, 2009.
2 program units. Event takes place over two sessions.
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 6.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/911-special-topics-in-information-services
— Digital Repository Strategy. Thursday, March 26, and April 2 & 9, 2009.
3 program units. Event takes place over three sessions.
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 13.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/914-special-topics-in-information-services-4
— Manakin, The DSpace Interface Toolkit. Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/913-special-topics-in-information-services-3
* Special Topics: Update on Emerging Technologies
Three opportunities to consider the latest developments in the digital world and their impact on liberal education. Bryan Alexander, NITLE Director of Research, will provide an environmental scan of the past month, sketching out developments from across the digital world, and present use cases and applicable examples. Resources will be shared, and discussion interwoven throughout the session. If you have questions about this series or would like to contribute your observations about developments in the environment, please contact Nancy Millichap at nancy.millichap@nitle.org.
— Wednesday, March 4, 2009. 1 program unit.
Registration Deadline: Friday, February 20, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/937-special-topics-update-on-emerging-technologies
— Wednesday, April 8, 2009. 1 program unit.
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/938-special-topics-update-on-emerging-technologies-2
— Wednesday, May 6, 2009. 1 program unit.
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 24, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/939-special-topics-update-on-emerging-technologies-3
* Special Topics in Spatial Analysis and Mapping
In response to participant interest, this series has been extended through April 2009, with instances scheduled monthly. If you have questions about this series or would like to propose a GIS-related topic for presentation, please contact Sean Connin at sean.connin@nitle.org.
— Creating Cartograms: Making Geographic Areas Speak Volumes. Thursday, February 26, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, February 13, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/917-creating-cartograms-making-geographic-areas-speak-volumes
— Visualizing the Solid Earth Using Virtual Globes Such As Google Earth. Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/918-visualizing-the-solid-earth-using-virtual-globes-such-as-google-earth
— Creating a Digital Footprint In Google Earth: The “AUGE” Experience. Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/919-creating-a-digital-footprint-in-google-earth-the-auge-experience
* Special Topics for Instructional Technologists and Their Colleagues
In March, this continuing series will feature Janet Simons, Instructional Technologist, Hamilton College, and Tamra Hjermstad, Instructional Technology Consultant, Mt. Holyoke College, who will lead a discussion about the ways in which they are working with faculty members to help them integrate digital video in the curriculum. Those who wish to propose topics for this series should contact Nancy Millichap at nancy.millichap@nitle.org.
— Digital Video in the Curriculum. Friday March 6, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, February 20, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/853-special-topics-for-instructional-technologists-8
* Special Topics: Teaching Tools for the Global Age
In addition to the two listed below, six more events in this series are under development and will take place from May – November 2009. Events will address a critical challenge for higher education: to graduate students able to cope in a world that is at once increasingly globalized and increasingly fragmented. If you have questions about this series or would like to propose a topic for presentation, please contact Michael Toler at michael.toler@nitle.org.
— Technology and Less-Commonly Taught Languages. Thursday, March 19, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/926-special-topics-teaching-tools-for-the-global-age
— Virtual Voyages: Using Technology to Convey a Sense of Place. Thursday, April 9, 2009.
1 program unit. Registration Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2009.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/927-special-topics-teaching-tools-for-the-global-age-2
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4. New Workshop-To-Go Topic: Grassroots Video
Between YouTube and cell phone cameras, digital video has gone through a populist revolution. It’s now easier to make, share, and remix videos on a shoestring budget, and campuses are finding many uses for digital video, such as ethnographic research, student-generated video projects, campus tours, and research presentations. This hands-on workshop will examine the entire process of video production from shooting to sharing. Participants will learn about the array of inexpensive video devices for video capture, editing, publication, and sharing. Participants will leave with the ability to create, edit, and post their own video. Full description: http://www.nitle.org/www/wtgs/48-grassroots-video.
To request a Workshop To Go, please consult our Workshop To Go catalog (http://www.nitle.org/www/wtgs), and our guidelines for hosting Workshops To Go (http://www.nitle.org/www/site/hosting_workshops_to_go), which include details on hosting options and associated fees. (Note that eight workshop topics are available for online delivery: see http://www.nitle.org/www/site/hosting_workshops_to_go#pilot.)
Questions? Please contact Rebecca Davis at rebecca.davis@nitle.org, who will be happy to discuss your options with you and help you select the workshops and hosting options most appropriate to your institution’s needs.
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5. Three new Workshops To Go scheduled
* Teaching with Learning Management Systems: Moodle. For faculty members and instructional technologists from Birmingham-Southern College and other participating institutions who are interested in developing learning-centered strategies–anchored in and integrated with their own pedagogical practices–for using the Moodle learning management system.
— February 20, March 4, March 20, 2009. Event takes place over three hour-long, online sessions.
Host Institution: Birmingham-Southern College (Birmingham, AL)
Location: NITLE MIV Auditorium
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2009. 3 program units.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/925-teaching-with-learning-management-systems-moodle
* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Millsaps College and other participating institutions who are interested in learning how to find digital images in Flickr and other collections and in considering copyright issues associated with reusing such images.
— Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Host Institution/Location: Millsaps College (Jackson, MS)
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009. 4 program units.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/921-visual-literacy-6
* Multimedia Narrative: Communicating with Stories. For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Lewis and Clark College who are interested in effective writing for multimedia, video-based narratives.
— Monday, May 18 – Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Host Institution/Location: Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
Participation reserved for members of the Lewis and Clark community.
Webpage: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/924-multimedia-narrative-7
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== Community-based Collaboration ==
1. Building Stronger Collaborative Relationships Across NITLE Institutions: An IT and Library Staff Collaboration Retreat
This retreat will take place April 24 – 26, 2009 (5:00 p.m., Friday – 12:00 p.m., Sunday). Location: Centre College (Danville, KY).
For Instructional Technologists, HelpDesk Support Personnel, Network and Security Staff, and Librarians who support the academic and technology environment for faculty interested in participating in NITLE programs and projects. Participants will meet their counterparts at other liberal arts institutions, share best practices in setting up and supporting technology, and learn more about NITLE initiatives and how each campus team can better plan for and support faculty interested in participating in NITLE programming. Sessions will be led by peers at fellow institutions with an emphasis on hands-on, practical advice about project design and implementation with limited resources. The retreat will have four tracks of peer-led sessions (instructional, helpdesk, network, and library) but will also provide campus teams opportunities to plan projects together. Detailed agenda to be available in March online at http://nitle.centre.edu but will include sessions on collaborative communication tools, copyright, network storage and virtualization, helpdesk assessment and metrics, software deployment, digital asset management, digital repositories, and classroom/lab/space design.
Guidelines for Participation: Travel, lodging, food, and program expenses are covered by NITLE’s Southern Advisory Council Instructional Innovation Fund supporting this retreat. To sign up for the retreat, please fill out the form at http://nitle.centre.edu. Preference will be given to NITLE participating institutions in the Southern Region with remaining spots filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please indicate on the form if you are interested in sharing at or willing to lead any of the sessions.
Retreat Coordinator’s Contact Information: Keeta Martin Holmes, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Centre College, 600 W Walnut St, Danville, KY 40422; keeta.martin@centre.edu; 859-238-6294
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== News and Announcements ==
1. New Network participant
Please join NITLE in welcoming Converse College (Spartanburg, SC | http://www.converse.edu/) to the NITLE Network. To see a complete list of institutions currently participating with NITLE, please visit http://www.nitle.org/www/institutions. If you have questions about participation in the NITLE Network, please send a note to participate@nitle.org.
2. New market posted in the NITLE Prediction Markets
“Google will close one more service by 1 April 2009.” Trading on this market is open. To have your say, sign up to trade at http://markets.nitle.org.
The NITLE Prediction Markets (in beta) provide a collaborative, distributed, game-like tool for exploring and reflecting on emerging technologies for higher education. Questions? Please contact Grace Pang at grace.pang@nitle.org.
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== Publications of Interest ==
1. Prediction Markets for Emerging Technology – An Interview with NITLE’s Bryan Alexander
Gerry Bayne, Host of EDUCAUSE Now, interviewed NITLE’s Bryan Alexander about the NITLE Prediction Markets at 2008 Fall Task Force Meeting of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Listen to the podcast here: http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/cnipodcastpredictionmarke/47954.
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== Deadlines ==
1. Events
This list represents professional development events with registration deadlines within approximately four weeks. A full list of events (sortable by registration deadline) is available at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Online registration is available, or contact participate@nitle.org.
* Grassroots Video. Deadline past: limited seats may be available. Program Date & Time: January 28, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/855-special-topics-in-digital-teaching-7.
* Language and Culture: Finding, Assessing, and Exploiting Online and Media Resources for Language Teaching. Registration deadline: January 23, 2009. Program Dates: March 13 – 15, 2009 (6:00 PM, Friday – 12:00 PM, Sunday, Central). Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 7 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/827-language-and-culture.
* Tablet PCs In and Outside the Classroom: What Difference Do They Make? Registration deadline: January 23, 2009. Program Date & Time: February 6, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/852-special-topics-for-instructional-technologists-7.
* Web-Mapping. Registration deadline: January 30, 2009. Program Date: March 3, 2009, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Eastern. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH. 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/909-web-mapping-7.
* Instructional Technology Leaders Conference. Registration deadline: January 30, 2009. Program Date: March 27 – 29, 2009 (5:00 PM, Friday – 12:00 PM, Sunday, Eastern). Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA. 7 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/826-instructional-technology-leaders-conference-3.
* NITLE Summit. Registration deadline: January 30, 2009. Program Date: March 29 – 30, 2009 (2:00 PM, Sunday – 5:00 PM, Monday, Eastern). Philadelphia, PA. 5 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/871-nitle-summit-2.
* Call for Proposals, Mapping for Sustainability (April 23 – 25, 2009, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA). Proposal submission deadline: January 30, 2009. Call for proposals: http://tinyurl.com/map-for-sustain-cfp. Submit proposals electronically: http://tinyurl.com/MapSustainCFP. Conference registration deadline: February 27, 2009. Event web page: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/824. Contact: Sean Connin, sean.connin@nitle.org.
* Special Topics in Digital Teaching. Registration deadline: February 13, 2009. Program Date & Time: February 25, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/856-special-topics-in-digital-teaching-8.
* Digital Video in the Curriculum. Registration deadline: February 20, 2009. Program Date & Time: March 6, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/853-special-topics-for-instructional-technologists-8
Submitted with permission by Alex Wirth-Cauchon, Participant Relations, NITLE
This update describes NITLE events, services, and other opportunities now available to participating institutions and their faculties and staffs, including peer communities that support inter-institutional exchange and collaboration and three newly scheduled workshops. Orientation sessions for liaisons who wish to familiarize themselves with NITLE’s new online environment are also available. Deadlines for involvement in the opportunities listed in today’s update range from November 7 – January 30, 2008.
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== Participating in the NITLE Network ==
1. Liaisons’ Orientation Sessions: www.nitle.org, http://my.nitle.org
2. NITLE Peer Communities
3. Social Networking Survey
== Professional Development Events ==
1. Information Services Camp: interest surveys for CIO’s, information services staff
2. Call for Campus Input: spring 2009 conferences, calls for proposals
3. Teaching with Virtual Worlds: featured presenters
4. Three new Workshops To Go scheduled
5. Purchasing program units
== Information Services ==
1. Multipoint Interactive Videoconferencing (MIV) Services
2. DSpace Services
3. Sakai Services
4. Moodle Services
== News and Announcements ==
1. New NITLE Network participants
2. New market posted in the NITLE Prediction Markets
3. Call for Applications: Learning Spaces and Technology Workshop
== Publications of Interest ==
1. The Tower and the Cloud, ed. Richard Katz
== Deadlines ==
1. Events
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Thanks to all who attended NITLE’s reception at EDUCAUSE, and everyone who shared their ideas, questions, and other thoughts with NITLE staff members at the conference. Your feedback is valued and appreciated. Hope you had a great conference!
== Participating in the NITLE Network ==
If you have any questions about participating in the NITLE Network, registering for events, purchasing program units, or subscribing to our information services, please feel free to contact us at any time by sending a note to participate@nitle.org.
1. Liaisons’ Orientation Sessions: www.nitle.org, http://my.nitle.org
NITLE announces online orientation (delivered via MIV) for liaisons interested in getting familiar with the new www.nitle.org and http://my.nitle.org sites. The orientation will demonstrate the new sites for you and allow you to ask questions and offer feedback. Session participants will learn what is available, how to log in, how to register individuals for events and purchase program units and information services, and how to run reports.
Four orientation sessions–each covering the same material–are currently open for registration.
* Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 p.m. Eastern
* Thursday, November 13, 3:00 p.m. Eastern
* Tuesday, November 18, 12:00 p.m. Eastern
* Thursday, November 20, 3:00 p.m. Eastern
To register, please send an email to participate@nitle.org. Registration will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional sessions will be scheduled to meet demand. These sessions are included with Network participation.
2. NITLE Peer Communities
Faculty and staff at participating institutions can use NITLE to interact with peers who share their interests. NITLE offers the following inter-institutional peer communities to promote exchange and collaboration across the Network. Descriptions of each community and an online subscription form are available at http://www.nitle.org/www/site/peer_communities.
* Al Musharaka Discussion
* Arabic Teaching Discussion
* Chinese Community Discussion
* Core Services Discussion
* DSpace Repository Discussion
* Information Services Leaders Discussion
* Instructional Technologists Discussion
* Language Technology Discussion
* The Moodle Exchange
* The MIV Community
* NITLE Advising
* Sakai Discussion
* Spatial Analysis and Mapping Discussion
* Study Abroad Discussion
* Sunoikisis (Classicists) Discussion
3. Social Networking Survey
If you and your colleagues have not already done so, NITLE invites you to share your experiences with using social software and Web 2.0 tools by completing the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cWAlzEZpcYhU20pNjtXC7g_3d_3d by Friday, November 7. Responses will be collated and shared with the community, providing big-picture context within which local activity can be better understood. The survey takes approximately 10 – 15 minutes to complete.
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== Professional Development Events ==
For a complete list of upcoming events, please visit http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Online registration is available, or you can register participants for NITLE events by e-mailing participate@nitle.org with the event title and registrant’s name, job title, and e-mail address.
1. Information Services Camp: interest surveys for CIO’s, information services staff
NITLE again invites CIOs and their information services staff members to express their interests and provide input into the development of NITLE’s Information Services Camp (June 1 – 4, 2009, Smith College), an intensive learning, networking, and professional development opportunity designed for front-line information services staff. Four interest surveys are now available to those interested in helping to shape the agenda for these events.
* Moodle Camp Interest Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=C_2fdNwMgaOQgzCuUP7dXzTw_3d_3d
* Sakai Camp Interest Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Vgzg1A8gzjzSd3MN85AjqQ_3d_3d
* Digital Repositories and DSpace Camp Interest Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UEyxOeQSDgHgxuQ7nmHeaw_3d_3d
* Information Services Camp Workshops Interest Survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oOtzpwRYlfYJA7QqGKZTxw_3d_3d
Your and your colleagues’ responses by Friday, November 7, 2008, are appreciated. Responses to these surveys will be reviewed by NITLE and its Technology Fellows and will inform the development of formal calls for proposals for the Moodle, Sakai, and Digital Repositories and DSpace Camps as well as the shape and focus of the Camp workshops. To follow the on-going development of NITLE Information Services Camp, please visit http://campnis.blog.nitle.org/. Questions about these events may be directed to Eric Jansson at eric.jansson@nitle.org.
2. Call for Campus Input: spring 2009 conferences, calls for proposals
NITLE also invites input into the development of the calls for proposals for the following events. Thoughts on themes to be addressed, specific topics to be included, suitable session formats, or other features of the conferences’ agenda are welcome and will benefit participants in these events. Please contact the staff lead for the particular event, indicated below, by Wednesday, November 12.
* Language and Culture: Finding, Assessing, and Exploiting Online and Media Resources for Language Teaching. Program Date: March 13 – 15, 2009. Location: Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/827. Contact: Michael Toler (michael.toler@nitle.org).
* From Property to Privacy: The Ethics of Information. Program Date: March 22 – 24, 2009. Location: DePauw University, Greencastle, IN. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/825. Contact: Nancy Millichap (nancy.millichap@nitle.org).
* Instructional Technology Leaders Conference. Program Date: March 27 – 29, 2009. Location: Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/826. Contact Nancy Millichap (nancy.millichap@nitle.org).
* The NITLE Summit. Program Date: March 29 – 30, 2009. Location: DoubleTree Hotel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/871. Contact Alex Wirth-Cauchon (alex.wirth-cauchon@nitle.org).
* Mapping for Sustainability. Program Date: April 23 – 25, 2009. Location: University of Redlands, Redlands, CA. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/824. Contact Sean Connin (sean.connin@nitle.org).
The call for proposals for “Encouraging Student Scholarship: Learning to Write in the Digital Age” (Wheaton College, January 16 – 18, 2009) is currently open. Proposals may be submitted online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UjyVMuQUQw16fIV_2bygqNBw_3d_3d, and are due by Friday, November 7, 2008. Contact Rebecca Davis (rebecca.davis@nitle.org) or visit http://www.nitle.org/www/events/823.
3. Teaching with Virtual Worlds: featured presenters
* An instance of the “Special Topics in Digital Teaching” series. Featured presenters: Anne Hewitt (Director, Seton Center for Community Health, and Associate Professor, Graduate Department of Public and Healthcare Administration, Seton Hall University) and Carl Rosenfield (Instructional Technology Support Specialist, Information Technology Services, Hamilton College). Discuss virtual worlds with the presenters, who have used them in a variety of ways to achieve pedagogical goals. Program Date & Time: December 10, 2008, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Registration deadline: Friday, November 21, 2008. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/854.
4. Three new Workshops To Go scheduled
* Social Software for Education: Collaborative Learning and Research Practices. Program Date: January 14, 2009. Registration deadline: Friday, December 12, 2008. Location: Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA). 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/906-social-software-for-education-2.
* Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus. Program Date: January 16, 2009. Registration deadline: Friday, December 12, 2008. Location: Colby College (Waterville, ME). 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/908-emerging-technologies-and-the-liberal-arts-campus-19.
* Web-Mapping. Program Date: March 3, 2009. Registration deadline: Friday, January 30, 2009. Location: Kenyon College (Gambier, OH). 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/909-web-mapping-7.
To request a Workshop To Go, please consult our Workshop To Go catalog (http://www.nitle.org/www/wtgs), and our guidelines for hosting Workshops To Go (http://www.nitle.org/www/site/hosting_workshops_to_go), which include details on hosting options and associated fees. If you have questions about hosting Workshops To Go, please contact Rebecca Davis (rebecca.davis@nitle.org). Rebecca will be happy to discuss your options with you and help you select the workshops and hosting options most appropriate to your institution’s needs.
5. Purchasing program units
If your institution is interested in purchasing program units to access NITLE professional development events, please note that guidelines on purchasing and using program units are available at http://www.nitle.org/www/site/purchasing_program_units. Liaisons may now purchase program units online at https://my.nitle.org, or by sending a purchase request to participate@nitle.org. If purchasing program units via e-mail, please designate the billing contact to whom NITLE should send an invoice. Questions about purchasing program units may also be directed to participate@nitle.org.
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== Information services ==
1. Multipoint Interactive Videoconferencing (MIV) Services: Enhanced and Auditorium
Institutions can use NITLE MIV Services to provide faculty and staff with a web-based environment that allows them to see, talk to, and work with colleagues and students on campus or off. Using MIV, individuals connect with each other directly from their computer desktops, using web-based video and audio, a shared whiteboard, chat, and application-sharing to communicate, interact, and collaborate across distance. Enhanced MIV Service allows institutions to purchase more seats and/or reconfigure their room set-up (e.g., adding an additional room). Institutions can also purchase access to the MIV Auditorium, reserving time in the auditorium on a per week per semester basis. See http://www.nitle.org/www/service_groups/2.
Questions? Please contact Karen Lee Davis at karen.davis@nitle.org. Note: MIV Basic Service (10 seats in a virtual room) is automatically included with your institution’s participation in the NITLE Network.
2. DSpace Services: Standard and Customized
Our DSpace Services allow smaller colleges and universities to start and grow their digital repositories with a minimal level of investment, with no hardware to purchase and very little application support expertise to develop. Campuses focus on the work of building digital repositories within the context of a community of campuses sharing ideas and best practices. See http://www.nitle.org/www/service_groups/3.
Questions? Please contact Christina Richison at christina.richison@nitle.org.
3. Sakai Services: Standard and Customized
Sakai is a learner-centered, open-source course management system that offers faculty and students a rich, user-friendly interface, online help, and a wide variety of interactive tools to support teaching, learning, and collaboration. Sakai also includes the Open Source Portfolio, a set of tools that enables campuses and individuals to assemble and publish online e-portfolios of their work. See http://www.nitle.org/www/service_groups/1.
Questions? Please contact Karen Lee Davis at karen.davis@nitle.org. Note: Sakai Basic Service (10 courses/100 users) is included with your institution’s participation in the NITLE Network. To request set-up, please contact Karen Davis.
4. Moodle Services: Campus and Premium
Our managed Moodle services–designed for smaller colleges and universities and the non-profit organizations that serve them–are available at a range of levels appropriate to the needs of NITLE participating institutions. Campuses can use our services to test-drive Moodle, provide integrated support for campus courses, or foster inter-institutional collaboration with off-campus partners. See http://www.nitle.org/www/service_groups/4.
Questions? Please contact Karen Lee Davis at karen.davis@nitle.org. Note: Moodle Basic Service (10 courses/100 users) is included with your institution’s participation in the NITLE Network. To request set-up, please contact Karen Davis.
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== News and Announcements ==
1. New NITLE Network participants
NITLE is pleased to announce that the following institutions have signed on to participate in the NITLE Network for 2008 – 2009. If your institution has questions about participation in the NITLE Network, please contact us at participate@nitle.org. Thanks and welcome to:
* Butler University
* Drake University
* Millersville University
* Northwestern Michigan College
To see a complete list of institutions currently participating with NITLE, please visit http://www.nitle.org/www/institutions.
2. New market posted in the NITLE Prediction Markets
“Will at least 1/2 of college campuses have at least one (1) gaming project in the works by December 1, 2008?” Trading on this market is open. Those interested in having their say can sign up to trade at http://markets.nitle.org.
The NITLE Prediction Markets (in beta) provide a collaborative, distributed, game-like tool for exploring and reflecting on emerging technologies for higher education. In the last month, the number of individuals trading and discussing ideas in the market has increased from 100 to 150. Two markets posted have seen more than 100 trades.
Questions? Please contact Grace Pang at grace.pang@nitle.org.
3. Call for Applications: Learning Spaces and Technology Workshop
NITLE participating institutions are invited to respond to a call for applications for a Learning Spaces and Technology Workshop to help colleges and universities plan effective academic facilities. This workshop, the fourth organized by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and NITLE in collaboration with Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), will be held March 6-8, 2009 at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.
All NITLE participating institutions are eligible to apply. Fifteen institutions will be invited to participate in the workshop. For those institutions accepted for participation, there is no registration fee and teams will receive a stipend of up to $1,000 to offset travel and lodging costs. The program is made possible by the generous financial support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The workshop is designed to serve both those institutions that are planning to construct new facilities and those that are intending to renovate existing buildings–seeking in both instances to enable faculty members and students to use technology more effectively and creatively in the service of learning. A learning space could be, for example, a library, computing center, classroom, or a computing or multi-media lab usually associated with libraries and computing centers. Because the workshop will outline an approach to careful planning, institutions just beginning the process are especially encouraged to apply to participate. Teams at institutions that are further along in the planning process are also welcome.
An institutional team may have three to five members and must include a vice president of the institution who has budget authority. Institutions are asked to assemble a team representing the particular areas of responsibility and expertise that will be engaged in planning and using the learning space. For example, if the focus is the library, the library director should be part of the team. Faculty members with expertise or interest in incorporating technologies into the learning environment should be included, as well as a senior officer of the institution with information technology responsibilities. The other participants may be chosen from roles such as chief academic officer, instructional technologist, facilities director, budget officer, physical plant representative, or development officer. Each institution knows best which institutional team members can be most effective in advancing a plan for a new or renovated learning space.
For more information about the workshop, as well as the application form and agenda, please visit CIC’s website at: http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/workshop/learningspaces/2009/index.asp. Please note that applications are due by December 12, 2008.
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== Publications of Interest ==
1. The Tower and the Cloud, ed. Richard Katz
Those who attended NITLE’s recent cloud computing event (“Changes in Provisioning and Supporting Enterprise Technology Tools: A Conference for CIOs, IT Directors, and Library Directors, October 28, Rollins College) may be interested in this recent EDUCAUSE publication: Tower and Cloud, edited by Richard Katz (October 2008). Downloadable: http://www.educause.edu/thetowerandthecloud/133998 and also in print.
We especially invite you to check out “Social Networking in Higher Education,” contributed by Bryan Alexander, NITLE Research. The chapter is available in pdf: http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/PUB7202s.pdf.
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== Deadlines ==
1. Events
This list represents professional development events with registration deadlines within approximately four weeks. A full list of events (sortable by registration deadline) is available at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Online registration is available, or contact participate@nitle.org.
* Crossing Borders: Multimedia Storytelling for Study Abroad. A special instance of “Multimedia Narrative.” Deadline past: limited seats may be available. Program Dates: November 16 – 18, 2008. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY. 8 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/903-crossing-borders.
* Branding Yourself Online: Identity Management and Social Media. An instance of the “Special Topics for Instructional Technologists” series. Deadline past: limited seats may be available. Program Date & Time: November 7, 2008, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/847-branding-yourself-online-identity-management-and-social-media.
* Web-Based Videoconferencing. Deadline past: limited seats may be available. Program Date: December 2, 2008. Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/907-web-based-video-conferencing.
* Proposals for “Encouraging Student Scholarship: Learning to Write in the Digital Age” (Wheaton College, January 16 – 18, 2009). Submission deadline: Friday, November 7, 2008. Online submission at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UjyVMuQUQw16fIV_2bygqNBw_3d_3d. Event info: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/823.
* GIS and Correlation/Causation. An instance of the “Special Topics in Spatial Analysis and Mapping” series. Registration deadline: November 7, 2008. Program Date & Time: November 18, 2008, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/837-gis-and-correlationcausation.
* Teaching with Digital Games. An instance of the “Special Topics in Digital Teaching” series. Registration deadline: November 7, 2008. Program Date & Time: November 19, 2008, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/851-special-topics-in-digital-teaching-5.
* Technologies for Teaching Writing. Registration deadline: November 7, 2008. Program Date: December 10, 2008, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM. CDT. Knox College, Galesburg, IL. 4 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/875-technologies-for-teaching-writing-3.
* How Instructional Technologists Support Faculty Designing Online Collaborative Work. An instance of the “Special Topics for Instructional Technologists” series. Registration deadline: November 21, 2008. Program Date & Time: December 5, 2008, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/848-special-topics-for-instructional-technologists-5.
* Teaching with Virtual Worlds. An instance of the “Special Topics in Digital Teaching” series. Registration deadline: November 21, 2008. Program Date & Time: December 10, 2008, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/854-special-topics-in-digital-teaching-6.
* Encouraging Student Scholarship: Learning to Write in the Digital Age. Registration deadline: November 21, 2008. Program Dates: January 16 – 18, 2009 (6:00 PM, Friday – 12:00 PM, Sunday, EDT). Wheaton College, Norton, MA. 7 program units. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/823-encouraging-student-scholarship.
* The Elephant in Adolescence: Managing & Supporting GIS. An instance of the “Special Topics in Spatial Analysis and Mapping” series. Registration deadline: December 5, 2008. Program Date & Time: December 16, 2008, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. 1 program unit. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/838-the-elephant-in-adolescence.
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For those of you who might not be familiar with NITLE’s many mailing lists to foster communication around shared interests within the NITLE network, I thought it might be useful to share a link to a page where they describe the lists and how to join them. That page is at:
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/the_network/peer_networks_and_communities
Of particular interest to some might be the NITLE-IT list, which of late has had some very interesting exchanges.