NITLE Update - 1 April 2009

Submitted by bartch02 on April 1, 2009 - 3:45pm
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NITLE Professional Development News
April 1, 2009
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Late last week, Colby College and NITLE added a new workshop to the NITLE events calendar. Registration is now open for:

= Pedagogical Implications of Wireless and Mobile Technologies =

For faculty, instructional and information technologists, and librarians interested in exploring the pedagogy of mobile, wireless computing. Workshop participants will examine mobile learning in classrooms, libraries, labs, and general campus spaces through recent case studies of wireless pedagogy from around the world.

  • Location: Colby College (Waterville, ME)
  • Date: May 27, 2009, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern
  • Registration deadline: Friday, April 24, 2009
  • Price: 4 program units
  • More Info: http://www.nitle.org/www/events/954

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Also, topics have been announced for the next sessions of the “Special Topics in Digital Teaching” and “Special Topics for Instructional Technologists and Their Colleagues” series, respectively.

= Using Technology for Collaborative Student Projects =

For faculty members and instructional technologists from participating institutions who are looking for innovative ways to use collaborative technologies to structure student projects. Featured presenters: Benjamin Balak (Associate Professor of Economics, Rollins College), Joe Essid (Writing Center Director, University of Richmond), and Kathryn Tomasek (Associate Professor of History, Wheaton College).

  • Location: delivered online via MIV
  • Date: April 22, 2009, 4 – 5 p.m. Eastern
  • Registration deadline: Monday, April 13, 2009
  • Price: 1 program unit
  • More Info: https://www.nitle.org/www/events/859

= Electronic Portfolios: Implementation and Use at Two Campuses =

For instructional technologists and others from participating institutions who, regardless of title, provide direct support and assistance to faculty members in using technology in teaching and learning. Also for those who manage the instructional technology
function. Featured presenters: Mary Glackin (Mt. Holyoke College) and Ganesan Ravishanker (Wesleyan University).

  • Location: delivered online via MIV
  • Date: May 1, 2009, 12 – 1 p.m. Eastern
  • Registration deadline: Friday, April 17, 2009
  • Price: 1 program unit
  • More Info: https://www.nitle.org/www/events/955

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Registration is also open for these upcoming events. (See the full events list at http://www.nitle.org/www/events.) Don’t miss out!

= Register now =

  • From Property to Privacy: the Ethics of Information (Part 1: What is Information Ethics?). April 17, 2009, 12 – 1 p.m. Eastern. Register now to take advantage of the entire virtual conference, which continues on April 24 (Social Media); May 8 (Best Practices for Fair Use), and May 15 (Intellectual Freedom). Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/943.

= Register by this Friday, April 3 =

  • From Property to Privacy: the Ethics of Information (Part 2: Social Media and the Ethics of Information). April 24, 2009, 12 – 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Online. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/944.
  • Visual Literacy: Tools for Teaching and Learning with Images. May 6 – 7, 2009 (1:00 p.m. Wednesday – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Central). Millsaps College, Jackson, MS. http://www.nitle.org/www/events/921.
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