A Bi-Weekly Update
2/12/10
Special offer for NITLE Members
Registration is now open for “The 2010 Horizon Report Symposium,” presented by NERCOMP in partnership with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE).
DATE: April 8, 2010
TIME: 9:00 – 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP and NITLE Members: $130, Non-Members: $255
Your fee includes unlimited am and pm break service and lunch.
LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.
DESCRIPTION:
The 2010 Horizon Report [http://horizon.nmc.org/], the seventh in this annual series, has just been published by a collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.The Horizon Report provides a roadmap of upcoming technologies that a distinguished group of researchers, technologies, educators, and futurists evaluate and select for their potential to transform teaching, learning and the creative arts. The report is released each January to provide a description of these technologies and places them in a timeline of immediate impact (within the next 12 months), mid-range impact (1-3 years) or long-range potential value (3-5 years). This presentation will summarize the findings from the 2010 Horizon Report with illustrations of their potential implications for the NERCOMP community. Bryan Alexander, NITLE Director of Research and Chair of the 2010 Horizon Report Advisory Board, will be the featured speaker.
Topics include major trends identified by the report: mobile computing, open content, electronic books, simple augmented reality, gesture-based computing, and visual data analysis. Other subjects which surfaced from previous reports and this year’s preparation include new digital literacy, changes to scholarly communication, and the recession’s impacts. Framing all of this is a discussion of different methods for apprehending emerging technologies.
This workshop will be a mashup of presentation, examples, hands-on work, and discussion about where we’re headed in the practice of technology enabled higher education. Participants will leave with several take-aways: first, an environmental scan about important emerging technologies, situated in the academic context. Second, networking opportunities with peers in the region. Third, a better sense of how to approach emerging technologies.
For a full schedule and registration information, please go tohttp://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5967
New Books!
Here is a list of new books that have been added to the library collection in fall of 2009.
Infomaniac Tip
by Jen Jarson, Information Literacy and Assessment Librarian
So I’m on Google Wave. Now What?
Do you have a Google Wave account, but you aren’t sure what to do with it? Lifehacker asked its readers how they’re using Google Wave in their professional and personal lives. Among the real-world examples are: group to do lists, event planning, collaborative meeting notes, project management, group Q&A, and more. Find out more at Google Wave in Action: Real-World Use Case Studies.
Curious about potential teaching applications of Google Wave?
- Ray Schroeder (University of Illinois at Springfield) used Google Wave to have online discussions with his class and another class from another discipline…and another country. Read more at How to Teach with Google Wave (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Envision using Google Wave to make coursework more interactive and richer with embedded multimedia. Check out the teaching scenario (page 1, left sidebar) and the teaching and learning implications (page 2, item #7) in Seven Things You Should Know About Google Wave (EDUCAUSE).
Want to learn about more Google Wave itself? Check out the Infomaniac section of our 10/2/09 Scuttlebutt.
Calendar of Events
2/12: Display: “Writers at Work: Marie Howe.” (Trexler Library Level A display case.)
2/12: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/14: Display: “Caldecott and Newberry Award Winners.” (Trexler Library Muhlenberg Room.)
2/18: Faculty and Staff Favorite Book Series: Discussion led by Lisa Perfetti. – “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Periodicals Reading Room, 12:00PM-1:00PM.)
2/19: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
2/24: Joint Faculty Author Reception for Michael Huber and Jim Bloom. Discussion led by Alec Marsh. (Trexler Library Fulford Room, 4:30PM-5:30PM.)
2/26: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
3/5: Meditation Group. Open to the public. (Trexler Library Rare Books Room, 5:00PM-6:00PM.)
