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August 2: Tune in to a Free EDUCAUSE Live Web Seminar on Cyberinfrastructure's Significance on Campus

cluckett — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:55:48 -0500

In March 2007, the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued its final report, Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery. Though focused on the NSF, the report is an excellent starting point for campus-level planning. More than a support infrastructure for high-end researchers, cyberinfrastructure (CI) is critical to the humanities and social sciences as well as undergraduate and lifelong learning. It is becoming increasingly clear that CIOs and campus technical leaders from across the spectrum must consider the rapid rate of change (and significant costs) of CI as part of their jobs. In this August 2 EDUCAUSE Live!, Cyberinfrastructure: A Campus Perspective on What It Is and Why You Should Care, Peter M. Siegel, Vice Provost for Information and Educational Technology and CIO at the University of California at Davis, will share some thoughts on the campus view of the impact of CI, how we gain support from key stakeholders (like the faculty), and how we move forward in this space.

Those unable to attend can visit the archives after the event or browse EDUCAUSE resources on Cyberinfrastructure.

An Interview with Toru Iiyoshi

mpasiewicz — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:15:31 -0600

In this 13 minute recording, Bill Hogue sits down with the Carnegie Foundation's Toru Iiyoshi for a discussion about the Keep Toolkit, the Spellings Report, and much more.

Google Trends in Educational Technology

catherine — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:58:48 -0500

Thanks to Mauro Cherubini who alerted me to the usefulness of Google Trends in locating and defining current trends in educational technology.

Mauro uses Google Trends to show how the terms "e-learning" and "mobile learning" are doing in relation to one another -- I was surprised by the result. Searching for "learning objects" and "blogs" is instructive... see diagram.

Who knew Australia was such a hotbed of learning objects! Or that Singapore was home to so many blog-happy citizens...

"Mechanical Aids for Learning" (in the 1930s)

markmorton — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:25:07 -0600

I recently came across three news items from the early 1930s in the London Times. All three pertain to an exhibition that showcased new "mechanical aids to learning," such as "talking film machines," gramophones, and epidiascopes. It's interesting to see that some of the concerns raised then about new learning technologies echo those that concern us now. Consider this passage: "One of the difficulties of bringing together the teacher and the machine is that the former is not usually mechanically-minded. He is accustomed to working with his mind, and is shy of having to manipulate knobs and wheels and switches which may go wrong." For those interested in how "the more things change, the more they stay the same," I've attached the three news items, in PDF form, to this posting. -- Mark

Wizzy Wig

jeholcom — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:23:14 -0600

WYSIWYG - “What you see is what you get” - Just learned that acronym even though I’ve been using FrontPage and Dreamweaver for some time. How funny! How can I be so computer literate on the one hand and so clueless on the other hand.

FY 2007 Federal Budget Analysis

mpasiewicz — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:17:00 -0600

Blogger Andy Carvin offers some thoughts on federal budget lines related to educational technology.
http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/02/a_quick_look_at_the.html