GEN Update May 31, 2000

[Sylvia Currie <currie@idmail.com>]

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Register Now For Our June Seminar: Tools and Needs

1 June 2000 - 30 June 2000
Facilitated by John Nesbit and Rick Rupp

How do the available tools for online learning compare? How well do 
they match the needs of users? With evaluative intent, the 
participants in this seminar will share experiences with course 
management systems and related tools.

This GEN seminar will be faciliated by John Nesbit and Rick Rupp. 
John is Manager of Research and Development in Educational Technology 
and Learning at Technical University of British Columbia, Canada's 
newest publicly funded university. At TechBC John is a member of a 
team that developed the course management system now being used for 
all courses.

Rick is the senior Software Designer for the Virtual-U Research and 
Development team at Simon Fraser University, specializing in software 
design and system architecture for computer-supported group 
interaction.
                                          
This seminar is not just for experienced educators! We welcome and 
encourage participation from everyone interested in learning more 
about online education.
                                
To register for and access this seminar go to:
http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/PublicReg

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Wrapping Up Our May Seminar

"Experiences on the Web" has been an experience in itself! Curtis 
Bonk of Indiana University and his colleagues brought us plenty of 
good humour and excellent ideas. As always, we are coming away from a 
GEN seminar with enthusiasm and many new resources.

The Experiences on the Web seminar will remain available for reading 
past the closing date at:
http://www.vu.vlei.com/tlnce

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Let's Hear From You

Do you have ideas for GEN seminar topics? Are you interested in 
facilitating a GEN seminar? This is an excellent opportunity to gain 
valuable feedback from peers on draft articles and other 
work-in-progress, and to gain recognition for work in the field. We 
are busy planning the rest of 2000 and beyond and would like to hear 
from you!

In addition to hosting monthly seminars, the Global Educators' 
Network is committed to helping educators form online communities 
based on common interests and goals.

Send a message to currie@idmail.com with your ideas for seminar 
topics and special interest groups.

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* Go to the Virtual-U conference environment (where you see the list 
of conferences available).
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* You will see an alphabetical list of members and email addresses.

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GEN update is prepared by:

Sylvia Currie, Coordinator
Global Educators' Network
currie@idmail.com
http://www.vu.vlei.com/GEN

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