GEN Update April 8, 2002

[Sylvia Currie <currie@idmail.com>]

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GEN Update 
April 8, 2002 
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View seminar descriptions, access summaries, and self-register:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/PublicReg/

In This Update 
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1. ETrainerCB Instructional Design and Production Tool begins today!
2. Upcoming seminar: Enabling Cultural Change in an Elearning Environment
3. CourseReader -- Bringing the Best Educational Opportunities to Everyone,
Everywhere
4. GEN Research: Cooperative Cultures in Sociotechnical Communities
5. GEN @ TAPPED IN 
6. Manage Your Membership
7. About the global-educators-network mailing list


1. eTrainerCB Instructional Design and Production Tool begins today!
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Dates: 8 - 21 April, 2002
Moderators: Lucio Teles, Lukas Klose, and Shevy Levy

More and more instructors and trainers are faced with the challenges of
designing online courses. And while many learning management systems provide
a comprehensive suite of tools, many fail to support instructors throughout
the necessary steps to designing effective curriculum.

In this GEN seminar you are invited to try out a new instructional design
tool and to share your feedback, and ideas for integrating this tool into
practice. TELEStraining's eTrainerCB Course Builder is an instructional
design and production tool for creating online courses and modules.
eTrainerCB integrates instructional design templates, has a built-in Web
authoring tool, and exports content to any learning management system
platform.

Access the seminar directly:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=147


2. Enabling Cultural Change in an eLearning Environment
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Dates: 1 - 31 May, 2002
Moderator: Manon Desjarlais

In this seminar we will explore cultural change in an eLearning environment
in the the following three contexts:
1) Vision
2) Organization, and
3) Networking

Mark your calendars for this 4 week seminar where we will explore new
strategies and ideas for building online relationships, enabling choices,
constructing group knowledge, and promoting community growth.

Our facilitator, Manon Desjarlais, is bilingual. We encourage participation
in both French and English.


3. CourseReader -- Bringing the Best Educational Opportunities to Everyone,
Everywhere
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Thanks to a very energetic group of beta testers from 10 countries, our
CourseReader seminar was very productive and fun! We are busy preparing a
final summary and adding to our list of design issues and next steps.

The seminar will continue to wind down over the next week at:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=139


4. GEN Research: Cooperative Cultures in Sociotechnical Communities
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"Cooperative Cultures in Sociotechnical Communities" written by Nini
Ebeltoft and Susanne Nyrop, was published in the April, 2001 issue of Dansk
Paedagogisk Tidsskrift. This paper features GEN in a study of internet-based
communities of practice. A translated version by GEN member Susanne Nyrop
can be found at:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/susnyrop/helpful.html


5. GEN @ TAPPED IN 
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GEN Lounge (N2615) http://www.tappedin.org

* GEN Open House
Date: 1st Thursday of every month 1 pm Eastern, 10 am Pacific
Meet educators, share your current projects and ideas, and learn more about
GEN activities. Open House is casual, so just come and go as you please.


6. Manage Your Membership
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