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GEN Update May 1, 2002
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GEN Update
May 1, 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. Enabling Cultural Change in an Elearning Environment begins today!
2. Join us in the CourseReader Cafe
3. Next seminar: Virtually There: Tapping, Tinkering and Teaching Online
4. Past seminar: eTrainerCB: Instructional Design and Production Tool
5. Participate in GEN Seminars using CourseReader
6. Welcome all Capilano College "Knowplace" learners!
7. Financial Support for GEN extended!
8. GEN @ TAPPED IN
9. Manage Your Membership
10. About the global-educators-network mailing list
1. Enabling Cultural Change in an Elearning Environment begins today!
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Dates: 1 - 30 May, 2002
Moderator: Manon Desjarlais
This month at GEN we will explore cultural change in an eLearning
environment in the following three contexts:
*Vision
*Organization, and
*Networking
Together we will discuss strategies for building online relationships,
enabling choices, constructing group knowledge, and promoting community
growth. This is a bilingual seminar so participation is encouraged in French
and English, whichever is your language of comfort.
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Durant le mois de mai a GEN nous allons explorer comment faciliter le
changement culturel dans un environnement d'apprentissage en ligne a
l'interieur de trois contextes differents:
* Vision
* Organisation
* "Networking"
Ensemble je vous invite a discuter de strategies pour creer des relations en
ligne, faciliter des choix,construire des apprentissages en groupe et
promouvoir une communaute grandissante.C'est un seminaire bilingue alors la
participation est encouragee en francais et en anglais, selon votre language
prefere.
Access the seminar directly:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=150>
2. Join us in the CourseReader Cafe
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The CourseReader Cafe is an informal gathering place for educators around
the world who are interested in trying out and advancing this open source
software. From time to time we will organize and invite discussions on
specific topics related to CourseReader, but we encourage you to drop in at
any time with your questions, comments, suggestions, and feedback.
CourseReader is designed to provide free and equitable access to
internet-based education worldwide. By using CourseReader, or by
contributing to its programming, you will help to bring educational
opportunities to people everywhere!
Access the CourseReader Cafe directly:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=149>
3. Next seminar: Virtually there: Tapping, Tinkering and Teaching Online
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Date: 27 May 2002 - 18 June 2002
Moderators: Margaret Riel, Robert Tinker, Linda Harasim, Sherry Hsi, Curtis
J. Bonk, Linda G. Polin, Stone Wiske
We invite all GEN members to join in this discussion for delegates attending
the "Virtually there: Tapping, Tinkering and Teaching Online" session at the
23rd annual National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) to be held in
San Antonio, Texas June 17-19, 2002. Even if you're unable to attend the
NECC conference in person, you can participate in the pre-conference
activities and in preparing questions for the panel.
The GEN and NECC sessions will be led by a panel of leading online educators
with extensive experience in synchronous "written conversations" and
asynchronous conferencing as vital components of graduate level teaching.
Each of the presenters will invite participants to visit their teaching and
learning spaces, examine teaching tools, or review course projects and
activities.
Beginning 27 May access this seminar directly:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=153>
NECC Conference: <http://confreg.uoregon.edu/necc2002>
Further information regarding the conference: <http://www.interlearn.org/>
4. Past seminar: eTrainerCB: Instructional Design and Production Tool
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Thanks to some very thorough GEN member beta testers, TELEStraining is
moving into the next phase of eTrainerCB development with some excellent
suggestions for improving their product.
eTrainerCB 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.
Learn more about eTrainerCB: <http://www.telestraining.com>
Access the seminar archive:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=147>
If you are interested in having GEN host your beta testing community, please
contact us! <currie@idmail.com>
5. Participate in GEN Seminars Using CourseReader
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GEN members now have an option to participate in seminars through the
Virtual-U or Internet CourseReader software. The seminars are linked
together using VU-CR Connector, giving GEN members more flexibility in
reading, organizing, and contributing to seminar discussions.
Instructions for subscribing through CourseReader are posted in each seminar
welcome message.
Learn more about CourseReader <http://www.coursereader.net>
Learn more about CR-VU Connector
<http://virtual-u.cs.sfu.ca/vuweb.new/connector.html>
6. Welcome all Capilano College "Knowplace" Learners!
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GEN would like to extend a special welcome to educators enrolled in the
"Teach and Design Online" program offered through Capilano College. These
courses, hosted at "Knowplace", feature the Global Educators' Network as an
exemplary professional online community for learners to explore as part of
their module requirements.
The "Teach and Design Online" courses were developed by GEN member Frances
Long, using EDUcation Markup Language (EDUML), an open source language and
education management system invented by GEN member Bruno Vernier. Frances
and Bruno are busy wrapping up the first phase of their beta project. They
are also investigating CourseReader as an offline client for Open Chat, the
EDUML discussion tool.
For more information on the "Teach and Design Online" program visit
<http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/continuinged/online/teach.html>
Learn more about EDUML
<http://knowplace.ca/v1/eduml> and <http://www.edu-xml.org/Exercise4>
7. Financial Support for GEN extended!
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The TeleLearning Network Inc Board of Directors has offered a further one
year's support for the Global Educator's Network seminar series and site
enhancements. Priorities for GEN this year include continued growth of the
community and actively seeking new funding sources.
GEN has grown steadily since its launch in November, 1999 to over 1,500
educators, trainers, students, administrators, consultants, software
developers, and researchers from 44 countries, all devoted to the
advancement of elearning practices.
We welcome information regarding sponsorship opportunities!
<currie@idmail.com>
8. GEN @ TAPPED IN
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GEN Lounge (N2615) http://www.tappedin.org
* GEN Open House
Date: This Thursday, May 2, 1pm EDT, 10am PDT
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.
* TI Summer Carnival
Date: Wednesday, July 17, 8am to 8pm PDT
Ever been to a virtual pet show or landed a virtual airplane full of GEN
tourists? Planning for the annual TAPPED IN summer carnival has begun!
During this full day of fun and learning you are guaranteed to meet
fascinating people and engage in some lively discussions. Drop in on the
next planning session May 23 at 9pm EDT/6pm PDT.
* "Virtually there: Tapping, Tinkering and Teaching Online"
Date: Begins 27 May, 2002
This GEN seminar, led by a team of leading online educators, will focus on
the role of text-based learning using TAPPED IN and other synchronous, as
well as asynchronous, environments. Visit
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/PublicReg/> for details.
6. Manage Your Membership
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currie@idmail.com
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10. About the global-educators-network mailing list
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This mailing list is for monthly GEN Updates and occasional announcements.
If you have questions about GEN or would like to propose a seminar topic
please send e-mail to Sylvia Currie, currie@idmail.com
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http://www.sfu.ca/~scurrie/global-educators-network/
GEN Update is prepared by:
Sylvia Currie, Coordinator
Global Educators' Network
currie@idmail.com
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