GEN Update September 10, 2000

[Sylvia Currie <currie@idmail.com>]

Global Educators' Network Update
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GEN Member Questionnaire

Have you responded to our GEN Member Questionnaire? As the Global 
Educators' Network continues to grow, we wish to ensure that members' 
interests and needs are met. Please take a few minutes to provide 
feedback about your involvement in GEN activities. 
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Register Today! Our Next Seminar begins Monday, September 11th

ThoughtShare: Visual Thinking Space

With the proliferation of web-based resources combined with 
widespread adoption of collaborative and research-based strategies in 
online courses, learners are faced with new challenges in gathering, 
organizing, publishing, and sharing web-based information. In this 
GEN seminar, you are invited to experience a state-of-the-art 
collaborative visualization and authoring environment and to share 
your feedback and ideas for integrating this "visual thinking space" 
into an educational setting.

This seminar will be co-facilitated by Brian Fisher, Associate 
Director of the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre at 
University of British Columbia  and John Dill, Co-Director of the 
Graphics and Multimedia Research Lab and Professor in the School of 
Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University.

Register: http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/PublicReg

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Register now for our October seminar: Teaching to Learn

The Global Educators' Network now has over 500 members from 35 
different countries. What is something we all have in common? We are 
all faced
with challenges and obstacles in our transition to online education. 
This "Teaching to Learn" seminar is an effort to team up those of you 
who are new to
online education with GEN members who can share their worldly advice 
to help get you started. The discussion will be facilitated by four 
GEN members who are fresh with their first online teaching 
experiences.

Been there? Please help out! Don't know where to start? Join in and 
find out! We will work together to produce a "Handbook for Novices".

Register: http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/PublicReg

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New GEN Special Interest Group (SIG)

The Global Educators' Network has attracted educators, 
administrators, software developers, researchers,consultants, and 
others interested in the advancement of online education. GEN has 
also attracted researchers interested in studying GEN as an online 
community of practice. This Special Interest Group (SIG) has been 
formed to support GEN research interests. You are invited to join 
this group and share your research ideas, dilemmas, and results!

Register: http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/PublicReg
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Tip for GEN members

On occasion GEN members end up with more than one ID and password. 
Here's how to avoid it...

[1] If you forget your GEN password, send a quick note to 
mailto:currie@idmail.com.

[2] If you are already a GEN member and you wish to register for a 
specific seminar
-go to http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/PublicReg
-select the box beside the seminar title
-click "register"
-This will take you to a form. BUT, as an existing member, you should 
follow the path for "Members Only" by clicking the "continue" button.

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Let's Turn Your Ideas into GEN Activities

In addition to hosting monthly seminars, the Global Educators' 
Network is committed to helping educators form communities based on 
common interests and goals. Introduce yourself and meet other GEN 
members in the "Self Introductions" conference 
http://www.vu.vlei.com/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=30  and 
contact us (mailto:currie@idmail.com) with your ideas for seminar 
topics and special interest groups.

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GEN update is prepared by:

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

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