GEN Update February 5, 2001

[Sylvia Currie <currie@idmail.com>]

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GEN Update 
February 5, 2001 
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In This Issue 
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1. "Open Source for Educational Software" begins today!
2. "Online Learning Consortia"
3.  Upcoming Seminars
4.  GEN site access
5.  New Research & Design Project Underway
6.  Manage your membership
7.  About global-educators-network


1. "Open Source for Educational Software" begins today!
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February 5 - 24, 2001

What does open source mean to you? Who benefits and how? Join us in this GEN
seminar to explore:
- issues around intellectual property in online education
- licensing options
- culture, attitudes, and traditions
- expectations, risks and deceptions
- benefits of getting involved

Does this sound like a seminar just for programmers? You're right, it's not!
All educators should be involved in shaping the tools they use! Join our
facilitators: Bruno Vernier, Griff Richards, Frances Long, and Claudio Orea
for a dynamic (and multilingual!) discussion on Open Source.

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on Open Source. Part I will help us to lay
a foundation by exploring terminology, issues, and possibilities. Then we'll
build on this in Part II, TeleLearning NCE Open Source initiatives.

Access the seminar directly at:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=71


2. Online Learning Consortia
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What a great beginning for 2001! Thanks to Paul Bacsich, Alan Davis, and
Joanne Curry, we are much further ahead in our understanding of what
contributes to successful online learning consortia.

For a summary of seminar topics and resources maintained by GEN member Bruno
Vernier, follow this link:
http://ess.vancouver.bc.ca/zope/bruno/consortia/FrontPage

The Online Learning Consortia seminar is archived at:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=65


3. Upcoming Seminars
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A GEN member sent email in January to report his new year's resolution: Make
the time to participate in GEN! I hope others will do the same because we
have some great seminars lined up!

Support for Faculty
Date: 1 March 2001 - 15 March 2001
Moderators: Vivian Rossner-Merrill, University of Waterloo and Denise
Stockley, Queen's University
 
 
Support for Students with Disabilities
Date: 19 March 2001 - 8 April 2001
Moderators: Catherine Fichten and Jennison Asuncion of the Adaptech Project

Open Source Part II
Dates and details will be available soon.

Register for upcoming seminars at
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/PublicReg/


4. GEN site access
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Some of our GEN members recently reported receiving "server not found"
messages when attempting to access GEN seminars. We believe the problem has
been resolved. However, until we complete our maintenance work, you may be
prompted to provide your username and password twice while being directed to
a new URL. To prevent this, update your GEN site bookmark after logging in.

Thanks so much to those of you who helped investigate the problems and offer
solutions. 


5. New Research & Design Project Underway
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Heidi Lam, an engineering student working with Dr. John Dill at Simon Fraser
University, is designing a new way to display and organize messages.
Building on the features of CZWeb, a graphical web navigation and knowledge
management tool, Heidi is working on an automatic and user-defined visual
organization of messages and "detail-in-context" displays. Heidi will be
analyzing GEN seminar contributions, and working with GEN members, to
determine needs and trends, and try out her design ideas.

The GEN Research Special Interest Group is for members interested in
advancing our community.
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=51


6. Manage Your Membership
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Forgot your password? Send a note to currie@idmail.com.

Become a GEN member and register for current and upcoming seminars at:
http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/PublicReg/

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7. About global-educators-network
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Global Educators' Network
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