GEN Update March 10, 2003

[GEN Coordinator Sylvia Currie <scurrie@sfu.ca>]

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GEN Update 
March 10, 2003 
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View seminar descriptions and become a GEN member:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/PublicReg/>

In This Update 
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1. Plagiarism Seminar Begins Today!
2. EduSourceCanada
3. Upcoming Seminars
4. Transfer Credit Issues for Online Courses and Programs
5. GEN Survey
6. Global Educators Community Connection
7. Manage Your Membership
8. About the global-educators-network Mailing List


1. Plagiarism Seminar Begins Today!
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Dates: 10 - 30 March, 2003
Moderator: Steve Scadding

Plagiarism is certainly in the news! A number of notable cases have been
reported in the press in recent months. What can educational institutions do
to detect and prevent plagiarism?

Please join us for this important seminar which focuses on defining the real
issues, dealing with the problems, and ultimately promoting a culture of
academic integrity in our institutions.

About our facilitator...
Steve Scadding began developing and teaching online courses in 1997 in his
home Department of Zoology at University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He
received the 2000 Faculty Association Award of Excellence in Teaching, which
included recognition for the innovative use of emerging instructional
technologies. Steve has been researching and experimenting with plagiarism
detection tools in his large online cell biology course.

Access the seminar directly:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=201>


2.  EduSourceCanada
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We have a series of invited guests in our seminar, "eduSourceCanada:
Infrastructure for a Pan-Canadian Learning Object Repository Network". Also,
LearningTimes' interactive WebCast: Collections and Repositories with GEN
member Tom Carey, and Rob Stephenson will be of interest to our seminar
participants. Register for this free event at <http://learningtimes.org>
March 11, 2003, 11:00am-12:00pm (PST)

Access the seminar directly:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=228>


3. Upcoming Seminars
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Mark your calendar!

Virtual Schools
Dates: 1 - 14 April 2003
Moderator: Michael Barbour

Moderating GEN Seminars
Dates: 5 - 25 May, 2003 (tentative)

If you have an idea for a GEN seminar, Event, or Special Interest Group,
please contact Sylvia Currie <scurrie@sfu.ca>. Keep those proposals coming!


4. Transfer Credit Issues for Online Courses and Programs
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The issues presented and prompted by moderator Finola Finlay during this
2-week seminar resulted a wide ranging discussion. We identified needs
unique to online learning, revisited traditional practices that present
barriers for our online student population, and discussed possible
solutions.

The summary of our Transfer Credit Issues seminar has been posted at:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspmsg.cgi?ci=222&mi=33>

Access the archive:
<http://vu.cs.sfu.ca/vu/tlnce/cgi-bin/VG/VF_dspcnf.cgi?ci=222>


5.  GEN Survey
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Thanks for the great response to our recent GEN member survey! 196 responses
in just 10 days! We will begin the review process to determine appropriate
directions for the future of GEN.

This survey was made possible by GEN member Curtis Bonk, President and
Founder of SurveyShare. A new release of SurveyShare is now available and
offers several enhancements and customized levels of membership to suit your
needs.
<http://www.surveyshare.com>


6. Global Educators Community Connection
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This section to features events that are of interest to online educators. We
encourage our members who visit other communities and conferences to spread
the word about GEN! If you have ideas and items for our Global Educators
Community Connection listing, send email to Sylvia Currie <scurrie@sfu.ca>

@ LearningTimes
<http://learningtimes.org>
WebCast: Collections and Repositories with GEN member Tom Carey, and Rob
Stephenson.
March 11, 2003, 11:00am-12:00pm (PST)

@ CHI2003 Conference
<http://www.chi2003.org>
Carolyn Gale and GEN member Sherry Hsi will be offering a one-day tutorial,
Enhanced E-Learning Through Learner-Centric Design, at the CHI2003
conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
April 5-10, 2003. 

@ University College of the Cariboo
<http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/100mh/connect/>
Community-based learner support services is the focus of the Cariboo
Connections 2003 conference in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
May 29-30, 2003.

@ TAPPED IN
<http://www.tappedin.org/beta>
Guided Tour: Introducing Tapped In Version 2 (T12)! Sign up for a new user
name and password then take a tour with BJ.
Fridays 4:00-5:00pm (PST)
 
@ International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
<http://ifets.ieee.org/discussions/discuss_march2003.html>
Email-based Discussion: Theory for eLearning with Mark Nichols
March 10-21, 2003


7. Manage Your Membership
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scurrie@sfu.ca.

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8. About the global-educators-network mailing list
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Sylvia Currie, Coordinator
Global Educators' Network
scurrie@sfu.ca
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