SLOAN-C ONLINE WORKSHOP SERIES: Podcasting in Higher Education: Current Trends and Applications
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Key Information
Workshop Description
Workshop Schedule
Technology Information
Attendance Pricing
Panelist/Presenter Biographies
Key Information
Total Minimum Length: ~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Start Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 (Start of online activities and discussions; viewing recorded presentations)
Synchronous Date: Friday, October 3rd, 2pm-3pm ET – Live session conducted in online meeting room
Resources Provided:
- Presentations and other workshop materials, viewable online until December 31st, 2008
- 1-hour Live Panel Discussion – Friday, October 3rd, 2pm-3pm ET
- During the Panel Discussion – Participation in Live Q&A
- After the Panel Discussion – Viewing of Q&A Session until December 31st, 2008
Workshop Agenda at Glance
Activities begin Wednesday, September 24th. A live synchronous Question and Answer Online Session will be held on Friday of the second week, October 3rd, 2pm-3pm ET. All activity is recorded, even the live events, allowing you to watch the events at a later date if you are unable to attend. All workshop content will remain available until the end of the year.
Workshop Description
Podcasting has had a revolutionary impact on formal and informal teaching and learning. Rising out of the advent of the Apple iPod, podcasts have grown into the mainstream of online media since their inception in early 2004. The power of the individual to use podcasts to communicate globally has important implications for educators. Higher education professionals must learn how to harness the power of podcasting to reach an increasingly more tech savvy population of students and colleagues. Learn all about podcasts and podcasting in this online workshop conducted by two of the pioneers in using this technology in higher education: Burks Oakley II and Ray Schroeder.
Schedule
September 24th – September 26th Activities: Learn Moodle, the workshop's learning management system, and Elluminate Live!, the workshop's web conferencing platform. Watch recorded presentations and begin reviewing guest courses.
September 29th– October 3rd Activities: Continue reviewing presentations and ancillary materials; participate in discussion forum with workshop facilitators, Burks Oakley and Ray Schroeder.
A Live Web Conferencing Session is conducted on Friday, October 3rd at 2PM(ET) (Online using Elluminate Live!): facilitated by Burks Oakley and Ray Schroeder. We will begin the session with an open round of comments from the facilitators and then open the forum up for Q&A and/or presentations/show-and-tell from workshop participants. We will finish with a summary of thoughts from the facilitators. THE SESSIONS WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATERVIEWING AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Technology Information
Sloan-C brings you the following technologies to provide an exciting experience during the workshop:
 Elluminate™ Live! ™ -- Elluminate’s powerful Live! software will take this workshop to a whole new level of interaction. Well suited for the classroom environment, Live! provides the flexibility our workshop needs, from a speaker delivering to hundreds of workshop participants, to multiple small discussion groups occurring in unison. Live! effectively delivers lecture-type speeches, while also having the ability to facilitate collaboration among many individuals. For more information about Elluminate™, please visit the Elluminate page in the Sloan-C Vendor Corner.
 Moodle -- Sloan-C will use an open-source learning management system called Moodle to administer the asynchronous component of the workshop. Sloan-C has found Moodle to provide a flexible and user-friendly set of asynchronous collaboration and learning tools. As with most open-source technologies, the Moodle software is free, making it a very cost-effective software package for any institution or company. We have found though that low-cost does not mean that you have to sacrifice quality. Moodle still provides a robust environment that is dynamic, interactive, and provides cross-platform learner access through a standard web browser.
Attendance Pricing
Price: $295 Each
Individual/Premium Sloan-C Member price: $145 with coupon code* (That's a $150 discount! Find out how to become a Premium Member)
College Pass Member Pricing: Free with coupon code* (Find out how to become a CollegePass Member)
*(Individual Premium Members receive 1 discount with membership, Institutional Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 150 "free" seats in the entire 2007 Sloan-C Workshop series.)
Presenter Biographies:
Burks Oakley II, University of Illinois
Burks Oakley II is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From 1997 until 2007, he served as the director of the University of Illinois Online initiative. He now is a consultant working with Sloan-C. Oakley received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and for his innovative use of technology in education. And you can find out a lot more about him on his website, which is at http://www.burksoakley.com.
Ray Schroeder, University of Illinois
Ray Schroeder is Professor Emeritus of Communication, Director of the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and Faculty Associate at the University of Illinois Online. He has taught more than two dozen online classes. As Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning he is dedicated to faculty development and pedagogical support of the online initiative. As Faculty Associate, Schroeder is engaged in the formation of online learning policy for the University of Illinois. He is a Sloan Consortium Distinguished Scholar in Online Learning 2002-2003 and the recipient of the 2002 Sloan-C award for the "Most Outstanding Achievement in ALN by an Individual.
Cancellation Policy
If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.
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