The following Technology Source Author Forums are scheduled for
September/October. These forums are offered in collaboration with
ULiveandLearn, an e-learning company that uses the HorizonLive platform to
allow participants to interact directly with TS authors via their
desktops. You may sign up to participate in any of these free webcasts by
going to
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=webchats&issue=185 and
clicking on the SIGN UP NOW button or by going to the ULiveandLearn site
at
http://www.uliveandlearn.com/dsp_catalog.cfm?retrieve=3&orderclause=smdt_e
ventdate&creator=951 and selecting the particular webcasts you wish to
participate in.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 11:00 ??? 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on creating affective relationships in Web-based instruction,
featuring Michael Danchak, whose current article
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=962)includes suggestions
for ways in which instructors can reassure students of their presence and
concern.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 12:00 ??? 12:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on delivering an online anatomy course on two campuses,
featuring Thierry Bacro, whose article
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=977) provides an account
of how distance education can be adopted within highly specialized forms
of instruction.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 1:00 ??? 1:45 p.m. EDT.
A webcast on promoting communication and collaboration online, featuring
William R. Klemm, who illustrates in his article
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1015) that a ???shared
document??? approach to threaded discussions offers significant advantages
in supporting such discussions.
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 4:00 ??? 4:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on current efforts to use technology to enhance faculty
development programs in higher education, featuring Jerome R. Koblo and
Casey Turnage (see
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=943).
Thursday, September 26, 2002, 6:00 ??? 6:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast highlighting an Australian site (LearnScope Virtual Learning
Community) that focuses on the use of technology in education, featuring
spotlight site editor Stephen Downes and Learnscope???s Rose Grozdanic as
they discuss the problems and issues involved in providing a comprehensive
online learning community to its participants
(see
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1035).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 ??? 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast featuring Carl Berger, who, in his interview with James Morrison
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=995) discussed the
potential of integrated software development in instructional technology.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 ??? 11:45 a.m. EDT.
A webcast on the use of the MathOnline system, featuring Gene Abrams and
Jeremy Haefner, who will discuss how they provide a flexible range of
learning options for their students (see
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=970).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 ??? 11:45 a.m. EDT.
In this webcast, Carol Stroud and Brenda Stutsky will discuss how they
developed an online course for regional nurses in Manitoba through sharing
community resources (see
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=939).
Tuesday, October 22, 2002, 11:00 ??? 11:45 a.m. EDT.
This webcast features Peter Suber, a leading figure in the ???free online
scholarship??? movement, who in his interview with James Morrison
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1025) described the
technological, legal, and philosophical aspects of this important
movement.