The following Technology Source Author Forums are scheduled for August 12. These forums are offered in collaboration with ULiveandLearn, an e-learning company that uses a webcast 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=226 and clicking on the SIGN UP NOW button.
2:00 P.M. ??? 3:15 P.M. Eastern Time (ET): Stephen Downes and Mary Harrsch discuss the current status of weblogs and weblog-related technology in the academy, as well as the potential impact of these tools on the future of education. Read the associated articles at
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2019, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2010, and
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=2011
4:00 P.M. ??? 4:45 P.M. Eastern Time (ET): Chris Freeman focuses his forum on the initial questions that should guide online design for virtual communities and the ways in which message boards, virtual classrooms, and user profile pages can work individually and collectively to make learning communities more "habitable" for their members. Read the associated article at
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=994
We hope that you can join us. If not, an archive of each discussion will be available--via the webcast button on the options menu within the article--a few hours after the webcast ends.
Jim
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James L. Morrison
Editor-in-Chief
The Technology Source
http://ts.mivu.org
Home Page: http://horizon.unc.edu