Rock the Academy:
Radical Teaching,
Unbounded Learning
Below are annotated sessions descriptions and important links mentioned in the presentations.
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You can also view the NMC's full program descriptions as well as the presentation slides and chat logs from these sessions on the NMC's web site: http://www.nmc.org/2008-fall-virtual-symposium/program or download the Program in PDF format. The chat logs will give you the discussion that went along with the presentations.
Wednesday, November 5th Presentations Times are as listed in the Symposia Program. |
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TIME |
SESSION TITLE |
PRESENTER(S) |
10:00-10:15 |
Opening Remarks (MP3 Audio) | Larry Johnson, Ph.D., CEO New Media Consortium |
10:15-11:00 |
Teaching Naked: an A - Z Guide to Open Access Teaching |
Beth Ritter-Guth, The Hotchkiss School |
| 11:30- 12:15 |
Use Wikipedia and YouTube in Research! Debunking the Library vs. Internet Dichotomy Chart used in the discussion (PDF) Learn how to use Wikipedia and other web resources as tools to build critical thinking skills for your students. Authors of textbook: Wadsworth Guide to Research |
Susan Miller-Cochran, North Carolina State University; Rochelle Rodrigo, Maricopa Community Colleges |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | The Aesthetic Camera: Virtual Learning in Cinematography via Second Life An interesting presentation on how to teach subjects in a virtual environment that require physical manipulation of objects. |
John Fillwalk, Ball State University |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Rock the Academy with the History of Ideas: The BBC, New Media, Deep Learning An excellent presentation, especially for any faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences. Referenced URLS: Wikipedia BBC 4 "In Our Time" Archive Prof. Michael Wesch, Media Ecology and Cultural Anthropology (YouTube) was mentioned in presentation. |
Gardner Campbell, Baylor University |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | Infrastructures and Sandboxes: Theory and Practice in Second Life Excellent presentation on the pedagogy of Second Life as well as a good argument for emphasizing the "virtual" nature of Second Life. Many excellent references and resources, including the slide show were provided and can be found in this abbreviated chat log. Institute for Multimedia Literacy web site. |
Holly Willis, Steve Anderson, and Bjorn Littlefield-Palmer, University of Southern California |
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Thursday, November 6th Presentations Times are as listed in the Symposia Program. |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Presentation: Integrating Multimedia Across the Curriculum Another excellent presentation and one of special interest to the liberal arts, sciences, anthropology and archaeology. Related link: Google's SketchUp |
Holly Willis, Elizabeth Ramsey, Danielle Mihram, Nancy Lutkehaus, and Lynn Dodd, University of Southern California |
| 10:15 -10:45 |
A review of the symposia discussions and trends. |
Larry Johnson, NMC |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Beyond the Backchannel: Blending Student Content with Open Discourse Cynthia Calongne is a wonderful presenter, teacher and proponent of authentic learning and assessment. Her presentation will be of special interest to computer science and anyone considering teaching in Second Life. Cynthia's blog: http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/ |
Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Voicethread: Collective Learning and Sharing of Art (Audio only: MP3) Voicethread is a multimedia presentation tool that allows for audio or text comments to be added to a presentation. Students can also draw on the screen while adding their comments to add emphasize a point. These drawings are only seen when replaying that student's comments. A very engaging alternative to threaded discussions! Voicethread.com Samples:
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Hermina Din, University of Alaska Anchorage |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Facebook as Symbolic Interaction: Using Social Media to Engage Students in the Academy Interesting discussion on faculty and university use of Facebook. |
Susan Lewis, Abilene Christian University; Michael Staton, Inigal, Inc. |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | The Revolution Will Be Syndicated A very unusual presentation on the value syndicated resources, particularly WordPress and RSS publishing. If the zombies are too much for you, move the slider to 24:57 and watch the presentation from that point. |
Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington; Brian Lamb, University of British Columbia; Tom Woodward, University of Richmond |
Note that most of the presentations refer to either traditional face-to-face classes or to hybrid classes. Only a few involve online classes.