"Learning on the Edge: exploring our boundaries"
Schedule and program is subject to change. The Thursday Hands-on lab session is now FULL.
Registrants who wish to attend the Thurday lab will be placed on a wait-list and can attend if there is additional room due to future cancellations.
DAY 1 Thurs. Nov 6:
12 Noon - 12:50 pm: Please go to the Library Blding 305, Room 440 where you can pickup your ETUG workshop name tag, enjoy some refreshments and the beautiful view of the campus.
Note: No food/drinks will be allowed in the lab.
Hands-on lab session 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm, Blding 315, Lab Rm 112
In this session, participants will explore numerous tools and techniques to organize their digital lives. The core of the session will involve applied instruction on tools like Plaxo, Google Docs, Zoho, Aptana, Vyew, DropBox, FolderShare, SkyDrive and many more.
Why do students always get to the play with the tools? Our lives are becoming infinitely more complex with information. Systems like dropbox remove the need to carry a computer around with you. You can access your information anywhere, and do it with a SSL connection.
Here are a list of some of the tools we will use during this session:
- Google Documents: docs.google.com: Google your Documents in a secure, web-based editor!
- Zoho Solutions: zoho.com: Organize yourself without having to install software from anywhere in the world!
- Aptana Web Editor: aptana.com: Develop Websites using free software that works in any operating system and has 2.5Million users
- Vyew: vyew.com: Present online for free and download your lectures!
- DimDim: dimdim.com: Provide virtual office hours to further increase access to students (Increasing Accessability for your institution!)
- Drop Box: getdropbox.com: What is the point of a USB stick? This site comes close to providing a solution to replace the need to carry a USB stick
- Any Many More...
In this session, participants will get that much needed list of tips and tricks needed to keep up with technology trends. I will show you the sites that I read weekly, and show you how to sort through internet garbage. Participants are encouraged to bring a USB stick.
Session Facilitator: Brent Lee, VIU (http://www.bluewind.ca)
Thursday Dinner is on your own. Information on great Nanaimo restaurants and dining is available in this dining and shopping guide.
Thursday ETUG Pub social @ The Dinghy Dock Pub (6:30 pm rendez-vous)
www.dinghydockpub.com for info on the pub menu, ferry schedule & location.
The Dinghy Dock pub restaurant is located on Protection Island. Ferries run regularly at 10 min past the hour to Protection Island and return on the hour. Return trip is $8.00. Pay cash when you board the ferry. ETUGGERs: plan to take the 6:10 pm or 6:30 pm ferry at Nanaimo dock. Each ferry takes about 30 people.The ferry ride is about 10 minutes and the Dinghy Dock is adding an additional trip at 6:30 pm for us.
DAY 2 Fri. Nov 7: 1 day workshop 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Workshop held in Arts & Sciences, Blding 355, Rm 211
Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo campus
(breakout for Learn Together Collaboratory will take place in designated lab(s))
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8:15 – 9:00
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Registration
(pick up your name tag) &
Continental Breakfast
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Arts & Sciences Blding 355, Rm 211, VIU Nanaimo Campus
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9:00 – 9:30
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Welcome & Introductions (30)
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Bryan Fair, BCIT/Chair of the Steering Committee for ETUG & Welcome from Vancouver Island University
Rm 211
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9:30 – 10:15
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Exploring Our Boundaries:
Panel Discussion (45)
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Panelists: Gina Bennett, COTR;
Solvig Norman, Royal Roads;
Lynette Jackson, UVic
Facilitator: Sylvia Currie, BCcampus
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10:15 – 10:45
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Networking Break (30)
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Blding 355, Rm 211
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10:45 – 11:30
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Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy/ Patriot Act. With the arrival of Web 2.0 functionality, online activities have grown in a significant manner. For example, services, not packaged software, have taken precedence. Most important, privacy issues have arisen everywhere because accounts, such as social networks, are distributed across the Internet. We will explore some of these issues in an attempt to guide future, safe use of the Internet at Colleges and Universities. Presentation & interactive breakout groups/discussion (45)
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Dr. Richard Rosenberg (UBC) and Facilitators Sheila Cooper and Judy Southwell (VIU)
Blding 355, Rm 211
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11:30 – 12:15
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The Learn Together Collaboratory - an online post-secondary web site designed with the purpose of facilitating professional development and collaboration (an initiative of the VIU Teaching & Learning Centre & BCcampus). Presentation & Hands-on (breakout lab session) (45)
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Facilitators: Nancy Randall, Andrew Marchand, & Sarah de Jager (VIU)
Blding 355, Rm 211 & labs
(B315 R112 and B305 R508)
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12:15 – 1:00
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Networking Lunch (45)
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Blding 355, Rm 211
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1:00 – 1:30
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Presentation of the BC Innovation Awards in Educational Technology (30)
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Bob Clark,TRU/ 2008 Innovation Awards Chair & the Award recipients
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1:30 – 2:00
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Institutional Reports (30)
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Facilitator: Brent McIntosh, NIC
- Al Fukushima, NVIT
- Erica Price-Edney, UVic
- John Royer, NLC
- Jennifer Stein, Camosun
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2:00 – 2:30
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Networking Break (30)
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Blding 355, Rm 211
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2:30 – 3:15
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Roundtable/Edtech Utility Belt: tools to help us extend our boundaries for teaching/learning (45)
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Facilitator: Grant Potter, UNBC
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3:15 – 3:30
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Closing (Take a moment to give us feedback on the workshop & provide your input for future event. FallEvalNov2008.pdf)
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Blding 355, Rm 211
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NOTES:
1. Exploring Our Boundaries: panel discussion: Our three panelist will talk about their experiences working internationally and what "exploring boundaries" means to them in this context.
2. Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy
- sharing knowledge vs. restricting information
- interactive session, panel or survey session to collect input & questions for further research
- end result when research is done: guidelines for faculty and post-sec
- note: differentiate btw. data, info, knowledge DIKW model
3. Learn Together Collaboratory: Demo & hands-on session of this new and exciting online community for BC post-secondary educators
4. Roundtable: Tools to help us extend our boundaries and learning - discuss and share at an open mike your ideas; show us using the latest Smartboard technology.
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