NITLE Calendar of Events

Lead and Teach with MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:31:21 GMT

Learn how to become an effective teacher and coach in an MIV environment by applying best practices to leverage participant video feeds, slideshow presentations, the collaborative whiteboard space, and application sharing.

Lead and Teach with MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:11:06 GMT

Foster MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:54 GMT

Learn how to develop and support campus services based on NITLE's managed multipoint interactive videoconferencing (MIV) services. Every participating institution enrolled in the NITLE Network receives 10 virtual seats in a MIV "room" reserved for the participating institution's use. Using their personal desktop or laptop computers, members of the faculty and staff can communicate, interact, and collaborate with colleagues and students--on and off campus--in a web-based environment that includes audio, video, a shared whiteboard, group and private chat, and application-sharing. For campuses who wish to extend their use of MIV beyond the basic level, NITLE also offers Enhanced MIV Services and MIV Auditorium Access.

Foster MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:38:57 GMT

Foster MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:45 GMT

Foster MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:14:24 GMT

Collaborate with MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:38:54 GMT

Learn how to participate and contribute successfully within the MIV environment. This "level 1" training is for new users of MIV, and will help new users of MIV feel comfortable within the virtual MIV environment, learn how to use its interactive tools, and otherwise learn how to participate and contribute successfully within MIV.

Collaborate with MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:27:54 GMT

Collaborate with MIV

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:02:22 GMT

Cloud Computing and Amazon EC2

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:08:16 GMT

Cloud computing promises to have a significant impact on how colleges and universities secure computing resources to meet their academic mission. With its participating institutions, NITLE has been investigating how cloud computing can serve participating institutions to lower computing costs while improving services.

To further develop community knowledge in this area, NITLE is piloting this professional development program, which will focus on campus-based development of cloud-computing projects on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The pilot will bring together a small group of participants from up to six campuses for professional development and exchange. Work and lessons learned from this pilot effort will be reported at October's Changes in Provisioning and Supporting Enterprise Technology Tools (October 28, 2008, Rollins College).

By registering for this program, participants agree to complete an online, informational survey about a cloud computing idea/project that they wish to develop, submitting their responses to NITLE prior to participating in the program. Survey responses will inform the shape of the program. Note that while participation in this event is first-come, first-served, participants will derive the greatest benefit from participating if they create a cloud-computing project. In addition, NITLE recommends that participants discuss and plan projects with IT, library, or other appropriate leadership on their campus.

After this initial program, two follow-up sessions will be scheduled for pilot participants to engage in on-going discussion of discoveries, problems, and other issues that arise related to project development. Follow-up sessions will also be held within the online MIV environment. Note that the cost of participation in all three sessions is a single program unit.

N.B. Amazon Web Services accounts require a credit card or some other form of payment. Each participant should expect to cover the cost of the Amazon EC2 images that they will be running under their account.

NITLE Summit

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:21:51 GMT

As a community, NITLE participating colleges face similar challenges and opportunities vis-�-vis digital technology. At the same time, institutions must also deal with unique situational needs that inspire a variety of strategic responses. At the annual NITLE Summit, participating teams will engage in high-level, peer-to-peer sharing with colleagues from other participating colleges, sharing information about the strategic responses and successful tactical approaches they have pursued to strengthen their learning missions with digital technology. By pooling the specific knowledge and experiences of individual institutions in an inter-institutional context, participating teams can identify common concerns and transform them into opportunities for collaboration.

Some comments from participants in the 2008 NITLE Summit:

Digital Librarian: "Having all the people you need for effective education in the same room is how it should be. NITLE is The Model!!"
Chief Technology Officer: "As NITLE goes forward, it is important that they retain an annual function like the Summit. We sent a new faculty member with our team and that was highly effective. She came away with many great ideas about how to use technology in her teaching. Perhaps faculty attendance should be more strongly encouraged?"
IT staff member: "I was in the minority at this conference, as a person who works in what might be called 'systems.' � I think it would be good to expose system administrator/network administrator types to what is happening in the academic side of university communities�"
Librarian: "I think the most beneficial part of the event was the opportunity to talk with colleagues from my own institution without the usual work interruptions and commitments, and to be able to discuss what we had heard and how it might or might not work for us."
Faculty member: �This was my first NITLE event. I came expecting to be an outsider among tech-heads. I came away totally enthused by the commitment of EVERYONE to use technology to improve teaching/learning. I was very impressed and am filled with ideas on where to go from here. I'll be back!�

The NITLE Summit facilitates networking across professional lines toward the collective goal of advancing teaching and learning in the digital age. By bringing together a range of perspectives to look at the big picture of advancing teaching and learning at small, undergraduate-focused institutions, the Summit offers an annual opportunity

to see and hear what is happening,
to get feedback from people with different perspectives,
to make connections with unexpected allies,
to solidify connections with long-time collaborators, and
to learn about new challenges and opportunities made possible by the changing networked digital technology environment.

The 2009 NITLE Summit will build on what we have learned from previous events. It will include

highly interactive sessions facilitated by NITLE staff and leaders from participating campuses
engaging, forward-looking, and relevant presentations by teaching faculty, IT staff, and librarians from small, undergraduate-focused institutions
a major presentation to help the group look farther into the future and more broadly across sectors
a poster session geared toward participants with related interests learning from each other

Instructional Technology Leaders Conference

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:02:20 GMT

Instructional technology departments vary in configuration and size from campus to campus, but their responsibilities are similar. Instructional technology leaders have primary responsibility for engaging liberal arts colleges with technology in ways that most effectively serve their institutions� educational goals. As instructional technology matures as a profession, how can instructional technology leaders help their campuses maximize existing investments (course management systems, institutional repositories, etc.) while continuing to scan for and evaluate new developments?

This conference will serve as a forum for instructional technology leaders to discuss the state of the profession and share their insights and experiences on the integration of technology in the liberal arts classroom. Participants will learn about successful practices at other campuses for helping faculty use technology as a tool to improve their teaching and appeal to the interests of "digital natives." The group will have an opportunity to brainstorm about how to build effective partnerships with other campus groups � including faculty, librarians, information technologists, and campus administrators � to promote technology that serves pedagogical goals.

Manage Your Digital Content with DSpace

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:33:11 GMT

Participants in this intermediate-level session will further their understandings of how to manage digital content within a DSpace Repository. This course assumes that participants are familiar with content from the "Start an Institutional Repository Using DSpace" skills development session. Participants will explore models for managing content within DSpace by examining examples of successful institutional repositories. This session will also cover topics such as levels of authorization and how to protect content, licensing options, and various ways to make content easier to find in DSpace.

Start an Institutional Repository Using DSpace

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:24:16 GMT

Participants in this session will learn the basic information needed for starting an institutional repository using DSpace. The session will cover both technological and policy aspects of this process. Individuals from institutions that are currently using DSpace will benefit the most from participation.

Participants will get to know the DSpace interfaces and the processes for creating collections and communities. The session also covers the basic work flows for item submission. Participants will gain knowledge and information about how to help their campuses better understand and plan for policy decisions that are necessary to run a successful institutional repository. Participant will leave this session able to start the organization and creation of an institutional digital repository using DSpace.

Explore Sakai

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:06:29 GMT

Participants in this session will be introduced to the Sakai learning management system. Participants will be provided with a conceptual overview of the design of Sakai and illustrations of how this technology can be used to support classroom activities and academic programs. Participants will also be introduced to the course management interfaces and common tools available to faculty, and shown how faculty and others can configure Sakai workspaces to support collaboration and classroom management. After participating in this program, faculty and other participants will be able to return to their own instance of Sakai and create and modify a course.

Explore Sakai

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:56:45 GMT

Explore Sakai

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:46:54 GMT

Explore Moodle

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:37:20 GMT

Participants in this session will be introduced to the Moodle learning management system. Participants will be provided with a conceptual overview of the design of Moodle and illustrations of how this technology can be used to support classroom activities and academic programs. Participants will also be introduced to the course management interfaces and common tools available to faculty, and will be shown how faculty and others can configure Moodle courses to support collaboration and classroom management. After participating in this program, faculty and other participants will be able to return to their own instance of Moodle and create and manage a course.

Explore Moodle

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:30:18 GMT

Explore Moodle

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:20:27 GMT