Upcoming Events - Real-Time Collaboration on the Liberal Arts Campus

October 19 - 21, 2008 , 6:00 p.m. (Su) - 12:00 p.m. (Tu)
Rhodes College

Brief Introduction

For faculty members, instructional technologists, and librarians from participating colleges who are interested in exploring how real-time collaboration technologies—from interactive videoconferencing to social presence tools to virtual worlds such as Second Life—can be used to expand the boundaries of the physical classroom and shape the curriculum. (7 program units. Registration deadline: August 15, 2008)

Level

Appropriate for all levels of experience

Description

Digital technology is increasingly being used to expand the classroom in both space and time. While asynchronous communication has become the hallmark of distance education, real-time collaboration technologies support the close, personal interaction privileged by residential liberal arts colleges. Such technologies allow campuses to maintain their learning communities, while also connecting those communities to expertise and resources beyond the classroom. Some examples:

• Mobile devices and social presence tools like Twitter or IM can help students remain connected with their home campuses when studying abroad
• Remote instrumentation allows students and faculty in the sciences to access equipment not available on any small college campus
• Virtual worlds can connect students with native speakers around the world
• Internet2 allows musicians around the nation to perform together
• Multipoint interactive video-conferencing allows faculty to pool expertise through intercampus team-teaching

Conference participants will explore the impact that real-time collaboration technologies can have on the liberal arts campus, considering such questions as these:

• How can we best integrate these technologies for teaching and learning in and out of the classroom?
• What does it take to support such technologies?
• What are the best technologies to use given identified goals?

Participants will discuss the curricular possibilities of mobile devices, social presence tools such as Twitter, instant messaging, remote instrumentation, virtual worlds such as Second Life, Internet2, and multipoint interactive videoconferencing. Participants will leave the conference with ideas for using a variety of real-time collaboration technologies in pedagogically sound ways on their own campuses.

Current Agenda

A call for proposals (.pdf, 38.45 KB) has been issued. Proposals should be submitted electronically and are due by June 30, 2008.

N.B. All interested in participating in this program—including accepted presenters—must register to participate no later than August 15, 2008. Persons who are eager to participate are encouraged to register early rather than waiting for the outcomes of the proposal review process.

How to Participate

Interested faculty and staff from participating colleges: To register yourself or a colleague for this program, please send an e-mail with the program's title and registrant's name, job title, and e-mail address to participate <at> nitle <dot> org. NITLE will accept registrations on a first-come, first-served basis, and will invoice the registered participant (or an identified billing contact) for the participant's registration fee.

Deadline

Please register by Friday, August 15, 2008. Registration is currently open and is managed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Contact (program)

For more information about this conference's program/content, including the call for proposals (.pdf, 38.45 KB), please contact Rebecca Davis or Karen Lee Davis.

Contact (logistics)

For logistical questions, please contact Terri Coahran.

• Call for Proposals: Real-Time Collaboration

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