Teaching, Learning & Technology in Higher Education : Conferences

Beyond Video Chat - Making Conference Presentations via HP Virtual Rooms

jgvanides — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:12:00 GMT

Let's face it - there are more conferences on the planet than one can possibly attend. While I always appreciate the opportunity to participate and share stories about "Re-Imagining the Classroom", I simply cannot be traveling all the time. So I have recently tried using HP Virtual Rooms - and it's a whole lot of fun!...

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What's "WIPTE"? A great conference for tablet pc educators - Register before Sept 14 and save!

jgvanides — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:54:00 GMT

The "Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education" (WIPTE, usually pronounced "WHIPPED-tee" by attendees) is a great event for anyone looking for innovations in education through the use of pen technologies such as tablet pcs. This year, the conference is going to be held at Virginia Tech, and it's not too late for early registration...

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If you like this blog, you'll REALLY like the Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting - Call for Proposals

jgvanides — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:15:00 GMT

The Educause Learning Initiative annual meeting is one of my favorites. The theme for their January 2010 meeting is "Learning Environments for a Web 2.0 World" and is focused on "...models for the future of learning that fuse emerging technologies and learner-centered strategies to yield new learning environments designed for student success." I know MANY of you are personally involved in terrific examples of this on your campus. This is a great chance to raise the visibility of your work with an audience of colleagues eager to learn from your experience...

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More than Technology - it's Changing the Culture of Teaching

jgvanides — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:52:00 GMT

In this blog I've been primarily sharing stories from our higher education community of grant recipients. But I'm still on a "high" from the National Education Computing Conference (NECC), where I met many of our US K-12 HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients from school year 2008-09. While the K-12 (primary/secondary) education world is often thought of as very separate from the higher education world, I see them as a continuum - and the success factors for the K-12 ed-tech projects are similar to the successful higher education projects. It's not just about technology - it's about the changes in the professional culture of teaching...

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Be there without traveling there - National Education Computing Conference (NECC)

jgvanides — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:18:00 GMT

I'm heading to Washington DC tomorrow for the LARGEST education technology conference in the US. Perhaps I will see some of you there? For those of you who can't be there in person, you can still tap into the excitement and expertise in real-time...

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Math/Science Online Poster Session in Second Life - June 11th 6pm SLT

jgvanides — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Back by popular demand, next Thursday, June 11, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm SLT (6:00 pm-7:00 pm Pacific Time) is another virtual poster session in Second Life, this time focused on science & math Education...

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Call for Papers - Workshop on Social Computing in Education (due May 8)

jgvanides — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:28:00 GMT

There must be hundreds of conferences related to education & technology, but this call for papers caught my eye: Apparently SocialComp'09 (August 29-31, 2009, Vancouver, Canada) includes a Workshop on Social Computing in Education. Interesting! If you're available, read on - the deadline for submitting papers is May 8th...

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Join us for an Environmental Education Celebration of Earth Week!

jgvanides — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:19:00 GMT

ISTE and HP are collaborating on a special celebration of Earth Week on April 23rd. Would you like to participate in the virtual poster session...? ...(read more)

Tablet PC educators take note: WIPTE Announces Call for Submissions

jgvanides — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:42:00 GMT

Any educator who is using a tablet PC should know about WIPTE, an acronym derived from the original Workshop on Pen-Based Technology in Education that was first held at Purdue. It's a great venue to learn from other tablet-using-educators, and a great place to share your own research and innovations in teaching... ...(read more)

Webcam Video Conferencing - Be a Presenter at the Conference They Won't Send You To

jgvanides — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:36:00 GMT

We're all experiencing the challenge of too many conferences plus not enough time and funds to get us there. But with free webcam video conferencing, we can still participate. Take, for example, the Vassar College presentation at the Educause Learning Initiative meeting last month......(read more)

FIE Conference Abstract Deadline – 14 January

jgvanides — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:03:00 GMT

For those of you finding innovative ways to improve education in engineering and/or computer science degree programs, the Frontiers in Education (FIE) conference is a great venue to share your story…...(read more)

ISTE Speaker Series Event in SecondLife - Tuesday, 9 December 6-7pm SLT

jgvanides — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:30:00 GMT

We are always looking for ways to share the wonderful innovations emerging from our grant recipients' projects. To that end, HP is teaming up with ISTE to feature HP grant recipients at the ISTE Speaker Series hosted in Second Life. This Tuesday, Gordon Kubanek from Brookfield High School (Ottawa) will be presenting "Tech-tonic Shifts: Transforming Educational Outcomes through Technology". Care to join me on "ISTE Island" this Tuesday? ... ...(read more)

The Answer is “Yes” – Talking Heads Do Matter (sometimes)

jgvanides — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:27:00 GMT

I have to admit I really enjoyed participating in the WIPTE conference, even though I didn’t travel to Purdue. Joining the conference by webcam video conferencing worked – and I answered one of my long-standing questions about whether “talking head” video streaming for online learning matters… ...(read more)

WIPTE Conference - Can a Panelist be a Panelist without Being There?

jgvanides — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Today is an interesting experiment for me - I am participating on a panel at the WIPTE conference at Purdue, but I'm sitting in California... ...(read more)

Tablet PC conference at Purdue (WIPTE) Oct 15-16 2008

jgvanides — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Registration is still open for the upcoming "Workshop on the Impact of Pen Technology on Education" (WIPTE) conference. The acronym may be mysterious, but the event is excellent.... ...(read more)