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Live Webcasts, Member Offices, Podcasts, Toolsdays & Other Collaborative Sessions
Learning Times is home to a wide range of live, interactive events and meetings -- from panel sessions with leaders in education and training, to ad hoc meetings in on-demand Meeting Rooms and Virtual Offices. |
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Podcast Interview with Phillip Long of MIT on Community-Owned Initiatives
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A podcast conversation with Phillip Long of MIT on open source and community-owned initiatives, including: The Sakai Project, MIT OpenCourseWare, and the Horizon Report. Recorded at the recent NMC regional conference at Yale University. Join or login now. |
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LT Syndicates, Sponsors Podcast Program Exploring 'Intersection of Technology and Learning'
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LearningTimes syndicates "NCQ Talk", a podcast (audio program) about the intersection of technology and learning hosted by three long-time LearningTimes.org members. Listen to their first episode and then share your feedback. Join or login now. |
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Webcast Recording: "Creating a CD Portfolio for Documenting Student Progress" with Susan Manning
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This live online session -- a prelude to over 70 sessions to be presented during the third annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) in February -- featured Dr. Susan Manning of Waubonsee Community College and focused on a strategy for using audio and video to document student performance, a strategy that is applicable to many settings and courses. The recording is now available inside the community. Join or login now. |
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Online Roundtable: "Hybrid Live Learning Events" or "Multiple Venue Productions" (MVPs)
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This live, online session explored the emerging genre of hybrid live workshops and conferences -- live learning events with both an online and a face-to-face audience. Review the recording of this event, check out the related case study by Dan Balzer, and contribute to the ongoing, lively threaded discussion on this topic. Join or login now. |
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Recording Available: K-12 Professional Development: Trends & Opportunities
This live, interactive webcast explored current trends and opportunities in Professional Development (PD) for K-12 educators. The focus was on school districts looking to third party resources for PD services and materials. |
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Learn about some of the many other programs you will find inside the LearningTimes.org community. |
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Discussions & Blogs
Members initiate and contribute to an ever-growing set of discussion topics asynchronously online -- in text, audio, and photo blogs and discussion forums. |
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Audio Blog: Dispatches from Annual Museum Conference 2005
In this audio blog, LearningTimes Executive Producer Jonathan Finkelstein shares audio interviews, dispatches and observations from the 99th annual American Association of Museums (AAM) conference in Indianapolis. |
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Audio & Video Blog: Coverage from Online Educa in Berlin
LearningTimes provides live audio and video dispatches from the 10th Annual Online Educa conference in Berlin, an international gathering on online and technology-enhanced education. Coverage includes an enlightening video-based discussion with six high school students about the kind of learning opportunities they are expecting. |
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Audio Blog: Dan Balzer Live from the League CIT 2004
Dan Balzer provides audio blog coverage of the 20th Annual Conference on Information Technology (CIT) in Tampa, Florida. Check out Dan's commentary, images and special guests from this League for Innovation in the Community College conference. |
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Audio Blog: Coverage of the Instructional Technology Institute at Utah University
Paul Stacey reports live from the 16th Annual Instructional Technology Institute at Utah University, and provides highlights and commentary from conference sessions and keynotes. |
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Audio Blog AAM 2004: What can Museums and Educational Institutions Learn from One Another?
In this "Audio and Photo Blog", LearningTimes Executive Producer Jonathan Finkelstein and members share perspectives, interviews and innovations from leaders in the museum world with educators in LearningTimes.org, live from the American Association of Museums (AAM) 2004 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Profiles and Professional Networking
LearningTimes members choose from a variety of options in keeping in touch with select members, and the community at large. Automatic updates sent at member-determined intervals and subscriptions to listservs and discussions on topics of interest keep members informed right from their inbox. |
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Searching for People and Their Contributions?
Use the "search" feature within the LearningTimes.org community to quickly find expertise or resources on specific topics. |
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Member Contributions
Articles, case studies, papers, abstracts, web resources, templates and other materials posted by LearningTimes.org members -- online, searchable, and tied to live and on-demand forums in which they can be discussed and reviewed online with colleagues. |
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Members Share Exemplary Online Primary Source Sites
In a new community discussion forum, LearningTimes.org members are beginning to share model web sites which feature free access to primary source materials. In the first entry, we learn about the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online, and hear a brief interview with the Assistant Division Chief of the Brooklyn Collection and the Manager of Digital Library Services at the Brooklyn Public Library who helped bring the historic newspaper online. |
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Resources and Examples: "RSS, Blogging and What it Means for Teaching and Learning"
An extensive index of the web resources and examples referenced during the live session on "RSS, Blogging and What it Means for Teaching and Learning". Aggregated by Michael Chalk, who also hosted the live session. The webcast recording is also available inside the community. |
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Global Collaboration Grants
The "LearningTimes Global Collaboration Grants" are awarded to education and training professionals around the planet working on valuable learning-related projects within LearningTimes and using the community's tools to collaborate with colleagues with whom real-time human contact would otherwise be impossible. |
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Global Collaboration Grant Recipients Access LT Resources Around the Clock
A recent review of member virtual office statistics indicates that these virtual collaboration spaces are in use literally twenty four hours a day. |
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Groups, Listservs and Community Updates
LearningTimes members choose from a variety of options in keeping in touch with select members, and the community at large. Automatic updates sent at member-determined intervals and subscriptions to group listservs and discussions on topics of interest keep members informed right from their inbox. |
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The Virtual Communities Working Group (VCWG)
VCWG is a member-led working group within LearningTimes.org focused on learning and applying skills to help virtual teams and virtual communities. |
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A Wide Array of Other Activities
Learning Times is constantly adding new features, tools and activities to foster collaboration and professional development among members. |
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Looking to Publish or Share Your Latest Work?
Consider sharing your research, case studies or ideas with colleagues within the LearningTimes community. LT can provide you with a variety of tools to share your thinking and solicit feedback from others. Audio blogging, webcasting, and virtual meetings are among the many ways to share your knowledge and engage peers in meaningful dialogues and collaborations. Join or login now. |
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The Lolas: Nominations for the 2004 Live Online Awards Now Open
The Lola Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the design, delivery and production of live online learning events from across the globe. Nominate your best live online projects. Winners will be announced live online during The Lolas on Tuesday, October 12th. The Lolas are sponsored by LearningTimes and InSync Center. |
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