Announcements

Web Seminar: Social Software and Distance Education Learners

Terry Anderson
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education
Athabasca University

March 3rd, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
University Hall 5013

This seminar, will highlight an educational model for distance and online learning that leverages social software to help both learners and educators determine the most effective tool and granularity of application for their learning needs. A number of current and emerging tools will be demonstrated along with practices that promise to help us learn from and with each other, with an emphasis on social learning that includes groups, networks, and the collective.

Materials can be found here.

iCAN Workshops

We are pleased to announce the "iCan" workshop series for faculty, staff, and students. Designed for the individual who is not technologically savvy but needs to know how to do everyday technology tasks, the iCan workshop series will provide you with valuable knowledge and expertise to help keep up with today's fast paced computer world. Topics will include such subjects as burning a CD, purchasing a good digital camera at an affordable price, as well as understanding Web 2.0 just to name a few.

Topics for February:

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Registration recommended; classes will be listed under the category iCan at the Technology Training website.

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