The 06-07 Series included the following Webinars: (Click links to go directly to archived session, or scroll down to learn more about each Webinar)

Digital Storytelling | Virtual Worlds | OLN Spotlight | Building a Cooperative Marketing Program Part I or Part II | EduPatents | Find out more about each Webinar below


Date: May 16th, 2007

Presenters: Karen Diaz, Instructional Librarian, The Ohio State University, Cindy Gray, Senior Designer and Manager, The Ohio State University, Anne Fields, Coordinator for Research and Reference, The Ohio State University
Summary: This session provides an introduction to Digital Storytelling from multiple perspectives: instructor, visual designer, eLearning consultant, and librarian. Elements of Digital Storytelling will be explored through examples from graduate and undergraduate courses, a personal tale, and a historical piece. Preparing a Digital Story means collecting images, participating in a Story Circle, recording audio, and editing with software.
Resources:

1. http://www.storycenter.org/book.html
2. http://liblearn.osu.edu/training/story/index.php
3. Lambert, Joe. (2002). Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. Berkeley, CA: Digital Diner Press.

Date: March 26th, 2007

Presenters: Dr. Chang Liu, Assistant Professor, The Ohio University, Benjamin J. Schneider, The Ohio State University, John Bowditch, Lead Developer for Graphic and Animation, The Ohio University, Michele Dickey, Associate Professor in Instructional Designer and Technology, Miami University
Summary: Four Ohio experts will discuss: Virtual Worlds for Educators, Creating Teaching Aids in Synthetic Worlds, and Exploring the Virtual Center for Preparedness.
Resources:

1. Center for Emergency Preparedness Simulation (PowerPoint)
2. Creating Teaching Aids in Synthetic Worlds (PowerPoint)
3. Virtual Worlds or Educators (Beyond Second Life) (PowerPoint)

Date: January 8th, 2007

Presenters: Cable Green, Sheryl Hansen, and George Steele, The Ohio Learning Network
Summary: This webinar will spotlight three OLN programs: Open Source, Learning Communities, and E 4 Me.
Resources:

1. In an ongoing effort to explore, test and provide access to promising technologies, the Emerging Technologies Committee is providing open source pilot hosting for Sakai, OSP ePortfolio, and Moodle. We also set up a "Sandbox" to play with the latest open source Sakai modules.
2. Through OLN's successful multi-year Learning Communities Initiative (LCI), the Ohio Learning Network awarded professional development grants that fostered the embedding of technology into teaching and learning.
3. E 4 Me is a free non-credit course and experience what e-learning is all about.
4. Overview of OLN Projects (PowerPoint)

Date: December 7th, 2006

Presenters: Nancy Ragias, Marketing Director, The Ohio Learning Network, Jim Vutech, Principal, Conrad, Philips, and Vutech Marketing Firm
Summary: Member campuses will be invited to participate in a Cooperative Marketing program with OLN. Information gathered from the previous session will be used to present ideas and solutions from Conrad, Phillips and Vutech, OLN's marketing firm. Matching funding from OLN will be provided for the cooperative marketing program.
Resources: Here's a sneak peek at two sample marketing campaigns.


Date: November 27th, 2006

Presenters: Stephen Downes, National Research Council, Michael Feldstein, Assistant Director, SUNY Learning Network
Summary: Stephen Downes (Cananda) and Michael Feldstein (U.S.) discuss the content and long-term implications of the growing number of approved and pending patents on educational software, particularly in the context of Blackboard's current infringement lawsuit against Desire2Learn. What are the implications of Blackboard's current patent? How might it affect teachers and students? How are the likely effects different in different countries? And what are the broader implications of an environment of patent litigation for educational software? What is the potential impact of the patent on the e-learning market, and especially Open Source software? What can teachers, administrators, developers, and other stakeholders do?
Resources:

1. USPTO Patent 6,988,138
2. Blackboard Main Patent Page
3. D2L Patent Response Page
4. Possible threats to Open Source (Academic Commons)
5. E-Literate
6. Stephen's Blackboard Patent Updates
7. EdTechTalk

Date: November 2nd, 2006

Presenters: Karen Rhoda, Director of Distance and eLearning, The University of Toledo, Nancy Ragias, Marketing Director, The Ohio Learning Network
Summary: Nancy Ragias shared data from the 2006 Ohio Distance Learning Survey and the 2005 Annual Report, Bounded Exuberance: eLearning in Ohio. Karen Rhoda presented a case study from the University of Toledo. A possible cooperative marketing campaign with OLN and member campuses and the challenges/opportunities of marketing online programs was discussed.
Resources:

1. The Ohio Poll Data Presented by Nancy Ragias (PowerPoint)
2. The University of Toledo Data Presented by Karen Rhoda (PowerPoint)
3. 2005 Annual Report, Bounded Exuberance: eLearning in Ohio
4. 2006 Distance Learning Survey in Ohio
5. The University of Toledo Marketing Initiatives