Jump directly to the archives by clicking on the following links or view the page in its entirety for more information and resources on each topic. Digital Storytelling, Virtual Worlds, OLN Spotlight, Building a Cooperative Marketing Program Part I or Part II, EduPatents, ADA, Open Source and ePortfolios, Concept Mapping and Problem-Based Learning, Podcasting, Chunking Learning, Student Success Skills, ePortfolios, and Games and Learning


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)

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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

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Date: July 11th, 2006
Presenter: Joe Wheaton, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Summary: Enabling all Ohioans access to educational opportunities is a high priority for higher education. Yet there are many challenges in meeting the needs of a full spectrum of learners. What resources are available to help educators maximize learning for all? What opportunities do digital technologies and new media provide? Join Joe Wheaton and others to find out about OSU's Faculty and Administrator Modules in Higher Education (FAME) resources and the successful techniques that work!
Resources:

1. Web Accessibility Fast Facts (PDF)
2. Fast Facts for Faculty

Date: June 20th, 2006
Presenter: Dr. Scott Siddall, Assistant Provost and Director of Instructional Technology, Denison University
Summary: OLN's Emerging Technologies Committee launched an open source pilot (Sakai, Moodle, OSP ePortfolio, uPortal) in November, 2005. What do 40 Ohio Institutions think of these open source tools so far? What are the implications of open source licensing model and its several variants for the way we select software in higher education? How are the challenges balanced by the benefits?
Resources:

1. Ohio OSPILOT Update 6-20-06 (PowerPoint)
2. OLN OSPilot Program (login required)
3. Open Source Sandbox (login required)
4. Open Source: High Risk or High Yield? by Scott Siddall
5. The Open Source Initiative
6. The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond
7. The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber
8. Open Source ePortfolio Project Home Page
9. OSP 2.0 Whitepaper (PDF)
10. Handbook of Research on ePortfolios
11. Helen Barrett's blog on ePortfolios

Date: June 7th, 2006
Presenters: Dr. Ellen Lynch, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Cincinnati, Tracy Herrmann, Associate Professor of Radiologic Technology, University of Cincinnati, Margaret Cheatham, Associate Professor of Information Systems, UC Raymond Walters College
Resources:

1. Presentation (PDF)
2. PBL and CMAP Bibliography (PDF)

Date: April 26th, 2006
Presenters: Mike Lieberman, Dean of Instructional and Research Computing, University of Cincinnati, Dan Madigan, Interim Director of the Scholarship of Engagement, Carrie Rathsack, Assistant Director at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, Bowling Green State University
Summary: The iPod invasion is here. Stanford's faculty wears iPods on their belts when they lecture. Audio (and now video) content can be created and distributed online with ease. Why is this different from posting files on a website? Come learn what your Ohio colleagues are doing to make their content seamlessly available to their students regardless of location or connectivity
Resources:

1. UC Presentation (PowerPoint)
2. UC Podcasting URLs (PDF)
3. BGSU Presentation (PowerPoint)
4. BGSU iTunes Tutorial (PowerPoint)
5. BGSU Podcastmaker Tutorial (PowerPoint)
6. BGSU Podcasting URLs (PDF)

Date: March 23rd, 2006
Presenters: Laura Mandell, Associate Professor, Miami University, Britt Carr, Coordinator Teaching Technologies Center, Miami University
Summary: Faculty and instructional designers across the state have been creating media rich, interactive and very effective learning modules. How is this being accomplished? Can "chunks" of digital resources be effectively integrated into your courses? How are learning modules assembled to form powerful curricula? Join experienced modularizers and learn how using modules can optimize student engagement and learning.
Resources:

1. World Lecture Hall, UT Austin (examples)
2. MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT (examples)
3. Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (examples)
4. A Digital Humanities Course (example)
5. Chunking Learning (PowerPoint)

Date: February 21st, 2006
Presenters: Judy Maxon, Provost, Claudette Stevens, Vice President, Bernita Crawford, Assessment Coordinator, Hocking College
Summary: Hocking College defined a set of eight Success Skills necessary for all graduates to succeed in the workplace, education and today's society. Skill expectations have been integrated throughout the college's academic programs and co-curricular activities. Now an ePortfolio enables each student to learn about, reflect upon and document Success Skills proficiencies. How is Hocking College working towards this institutional transformation? What impact is it having on students and faculty?
Resources:

1. Student Success: Demonstrating Competency and ePortfolios (PowerPoint)
2. Hocking Success Skills
3. http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/index.html
4. http://www.flaguide.org/cat/portfolios/portfolios1.php

Date: February 14th, 2006
Presenters: Dr. John Savery, Assistant Professor, University of Akron
Summary: In 2001, program faculty refined four core courses in the master's degree in Instructional Technology program and replaced the traditional comprehensive examination with a competency-based electronic portfolio as a requirement for graduation. John Savery will describe the challenges faced in shifting to ePortfolios, share how this benefits students, and provide ideas for your use of ePortfolios.
Resources:

1. Competency Expectations: ePortfolios Lead Us to Where We Need to Be (PowerPoint)
2. Electronic Portfolio Guidelines (PDF)
3. Electronic Student Portfolios
4. Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom Resources
5. Electronic Portfolios in the Classroom Resources
6. Discovery School- Kathy Schrock
7. Electronic Portfolio Resources- Webster
8. The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance

Date: January 19th, 2006
Presenter: Bill Sams, Chief Information Officer, Ohio University
Summary: For Digital Natives, those under 35, technology is no longer a tool but rather an environment where computer games have always existed and are an accepted part of culture and life. How do the rest of us, Digital Immigrants, connect with this growing segment of the population and what are the implications for educators of this high bandwidth world? Bill Sams will explore how gaming has changed the face of learning, community, and the way you think about your "classroom".
Resources:

1. Bill's Presentation Slides (PowerPoint)
2. Open Source Virtual World Educational Interface
3. Second Life Virtual World
4. MIT Educational Arcade
5. Virtual U Game