Category: Scholarship
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CFP: 6th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching & Learning
The 6th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching & Learning will be held February 13-15, 2008. Once again, LearningTimes is proud to produce this unique event, which features dozens of presentations by and for K-20 professionals. Keynote Sessions this year span both 3-D virtual *and* physical learning spaces. Julian Lombardi of Duke University will…
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You think you’ve got it rough?
Going the Extra Mile: Supporting Distance Education at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Suzan Hahn, Lisa Lehman, Rheba Dupras Abstract:The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has a long history of supporting distance education through state-of-the-art, remote access services. Harsh climate conditions (heavy snowfall and icing, high winds, and extreme temperatures), rugged…
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CFP: 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning
24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & LearningAugust 5-8, 2008Madison, WisconsinCALL FOR PROPOSALS Teach………Learn………ConnectWe encourage you to submit a proposal contributing to the ongoing quality of distance education development, delivery, support, assessment, and management. * Share your expertise in the application of technology to the teaching and learning process* Lead sessions on the planning and…
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Wetpaint Education Wikis Are Now Ad-free!
I really like the interface and options at wetpaint, one of the free wiki-hosting companies. Like most free services, they embed ads on pages that you create. Except now, if you create an education-based wiki with them, you can email them and they’ll remove the ads! Visit http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education–Ad-Free for more details. They say: Who qualifies…
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CFP: Netspeed 2008 – Edmonton, AB
It’s that time of year again! The Alberta Library (TAL) invites proposals for sessions at Netspeed 2008, to be held October 22-24, 2008, in Edmonton, AB. Netspeed is a conference organized by TAL for librarians and technical staff from all library sectors. This conference serves to highlight new technologies of interest to libraries today. Sessions…
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2008 Off-Campus Library Services Conference Scholarship
The Thirteenth Off-Campus Library Services Conference will be held in Salt Lake City on April 23-25. The conference is offering a comprehensive scholarship to a librarian or prospective librarian who meets the following requirements: has never attended an Off-Campus Library Services Conference must either be a library science student interested in distance education or a…
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Publish, Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals
Awarded the August 2007 PRIMO Site of the Month, Publish, Not Perish is an online tutorial written by librarians at the University of Colorado, Boulder. “In this course you will learn to: Describe the role of scholarly publishing in an academic career List the essential steps of planning and writing a scholarly paper. Develop a…
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CFP: Special Innovate Issue on Multi-User Virtual Environments
No specific mention of library application in this CFP, but let’s hear from some of you Second Lifers: Innovate, published as a public service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services and sponsored, in part, by Microsoft is soliciting manuscripts for a special issue on academics in virtual environments. This issue focuses on…