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ITS (including the Learning Resource Center), Distance & Distributed Ed Center, the EXCEL center, UWG Ingram Library, and support units within each of the colleges, all strive to collaborate and offer training on one central calendar site: http://www.westga.edu/~training Have questions? e-mail jgubbins@westga.edu.

Friday, October 30, 2009 Public Access

30 October 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

8:00am   9:00am   10:00am   11:00am   12:00pm   1:00pm   2:00pm   3:00pm   4:00pm   5:00pm   6:00pm   7:00pm   8:00pm   9:00pm [9:00pm] Social Media Seminar (Webinar) Description: The seminar series, led by George Siemens and David Cormier, is without fee and will include live interactive sessions, in addition to discussions with guest speakers and participants. Social media and emerging technologies are gaining increased attention for use in education. The list of tools grows daily. Examples: blogs, wikis, Ning, podcasts, Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, cloud computing, surface computing, mobile learning, and so on. "Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning" will explore the impact of new technologies, research, and related projects. What does it all mean? Do long term trends and change cycles exist in the constant change? What patterns are emerging? And, perhaps most importantly, should academics and education leaders respond? "Social Media" will explore emerging technological and related research trends from a perspective of social and networked learning theory. Register and info at: http://aace.org/GlobalU/seminars/socialmedia/ This event is also on November 24, 2009: 3:00 PM and December 8, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA

Description:

The seminar series, led by George Siemens and David Cormier, is without fee and will include live interactive sessions, in addition to discussions with guest speakers and participants.

Social media and emerging technologies are gaining increased attention for use in education. The list of tools grows daily. Examples: blogs, wikis, Ning, podcasts, Facebook, Twitter, Second Life, cloud computing, surface computing, mobile learning, and so on. "Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning" will explore the impact of new technologies, research, and related projects. What does it all mean? Do long term trends and change cycles exist in the constant change? What patterns are emerging? And, perhaps most importantly, should academics and education leaders respond? "Social Media" will explore emerging technological and related research trends from a perspective of social and networked learning theory.

Register and info at: http://aace.org/GlobalU/seminars/socialmedia/

This event is also on November 24, 2009: 3:00 PM and December 8, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA