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Social media for #fashion – Spring 2013

Feb 21st, 2013 by

On February 21, I’m being invited to present to the “FASH325 Multimedia Fashion Presentations” students.

This presentation is part information management, part online persona, and part marketing. It’s intended to be an overview of what 21st century graduates should be aware of in terms of online behaviors and trends.

Slides

Things not covered in class

  • Take advantage of the fact that you are all sharing the same experience (i.e., college) to start following each other, sharing information, and discussing the practices in your discipline. Your cohort might end up being the best support group you’ll have in your lifetime.
  • Information on the web is not peer-reviewed, so be aware of the dangers of becoming misinformed. See this video about media literacy for more details.

Links

Books

Web Presence

Point of Purchase

Social Media

Social Media Tools

Mobile

Content Hosting & Collaboration

Metrics & Analytics

Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/sm-fashion-s13

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Let’s talk open educational resources at the IT Tech Fair

Oct 12th, 2012 by

The IT Tech Fair will be held on Thursday, October 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Trabant University Center Multi-Purpose Rooms. This is a unique opportunity for University of Delaware’s faculty and staff to familiarize themselves with the technology services offered at UD. Staff from IT and other University groups who provide technology support will be available for questions, short discussions, and to demonstrate new technologies.

In particular, this will be your chance to explore how to find, select, modify, and create open educational resources (OER) for your course. Simply look for Mathieu Plourde‘s booth on the subject. The list of places to find OER and open textbooks has been recently updated.

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Social media for #fashion: Fall 2012

Sep 11th, 2012 by

This is my Fall 2012 collection (of slides) for “FASH325 Multimedia Fashion Presentations” students.

This presentation is part information management, part online persona, and part marketing. It’s intended to be an overview of what 21st century graduates should be aware of in terms of online behaviors and trends.

Slides

Things not covered in class

  • Take advantage of the fact that you are all sharing the same experience (i.e., college) to start following each other, sharing information, and discussing the practices in your discipline. Your cohort might end up being the best support group you’ll have in your lifetime.
  • Information on the web is not peer-reviewed, so be aware of the dangers of becoming misinformed. See this video about media literacy for more details.

Links

Books

Web Presence

Point of Purchase

Social Media

Social Media Tools

Mobile

Content Hosting & Collaboration

Metrics & Analytics

Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/sm-fashion-f12

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Finding and selecting quality open educational resources

Apr 25th, 2012 by

As the spring semester slowly fades away, here is an opportunity for faculty members to start planning for the next time they will teach classes. We all know the internet is a treasure trove of learning materials, but how can one find the right resources without spending too much time digging in the wrong spots?

Step 1: Attend an hour-long webinar

First, on Tuesday, May 1st, you are invited to attend a Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources webinar titled Finding and Selecting High Quality Open Educational Resources.

“Hear from a community college librarian, the director of a statewide open textbook project, and an open textbook publisher on best approaches for finding and selecting high-quality, accessible open textbooks and open educational resources to enhance teaching and learning in your classroom and expand access to education. Our featured speakers are:

  • Kate Hess, Librarian, Kirkwood Community College, IA
  • Dr. Robin Donaldson, Director Open Access Textbook Project, Florida Distance Learning Consortium
  • David Harris, Editor-in-Chief, OpenStax College, Rice University, TX”

You are invited to register for a viewing party at 1:00 p.m. in room 011 Smith Hall, or attend the webinar on your own.

Step 2: Attend a workshop

OER logoParticipants interested in working with IT staff are welcome to stay in 011 Smith after the webinar to explore some of the tools and strategies for their own classes (register here for the Tuesday workshop). If this time is not convenient for you, register for a second workshop on Friday May 4th at 9 a.m.

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April 11-12: Join us for the ELI Spring Focus Session on Learning Analytics

Apr 5th, 2012 by

“Learning analytics (LA) is the collection and analysis of data associated with student learning. The analysis of this data, coming from a variety of sources like the LMS, the library, and the student information system, helps us observe and understand learning behaviors in order to enable appropriate interventions.”

Information Technologies has registered for the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session on Learning Analytics and will be hosting a viewing party for this two-day webinar. Registration is encouraged but not required; simply drop in and out as you please (check the link to the event program below for more details).

  • Location: Smith Hall, room 015 (We purchased a single login, so this is the only room in which you’ll be able to attend this event)
  • Dates and time: 

  

We hope you can join us!

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“Why Open Education Matters” video competition

Apr 2nd, 2012 by

The U.S. Department of Education, and the Open Society Institute announce the launch of the Why Open Education Matters Video Competition. The competition will award cash prizes for the best short videos that explain the use and promise of free, high-quality Open Educational Resources—or “OER”—and describe the benefits and opportunities these materials create for teachers, students and schools.

Video submissions are accepted until June 5, 2012 and winners will be announced July 18, 2012. Cash prizes, provided by the Open Society Institute, include $25,000 (first), $5,000 (second), and $1,000 (Public Choice Award). Judges include prominent artists and education experts, including Davis Guggenheim, Nina Paley, James Franco, and many others. Full press release available here >

Let us know if you’re interested in submitting!

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Open Education Week is next week: March 5-10

Feb 29th, 2012 by

This is an invitation from Cable Green, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons. Hope you can take advantage of some of these free events!

Open Education Week will take place from March 5-10 online and in locally hosted events around the world, with opportunities to participate in webinars and online discussions.

Participation is free and open to all.  The objective is to raise awareness of the open education movement and open educational resources.

First Annual Open Education Week

March 5-10, 2102

http://www.openeducationweek.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/openeducationwk

FB: http://www.facebook.com/openeducationwk

YouTube: openeducationweek

#openeducationwk

Open Education Week will feature:

  • Over 40 webinars open to participation from anyone
  • Virtual tours, pre-recorded presentations and documents describing open education projects and ideas
  • Discussion area with blog and twitter feeds
  • Resource links
  • Contributions from over 130 organizations and institutions
  • Offline events and local workshops

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Social media and web 2.0 for #fashion: Spring 2012 edition

Feb 23rd, 2012 by

Building on my growing (and unjustified) reputation as a fashionista, this is my Spring 2012 collection (of slides) for “FASH325 Multimedia Fashion Presentations” students.

This presentation is part information management, part online persona, and part marketing. It’s intended to be an overview of what 21st century graduates should be aware of in terms of online behaviors and trends.

Slides

Things I forgot to cover in class

  • Take advantage of the fact that you are all sharing the same experience (i.e., college) to start following each other, sharing information, and discussing the practices in your discipline. Your cohort might end up being the best support group you’ll have in your lifetime.
  • Information on the web is not peer-reviewed, so be aware of the dangers of becoming misinformed. See this video about media literacy for more details.

Links

Books

Web Presence

Point of Purchase

Social Media

Social Media Tools

Mobile

Content Hosting & Collaboration

Metrics & Analytics

Previous presentation

Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/sm-fashion-s12

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Upcoming LearnIT session on personal learning networks

Feb 20th, 2012 by

In the past couple of years, I have shared my story of how I use social media for professional development and web 2.0 as my “extended brain.” I have prepared a workshop titled “Building your personal learning network: DIY professional development,” and I hope you can join me this Wednesday, February 22, or the following week on Thursday, March 1. Below is a short promo video I created as a teaser.

If you’re interested in reflecting on your own professional development practice and explore a thing or two about using the internet to assist you, sign-up for one of the these two upcoming LearnIT sessions:

This session is open to University of Delaware students, faculty, and staff members.

P.S.: If you’re not a UD person and would like to participate, send me an email at mathieu AT udel DOT edu.

Update: I created a hub page for this training session.

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Raspberry Pi’s $25 computer to begin shipping later this year

Feb 10th, 2012 by

PC World published an article about Raspberry Pi‘s device, a credit-card-sized mini-computer that can run Linux for basic computing or be used for simple tasks like streaming video. The basic version will be sell for $25, and the ethernet-enabled version will be priced at $35.

Designed with education in mind, this Cambridge University’s initiative was intended for kids to be able to program.

[We] felt that we could try to do something about the situation where computers had become so expensive and arcane that programming experimentation on them had to be forbidden by parents; and to find a platform that, like those old home computers, could boot into a programming environment.

This story is not unlike India government’s affordable tablet initiative. A Canadian company won the bid last year to produce affordable tablet devices to be sold for $20 to$35 all across India.

More than 800 million people in India have mobile phones and more than 10 million are signing up each month. Yet the number of Indians with regular access to the Internet is shockingly low: about 10%. The Indian government is banking on a nationally subsidized mobile tablet to help pull millions of its disconnected citizens online and into the modern economy.

Can you imagine how transformative this could be for education? If you could put one (or two) of these devices in the hands of all your students, what would this mean?

For the sake of scale comparison, the following table roughly demonstrates the number of devices you could get for the price of current portable products.

Kindle Fire Acer AC700-1099 Chromebook (Wi-Fi) iPad 2
(16GB, no 3G)
Retail price $199 $299 $499
India’s tablet (low price) $20 10 devices 15 devices 25 devices
Raspberry Pi $25 8 devices 12 devices 20 devices
Raspberry Pi with Ethernet or India’s tablet (high price) $35 5 devices 8 devices 14 devices

Although these devices are not equivalent, you get the idea. As the hardware becomes affordable, it becomes possible to standardize it and make sure everyone has access to it. If all your files are in the cloud, you can swap one device for another, and hit the ground running without breaking the bank if you lose or break the device. It would be like buying earbuds from the bookstore.

Do you see applications for ultracheap devices like these in your classroom? At what cost could your department afford them for all students in your programs?

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