e-Teaching Symposium at the University of Illinois at Chicago, External Education


	e-Teaching Symposium - HOME Previous e-Teaching Symposiums March 2008: Online and Blended Course Development at UIC November 2007: New Trends in eTeaching April 2007: Synchronous Learning in the Virtual Classroom February 2007:The Digital Age of Library Resources November 2006 :Quality Indicators for the Design and Evaluation of Blended and Online Courses September 2006: Exploring Online Assessment Techniques March 2006: The Essence of Good Teaching: Face-to-Face and Online January 2006: The What, Why and How of Podcasting October 2005: Enhancing Teaching Through the Use of Instructional Technology

e-Teaching Symposium

Thank You For Attending e-Teaching Symposium: Podcasts and Wikis

Our second e-Teaching Symposium was held on Wednesday, January 25, 2006. Professor Burks Oakley addressed The What, Why and How of Podcasting which was followed by a presentation on Teaching Through Wikis by David Elfving. If you missed the presentation you may view the Web cast at http://realmedia.uic.edu/ramgen/itl/eteaching.burks.jan2006.rm or download a copy of the presentations.

Symposium Overview:

The What, Why and How of Podcasting
Presented by: Professor Burks Oakley II

The word 'podcast' was selected as the 2005 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. With podcasting, anyone can easily distribute audio to a worldwide audience. The podcasting phenomenon builds on the power of RSS, and is leading to anytime, anyplace "mobile learning," or m-learning. Professor Burks Oakley will explain exactly how to produce and distribute a podcast and will elaborate on the significance of podcasting in higher education.

Teaching Through Wikis (pdf)
Presented by: David Elfving

Installed and maintained by graduate students, the UIC Department of Communication wiki was intended to provide a means of effectively distributing the reading load and note taking duties of a graduate seminar. But the wiki did not engage all classes equally. Under what circumstances does Web collaboration thrive? When does it fail? By tracking the use of the Communication wiki by two graduate classes, these questions can begin to be answered.

The Practice of Wiki

Related Information

UIC Faculty and Staff interested in presenting at an e-Teaching symposium should contact Emilie Wagner at ebwagner@uic.edu.

Faculty who would like curriculum support in developing an online or blended course can contact Karin Riggs in External Education. Using a team approach, External Education will partner with UIC's Instructional Technology Lab to identify the best solutions for developing a new online course or taking an existing course and developing an online section.