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Previous e-Teaching Symposiums

January 2009: Collaborative Technologies for Teaching and Scholarship

September 2008: Blended and Online Resources: Enhancing the Learning Experience

May 2008: Blended Learning 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
Podcasts and Wikis

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Event Title: Podcasts and Wikis

Date:
January 25, 2006

Time:
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (brown bag lunch)

Location:
Student Center East, Room 613
750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60607

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
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.

 

About the Presenters
Professor Burks Oakley II is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois. His areas of interest include distance education and instructional technologies. Through his innovative use of technology in teaching, Professor Oakley has earned a national reputation as a practitioner and promoter of Internet-based asynchronous learning environments.

David Elfving, is the Teaching Assistant for Professor Steve Jones, Department of Communication. Before entering the UIC Department of Communication as a graduate student, Dave Elfving spent 5 years working as a Web designer in both the public and private sectors. He began at a boutique design firm and went on to develop Web sites and online applications for the Chicago Public Schools and the University of Chicago. His research focuses on wikis and other collaborative Web technologies.

Contact
For further details regarding this event, please contact External Education at (312) 355-0423 or by e-mail at externaledu@uic.edu..

 

Related Information

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

Faculty who would like curriculum support in developing an online or blended course can contact Anne France 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.