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Collaboration, Conference, Learning Community, Professional Development, Social Media

AACE Global U – Social Media Seminars

July 21, 2009May 31, 2019 Laura Pasquini

AACE Global U will be hosting a series of seminars around “Social Media: Trends and Implications for Learning.” I was able to listen to the archived seminar for July, however I hope to participate in a future monthly online seminar:

August 10, 2009, 9:00 PM Eastern USA
September 8, 2009: 3:00 PM Eastern USA
October 13, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA
November 10, 2009: 3:00 PM Eastern USA
December 8, 2009: 9:00 PM Eastern USA

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. All sessions are co-sponsored by and will be archived in the Education & Information Technology Library (EdITLib). And you can join in the discussion on AACE Connect.

During these Elluminate sessions, the conversations will be active in the webinar and recorded for those who cannot participate at these specific times. By using the #SMTI hash tag you can find conversations on Twitter, archives in blogs and resources in Delicious.

Here were a few key discussion pieces I found useful from the first social media seminar:

Networking in Everyday Life by Bernard Hogan
Examples of learning outcomes for social media & digital technology use in learning
The Digital Melting Pot by Sharon Stoerger
Open Educational Resources: Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education paper
Cover It Live
Educating the Net Generation – EDUCAUSE
wikiEducator
FREE by Chris Anderson
Does Technology Really Enhance the Quality of Teaching & Learning? by Tony Bates

Higher Education, Social Media

10 High(er Ed) Fliers on Twitter

April 15, 2009 Laura Pasquini

Check out 10 frequent fliers that are active on Twitter in Higher Ed c/o the Chronicle article from late last week. (Sorry for the delay.)

Most of these micro-bloggers study new media & the impact of Twitter on higher education. Follow on, friends.

blogs, Social Media

Characteristics of Blog Design

March 24, 2009March 24, 2009 Laura Pasquini

Today I found a great article on how to pretty up your blog, especially if you are blogging for professional reasons. I think I will do a bit of blog design review & updates as well.

The 13 Characteristics of Outstanding Blog Design include:

1. Readability

2. Useful Sidebars

3. Unique

4. Comment Design

5. Integration of Ads (for professional blogs)

6. Effective, Usable Navigation

7. Images in Posts

8. Footer Design

9. Color Scheme

10. Icons

12. Subscription Areas

13. Social Media Integration

For those of you who are just starting out, be sure to check out these tips from PROBLOGGER that shares Blog Design for Beginners.

blogs, Collaboration, Higher Education, Photo Sharing, Social Media

Happy Birthday ACE!

March 11, 2009March 11, 2009 Laura Pasquini

For those of you thinking about implementing a new online, web 2.0 project for student learning… I say: GO FOR IT!

This is the 1 year anniversary of the ACE pilot project that was initiated at The Academic Advising & Career Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough. Happy Birthday, ACE!

ACE (Academic & Career Explorer) is an online, peer buddy who connects with students at UTSC to share information & resources about job search, academic questions, career options and study skills support. You can connect to ACE various ways online:

The ACE project was a fun project to work on with staff and students. Kudos must go out to E-Lin, Suzanne, Esther & the great team of student staff at the Centre for all their creative work and on-going support.

Here’s a shot of E-Lin celebrating ACE’s birthday today with some cake (office tradition), of course: