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Media Scholarship
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Hamilton College, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University, supported by a NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund grant, have collaborated to develop interdisciplinary assignment models that promo...
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Green IT
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Many of our Presidents have signed the Presidents Climate Commitment, committing our institutions to lower our carbon footprint in the years to come. IT can play a significant role in this arena, by ...
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Dual Boot Macs in Classrooms and Labs: The Best of Both Worlds
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
The economic realities facing colleges and universities today has forced many institutions to focus on cost cutting measures. The challenge is to cut costs without cutting resources. By utilizing Mac...
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Exploring New Options in Digital Publishing
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Recent developments in technology are creating new, low-cost publishing opportunities for schools, small presses and archives. The practice of print-on-demand, which allows for single copies of books ...
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EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers Part II
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
8:30am - 4:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
You may attend Part II if you completed Part I of the "EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers".
This project is focused on the Northeastern region of the United States. The curriculum is ...
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WordPress University
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
WordPress, an open source web publishing platform, has proven to be a robust and flexible tool able to meet a variety of web application needs on college campuses. Multi-user blogging platforms, camp...
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Instruction Programs: Trendwatching
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
This workshop is about some key trends that inform strategic planning for instruction programs: innovations in teaching and learning, in scholarship, and in our networked digital environment. Particip...
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The 2010 Horizon Report Symposium
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
NERCOMP in partnership with the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) and Boston Library Consortium (BLC) are pleased to present: The 2010 Horizon Report Symposium.
The 201...
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Leveraging your LMS Investment
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Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
Many institutions view their Learning Management Systems (LMS) as a mission critical teaching and learning solution. Participants who attend this SIG will learn how peer institutions in the Northeast ...
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Leading from the Front Lines: Piloting, Planning, Promoting, Partnering and Predicting Technology Across the Curriculum
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Friday, April 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Murray-Aikens Dining Hall
2nd Floor
Saratoga Springs, NY
As recently noted in EDUCAUSE Review, teaching and learning with technology has jumped up the charts, rising in the past year from number nine to number five on the Top-Ten IT Issues. "The trend towar...
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Responding to Data Breaches
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:15am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Data security and privacy are focal points in many institutions' information security programs. There is a complex set of legal and regulatory frameworks for protecting data that we are entrusted wit...
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Monitoring Classrooms Remotely: Stay Connected Anywhere, Anytime
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
In today’s busy world, where the demand for an immediate solution to problems is becoming the norm, many Colleges and Universities are faced with the problem of managing classroom technology that is s...
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Semantic Web
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
The Internet can be seen as a connected collection of information. While the quantity of information grows seemingly without limit, and the types and origins of information continues to evolve, at it...
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Copyright and IP for Image Use SIG
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
By 2010 it's clear that most of our institutions have experience (and for some, expertise) in building digital collections of images. Even for those who are not there yet, we have very good standards ...
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Education and the Cloud
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
With budgets and resources being cut back, institutions are looking for strategies to save money while still providing cutting edge services. Is cloud computing the answer? This sessions will look at ...
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Small Institution Collaboration: Focus on Implementing, Securing and Supporting SharePoint
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
Please join us for the third Small Institution Collaboration SIG. In prior years we focused on security and support at small institutions. This year we will explore implementing, securing, and support...
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Favorite Moodle Modules and Plug-Ins
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
Experienced Moodle administrators and instructors will demonstrate and discuss their favorite Moodle functions.
There are nearly 600 modules and plug-ins available to add to your Moodle system-- no...
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Women, Technology and Leadership – Managing Change
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
We all understand that change is ongoing, almost becoming a constant. This session focuses on how to best manage change from several perspectives. Experienced change managers and communication expert...
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Web 2.0 Tools for Promoting Multifaceted Learning
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
Web 2.0 creates a culture for both creating and consuming knowledge, both of which promote learning. Web 2.0 literacy, in one respect, is about learning to use collaborative tools to solve complex pro...
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EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers Part II
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
8:30am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
You may attend Part II if you completed Part I of the "EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers".
This project is focused on the Northeastern region of the United States. The curriculum is ...
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SIGMaster Meeting 2010
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
10:00am - 3:00pm
Wellesley College Club
727 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA
Are you, or is someone you know, interested in contributing to the development of a thriving professional community? If so, NERCOMP is interested in hearing from you!
NERCOMP workshops (SIGs) and ...
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Software Virtualization
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Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
Many IT organizations today are implementing virtualization technologies to improve their IT operations. The field of Application Virtualization is rapidly revolutionizing software distribution pract...
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Third Party Hosted Versus In-House Solutions: What is the Right Decision for My Institution?
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Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
When updating or adding a new campus service many of us are faced with the challenge of helping our institutions decide whether to support a solution internally or to have it hosted via a third party....
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Implementing a Digital Media Infrastructure
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Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
Presentation and discussion about solutions for end-to-end production, post-production and delivery of digital media content in an academic environment. We will present and discuss specific hardware a...
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Uncommon Commons 2.0
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Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
Available soon...
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Assessment of Student Learning: Radical Implications of the New Science of Learning
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
What is “critical thinking” or “deep understanding” and how can it be measured? What is measured by the standardized tests and other educational assessment we use today? And how do any of these asses...
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Twenty-first Century Archives & Special Collections
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
Archivists, like librarians, have long been in the forefront of developing innovative, high-quality standards and methods for providing digital access to their unique and rich research collections. Si...
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EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers Part II
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
8:30am - 4:00pm
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
You may attend Part II if you completed Part I of the "EDUCAUSE-NERCOMP Workshop Series for IT Managers".
This project is focused on the Northeastern region of the United States. The curriculum is ...
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