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. Similarly, archivists have long known that digitizing primary-source collections is far more complex than just slapping some documents on a scanner and putting them on the Web. There are many issues that archivists must contend with: the selection of appropriate digital asset management systems, digital reproduction standards, and metadata schemas for storing and discovering digital objects; the long-term preservation of digital objects; intellectual property and privacy rights; and best practices for scanning rare, fragile, and often multi-formatted materials. Beyond creating discrete digital collections, archivists are now also faced with the capture, storage, and online delivery of electronic records in all formats. This program seeks to educate information technologists about some of the challenges that archivists face in the digital world, and how the two groups are working more closely together to improve and expand access to the unique materials that archives and special collections departments are committed to preserving long into the future.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Karen Adler Abramson of Brandeis University

Date/Time:
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 assessments relate to the latest findings from the cognitive and brain sciences? Zachary Stein, an expert in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education, will address these questions in this engaging and challenging symposium. After recounting a brief history of educational psychology and assessment, Zak will detail the latest advances in the disciplines relevant to teaching and learning. Model building and myth busting, the new science of learning has radical implications when it comes to the assessment of student learning. Participants will unpack these implications through discussion and reflection, eventually thinking through innovative approaches to assessing important but often-neglected aspects of student abilities.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Karrie Peterson of Brandeis University

Date/Time:
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 targeted at early-stage leaders--those recently appointed or aspiring IT managers or supervisors. The program focuses on the practical knowledge and skills needed to succeed as a manger and leader in higher education..

Second session topics will include:

- Project Management II (builds on where Project Management I left off and addresses specific areas requested in the evaluations);

- Marketing/Communications/PR or how to effectively get your point across;

- Conflict Management or digging deeper into real situations that occur and preparing you to deal with them;

- Career Planning/Coaching/Mentoring or how to know the best next steps and the people that can help you get there;

- Legal Overview or a how to make sense of DMCA. FERPA, HIPPA, Massachusetts Data Breach Law and the rest of the alphabet;

- Negotiation or getting the most out of your interactions with your partners.

Sessions will be held one day per month for three months in a format similar to Part I.

Only attendees who have completed Part I are eligible for Part II.

The dates are April 8, May 13, and June 15 of 2010. Each day's program will run from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Registration closes Friday, March 19th. Register on the April 8th event page.

We look forward to seeing you again.


Workshop Organizer/Host: EDUCAUSE and NERCOMP

Date/Time:
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
8:30am - 4:00pm
Registration begins at 7:30am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $500
Non-Members: $625

Available soon

Workshop Organizer/Host: Emily Alling of Marlboro College and Beatrice Pulliam of Providence College

Date/Time:
Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
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Special instructions:
There is Visitors parking on Vine Street with walkways leading to Wyllys Ave where Usdan is located. There is also street parking on most surrounding streets - High Street, Court Street, Mt Vernon Street, Wahington Terrace...


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 and software solutions implemented at Colgate University for creating a digital media infrastructure. Additionally, speakers from Bowdoin College and Bates College will discuss their usage of iTunesU and Final Cut Server.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Ray Nardelli of Colgate University

Date/Time:
Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
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Special instructions:
There is Visitors parking on Vine Street with walkways leading to Wyllys Ave where Usdan is located. There is also street parking on most surrounding streets - High Street, Court Street, Mt Vernon Street, Wahington Terrace...


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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. There is currently an incredible interest throughout the academic community in externally hosted solutions and the potential cost saving benefits they may offer. How can we prepare ourselves to understand the real versus the perceived benefits of an in-house versus an external solution, make sure we are taking into consideration things that are key to our stakeholders beyond just initial cost and position ourselves to present that information to our institutions?

In this SIG, participants will work together to develop a decision matrix for evaluating service solutions. We will list and choose criterion for the matrix and tailor them to our particular institutions. Examples of criterion may include staffing costs, support costs, hours of available support, customization and branding, authentication, security, company viability, staff resources, etc.

Case studies involving both in-house and hosted solutions will be presented and we will practice using the matrices we develop to see how the solution may fit for our own institutions. Case studies will include moving from an in-house to a hosted solution for student email (Gmail) using a hosted solution for multimedia distribution (iTunes U) implementing an in-house, open-source course management solution (Sakai) and a hosted ERP solution (SunGard).


Workshop Organizer/Host: Patricia Zudeck of Brown University

Date/Time:
Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
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Special instructions:
There is Visitors parking on Vine Street with walkways leading to Wyllys Ave where Usdan is located. There is also street parking on most surrounding streets - High Street, Court Street, Mt Vernon Street, Wahington Terrace...


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

Many IT organizations today are implementing virtualization technologies to improve their IT operations. The field of Application Virtualization is rapidly revolutionizing software distribution practices in Higher Ed as well.

Your institution may be preparing to purchase one solution from the myriad of products on the market. Or you may be interested in learning about increased portability and management that Software Virtualization offers. This SIG will cover some of the big-name products out on the market, as well as discuss how virtualization will change licensing, image deployment, and other factors of your operations.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Chris Caesar of Wesleyan University

Date/Time:
Monday, June 07, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Wesleyan University
Usdan University Center
Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT
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Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
There is Visitors parking on Vine Street with walkways leading to Wyllys Ave where Usdan is located. There is also street parking on most surrounding streets - High Street, Court Street, Mt Vernon Street, Wahington Terrace...


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 conferences offer high-quality, low-cost professional development opportunities geared to meet the needs of you and your staff. We bring together audiences and experts to discuss the use and management of computers, networks, telecommunications, and information technology in libraries, education, academic research, and administration. NERCOMP participants meet colleagues, network, and take away new ideas to consider and apply.

On May 19th, NERCOMP is sponsoring a gathering of people who are interested in organizing workshops for 2010-2011.

We expect to host 40 professional development workshops (a.k.a SIGs) between September 2010 and June 2011. You're invited to get involved.

What do I need to do?
Register to attend the meeting on May 19th at the Wellesley College Club using the link below. Please register by Wednesday, May 12th.

What do I need to do next?
By Friday, May 14th, you will need to post your SIG proposal for your colleagues to review. To do this, sign in to NERCOMP's web site, and find the submission form on the Members page in the left hand column.

What happens at the meeting?
The rubber hits the road at the meeting. All the received proposals are discussed and vetted, and the best ones are tentatively scheduled.

We welcome new-comers. Even if you have never developed a workshop before, you're encouraged to get involved.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Mark Berman of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Dave Wedaman of Brandeis University and Colleen Wheeler of Wheaton College

Date/Time:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
10:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 9:30am

Location:
Wellesley College Club
727 Washington Street

Wellesley, MA
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Special instructions:
MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL AT:
http://www.nercomp.org/members/

Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $0
Non-Members: $0

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 targeted at early-stage leaders--those recently appointed or aspiring IT managers or supervisors. The program focuses on the practical knowledge and skills needed to succeed as a manger and leader in higher education..

Second session topics will include:

- Project Management II (builds on where Project Management I left off and addresses specific areas requested in the evaluations);

- Marketing/Communications/PR or how to effectively get your point across;

- Conflict Management or digging deeper into real situations that occur and preparing you to deal with them;

- Career Planning/Coaching/Mentoring or how to know the best next steps and the people that can help you get there;

- Legal Overview or a how to make sense of DMCA. FERPA, HIPPA, Massachusetts Data Breach Law and the rest of the alphabet;

- Negotiation or getting the most out of your interactions with your partners.

Sessions will be held one day per month for three months in a format similar to Part I.

Only attendees who have completed Part I are eligible for Part II.

The dates are April 8, May 13, and June 15 of 2010. Each day's program will run from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Registration closes Friday, March 19th. Please register under the April 8th session.

We look forward to seeing you again.


Workshop Organizer/Host: EDUCAUSE and NERCOMP

Date/Time:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
8:30am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 7:30am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $500
Non-Members: $625

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 problems; in another, it is about managing and interpreting a broader, authentic, set of student work. The presenters will share their experiences and current thinking regarding the much larger chain of evidence, and about technologies that can assist students and faculty to technically manage the evidence. This includes creating activities using Web 2.0 tools that engage college students and promote learning in a variety of styles and capturing learning evidence through the use of e-portfolio systems. We will share samples of student work, lessons learned, and technologies used. Participants will discuss the effect of media and multimedia on learning, as well as how to use a variety of web 2.0 tools in an academic context.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University

Date/Time:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 experts will discuss leading change, both formal and informal, at the organizational as well as individual level. They will address gender-specific strengths women can bring to a changing environment and offer strategies for developing skills to best adapt themselves and their organizations to a newer technological and economic landscape.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Kimberly Hall of Emerson College and Tracey Leger-Hornby of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Date/Time:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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-- not to mention the many built-in functions that you haven't really explored very much! How can you tell the great ones from the duds?

Experienced Moodle administrators and users have been asked to demonstrate their favorite obscure functions that have made significant contributions to their systems. Some may be add-ons that you never heard of and others may be functions that you see all the time but you never realized how they could be used. Some presentations will be elaborate, but we will also have a lightning round of very short demos.

If you're a Moodle user or administrator, you're sure to leave this session with plans to incorporate one or more of these great ideas into your system.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Steve Taylor of Vassar College

Date/Time:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 supporting SharePoint through successful case studies presented by institutions sharing their experiences deploying and using SharePoint. Institutions of all sizes are welcome.

The implementation panel will discuss customizing SharePoint to serve as a campus portal and the process of integrating SharePoint with an ERP. The implementation of plug-ins for Moodle, OWA, YouTube and other applications will be covered. The securing SharePoint panel will discuss methods and challenges to securing a site for use by the Board of Trustees and the necessary application and network measures required to protect highly confidential information in SharePoint. The governance panel will discuss strategies and policies to manage the deployment and usage of SharePoint. Models for the training and support of end-users and IT staff responsible for SharePoint will also be considered.

Small institutions can have highly effective approaches to unique challenges. This SIG will provide you with an opportunity to benefit from the collective knowledge and experience of your peers. The day is intended to be interactive and attendees with SharePoint experience will be encouraged to share their knowledge during the panel discussions. Come prepared to share, learn and collaborate with your colleagues.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Marla Botelho of Regis College and Deborah Gelch of Lasell College

Date/Time:
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 possible usage scenarios for cloud computing in education.

Workshop Organizer/Host: David Gannon and Eunwook Park both of Bryant University

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
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Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 and best practices that facilitate implementation of digitization projects. Rather, today's central concern is rights management. Who can use it, how can they use it, and where can they use it? As we move rapidly towards digital learning environments, gaps in rights management and policy seem to emerge from every corner of campus.

What are the pathways for working with institutional counsel? How do we go about developing policies for mandated collaborative projects? Where does image copyright fit in with institutional repository licenses, and what are the emerging best practices, guidelines, and model agreements? In this SIG we will explore these topics through moderated scenarios, information sessions, and break-out groups.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Elisa Lanzi of Smith College and Ann Whiteside and Peter Wilkins both of Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
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Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 its core, the relationship of the elements of information to each other and the ways that people find and use that information has changed little. The semantic web is the next step in the development of the Internet, extending the ideas and tools already familiar to us. By adding meaning to raw information, the semantic web creates new opportunities for search, presentation of information, and publishing.

Sections:
- An exploration of the mechanisms of the semantic web: tagging, geo-tagging, metadata, RDF.
- An exploration of the importance of the semantic web: relating data to data rather than page to page, relationships based on meaning rather than similarity and arrangement, integration & combination of information
- Trends in the library and IT:
- Tools already available on the web, and uses being made of them.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Jonathan Leamon of Williams College

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Click Here for a Map
Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $
Non-Members: $

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 spread across a large college campus. With the right tools for the job, even a small staff can accomplish the insurmountable task of monitoring and controlling the functions of numerous types of equipment in several classrooms at one central location.

Attendees of this program will hear about the various types of control systems utilized for this purpose (AMX, Crestron, Extron) and they will learn about the manner in which they are set up on a network. Cost and time management benefits will be highlighted as well as the different ways to anticipate and troubleshoot problems remotely.

After the lunch break, attendees will participate in a Lightning Round SIG. Participants are asked to share a five minute presentation. Recommended topics include problems and possible solutions you have encountered when setting up dual boot operating systems. Please send an outline of your topic in advance to andolink@union.edu and strohecj@union.edu . Outlines must be received by April 15, 2010.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Kelly Andolina and Jim Strohecker both of Union College

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
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Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $120
Non-Members: $245

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 with. Responding to data breaches can be a complex and challenging process for even well seasoned information security professionals. During this session will discuss the current legal and regulatory environment, instituting controls to reduce the likelihood of data breaches, and incident response planning for if (or when) data breaches do occur.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Chris Misra of University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
9:15am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
Click Here for a Map
Click Here for Directions

Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $120
Non-Members: $245

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 toward augmenting instruction with technology creates opportunities and substantial challenges for those who must respond to increasingly diverse and fluid instructional environments." (EDUCAUSE Review, July/August 2009, p 52)

The instructional technology sector will prove critical to the innovation, growth and success of our IT organizations over the next decade. As front line support staff, technologists are ideally situated to leverage creative energy and collaborative problem solving and lead colleagues in IT and across campus toward improved understandings of pedagogically purposeful technology.

This workshop, developed by instructional technology colleagues among three institutions, explores key elements of this challenge. Workshop participants will actively engage the following topics:

• Piloting and planning successful projects or programs closely tied to curricular objectives;
• Promoting resources and services;
• Partnering to further the academic mission and position for the future;
• Predicting opportunities and challenges.

Participation is especially encouraged for pairs or small teams of director and instructional tech front line staff from the same organization.



Workshop Organizer/Host: Beth DuPont of Skidmore College, Nikki Reynolds of Hamilton College and Sondra Smith of St. Lawrence University

Date/Time:
Friday, April 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Murray-Aikens Dining Hall
2nd Floor
Saratoga Springs, NY
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Special instructions:
The event will be held in Murray-Aikens Dining Hall (#23), however the parking is on the other side of campus. Please park in the Zankel Lot, and if there are no spots there, park in the Falstaff's Lot. If you need a handicap parking space, you can park in the Jonsson Tower lot, directly behind Murray-Aikens Dining Hall.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $110
Non-Members: $235

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 are using their LMS solution for innovation in teaching, learning and community building. The focus is not vendor product specific, but more about making the most of your LMS investment. (e.g. ePortfolios, Class Site, Web 2.0 tools, Professional Development strategies, etc.)

Outcomes for the Day:
-Learn from institutions who are using their LMS in creative and innovative ways
-Exchange resource information to help you utilize your LMS more effectively
-Build collaborations among institutions using an LMS
-Network and make connections with colleagues


Workshop Organizer/Host: Andrea Pickles and Robin Robinson both of Framingham State College

Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 2010 Horizon Report [http://horizon.nmc.org/], the seventh in this annual series, has just been published by a collaboration between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

The Horizon Report provides a roadmap of upcoming technologies that a distinguished group of researchers, technologies, educators, and futurists evaluate and select for their potential to transform teaching, learning and the creative arts. The report is released each January to provide a description of these technologies and places them in a timeline of immediate impact (within the next 12 months), mid-range impact (1-3 years) or long-range potential value (3-5 years). This presentation will summarize the findings from the 2010 Horizon Report with illustrations of their potential implications for the NERCOMP community.

Topics include major trends identified by the report: mobile computing, open content, electronic books, simple augmented reality, gesture-based computing, and visual data analysis. Other subjects which surfaced from previous reports and this year's preparation include new digital literacy, changes to scholarly communication, and the recession's impacts. Framing all of this is a discussion of different methods for apprehending emerging technologies.

This workshop will be a mashup of presentation, examples, hands-on work, and discussion about where we're headed in the practice of technology enabled higher education. Participants will leave with several take-aways: first, an environmental scan about important emerging technologies, situated in the academic context. Second, networking opportunities with peers in the region. Third, a better sense of how to approach emerging technologies.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Bryan Alexander of NITLE

Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:
Your fee includes unlimited am and pm break service and lunch.

NITLE and BLC members receive the NERCOMP member rate of $130
Email ldimauro@nercomp.org or call 860-345-2081 for additional instructions.

Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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. Participants will get up close in three areas: how to think about the technologies available to you when planning for improvements in your instruction program; how to adapt pedagogies that get us beyond sage on the stage, and ways of engaging with significant conversations on innovation. A lightning round, exploring how participants are framing near-term goals of their instruction programs, will address developments and indicators to monitor for anticipating user needs, key disruptive technologies and their implications, significant changes on campus in teaching and learning, and gaps and challenges we face across institutions.

Workshop Organizer/Host: Karrie Peterson of Brandeis University

Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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, campus newsletters, course project sites and central event calendars are just a few of the ways WordPress is being deployed in higher education. At WordPress University we’ll explore case studies and examples of how WordPress is adapted to meet these various needs. The day’s schedule will include opportunities to share and explore ideas with fellow attendees that can be applied to WordPress implementations in their home environments.

This is not a technical, hands-on workshop, and while some technical web programming details will be discussed, the program is designed to appeal to people with a range of experiences creating web sites and working with on-line web 2.0 and social networking tools. Some experience designing or editing web pages, managing a web site, or working on support of a web-based application will be helpful, but not essential.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Randall Rode of Yale University

Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255

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 targeted at early-stage leaders--those recently appointed or aspiring IT managers or supervisors. The program focuses on the practical knowledge and skills needed to succeed as a manger and leader in higher education..

Second session topics will include:

- Project Management II (builds on where Project Management I left off and addresses specific areas requested in the evaluations);

- Marketing/Communications/PR or how to effectively get your point across;

- Conflict Management or digging deeper into real situations that occur and preparing you to deal with them;

- Career Planning/Coaching/Mentoring or how to know the best next steps and the people that can help you get there;

- Legal Overview or a how to make sense of DMCA. FERPA, HIPPA, Massachusetts Data Breach Law and the rest of the alphabet;

- Negotiation or getting the most out of your interactions with your partners.

Sessions will be held one day per month for three months in a format similar to Part I.

Only attendees who have completed Part I are eligible for Part II.

The dates are April 8, May 13, and June 15 of 2010. Each day's program will run from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Registration closes Friday, March 19th.

We look forward to seeing you again.


Workshop Organizer/Host: EDUCAUSE and NERCOMP

Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
8:30am - 4:00pm
Registration begins at 7:30am

Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Special instructions:


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $500
Non-Members: $625

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 to be published, eliminates many of the costs of traditional publishing, making it possible to produce high quality publications in very small quantities.

Online journal systems, many of which are open source, bring the publication of peer-reviewed journals within easy reach of faculty and students. Some journal systems are integrating with online repositories to deliver text and media rich publications that take full advantage of being online.

Attendees will see examples of projects using these new technologies and should expect to leave with at least one idea of a project they can consider at their institution.


Workshop Organizer/Host: Marilyn Billings of University of Massachusetts Amherst and Dan Schnaidt of Wesleyan University

Date/Time:
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am

Location:
UMASS Amherst
Campus Center
First Floor
Amherst, MA
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Special instructions:
Getting to the Campus Center Parking Garage… From Massachusetts Avenue (after exiting from Route 116) At the second set of lights turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue – Boyden Gymnasium is on the corner of Commonwealth & Massachusetts Avenues. At the next set of lights turn right onto Campus Center Way and proceed up Campus Center Way – The entrance to the Campus Center Parking Garage is at the top of the hill on the right.

Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage, pick up your parking pass at the registration desk and pay $5 when leaving.
Park on the 2nd floor of the parking garage and walk thru the hallway into the Student Center and go down to the first floor.


Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $115
Non-Members: $240