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First Call for Contributions and Participation

The Third International DIVERSE Conference on Video and Videoconferencing in Higher Education

University of Derby, June 30 to July 2, 2003

The DIVERSE conference has established itself as the leading international forum for discussion, dissemination and promotion of all aspects of video use in teaching, support of learning and research in higher education. It has established a reputation for high quality content and presentation, including live international videoconferences and online demonstrations.

DIVERSE is concerned to explore the interfaces between pedagogy and technology, and is a both a showcase and a critical forum on mainstream and innovative practices. The call for contributions follows below.

However, to just register an interest in attending, please email c.m.ohagan@derby.ac.uk

And for updates on the conference, please subscribe to the UK JISCmail 'video' discussion list. Send a message to jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk. The message should be: join video X Y. Insert your first name for X and your last name for Y. Note that there is a space between each word in the message. Do not put anything else into the message.

Call for Contributions:

Contributions should be either i) a one hour workshop with extensive interactivity, or ii) a 30 min presentation allowing ample time for discussion, and preferably with video examples, or iii) a 90 minute panel session on a topic of particular significance.

Contributors should identify one of the following themes.

1) Videoconferencing (including audioconferencing and text-conferencing, where these inform general conferencing practice)
2) Video and pedagogy
3) Interactive television and telepresence teaching
4) Making and/or using videorecordings
5) Digital video and the internet (eg streaming)
6) Video and interactive learning
7) Students learning by making and using video Researching the effective use of video
9) Enriching e-learning using video and multimedia
10) Video applications in distance learning

For the moment, simply email your proposed type of contribution and preliminary title, with a sentence ot two about the content to c.m.ohagan@derby.ac.uk. A web site with online submission and registration will shortly be available. Submissions deadline: March 28

Red Hat Certification Program For Education [Slashdot]

this could be good, i wish i was still able to take advantage of it.

Good Experience: From July 18, 2000; Surviving the Bit Infinity [Tomalak's Realm]
hmm, maybe, but i dunno.

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Bill Gates walks into a bar.

“Hey, we're rich!” shouts one guy to his buddy. “The average person in this bar is now worth more than a billion dollars!”

Mother Jones interviews John Perry Barlow. [Scripting News]

I've always enjoyed hearing J.P. Barlow talk about his vision for the world.

Are Teachers Overpaid?. Are Teachers Overpaid? Tamim Ansary poses and attempts to answer this question in a thoughtful column, full of interesting links to delve deeper into the issue. Bottom line, teachers are overpaid…that is, if you want lower taxes, school funding will be cut and teacher salaries will go down. How does that bumper sticker go again, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance” ? [MetaFilter]

there are very few situations where the people who shape the future of the nation can be underpaid, actually there are none if the society is fair or even equitable, alas, this is not so. People do not believe that they, as part of society, bear the burden of its costs. They should.

blog research progress. First draft of the proposal summary for the “microcontent research center” that Alex and I are working on is on… [mamamusings]

Interesting research project.

From Nanotechnology's Sidelines, One More Warning. An 80-page illustrated manifesto called “The Big Down,” is an elaborate effort to generate alarm about the perils of nanotechnology.  [New York Times: Technology] … Oh, please. The perils of nanotechnology are miniscule… (sorry, sorry, sorry but it had to be said!). [[ t e c h n o \ c u l t u r e ]]

danger will robinson, danger. these are interesting bits of public outcry, but they do not seem to have any generalizable effect. In short, I posit that no one cares about science and technology beyond the appliance value anymore.

Hey — Hunter hasn't gone away, you know: Hunter S. Thompson. The godfather of gonzo says 9/11 caused a “nationwide nervous breakdown” — and let the Bush crowd loot the country and savage American democracy. [Salon.com] [[ t e c h n o \ c u l t u r e ]]

Go Hunter Go, Hunter for president!