Presentations

James Boyle: Cultural Agoraphobia: What Universities Need to Know About Our Bias Against Openness

The other day one of the people in higher ed I follow on Twitter, Jim Groom from the University of Mary Washington, posted a tweet saying they had a webcast of the keynote speaker for their Faculty Academy, James Boyle, online. I checked it out and was really impressed with what he had to say.  [...]

Call for Proposals! 2009 West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference

Here is a message from the 2009 West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference committee:

Call for Proposals
The West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference is now accepting presentation, poster session, and workshop proposals for its September 28-30, 2009 conference at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa in Morgantown, WV.

This conference brings together experts from all over West Virginia [...]

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Pistachio: How to Present While People are Twittering

Tamar Weinberg from Pistachio Consulting posted this interesting piece about presenting in the age of Twitter.  His advice will help anyone who finds themselves sharing ideas in front of an unattentive audience. You may have thoroughly prepared for the presentation and expected a more engaged audience. You tell yourself that they are obviously more engaged [...]

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Reflecting on the HighEdWeb 2008 Conference

I recently attended the HighEdWeb 2008 Conference in Springfield, MO. All of the presentations and both workshops I attended were excellent. The presenters gave many good tips and tools to use. The following are my short summaries on some presentations:
Creating a College Web Style Guide: Principles, Processes, and Prototypes
Jesse Racine, Web Designer and Developer for [...]

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How WordPress Changed My Life [2008 WVHETC Presentation]

Last week I presented at the WV Higher Education Technology Conference.  I thought that I’d go ahead and post my presentation here for those of you who didn’t get to attend.  If anyone else at WVU presented and would like to post their presentations here, just let me know.  I’ll be happy to post other [...]

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Favorable Online Tools

I thought it was time to share some free online tools this month. The list may help you with organization and give you a more productive work flow.
Open Atrium

Download the intranet package and there you go… you now have a blog, wiki, calendar, dashboard, to-do list, and shoutbox. You can read the how to on [...]

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