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ELATEwiki went live March 23; promotes use of technology in teaching

Posted on by mchaney

ELATEwiki is the Electronic Learning And Teaching Exchange created and edited by those interested in advancing the use of technology in teaching. This site is intended to host a wealth of freely available information categorized and organized into E-Learning and Teaching topics. It will be useful to teachers, scholars, students, and administrators seeking to understand the dynamic and changing higher education landscape during this critical time of transformation.

The following screenshot provides a view of ELATEwiki’s homepage.

ELATEwiki's homepage
ELATEwiki's homepage

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IDT Roundtable Feb. 26: Second Life Showcase

Posted on by Swasati Mukherjee

Come to the IDT Roundtable session 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Room 212 of the K-State Student Union to learn more about Second Life, its use by instructors on campus, and what’s happening out in the virtual world. Continue reading “IDT Roundtable Feb. 26: Second Life Showcase” →

Spring TechBytes series begins Thursday, Feb. 19

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

The TechBytes series begins February 19.  Sessions are scheduled 1:30-2:30 p.m.

TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. This series shares technology innovations with the campus community, whether it’s a new technology or a new way to use an existing technology.

Thursdays TechBytes topic Location
Feb. 19 Facebook in the Classroom 501 Hale Library
Mar. 5 Second Life Virtual World 301A Hale Library
Mar. 12 K-State Zimbra E-mail Collaboration Suite 212 Union
Mar. 26 Mobile Devices 301A Hale Library
Apr. 2 Creative Commons – Free Online Resources 301A Hale Library
Apr. 9 Webinars for Online Learning 301A Hale Library

Wesch publishes, is publicized

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Wesch Academic CommonsAssistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and U.S. National Professor of the year Michael Wesch continues to impress educators and lay-people alike worldwide. On Jan. 7 his article “From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments” was published in the Academic Commons Magazine, and on Jan. 12 an article about his background and teaching methods was published in the Christian Science Monitor.

After first making a name for himself on the international stage with his hit YouTube videos, Wesch is pushing forward by sharing his teaching methods with the masses. In “From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able,” he argues that new media environments force us to rethink the classroom because information acquisition can no longer be the prime motive in our lecture halls. Instead, he suggests that students need to be able to “find, sort, analyze, share, discuss, critique, and create information.” In essence, as the title implies, the shift is from becoming “knowledgable” to becoming “knowledge-able”.

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