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About this Wiki
This is a public wiki intended to compile all the online resources surrounding the Innovations 2009 conference held in Reno, Nevada in March 2009. Many of the attendees and presenters post to their blogs during the conference and have online group conversations in real time. A lot of good discussion takes place online, and this is a place to collect it all and to continue further discussions.
Official Website: http://www.league.org/i2009/
Full Program (PDF)
How to Use
If you attend a session, create a header for it under the "Sessions" section below. Add links to your blog post or coveritlive session there. This will allow others to join in the sessions or see what you have written on your blog.
Don't be afraid to edit the content of these pages! Jot something down quickly at first, without worrying about making it look perfect. You or someone else can always come back later to tidy things up.
You can edit this wiki anonymously, or you can create an account to get attribution for your contributions.
To see an example of using this type of wiki, check out the eLearning 2009 Conference wiki.
Keynote Speakers
Gail Mellow - Minding the Dream: Community Colleges and a Passion for the Possible
President, La Guardia Community College, NY bio
- replace this with a link to your coveritlive session
- link to your blog post here
Wes Jackson - What We Need to Know to Meet the Sustainability Challenges of the Next Half-Century
President, The Land Institute, KS bio
- link to your coveritlive session here
- link to your blog post here
Constance Carroll - American Community Colleges at the Crossroads: Diversity and Workforce Challenges
Chancellor, San Diego Community College District, CA
- link to your coveritlive session here
- link to your blog post here
Kay McClenney - Imagine Success
Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin, TX
Sessions
Sunday, March 15th
Engage Your Students With Free Web 2.0 Tools
8:30 - 11:30am
- Britt Watwood, Online Learning Specialist, Center for Teaching Excellence, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
- Session Wiki
Podcasting and Beyond
8:30 - 11:30am
- coveritlive session? http://coveritlive.com ...
E-Textbooks: Their Varieties and Their Advantages
8:30 - 11:30am
- your blog post here
Can You Redesign Career Technical Programs to Be Online in One Year?
8:30am
Monday, March 16th
Student-Controlled Learning
8:00 - 9:00am
- link
Tuesday, March 17th
Redesigning Curriculum for Fiscal Sustainability
8:30am
Wednesday, March 18th
Attendees
- Britt Watwood, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Mark Williams, Lane Community College
- Sonya Christian, Lane Community College
- Don McNair, Lane Community College
- Aaron Parecki, Lane Community College
- add yourself here, and link to your blog or twitter page!
External Resources
Cover It Live
Cover It Live is a real-time blogging platform where one or more people can collaboratively blog in real time. One person hosts a blogging session and sends the link to others. The host can then type in real time and everyone else will see their comments. The host can also grant privileges to others so that the session becomes collaborative, and real-time discussion can take place.
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service which allows its users to send and read short 140-character updates, or tweets. You can post updates via a variety of sources, such as text messages or from your computer. Many educational professionals are using Twitter to post frequent updates about projects they are working on, or other interesting things they may be involved in. Here is a list of some highly rated educational tweeters.
During the conference, people may be posting their thoughts about the sessions they are attending to Twitter for others to see. You can see what people are saying right now by visiting the Twitter Feed page. To join in, sign up for an account, and add #lfi09 to the end of your message so that others can find it.
Tr.im - Short URLs
Shorten your URLs before posting to Twitter! Turn a long URL like http://aaronparecki.com/innovations2009 into something short like http://tr.im/lfi09
