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Participants: Catherine Boissier,  Dilian Ortíz,  Marijana Smolcec,  Hala Fawzi,  Mbarek Akaddar, Carla Arena, Vance Stevens, & Jeff Lebow

Part#2

Apparently, having finished a particularly hectic stretch at the day job, I have a lot of pent up streaming energies. Announcing...

A Super Sunday of Streaming

All of the events below will be streamed at webheadsinaction.org/live  For those that involve G+ Hangouts, you'll be able to find the 'join hangout' links there.

10:00GMT - bit.ly/zCQblU - EVO Open Hangout (part 1) - Stop by the Google+ Hangout to share EVO Week#1 discoveries, challenges, confusions and/or just some quality webhead connnection time

12:00GMT - tinyurl.com/2012jan15gmt1200-  MachinEVO Workshop in Second Life  (how to produce films of language learning conversations in this virtual world)  SLURL:  maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/69/172/23

14:00GMT - tinyurl.com/2012jan15gmt1400  - Scott Lockman hosts a PechaFlickr on this week's Learning2gether  Info at: cogdogblog.com/2011/12/18/hanging-out-pechaflickr/

00:00GMT -bit.ly/y4YvFJ - EdTechWeekly#208 - Dave Cormier, Jeff Lebow, Jennifer Maddrell, & John Schinker return from another hiatus to catch-up on the latest edtech new and topics (this will also be streamed at edtechtalk.com/live  which will likely have the more active chat room)

01:00GMT - bit.ly/ACzejO - EVO2012 Open Hangout (part 2) - For those who are unable to participate in part#1 and/or want more hangout time. 

Valerie Irvine and Jillianne Code Discussion/Experimentation Session for Change11
January 13, 2011

Following their presentation a few days earlier, Val & Jill take us on a tour of  Blue Jeans and Accordent, a couple of video conferencing systems they are experimenting with at the University of Victoria

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Week#16 Overview: mooc.wikispaces.com/Irvine+%26+Code

Valerie & Jillianne discuss issues facing brick and mortar universities in the current global context of post-secondary education. The economic situation facing most universities is one of diminishing funds through cutbacks, increasing competition both locally and globally as a result of the increasing number of post-secondary institutions (specifically colleges and online universities) and the growing prevalence of online programs. We are also dealing with a natural demographic phenomenon whereby the number of people aged 18-22 are smaller than in previous boom eras. What can brick and mortar Universities do to adapt, innovate, remain both competitive and relevant in this situation? In essence, become part of the 21st century? We will discuss the issues universities face and how they can meet the demands of students for flexibility. They also  propose a solution which is being piloted today at the University of Victoria through a new delivery method we have termed multi-access learning. Through modification of our registration system, we will be able to let the learner choose the delivery method they want for course enrollment.
 

Participants: Ben Samuels, Carol Yeager, Vanessa Vaile, Stephen Downes, Karen Scarlett, & Jeff Lebow

Topics: Blackboard's 'Openness' vs Moodle's Cost Effectiveness, Reflections on CMC11, Cyberbullying, & Calgary Weather


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Next Coolcast: January 18/19 0300GMT (global times: bit.ly/yF7Khv   details)