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Ontario Universities’ Council on e-Learning (OUCEL) Summer Institute

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 12, 2011 - 7:29am

Sorry - forgot to post that the annual Ontario Universities’ Council on e-Learning (OUCEL) Summer Institute is happening this week: http://kumu.brocku.ca/oucel/Summer_Institute_2011

Hosted by Laurie Harrison at OISE!

Here's the Twitter stream link for the OUCEL11 conference: http://twitter.com/#!/search/#oucel11

Please join in virtually!

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Reading about the MISO Survey of IT & Library Services in Higher Education

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 6, 2011 - 10:11pm

Reading about the MISO Survey of IT & Library Services in Higher Education. Here are some interesting items:

- What’s important to HigherEd faculty/students/staff? Apparently wireless is #1

- Educational Technologies are important to HigherEd faculty/students but not so much professional staff.

- Satisfaction with library services on the decline for HigherEd faculty.

More observations posted on http://uoft.me/ati

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ITIF: Provost's Instructional Technology Innovation Fund

Submitted by Avi Hyman on July 18, 2011 - 1:19pm

Five days left to apply for #UofT ITIF seed funding for #edtech projects: http://uoft.me/iti - - please RT thanks

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ITIF: Provost's Instructional Technology Innovation Fund

Submitted by Avi Hyman on June 8, 2011 - 3:11pm

Please distribute widely.
MEMORANDUM

To: Principals, Deans, Academic Directors & Chairs
All Faculty
Professional and Managerial Staff
Educational Technology Staff

Date: June 8, 2011
From: Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
Re: Provost's Instructional Technology Innovation Fund (ITIF) 2011

I am pleased to announce that funding is available for a new
round of the ITIF (formerly the Instructional Technology Course
Development Fund or ITCDF).

The ITIF is a fund which promotes technologies designed to
improve teaching. It is funded by the Provost and administered
by Academic Technology Initiatives, a partnership between the
Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, and Information +
Technology Services.

New website with online teaching resources

Submitted by Avi Hyman on May 30, 2011 - 10:40am

via Twitter: @ajhyman AJ Hyman

New website with online teaching resources including instructor toolkit: http://uoft.me/ati [ #edtech #teaching #UofT ]

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accessibility & inclusive design in education

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 12, 2011 - 9:57am

I've collected all the links from this morning's session on accessibility & inclusive design in education to a blog post. Feel free to share:

http://uoft.me/ati

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BYOT / BYOD - should we have policies?

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 8, 2011 - 4:35pm

There is a growing literature on Bring Your Own Technology / Bring Your Own Device (BYOT/BYOD). Should we have a policy? Best practices? For some readings on this topic visit: http://uoft.me/ati

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eLearning and EdTech in India - lessons for us here?

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 7, 2011 - 1:27pm

Given the vast numbers of students and challenges of delivery, the Indian education landscape is attempting to adopt technology-enabled learning. With 673 million (60 per cent) of the population below 30 years of age (median age: 25 years), the sector has immense potential. I’ve been reading some articles about eLearning in India, looking for ideas that might have relevance to our work here in North America.

Highlights and references: http://uoft.me/ati

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Reading about the MISO Survey of IT & Library Services in Higher Education

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 6, 2011 - 10:11pm

Reading about the MISO Survey of IT & Library Services in Higher Education. Here are some interesting items:

- What’s important to HigherEd faculty/students/staff? Apparently wireless is #1

- Educational Technologies are important to HigherEd faculty/students but not so much professional staff.

- Satisfaction with library services on the decline for HigherEd faculty.

More observations posted on http://uoft.me/ati

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Ramadan Mubarak

Submitted by Avi Hyman on August 1, 2011 - 10:00pm

Ramadan Mubarak to all my friends & colleagues who will be fasting this month; may it be a time of health & peace for you & your families

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