Webinar: Introduction to Google Wave in Education

March 31, 2010 
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Event Summary:
Participants will:
• Examine the top twelve Web 2.0 tools in Google Wave
• Explore how Google Wave enables sound pedagogy through interaction and collaboration
• Learn how to incorporate Google Wave into teaching

Webinar Description
Google Wave – the revolutionary new free collaboration tool from the undisputed leader in online technologies promises to change the way we integrate Web 2.0 into our teaching and learning.  With more than a million people worldwide already using Wave, the technology is quickly becoming the preferred new tool for online collaboration.  Integrating Twitter, iframe Web windows, instant polling, drag-and-drop documents, native text chat modes, mind maps, streaming video, audio, and much more – all into a single slick Wiki platform, Wave is the ideal tool for group projects, reflective journaling, and class collaborations. 
This Webinar will introduce participants to the new technology and provide examples of effective uses of the technology, resource sites, and access to a Wave “sandbox” to test out the many gadgets, bots and extensions available in this exciting new technology. 

Webinar registration fees are per attendee and the webinar may not be broadcast.

Facilitators:
Emily Boles is an instructional developer in the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service at UIS. She offers faculty development workshops on technology and pedagogy for online learning and works with faculty to develop online courses. Her experience in online education includes work at community colleges and four-year institutions. Emily has presented nationally on online learning and Web 2.0 tools. Her areas of research are Web 2.0 technologies, cloud computing, and the impact of online learning in rural areas.  

Carrie Levin is Assistant Director of the Center for Online Learning, Research and Service.  Levin earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her Master of Arts degree from Columbia College.  Carrie serves as grant writer and instructional developer at the Center.  Her work with faculty members includes providing technical and pedagogical assistance in the design, development and delivery of learning materials in online and blended learning classes.  Levin is a frequent presenter at national online learning conferences.

Ray Schroeder is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Center of Online Learning, Research and Service at the University of Illinois at Springfield.  With 39 years of teaching experience on the Urbana and Springfield campuses of the University of Illinois, Schroeder is founder of the Center that is dedicated to the development and pedagogical support of the online learning initiative. His online learning and educational technology blogs and twitters reach 10,000 readers each week.  Ray is a Sloan Consortium Distinguished Scholar in Online Learning 2002-2003, Visiting Scholar in Online Learning at the University of Southern Maine 2006-2009, and the recipient of the 2002 Sloan-C award for the “Most Outstanding Achievement in ALN by an Individual.”

Cost: Free for Individual members, $25 for Institutional members, $99 for Guest and non-members.

Webinar registration fees are per attendee and the webinar may not be broadcast.

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