Collaboration Technology and Engaging the Campus 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Case Western Reserve University
Thwing Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Breakout Sessions
Track 1: Community Engagement: From local impact to global influence
LinkedCommunities -- Case Western Reserve, OneCommunity, and the Community Wireless Mesh Project
Description:
Ensuring all citizens have access to the Internet’s tools and services – often referred to as “digital inclusion” – has become a growing priority for many communities as digital access becomes a necessity for all citizens. OneCommunity, a local nonprofit operator of one of the world’s largest fiber-optic broadband networks, unveils a 5-square-mile area of University Circle and Cleveland Heights to be covered by a free public outdoor wireless mesh network. OneCommunity shares how this new network, an extension of the Case campus network, is designed to facilitate adoption of technology, community engagement and collaboration.
Participants:
Mark Ansboury, OneCommunity
Joe Podach, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Wanda Davis, Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center
Bill Whelan, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Tony Sereda, Motorola
Time: 9:00 - 9:45 AM
Location Thwing Center Ballroom
To DataWarehouse and Beyond!
Description:
Demo of the current use of Data Warehousing and Business Objects at Case and discussion of future directions which may be taken.
Participants:
Caron Baldwin, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Donald Hunt, Case Western Reserve University, Office of the Registrar
Kyle Marvin, Case Western Reserve University, Information Technology Services
Jeff Shaw, Case Western Reserve University, Information Technology Services
Penny Shelby, Case Western Reserve University, Information Technology Services
Time: 11:00 - 11:45 AM
Location Meeting Room C
Semantic Technologies for Collaboration
Description:
The semantic web is a transformation of the existing web that will enable software programs, applications, and agents to find meaning and understanding on web pages. Semantic web technologies such as OWL permit management of agile data integration to createlogic via ontology.
Supporting Documents: http://sweet.jpl.nasa.gov/index.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/
Participants:
Chris Bunk, ARES Corporation, NASA Glenn Research Center
Time: 11:00 - 11:45 AM
Location Cleveland Room
OpenID: Why It is Completely Wrong and Why It Should Be Used Anyways
Description:
As web technologies have evolved so has Identity Management -- common "user registration forms" and login screens are becoming a thing of the past. Explore why OpenID adoption is accelerating and why everyone should already be using it. And why it will ultimately fail but in the best way possible.
Participants:
Jeremy Smith, Case Western Reserve, Information Technology Services
Time: 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location Cleveland Room
World-Wide Learning Environments
Description:
The College of Arts and Sciences' World-Wide Learning Environment initiative funded by the McGregor Fund is using networked communication technologies to support innovative ways to build international experiences into the educational lives of Case Western Reserve undergraduates. http://www.case.edu/artsci/wle/ College faculty and the Internet2 consortium's director of international relations will share their experiences with global teaching, learning and culture, and look to future possibilities.
Participants:
Introduction by Molly Berger, Case Western Reserve College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean and Principal Investigator for the CAS World-Wide Learning Environment grant initiative supported by the McGregor Fund.
Heather Boyles, Internet2's Director of International Relations
Laura Hengehold Case Western Reserve, Department of Philosphy and Women's Studies
John Grabowski, Case Western Reserve, Department of History
Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve, Department of Cognitive Science
Time: 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Location Meeting Room A
Virtual Worlds and the New Frontiers of Learning -- From SecondLife to Wonderland
Description:
Over the past two years, an estimated 4,000 educational projects have emerged within Second Life alone, and of the 13,400 regions in Second Life, more than 1,400 of them were being operated by bona fide educational institutions. Beyond the hype, what are some of the important learned experiences regarding immersive learning projects in virtual worlds like Second Life and Project Wonderland? Does learning taking place in these environment differ from learning in other environments? Do different kinds of learners excel in the virtual worlds environment? Are there learning moments that take place in virtual worlds that can not happen in other learning spaces? At the same time, what are some of the deficits or possible shortcomings of blending virtual world learning with more traditional forms of education? Cory created SecondLife and his original whitepaper offers insights into his aspirations for the use of the platform for learning. Ed has been teaching media studies inside the virtual worlds for more than 2 years and has a practitioner's set of insights. Mark has just delivered a keynote in Budapest on cognition and the future of communication technology featuring provocative insights on the three-dimensional web as the next big platform.
Participants:
Lev Gonick, Case Western Reserve, Information Technology Services
Edward Lee Lamoureux, Bradley University
Cory Ondrejka, University of Southern California, Co-Founder of SecondLife
Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve, Department of Cognitive Science
Time: 2:00 - 2:45 PM
Location 1914 Lounge
Space is limited.
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