Category: NITLE

The registration deadline for NITLE’s fall 2008 major conference and events is Friday, August 15, 2008. Faculty interested in attending one of these events should request a travel grant from Dave Burrows. Contact David Berk for more information.

Creativity across the Curriculum: The Role of Technology.
Program Dates: October 3 – 5, 2008.
Willamette University. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2729

Shibboleth and Federated Identity Management.
Program Dates: October 6 – 8, 2008.
Lafayette College. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2696

Kuali Financial System User Community Meeting.
Program Dates: October 9 – 10, 2008.
Minneapolis, MN. 5 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2697

Expeditions in Scientific Visualization: Adventures across the Curriculum.
Program Dates: October 10 – 12, 2008.
Bard College. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2726

Real-Time Collaboration on the Liberal Arts Campus.
Program Dates: October 19 – 21, 2008.
Rhodes College. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2731

Service Learning and Social Justice Programs: The Role of Technology.
Program Dates: October 24 – 26, 2008.
Swarthmore College. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2730

Changes in Provisioning and Supporting Enterprise Technology Tools: a conference for CIOs, IT Directors, and Library Directors.
Program Date: October 28, 2008.
Rollins College. 2 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/3079

Internationalizing the Curriculum: the Role of Technology.
Program Date: November 7 – 9, 2008.
Whittier College. 7 program units.
http://www.nitle.org/index.php/nitle/content/view/full/2732

Bryan Alexander, Director of Research at NITLE, offered two outstanding workshops for faculty, librarians, and IT staff at Lawrence. Materials from the workshop are available online at:

• Social software for teaching and learning
• Mobile and wireless pedagogy

Sept. 4-5, 2007, NITLE staff will be on the Lawrence University campus to offer workshops to faculty, librarians, and instructional technologists on topics such as blogs, wikis, and wireless & mobile technologies. Details are available on the NITLE web site:

• Social Software in Education: Introduction to Collaborative Writing Tools
• Pedagogical Implications of Wireless and Mobile Technologies

If you are interested in attending either of these workshop, please let David Berk know as soon as possible.

The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) has announced the following workshops and seminars. If you are interested in attending any of these events, please let David Berk know as soon as possible. As a reminder, there are no registration fees to attend these events and NITLE also pays for travel and lodging.

Spatial Statistics, June 4 – 8, Wheaton College (MA). Social and natural sciences; other disciplines also welcome. (Participants must meet established prerequisites.)

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Sunoikisis Summer Seminar, June 9 – 16, Bowdoin College. Classical Studies; inter-campus team teaching.

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Al-Musharaka Summer Seminar, June 14 – 20, Pomona College. Middle Eastern Studies; collaborative resource development around the theme of Islam.

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Introduction to Parallel and Cluster Computing, June 19 – 22, Lafayette College. Parallel programming models and high-performance computing resources for classroom use.

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Technology and the Language House Curriculum, June 21 – 24, Austin College. The role of technology in the language house curriculum.

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Web Mapping: Focus on Project Development, July 23 – 27, Macalester College. Project development with web-mapping and virtual globe applications. (Faculty or faculty/staff teams.)

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