[mdlug] The Open Digital University at OU

[Matthew Switlik]

A presentation at eCornucopia that may be of extra interest to MDLUG
and MUG members is the talk on Big Blue Button by Fred Dixon (one of
the head developers).  BBB is open source conferencing software. Check
the demo out at http://demo.bigbluebutton.org.  I expect to utilize
BBB to broadcast i3Detroit meetings and I figured the various user
groups in the area might want to do the same.

eCornucopia's YouTube promotional video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7CSpF0GjI4

-Matthew Switlik
Oakland University - e-Learning and Instructional Support

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eCornucopia 2011—The Open Digital University

The third annual conference at Oakland University will examine
specific examples about how openness is implemented in higher
education and the importance of increasing the transparency and
accessibility of knowledge.  We will offer three tracks, Open
Education (open educational resources), Open Access (library journals)
and Open Source (open computer code and ramifications) , to further
explore this topic as it relates to faculty, librarians and
instructional technologists respectively.

Our keynote speaker is Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus of
Communication, and founding director of the Center for Online
Learning, Research, and Service at the University of Illinois at
Springfield.  He will speak about The Open Future of Higher Education.

Conference details:

    * Thursday May 26, 2011
    * 8:00 am – 4:45 pm
    * Oakland Room in the Oakland Center at Oakland University in
Rochester, Michigan
    * Includes continental breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.

Registration now open!

Attend in person or online via Elluminate.

View the conference information and register at:
http://www2.oakland.edu/elis/conference.cfm?countrytabs=0 or
http://bit.ly/ecorn11

For questions, contact Diane Underwood at ddunderw at oakland.edu or 248-370-3661