[mdlug] The Open Digital University at OU

[Tony Bemus]

This looks Great!  I'm going to try to get the day off to go, If any one
else is going maybe we can car pool.

Tony

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 13:33 -0400, Matthew Switlik wrote:
> 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
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