From jfoster at MIT.EDU Tue Jun 1 16:34:55 2004 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:34:55 -0400 Subject: [ed-tech] Ed Tech Partners meeting - Mon Jun 7, 11:30, Bush Room (10-105) Message-ID: <1086122095.10545.38.camel@arizona.mit.edu> Hello, Please join us for the next meeting. Our own Katie Vale will be presenting on her doctoral research. See the abstract below. Since we haven't had time for an Ed Tech Partners roundtable in awhile we'll allow time for one so we can get caught up on the latest. Hope to see you there! WHAT: Educational Technology Partners meeting (with lunch) WHEN: Monday, June 7, 11:30 - 1:30 WHERE: Bush Room (10-105) RSVP: by Thu, Jun. 3 to jfoster at mit.edu ------------------------------------------- A History of Early Courseware Development at MIT and Brown: Lessons from Project Athena and Intermedia Katie Livingston Vale will talk about her doctoral research, in which she interviewed faculty and staff who developed courseware during the 1980s under Project Athena at MIT and the Intermedia effort at Brown. Specifically, the research focused on how and why faculty engaging in work with Intermedia and Project Athena undertook their projects, what pedagogical models they employed, and what factors contributed to the success and longevity of their courseware. It will not be as boring as it may sound. -- ------------------------------------- Jean Foster MIT Academic Computing 617.253.3909, jfoster at mit.edu, N42-040F From jfoster at MIT.EDU Thu Jun 3 13:21:45 2004 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster) Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 13:21:45 -0400 Subject: [ed-tech] "Bounces" email Message-ID: <1086283304.28616.1759.camel@arizona.mit.edu> Hi folks, Some of you have may have received messages about being bounced from the ed-tech e-mail list. I believe this is due to some sort of spam attack. I've requested information from the listserv folks about it and will keep you informed. -jean- -- ------------------------------------- Jean Foster MIT Academic Computing 617.253.3909, jfoster at mit.edu, N42-040F From jfoster at MIT.EDU Mon Jun 7 14:12:01 2004 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:12:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [ed-tech] Ed Tech Times Update: Places for Learning: New Functions and New Forms (MIT World Video Lecture) Message-ID: <200406071812.OAA15061@bongo.mit.edu> Ed Tech Times Update: Places for Learning: New Functions and New Forms (MIT World Video Lecture) June 07, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT student cluster redesigns are only one part of the effort to redefine learning spaces on campus. In this video lecture from MIT World, Dean William Mitchell, Head of MIT's Media Arts and Sciences program, highlights the integral relationship between the rethinking of effective educational methods and the changes to the physical space in which teaching and learning take place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000036.html -- Powered by Movable Type Version 2.65 http://www.movabletype.org/ From jfoster at MIT.EDU Mon Jun 7 14:53:40 2004 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:53:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [ed-tech] Ed Tech Times Update: LabVIEW 7.1 Measurement, Automation and Control applications seminar Message-ID: <200406071853.OAA15197@bongo.mit.edu> Ed Tech Times Update: LabVIEW 7.1 Measurement, Automation and Control applications seminar June 07, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A representative from National Instruments will be on campus to demonstrate new features in LabVIEW 7.1. Date: June 10, 10 a.m. - noon Place: 1-190 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000037.html -- Powered by Movable Type Version 2.65 http://www.movabletype.org/ From jfoster at MIT.EDU Tue Jun 8 12:32:56 2004 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster) Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 12:32:56 -0400 Subject: [ed-tech] I/T Architecture Lunch Time Seminar Wed 6/9 in 20 Chimneys Message-ID: <1086712376.19063.36.camel@arizona.mit.edu> Hello, You are invited to the ITAG Lunch Time Seminar in the Student Center 20 Chimneys Room (W20-3rd floor) at noon on Wednesday June 9th. Cecilia d'Oliveira, the Technology Director for MIT OpenCourseWare will be speaking. The abstract for her talk is included below. The complimentary pizza lunch will be at noon with the talk following at about 12:30 PM. You may pass this invitation to others at MIT whom you think might be interested in the topic. Abstract: MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. OCW is a publishing initiative not a technology project -- but our technical infrastructure is essential to the publishing process. This talk will bring you up to date on the status of the OCW project and will give you some insight into the OCW publishing process and the systems we use to support our work. Regards Susan Minai-Azary for the I/T Architecture Group Group Members: Jay Copeland Department of Biology Cecilia d'Oliveira Open Course Ware Kent Dorsey Office of the Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education Steve Dowdy Office of Sponsored Programs Pat Dreher Lab for Nuclear Science John Dvorak Audit Division Al Essa Sloan School of Management Jerry Grochow Information Services and Technology Paul Hill Information Services and Technology Vijay Kumar Provost's Office and Information Services and Technology Kevin Lyons Information Services and Technology Stuart Madnick Sloan School of Management Jim Repa Information Services and Technology Jeff Schiller Information Services and Technology MacKenzie Smith Libraries Scott Thorne, Acting Chair Information Services and Technology Mary Weisse Information Services and Technology -- ------------------------------------- Jean Foster MIT Academic Computing 617.253.3909, jfoster at mit.edu, N42-040F From jgrochow at MIT.EDU Mon Jun 21 18:21:08 2004 From: jgrochow at MIT.EDU (Jerry Grochow) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:21:08 -0400 Subject: [edtech] Neiterman Award Winners In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <200406212221.i5LML9Ol022928@melbourne-city-street.mit.edu> Steven Wade Neiterman was an ambassador for the Information Systems department whose dedication to collaboration, knowledge sharing and teamwork permeated all aspects of his life. For Steve, the shared success of the team was more important than individual accolades, and he used his abilities to educate, influence, and solve problems to ensure its success. Steve was a dedicated 14-year employee of the Institute when he died unexpectedly in 1998. To honor his memory and the values he exemplified, the Neiterman family has generously provided MIT with a gift to recognize one or two individuals who best demonstrate Steve's spirit and zeal for life. This year, we honor Don Nelson of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Katie Livingston-Vale of Information Services & Technology as the 2004 Steven Wade Neiterman Award winners. Katie and Don were honored for the special qualities they share with Wade. Their nominations cite dedication to teamwork and to the mission of the Institute, as well as their calm and considerate approach to challenging situations. The "Wade Awards" of a framed citation and $2000 were presented to Katie and Don by Oliver Thomas, last year's award recipient, at the Information Services and Technology Spring Event for the IT community. Our sincerest congratulations to Katie and Don as this year's award winners, and thanks for all their contributions not only this year, but throughout their dedicated tenure at the Institute. The Award Committee and I would also like to thank the many people in the community who submitted nominations for this year's Steven Wade Neiterman Award. The number and quality of award nominations shows the importance that the community places on the dedicated service of their IT providers. Further information about the award and this year's winners is at http://web.mit.edu/ist/wadeaward. Nominations for the 2005 award will be accepted next March. Jerry Grochow _______________________________________________ Dr. Jerrold M. Grochow Vice President for Information Services and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 10-219 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-3103 jgrochow at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/ed-tech/attachments/20040621/500127d4/attachment.htm From ocw-mail at MIT.EDU Tue Jun 15 14:04:14 2004 From: ocw-mail at MIT.EDU (ocw-mail@MIT.EDU) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:04:14 -0400 Subject: [edtech] The MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 2, Issue 6 Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------- The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: June 2004 A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare ---------------------------------------------------------------- The June 2004 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains: 1. 21st Century Achievement Awards 2. Improving MIT OCW Learning Communities 3. Digging Deeper: Course 5.301 4. A Frequently Asked Question 5. Comments 6. Newsletter Available Online at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm 1. 21st Century Achievement Awards ---------------------------------------------------------------- MIT and Sapient Corp., the Cambridge, MA-based business consulting and technology services firm that helped MIT build the OpenCourseWare Web site, were jointly honored as the worldwide winner of the prestigious Computerworld 21st Century Achievement Award in Education and Academia during a ceremony held June 7 in Washington, D.C. MIT and Sapient were selected by the Computerworld Honors Foundation for their work to develop MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW), which was named as the best application of IT in the field of education. Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, originally nominated MIT and Sapient as a Computerworld Laureate in recognition of MIT OCW's contribution to the global information technology revolution and its positive impact on society. "Recipients of the Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievement Awards represent those organizations whose use of information technology has been especially noteworthy for the originality of its conception, the breadth of its vision, and the significance of its benefit to society," said Daniel Morrow, Executive Director of the Computerworld Honors Program. This year's awards, in 10 categories, were presented at a gala event at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., and were attended by over 500 guests, including leaders of the information technology industry, scholars, and diplomats representing more than 50 countries. The 2004 collection of Laureates includes innovative applications of technology from 36 U.S. states and 26 countries. MIT Professor Dick K.P. Yue, whose "Course 13.021: Marine Hydrodynamics" is available on MIT OCW, accepted the award with Mike Detjen of Sapient Corp. "We are extremely honored to be recognized with Sapient for our role in promoting education through technology," said Anne H. Margulies, Executive Director of MIT OCW. "Since the launch of our proof-of-concept pilot in fall 2003, the MIT OCW Web site has received traffic from users in more than 215 countries, city-states and territories, making it a truly global initiative. Our partnership with Sapient enabled us to provide a reliable and user-friendly site for educators and learners around the world, and it is a wonderful honor to be jointly recognized with Sapient by the prestigious Computerworld Honors program." A panel of distinguished judges selected the winning applications based on originality of conception, breadth of vision, and significance to society. A case study on MIT OCW has been archived in the 2004 Computerworld Honors Collection. Additional information about the 2004 collection of Laureates is available at http://www.cwheroes.org, where the entire collection is available to scholars, researchers, and the general public. 2. Improving MIT OCW Learning Communities ---------------------------------------------------------------- MIT OCW has embarked on a pilot research project with the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunities (OSLO) Research Group at Utah State University. Seven MIT OCW courses now offer links to learning communities where individuals around the world can connect with each other, collaborate, form study groups, and receive support for their use of MIT OCW materials in formal and informal educational settings. These links appear in the left-hand navigation of the following MIT OCW courses: Course 1.00 - Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving Course 6.046J - Introduction to Algorithms Course 8.02 - Electricity and Magnetism Course 11.431J - Real Estate Finance and Investment Course 14.03 - Intermediate Applied Microeconomics Course 15.053 - Introduction to Optimization Course 18.06 - Linear Algebra This joint MIT OCW/Utah State University research project, called Open Learning Support (OLS) is focused on building "social software" that enables informal learning communities to form around existing open educational content. The OSLO Research Group is committed to supporting OLS users in their efforts to learn using MIT OCW materials. Based on feedback from early users of the pilot communities, some new features have recently been added to OLS, including: Link to MIT/OCW Materials -- Forums now contain a convenient link to the associated MIT OCW educational materials, making it easier for users of the forums to reference the materials while participating in active discussions. RSS Feeds -- RSS feeds are now available for OLS News and Forums to help keep people up-to-date on the latest postings. Source Code in the Body of Posts -- It is now possible to include programming / source code in the body of a post and preserve the layout by using an HTML 
 tag.
MIT Course Numbers -- Course numbers have been added to the title of 
forums, making it easier to identify and find the particular course 
materials on the MIT OCW Web site.

To see an example of one of these pilot learning communities, connect 
to the pilot learning community for 
"Course 18.06: Linear 
Algebra" now.



3. Digging Deeper: Course 15.667
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Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers an in-depth guide to 
one particular subject. This month, we delve into 
"Course 
15.667: Negotiation and Conflict Management," a course from the 
Sloan School of Management 
taught by Professor Mary Rowe.

Course 15.667 presents negotiation theory -- strategies and styles -- 
within an employment context. In addition to the theory and exercises 
presented in class, students practice negotiating with role-playing 
simulations that cover a range of topics. Students also learn how to 
negotiate in difficult situations, which include abrasiveness, 
racism, sexism, whistle-blowing, and emergencies. The course covers 
conflict management as a first party and as a third party. 
Third-party skills include helping others deal directly with their 
conflicts, mediation, investigation, arbitration, and helping the 
system change as a result of a dispute.

The MIT OCW site for "Negotiation and Conflct Management," includes a 
wealth of resources for anyone interested in teaching or learning 
about negotiation. The 
Lecture 
Notes section includes full instructions for role-play simulations, 
and class exercises with discussion questions and instructor's notes. 
The most essential handouts and ideas from the course have been 
assembled into a packet called 
Negotiation 
101. In addition, a list of useful books on negotiations and conflict 
management is included in the 
Related 
Resources section for those who would like to learn more about some 
of the topics in this class.



4. A Frequently Asked Question
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QUESTION: How do I find what courses are available?

ANSWER: MIT OCW offers the educational materials from 701 MIT 
courses. There are three ways to access the materials: Utilize the 
Search function that can be found in the left-hand corner of every 
page on the MIT OCW site. Search for specific 
text, such as certain academic discipline area, across all courses or 
within just one course. To perform a detailed search, use our 
Advanced Search.

A second way to see what courses are available is to click on 
Course List  that 
is listed in the top right-corner navigation of every page on the MIT 
OCW Web site. This will allow you to view the list of every available 
course, grouped into the 33 MIT academic departments.

Or, view the courses currently available grouped by MIT department. 
The departments that have MIT OCW course sites available are listed 
in the left-hand navigation bar of the MIT OCW 
homepage. An example would be the MIT Department of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics. Click on the 
Aeronautics 
and Astronautics link in the left navigation bar on the MIT OCW 
homepage, and you will go to the department page, which includes a 
complete list of MIT Aero/Astro courses offered, along with a brief 
description of the department and its curriculum goals.


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From bowser at MIT.EDU  Mon Jun 21 09:32:27 2004
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:32:27 -0400
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for June 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040621092920.01b06a58@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Monday June 21, 2004
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team 
Subj: IS&T Software Update for June 2004
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, kakapo at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and Students 
within the MIT Community, to provide updated information regarding new and 
upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
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1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Mac OS 9 retirement reminder
4. Volume & site license software update
5. How are we doing?  Let us know

1. Recent Releases
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Linux
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We have not released any new products this month.

Macintosh
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We have not released any new products this month.

Windows
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KfW 2.6.3 - June 17, 2004


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
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Linux
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Back-to-school CD - Release effort underway - August 2004
RedHat Enterprise 3 - Release effort underway - July 2004
RedHat Network - Release effort underway - July 2004

Macintosh
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Back-to-school CD - Release effort underway - August 2004
Safari v 1.2.x for Mac OS 10.3 - Evaluation/testing underway - June 2004
Virex 7.5 - Release effort underway - Summer 2004


Windows
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Back-to-school CD - Release effort underway - August 2004
Oracle Connector for Outlook to TechTime - Release effort underway - June 2004
VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i - Release effort underway - Summer 2004
Windows XP SP2 - Release effort underway - Summer 2004


To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please visit 
our page:  http://web.mit.edu/swrt

We've changed the way our web site looks and would appreciate your 
feedback.  You can use the feedback form mentioned below or send your 
feedback to swrt at mit.edu.


3. Mac OS 9 Retirement:
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We would like to take this opportunity to remind the community that all 
versions of Mac OS 9 will be retired on June 30, 2004.  Although we are 
anticipating some level of support beyond the transition period, 
Departments, Labs and Centers who have not migrated to Mac OS X 10.3 should 
plan to do so.  Mac OS 9 applications will be moved to the Archive section 
of the Software Download page to accommodate the transition and will remain 
there until August 1.


4. Volume Site License Software Update
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As the fiscal year 2004 comes to a close, several of the licenses with 1 
year expiring license keys are up for renewal including ABAQUS, Mathematica 
and Ideas.  If you use these packages and have not already ordered a 
license for FY2005, you should do so today so that you can continue to use 
the software without interruption.  To request a license for the upcoming 
year, visit our site.  Please note that the way you request software may 
have changed and we encourage you to read the instructions on the web 
site.  We are changing the way you order things to make it easier for you 
and for us so that we can process your requests quicker.

http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/

We are also processing requests for Matlab R14.  If you have purchased a 
license for this year through us for Matlab, you can get your updated R14 
license key by sending e-mail to vsls at mit.edu with your Invoice # for your 
Matlab R13 order.


5. How are we doing? - Let us know
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Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of interest 
you would like to see included as well?  Please take a moment to let us know:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and comments 
you have pertaining to this communication or other software release matters.

Regards,
Deb Bowser
IS&T
Software Release Team


From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Mon Jun 28 15:56:01 2004
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:56:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: New Software on Athena
Message-ID: <200406281956.PAA19026@bongo.mit.edu>

((((((((((((( Ed Tech Times Update: New Software on Athena )))))))))))))

                             June 28, 2004


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    *****What's New at What Runs Where*****
    
    This spring has seen the arrival of important new revisions of
    Maple and  FrameMaker, as well as some new-to-Athena software
    packages. More updates, including a major Matlab upgrade, are
    on the way and will be happening through the summer.  Two
    language applications and two graphics applications are among
    the new arrivals. 

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http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000040.html




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