From jfoster at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 4 15:46:00 2005 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:46:00 -0400 Subject: [edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Why E-Learning Projects Tend to Fail Message-ID: <200504041946.j34Jk0fJ009372@jaki.mit.edu> Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Why E-Learning Projects Tend to Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, April 14, 2005, 2:00 pm to 4:00pm, 56-114 E-learning developers in the 1990s fully embraced the spirit of the dot.com bubble: long on promise and short on delivery. In this presentation, Professor Shigeru Miyagawa identifies some specific problems with e-learning development based on his own experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000069.html -- From jfoster at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 11 12:24:30 2005 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (jfoster@MIT.EDU) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:24:30 -0400 Subject: [edtech] Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Why E-Learning Projects Tend to Fail Message-ID: <200504111624.j3BGOUVb032746@jaki.mit.edu> Ed Tech Times Update: Crosstalk Seminar - Why E-Learning Projects Tend to Fail ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, April 14, 2005, 2:00 pm to 4:00pm, 56-114 (Please pass this announcement along to colleagues who may be interested. These seminars are targeted at faculty and others interested in edcuational technologies.) E-learning developers in the 1990s fully embraced the spirit of the dot.com bubble: long on promise and short on delivery. In this presentation, Professor Shigeru Miyagawa identifies some specific problems with e-learning development based on his own experience. Click on the link below for more information about this event. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://edtech.mit.edu/times/archives/000069.html -- From jgrochow at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 14 12:02:00 2005 From: jgrochow at MIT.EDU (Jerry Grochow) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:02:00 -0400 Subject: [edtech] 2005 Steven Wade Neiterman Award Nominations Message-ID: <200504141602.j3EG22GV007951@outgoing.mit.edu> I am writing to call your attention to the nomination process for the 2005 Steven Wade Neiterman Award. As many of you know, this award is presented annually to one or two individuals working anywhere at MIT in an information technology capacity. All members of the MIT Community may nominate an IT colleague. Nominees can be anyone with a part-to-full time MIT appointment who devotes at least 50% effort to providing IT services (IS&T directors and members of the nominating committee excluded). Steven Wade Neiterman worked at MIT for 11 years and was a beloved member of the Information Systems staff. His work and life exemplified many excellent qualities and it is these that we look for in making this award. Nominees for the award should consistently demonstrate the following in their professional and personal life: o collaborative problem solving o coaching colleagues o team building o creating community o sharing knowledge o getting things done, and o commitment to MIT Nominations may be completed on-line at: http://web.mit.edu/ist/wadeaward/ where you will also find more information about Steve and the Neiterman Award. Alternatively, nominations may also be submitted on paper through the campus mail (c/o Office of the Vice President for Information Services and Technology, Room 10-219, MIT). All nominations must be received no later than 5 pm Monday, April 25, 2005. The recipient or recipients of the Neiterman Award will be announced at the final home game for the MIT baseball team on May 3. Presentation of the $1000 award per recipient will be made at that time. Inquiries may be directed to neiterman-award at mit.edu. Jerry Grochow _______________________________________________ Jerrold M. Grochow, Ph.D. Vice President for Information Services and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room 10-219 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-3103 jgrochow at mit.edu From jfoster at MIT.EDU Tue Apr 26 08:26:20 2005 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:26:20 -0400 Subject: [edtech] [Fwd: Seminar on Search Behaviors on the Web] Message-ID: <1114518380.27170.222.camel@arizona.mit.edu> FYI: -----Forwarded Message----- From: Rasil Warnakulasooriya To: seering at mit.edu, srhall at mit.edu, peggy at mit.edu, redwine at mit.edu, kimv at mit.edu, Dina Gould Halme , Graham C Walker , Duane S Boning , Suzanne Greenwald , jsjacobs at mit.edu, dbrodeur at mit.edu, Diane H Soderholm , Miriam Iris Barak , jwb at space.mit.edu, hal at mit.edu, walucas at mit.edu, tll at mit.edu, senben at ceci.mit.edu, longpd at mit.edu, crosstalk at mit.edu, jamous at mit.edu, singerd at mit.edu, naha at alum.mit.edu, KatieL at mit.edu, cec at mit.edu Cc: dpritch at mit.edu, dpalazzo at mit.edu Subject: Seminar on Search Behaviors on the Web Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 16:46:54 -0400 Hi All, The RELATE project (http://relate.mit.edu) is having a seminar on Thursday, April 28th (please see details below). Also, please circulate this message to anyone you think might be interested. Sorry for any multiple postings. Details: When: Thursday, April 28, 2005, 12.30pm ? 1.30pm. Where: 26-214 What: Identifying Information Search Behaviors on the Web Presenter: Dr. Young Park Columbia University, NY. Abstract: As Information and Communication Technology (ICT) allows learners to access much more information than ever before, it has become significantly involved in learning and teaching. Yet, there is not much known about what types of individual characteristics constitute a successful information search behavior (ISB). This study mainly investigated which of the two factors, 1. natural characteristics (cognitive style) and 2. acquired knowledge (domain knowledge) had a stronger influence on search behavior, and what types of impact these had on search activities. The study findings suggested that domain knowledge was the main predictor corresponding to search task score, while cognitive style affected a certain searching activity. There was no interaction found between two sets of main variables: domain knowledge and cognitive style. ---- Rasil. -- Jean Foster Usability Consultant/ Academic Computing Communications Coordinator N42-040, jfoster at mit.edu, x3-3909 From ocw-mail at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 25 12:03:27 2005 From: ocw-mail at MIT.EDU (ocw-mail@MIT.EDU) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:03:27 -0400 Subject: [edtech] The MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 4 Message-ID: ---------------------------------------------------------------- The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: April 2005 A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare ---------------------------------------------------------------- The April 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains: 1. New MIT Courses Brings Total to 1100 2. A Frequently Asked Question 3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW 4. Utah State University OCW 5. Comments 6. Newsletter Available Online at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm 1. New MIT Courses Brings Total to 1100 ---------------------------------------------------------------- MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is pleased to announce that with the publication of 175 new courses in the month of April, there are now 1100 total courses available at http://ocw.mit.edu. We are pleased to call your attention to the following new MIT courses. When looking at the complete MIT OCW Course List, look for the red NEW to indicate courses recently published: Course 1.223 -- Transportation Policy, Strategy and Management, Fall 2004 Course 1.253 -- Transportation Policy and Environmental Limits, Spring 2004 Course 2.12 -- Introduction to Robotics, Fall 2004 Course 4.301 -- Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2004 Course 6.090 -- Building Programming Experience: A Lead-in to Course 6.001, IAP 2005 Course 6.451 -- Principles of Digital Communication II, Spring 2003 Course 6.642 -- Continuum Electromechanics, Fall 2004 Course 6.876 -- Advanced Topics in Cryptography, Spring 2003 Course 6.891 -- Computational Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2004 Course 6.897 -- Selected Topics in Cryptography, Spring 2004 Course 11.166 -- Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience, Fall 2002 Course 11.401 -- Introduction to Housing, Community and Economic Development, Fall 2004 Course 11.421 -- Housing and Human Services, Spring 2005 Course 11.947 -- Race, Immigration and Planning, Spring 2005 Course 12.091 -- Trace Element Analysis of Geological, Biological & Environmental Materials by Neutron Activation Analysis: An Exposure, IAP 2005 Course 12.110 -- Sedimentary Geology, Fall 2004 Course 14.454 -- Macroeconomic Theory IV, Fall 2004 Course 15.010 -- Economic Analysis for Business Decisions, Fall 2004 Course 15.301 -- Managerial Psychology Laboratory, Fall 2004 Course 15.501 -- Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting, Spring 2004 Course 15.616 -- Innovative Businesses and Breakthrough Technologies: The Legal Issues, Fall 2004 Course 16.888 -- Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization, Spring 2004 Course 17.955 -- Civil Society, Social Capital and the State in Comparative Perspective, Fall 2004 Course 18.303 -- Linear Partial Differential Equations, Fall 2004 Course 21F.102 -- Chinese II, Spring 2005 Course 21F.302 -- French II, Fall 2004 Course 21F.311 -- Introduction to French Culture, Fall 2004 Course 21F.414 -- German Culture, Media and Society, Fall 2004 Course 21H.560 -- Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia, Fall 2004 Course 21M.675 -- Dance Theory and Composition, Fall 2003 Course 24.213 -- Philosophy of Film, Fall 2004 Course 24.261 -- Philosophy of Love in the Western World, Fall 2004 Course BE.102 -- Macroepidemiology, Spring 2005 Course ESD.60 -- Lean/Six Sigma Processes, Summer 2004 Course HST.720 -- Physiology of the Ear, Fall 2004 Course MAS.961 -- Seminar on Deep Engagement, Fall 2004 Course MAS.965 -- Social Visualization, Fall 2004 Course SP.769 -- Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems, Fall 2004 Course STS.049 -- Technology and Gender in American History, Spring 2004 Course STS.428 -- Technology and Change in Rural America, Fall 2004 2. A Frequently Asked Question ---------------------------------------------------------------- QUESTION: What is an "IAP" course? ANSWER: The Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a special four-week term held each year at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month. For more than three decades, IAP has provided members of the MIT community (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) with a unique opportunity to organize, sponsor, and participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, and contests. For students and faculty, IAP also offers opportunities for creativity in teaching and learning. Students are encouraged to set their own educational agendas, pursue independent projects, meet with faculty, or pursue many other options not possible during the semester. Faculty are free to introduce innovative educational experiments as IAP activities. Several of these educational experiments are published on the MIT OCW Web site as complete courses: Course 5.301 Chemistry Laboratory Techniques, IAP 2004, for example, includes a series of chemistry laboratory instructional videos called the Digital Lab Techniques Manual (DLTM) that are used as supplementary material for this course, as well as other courses offered by the MIT Department of Chemistry. Read more about MIT's Independent Activities Period. 3. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OCW ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore, MD, is world-renowned as a leading international authority on public health. Every day, JHSPH works to keep millions around the world safe from illness and injury by pioneering new research, deploying its knowledge and expertise in the field and educating tomorrow's scientists and practitioners in the global defense of human life. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Opencourseware project provides access to the school's most popular courses. 4. Utah State University OCW ---------------------------------------------------------------- Utah State University (USU) is one of the nation's premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities. Located in Logan City, UT, USU faculty receive national recognition for their teaching and research, and USU can count four Goldwater Scholars and a Rhodes Scholar among its graduates in recent years. USU Opencourseware supports USU's institutional mission to serve the public through learning, discovery, and engagement. As USU enters the 21st century, services like OpenCourseWare enable the University to more fully accomplish its land-grant mission. ---------------------------------------------------------------- MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is a large-scale, Web-based publishing initiative with the goal of providing free, searchable access to MIT course materials for educators, students, and individual learners around the world. These materials are offered in a single, searchable structure spanning all of MIT's academic disciplines, and include uniform metadata about the contents of the individual subject sites. "The MIT OpenCourseWare Update" welcomes your feedback and suggestions about this newsletter and the MIT OCW Web site. Please send your feedback to Jon Paul Potts, MIT OCW Communications Manager, at jpotts at mit.edu. Our mailing address is MIT OpenCourseWare, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 9-213, Cambridge, MA 02139. MIT does not share subscribers' email addresses and will not send SPAM email. Personally identifiable information about users (name, email address, etc.) will not be made available to third parties. To subscribe a friend to this newsletter, forward the following link to them: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ocw-mail If you choose to not receive the "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter, unsubscribe at: http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ocw-mail -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ ocw-mail mailing list ocw-mail at mit.edu https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ocw-mail From jfoster at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 27 14:59:15 2005 From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:59:15 -0400 Subject: [edtech] Next Ed Tech Partners meeting - June 6 (tentative) Message-ID: <1114628354.25998.206.camel@arizona.mit.edu> Hello, There will be no Ed Tech Partners meeting in May. The next meeting will be in June, tentatively on Monday, June 6, so please mark your calendars. I will send out confirmation and details about the meeting within the next week. -jean- -- Jean Foster Usability Consultant/ Academic Computing Communications Coordinator N42-040, jfoster at mit.edu, x3-3909 From bowser at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 28 13:04:53 2005 From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:04:53 -0400 Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for April 2005 Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050428103000.04325c10@po12.mit.edu> Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005 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 April 2005 Cc: is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead 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: ---------------------------------------- 1. Recently released software 2. Software release efforts underway 3. Volume & site license software update 4. Software retirement 5. Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) 6. How are we doing? Let us know 1. Recent Releases ------------------------------------------------------- Linux ------------------ None Macintosh ------------------- Student Matlab access (see http://matlab.mit.edu/ for more information) Windows ----------------- Eudora 6.2.1 - April 20, 2005 Student Matlab access (see http://matlab.mit.edu/ for more information) 2. Software Release Efforts Underway ------------------------------------------------------ Linux ----------- Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005 RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 - Release effort underway - June 2005 Macintosh ---------------- Apple Mail - Release effort underway - May 2005 Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005 Eudora 6.2 - Release effort underway- May 2005 Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) - Release effort launching - June 2005 Windows ----------------- Back-to-school 2005 CD - August 2005 Microsoft Anti-spyware - evaluation in progress VirusScan Anti-spyware enterprise module - evaluation underway Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) configuration tool - May 2005 To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please visit our page: http://web.mit.edu/swrt/ 3. Volume Site License Software Update --------------------------------------------------------- Students can now obtain access to Matlab for use on their personal machines through the Matlab Student Experiment. See http://matlab.mit.edu/ for more information. We continue to process the requisitions from the Matlab renewal last quarter. We apologize for the delay. The processing is requiring a huge effort because we accepted improperly formatted requisitions since the time tables for getting you your licenses was so compressed. If you urgently need your requisition(s) to be closed out, please send the requisition number and ticket number to vsls-matlab at icicle-works.mit.edu 4. Software retirement -------------------------------------------------- Keeping pace current applications benefits everyone. As a reminder, the following software will be retired on June 30, 2005: Netscape 7.02 (Mac and Windows) Microsoft Office XP (Windows) Microsoft Office v.X (Mac OS X) 5. Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and service pack deployment. For more information about and instructions on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at: An easy to use configuration tool is in the works to enable easier access to the advanced configurations for WAUS. 6. How are we doing? - Let us know -------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Deb Bowser QA Coordinator - Client Support Services Information Services and Technology (IS&T) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room W92-176 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-3879 bowser at mit.edu