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Using New Technologies for Education and Communication

Using New Technologies for Education and Communication. P. Bryan Heidorn & Qin Wei Biodiversity Standards Conference September 2007 Bratislava, Slovakia. G oals. Advertise TDWG stardards among biodiversity community Facilitate student (including non-expert) education

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Using New Technologies for Education and Communication

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  1. Using New Technologies for Education and Communication P. Bryan Heidorn & Qin Wei Biodiversity Standards Conference September 2007Bratislava, Slovakia

  2. Goals • Advertise TDWG stardards among biodiversity community • Facilitate student (including non-expert) education • Provide Resources for outsiders • Facilities for TDWG members to share resources and questions • Recruiting Tool • Experience Archive • Post-Banquet morning attendence from hotel room 2007

  3. Current TDWG Infrastructure • Many tools in place over past 2 years • Many technologies being used by individuals requiring institutionalization 2007

  4. Teacher - Student Roles • Education = 2-way communication • In Web 1.0, students read professors professions. • In Web 2.0, students write and participate in Internet activities • TDWG “Students” are often PhDs • Therefore we must simplify presentations 2007

  5. User Needs--TDWG meeting(mostly Synchronous) • Meeting schedule/abstracts with references to introduction materials • Presentation slides • Audio synchronous with the presentations • Discussion board to post the comments and questions • Audio channel to the discussion sections 2007

  6. User Needs --Training(Asynchronous) • Education resources • Courseware • Standards • Demonstrations • Exercises • Discussion/Communication • Where to find more materials or help 2007

  7. Various Modes of Teaching Instructor and students local, with remote students and instructor Remote instructor and remote students Local instructor and students, with additional remote students Local instructor, remote students Local instructor, local students PlantScienceNetwork 2007 Education and training.

  8. Synchronous Broadcast Internet Audio: VOIP Conference Skype, Broadcast Student Desktop Sharing: Webhuddle Video Conference TeamViewer Archive TDWG Presentations Student Instant Messege: Skype IM IRC Scientist 2007

  9. Real Time Broadcast Archive Audio / desktop London Audio / Desktop Berlin Champaign, IL Audio / Desktop Costa Rico Perth 2007

  10. Considerations • Requires pre-production • Sound quality • Must have link to house mic • Self consciousness (The tie phenomenon) • Costs (although minimal) • Requires post production • Tutorials need not be perfect 2007

  11. Technical Support for remote “Teachers” and “Students” 2007

  12. GSLIS Internet Radio Patch Panel 2007

  13. IRC-Like Community Chat 2007

  14. Open Source Portfolio Podcasting Services Second Life Audio Recording and Editing for Podcasts Google Docs WordPress (blogs) Microsoft SharePoint Comparing different forum services ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 MySpace MediaWiki Digital Picture sharing and posting sites Open Journal Systems Kepler: A Scientific Workflow product Google Groups Internet Scout Portal Toolkit Google Calendar Technology Reviews Wiki 2007

  15. Custom Search Engines Twitter Flickr and Photobucket Microphones Drupal Widgets LEAM Facebook Adobe Captivate Yahoo! Groups Joomla! Plone Greasemonkey Zoho Projects WebOffice & Google Apps Alfresco CMS - Mambo Technology reviews 2007

  16. SecondLife:Fig 2: WPA Poster Exhibition at Artsplace (R. Urban) 2007

  17. International Spaceflight Museum (Spaceport Alpha 48, 78, 24) 2007

  18. MySpace 2007

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