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To register for a NITLE event, please consult your NITLE liaison about your institution's policies on participating with NITLE. Campus policies on event participation and the related purchase/use of program units vary. Participation in all NITLE events is first-come, first-served.

Online event registration is open only to participating institutions. If you have trouble using the online registration system, please notify us at participate@nitle.org. If you are not sure whether your institution participates with NITLE, or if your institution does not yet participate, and you wish to register for an event or enroll your institution in the NITLE Network, please also contact us at participate@nitle.org.

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JANUARY 2009

Creating the Virtual Liberal Arts Campus in Second Life

January 9, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For instructional technologists and others from participating institutions who, regardless of title, provide direct support and assistance to faculty members in using technology in teaching and learning. Also for those who manage the instructional technology function. An instance of the "Special Topics for Instructional Technologists" series, featuring Steve Taylor, Director of Academic Computing Services, Vassar College, and Kevin Creamer, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, The University of Richmond.

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online: the registration deadline has passed, but limited seats are available.

Handling Information Overload

January 13, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

For faculty, technologists, and librarians from St. Lawrence University who are interested in methods and technology for getting their daily influx of information under control. This workshop has been commissioned specifically for members of the St. Lawrence University community.

Price: 4 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online: the registration deadline has passed, but limited seats are available.

Web 2.0 Storytelling

January 13, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

For faculty, technologists, and librarians from St. Lawrence University and other participating institutions who are interested in effective writing for web 2.0 based narratives.

Social Software for Education: Collaborative Learning and Research Practices

January 14, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

For faculty, technologists, and librarians from Gettysburg College and other participating institutions who are interested in exploring how social software may be used for teaching and learning.

Teaching Science in the Digital Age

January 16, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. Stonehill College, Easton, MA

For faculty, instructional and information technologists, and librarians from Stonehill College, Wheaton College, and other participating institutions who are interested in exploring emerging technologies relevant to science education and pedagogy.

Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus

January 16, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. Colby College, Waterville, ME

For faculty, instructional and information technologists, and librarians from Colby College and other participating institutions who are interested in an introduction to a wide range of recently developed applications that have potential for classroom use. Special focus: Web 2.0.

Encouraging Student Scholarship: Learning to Write in the Digital Age

January 16 - 18, 2009 (6:00 PM, Friday - 12:00 PM, Sunday, EST). Wheaton College, Norton, MA

For faculty members, instructional technologists, librarians, and directors and staff members of writing centers at participating institutions who are interested in exploring the intersection of student writing and research within liberal education contexts in the digital age. Those who participated in NITLE’s "Learning to Write in the Digital Age: Writing Across the Curriculum" and "Scholarly Collaboration and Small Colleges in the Digital Age" will be interested in this conference; however, previous participation in these earlier NITLE conferences is not required.

Price: 7 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online: the registration deadline has passed, but limited seats are available.

Grassroots Video

January 28, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For faculty members and instructional technologists from participating institutions who are looking for ways to make and share video without learning complex software or accruing high costs in time or money. An instance of the "Special Topics in Digital Teaching" series featuring Bryan Alexander (NITLE).

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 16, 2009

FEBRUARY 2009

Tablet PCs In and Outside the Classroom: What Difference Do They Make?

February 6, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For instructional technologists and others from participating institutions who, regardless of title, provide direct support and assistance to faculty members in using technology in teaching and learning. Also for those who manage the instructional technology function. An instance of the "Special Topics for Instructional Technologists" series, featuring Michael Gough, instructional technologist, DePauw University; Andrew French, professor of chemistry and chair of the chemistry department, Albion College; Linda Elman, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, DePauw University, and Meg Stewart, academic computing consultant for GIS, Vassar College.

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 23, 2009

Special Topics in Digital Teaching

February 25, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For faculty members and instructional technologists from participating institutions who are looking for innovative ways to integrate technology into teaching and learning. An instance of the "Special Topics in Digital Teaching" series. The specific topic for this program is under development.

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by February 13, 2009

MARCH 2009

Web-Mapping

March 3, 2009, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. EST. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

For faculty, technologists, and librarians from the Kenyon College and other participating institutions who are interested in learning how easy-to-use, intuitive web-mapping and virtual globe applications can be used to develop spatially or geographically-based curricula.

Price: 4 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 30, 2009

Special Topics for Instructional Technologists

March 6, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For instructional technologists and others from participating institutions who, regardless of title, provide direct support and assistance to faculty members in using technology in teaching and learning. Also for those who manage the instructional technology function. An instance of the "Special Topics for Instructional Technologists" series, this event is under development and will feature one or more leaders and practitioners from the community as presenters. Discussion will be moderated by NITLE staff.

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by February 20, 2009

Language and Culture: Finding, Assessing, and Exploiting Online and Media Resources for Language Teaching

March 13 - 15, 2009 (6:00 PM, Friday - 12:00 PM, Sunday, CST). Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

For faculty, instructional technologists, and librarians from participating institutions who teach or support the teaching of foreign languages. Participants will address the challenges of locating, evaluating, and manipulating resources for teaching culture in the language classroom. Both technical and pedagogic issues will be addressed; workshop sessions will teach skills at both a beginning and intermediate level.

Price: 7 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 16, 2009

From Property to Privacy: The Ethics of Information

March 22 - 24, 2009 (6:00 PM, Sunday - 12:00 PM, Tuesday, EST). DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

For librarians, faculty members, and technologists from participating institutions who are interested in ethical questions that digital forms of communication and access pose for information services organizations.

Price: 7 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 23, 2009

Special Topics in Digital Teaching

March 25, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by March 13, 2009

Instructional Technology Leaders Conference

March 27 - 29, 2009 (5:00 PM, Friday - 12:00 PM, Sunday, EST). Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

For those with leadership roles in instructional technology and academic computing at participating institutions. Individuals in this role may have a range of titles, but all are responsible for integrating technology into the curriculum.

Price: 7 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 30, 2009

NITLE Summit

March 29 - 30, 2009 (2:00 PM, Sunday - 5:00 PM, Monday, EST).

For cross-functional campus teams of faculty members, instructional technologists, librarians, and their leadership that are interested in networking with peers from other participating institutions, presenting and receiving feedback about their efforts to advance their institutions' teaching and learning missions, and learning from and collaborating with peers pursuing similar efforts.

Price: 5 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by January 30, 2009

APRIL 2009

Special Topics for Instructional Technologists

April 3, 2009, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

For instructional technologists and others from participating institutions who, regardless of title, provide direct support and assistance to faculty members in using technology in teaching and learning. Also for those who manage the instructional technology function. An instance of the "Special Topics for Instructional Technologists" series, this event is under development and will feature one or more leaders and practitioners from the community as presenters. Discussion will be moderated by NITLE staff.

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by March 20, 2009

Special Topics in Digital Teaching

April 22, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. EST. Delivered online in NITLE MIV Auditorium

Price: 1 program unit per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by April 10, 2009

Mapping for Sustainability

April 23 - 25, 2009 (6:00 PM, Thursday - 12:00 PM, Saturday, PST). University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

For faculty, instructional technologists, librarians, and other staff members at participating institutions who use or support the use of spatial software to visualize, understand, and address human impacts on environmental and cultural systems. Participants will consider how GIS and digital mapping shape the discourse on sustainability within higher education, with examples drawn from research, teaching, and institutional planning and outreach.

Price: 7 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by February 27, 2009

JUNE 2009

Information Services Camp: Using DSpace for Digital Repositories

June 1, 2009, 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM. EST. Smith College, Northampton, MA

For those at participating institutions charged with managing a campus institutional repository initiative and also for faculty and staff who wish to learn how use the DSpace interfaces to set up an archive of communities and collections and manage content in a DSpace repository.

Interested participants responding to the DSpace/NITLE collaboration offer: Please contact Christina Richison at christina.richison@nitle.org to participate. When contacting Christina, please refer to the NITLE/DSpace Foundation collaboration.

Price: 2 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by April 10, 2009

Information Services Camp: Moodle E-Portfolio Options

June 1, 2009, 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM. EST. Smith College, Northampton, MA

For network administrators, instructional technologists, and others at participating institutions who are charged with assessing a campus's need for an e-portfolio infrastructure, identifying requirements, making recommendations and/or decisions about whether to adopt an e-portfolio option, and delivering, supporting, and managing the chosen solution on campus.

Price: 2 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by April 10, 2009

Information Services Camp: Sakai's Open Source Portfolio

June 1, 2009, 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM. EST. Smith College, Northampton, MA

Price: 2 program units per participant. Please consult your liaison for your institution's policy on participation in NITLE events. Register online by April 10, 2009

Information Services Camp: Moodle

June 1 - 2, 2009 (6:00 PM, Monday - 7:00 PM, Tuesday, EST). Smith College, Northampton, MA

For instructional technologists, system administrators, librarians, faculty members, and other campus personnel from participating institutions who are interested in the Moodle open source learning management system and how it can further the academic mission on campus. Campuses at all points in the Moodle deployment process--from researching and piloting Moodle to having several years of experience--will benefit from registering participants for this event.