Hello, Sorry about the typo - the correct day is today, March 30th, 9:30pm Eastern US time.
Cheers, Maria Droujkova Make math your own, to make your own math. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Maria Droujkova <droujk...@gmail.com>wrote: > Join Joel Duffin and Justin Ball, creators of the OER Glue > platform<http://www.oerglue.com/>, > in discussing the latest in open course design architecture. > > *How to join* > > - Follow this link at the time of the event: * > > http://tinyurl.com/math20event<https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FCAF787B38E30D58F943EB7232EE27> > * > - Wednesday, May 30th 2011 we will meet in the LearnCentral online room > at 6:30pm Pacific, 9:30pm Eastern time. WorldClock for your time > zone.<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=30&year=2011&hour=21&min=30&sec=0&p1=207> > - Click "OK" and "Accept" several times as your browser installs the > software. When you see Elluminate Session Log-In, enter your name and click > the "Login" button > - If this is your first time, come a few minutes earlier to check out > the technology. The room opens half an hour before the event. > > > All events in the Math 2.0 weekly series: > http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events > > About OER Glue > [image: external image chalkboard.jpg] > > OER Glue is a *uniquely open approach* to online learning that lets > content be used where it already resides rather than requiring it to be > copied into a new system. OER Glue can be used to *efficiently assemble > courses* and teach online by “glueing together” open education resources > (OERs) and integrating with popular online services including Google > Documents, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and discussion and assessment tools. > OER Glue’s web browser add-on approach allows it to wrap context and > navigation tools around online content and to *integrate content and > services from multiple sources in a coherent manner*. In order to ensure > that resources remain available, OER Glue integrates with services such as > internet archive. The following scenarios describe the experience of using > OER Glue: > Student Use of OER Glue <http://blog.oerglue.com/student-use-of-oer-glue/>| > Teacher > Use of OER Glue <http://blog.oerglue.com/teacher-use-of-oer-glue/> > > Key aspects of OER Glue are: > > - *Student engagement* – OER Glue increases student engagement and > satisfaction by supporting online instruction that utilizes timely, > authentic content and popular Web 2.0 tools. > - *Instructional effectiveness* – OER Glue supports effective > instruction by helping teachers find and develop learning activities and > assessments that are aligned with their instructional goals. > - *Teacher efficiency* – OER Glue helps teachers efficiently assemble, > deliver, and update online courses. > - *OER* – OER Glue helps authors easily find and adapt relevant high > quality free online resources for their courses. > - *Glue* – People are frustrated with the poor user experience of > existing systems that require you to copy your content into them, but > enthusiastic about the new Web 2.0 tools that continue to emerge. OER Glue > lets you use content where it already is and to easily integrate third > party > tools in a coherent manner to teach online. > > > > Event Hosts > [image: Joel_Duffin.jpg][image: justinball.jpg]*Joel Duffin*, CEO of OER > Glue, is a entrepreneur and software developer with a love for designing > software and understanding how people learn. Joel enjoys scheming about how > to design and leverage software systems and online content to encourage > youth to engage in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Joel > blogs <http://www.joelduffin.com/> about technology and STEM education. > *Justin Ball*, CTO of OER Glue, is an entrepreneur with several > successful startups and one major failure under his belt. He became involved > in the OER space under the direction of David Wiley at OSLO and then COSL > and participated in the construction of the various projects generated > there. He used to write C++ and .Net then moved to python and finally found > Ruby. In the rare moments when he isn't writing code, talking about code or > measuring his code productivity in profanity per hour, you can find him on > his bike in the mountains or on the roads surrounding Cache Valley. Justin > can be found pontificating at http://www.justinball.com > > >
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