1:30 - 1:50 Charity Fox
Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies Department
Graduate Writing Preceptor
OLI Course: University Writing
Using blogs as part of a pedagogical strategy to enhance writing, thinking, and research.

• ARTstor
  
  Gelman purchased an institutional subscription to ARTstor. Students and faculty can access ARTstor's archives for free (just go through ALADIN to register). ARTstor is a digital library for scholars and educators, with almost a million museum-quality, high resolution images available for scholarly pursuits. They are incorporating some of the best parts of Web 2.0 (sorting, storing, sharing files on their servers; alternatives to powerpoint for displaying in the classroom; ability to zoom, pan and captures details of images as .jpg or by printing; always including the data/context with images necessary for proper attribution and understanding) with the collections of major archives (MoMA, Library of Congress, Getty Museum).
  
  Main site: www.artstor.org/index.shtml
  
  More information: ARTstor Overview
  
  Gelman Library Contact for ARTstor: Caroline Crouse, Reference/Electronic Resources; 994-1360; cpcrouse@gwu.edu

• Internet Archive
  
  The Internet Archive is a digital library of websites and cultural artifacts, free to the general public. Their major areas are archives of websites; moving images; texts; audio; software; and education - each divided into multiple subcategories. The moving images archive, for example, draws from the Library of Congress' early film collection, animations, ephemeral films (training films and the films shown in schools in the mid-20th century), full-length feature films, cultural and academic films, and others.
  
  Main site: www.archive.org
  
  More information: About Internet Archive

1:50 - 2:10 Leo C Moersen
Academic Director, GW Madrid Study Center in Spain
Associate Professor of Accountancy and Business Law
OLI Course: Business Law: Enterprise Organization
Combined graduate/undergraduate course, writing case briefs, and interactive hypotheticals.

2:10 - 2:30 Mary Buckley
Program Coordinator, Women's Leadership in International Arts and Culture
Assistant Professor of Dance
OLI Course: Dance History
First year experiences including audio recording of lectures, use of timelines and media resources.

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Online Learning Initiative: Summer 2008 Showcase

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
MPA BO2, 2:30–4:30 pm

*Light refreshments will be served

Preliminary Program Overview

2:30 Welcome
Donna Scarboro, Assistant Vice President, Special & International Programs

2:40 Online Learning Initiative
Jeffery Stephanic, Associate Professor of Design and Director, Online Learning Initiative
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2:50 GW Online: Teaching & Technology Resources
P.B. Garrett, Assistant Vice President, Academic Technologies
Yianna Vovides, Director, Instructional Design

Summer 2008 Showcase