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Using New Technologies for Education and Communication
P. Bryan Heidorn & Qin Wei
Biodiversity Standards Conference
September 2007Bratislava, Slovakia
2007
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
Current TDWG Infrastructure Many tools in place over past 2 years Many technologies being used by individuals
requiring institutionalization
2007
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
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
User Needs --Training(Asynchronous)• Education resources• Courseware• Standards• Demonstrations• Exercises• Discussion/Communication• Where to find more materials or help
2007Education and training.Plant Science Network
Various Modes of Teaching
Instructor and students local, with remote students and instructor
Remote instructor and remote students
Local instructor, remote studentsLocal instructor and students, with additional remote students
Local instructor, local students
2007
Synchronous BroadcastAudio:VOIP
ConferenceSkype, Broadcast
Desktop Sharing:Webhuddle
Video ConferenceTeamViewer
Internet
Student
Student
Scientist
TDWGPresentations
Instant Messege:Skype IM
IRC
Archive
2007
Real Time Broadcast
Perth
Champaign, IL Audio / Desktop
Audio / desktop
Aud
io /
Des
ktop
Archive
London
Berlin
Costa Rico
2007
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
Technical Support for remote “Teachers” and “Students”
2007
GSLIS Internet Radio Patch Panel
2007
IRC-Like Community Chat
2007
Technology Reviews Wiki
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
2007
Technology reviews 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
2007
SecondLife:Fig 2: WPA Poster Exhibition at Artsplace (R. Urban)
2007
International Spaceflight Museum (Spaceport Alpha 48, 78, 24)
2007
MySpace
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