Webinar series to resume on Jan 19th

Happy New Year to you all and welcome back to the latest from the IT Sligo/NDLR Webinar Series.  We modestly think we have a great line up of presentations for you.

Personally I'm very excited about the first one we have coming up on January 19th.  Dr. Mark Bullen, of BCIT in Canada is going to give a presentation entitled "Separating Fact from Fiction in the Digital Generation Discourse". In my early days teaching Information Technology, I used to think that things would change with the new wave of students who would soon to be coming to us that had been immersed in the use of technology since childhood.  Mark Prensky's Digital Immigrants/Natives theory seemed very plausible to me.  However, this new wave of students never came and I was fascinated and pleased when I stumbled upon Mark Bullen's blog, "The NetGen Skeptic".  So, I was thrilled when this Mark agreed to do a talk for us.  Now, as he is broadcasting from "the west coast" (not the one I'm on), the webinar will take place at 4.10pm (which is about 8am in Vancouver).  So I'm hoping see lots of there for this relatively controversial presentation and please pass along the details to your skeptical friends.

After that here is a complete list of the speakers and topics coming up (All at 1.10pm - 2pm):

• Jan 19th: "Separating Fact from Fiction in the Digital Generation Discourse", Dr. Mark Bullen,  BCIT, Canada
• Jan 26th: "Supporting lectures with online pre-lecture resources: design and implementation", by Michael Seery of DIT
• Feb 2nd, "Reflective Learning and e-Portfolios", Orna Farrell
• Feb 9th: TCD Inclusive Curriculum Project,  Michelle Garvey.
• Feb 16th: "Implementing the Bologna Agreement  in Europe", Prof. George Francis, University of Bergen, Norway.
• Feb 23rd, "Communicating the message: can presidents make a difference in higher education?", Ferdinand von Prondzynski, former President, DCU.
• Mar 2nd, "Funding Opportunities in Teaching and Learning.", Catherine Bruen, NDLR
• Mar 9th, Laura Widger, Waterford IT
• Mar 16th, "Mobile Apps for Education", Mark Campbell, Pocket Anatomy
• Mar 23rd, "Webinar live from the NDLR showcase" - a series of short presentation live from the NDLR showcase which will be taking place in Trinity College Dublin that day.

We'll post for here for all the webinars the week before each one, but if you want up to date information as it come is or to register for any of them, just go here: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/686682363?s=2761479

Looking forward to seeing you!

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