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MicroSCoPE: A Close Look at What's Happening in the SCoPE Community
March, 2006
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In This Issue
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1. Mark Your Calendars
2. Activity Recap
3. KnowTIPS 2006 Online Conference begins next week!
4. SCoPE Members' Blogs
5. PeriSCoPE
6. About SCoPE
7. About MicroSCoPE
1. Mark Your Calendars
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* Seminar "SCoPE Seminar: Talking the Walk: Narratives of Online Learner Collaboration"
Facilitator: Paul Beaufait
March 22 - April 2
What are the principles of collaboration? How do we best foster collaboration online? What are some tools to support collaborative projects? During this 12-day seminar Paul invites you to share your best tales of online student collaboration and then reflect together upon emergent themes, pathways, tensions, & havens. We hope to collect narratives which will generate material for publication within a Collaborative Book Project on Teaching and Learning Online now underway.
Please join us to both share your stories as well as collect ideas for your own teaching.
...more <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=246>
* Check the SCoPE calendar for a full list of events that will be of interest to members.
...more <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/calendar/view.php?view=upcoming>
2. Activity Recap
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* Seminar "The Role of Online Communities in Developing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning"
Facilitator: Liz Wallace
We are familiar with the idea that scholarly activities revolve around research disciplines: science, literature, mathematics, social sciences and so on. But how do we foster scholarship as it applies to teaching and learning? During this seminar SCoPE members considered the question of whether an online community can play a role in developing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. This is a new field of scholarship; whether an online community can support it is an unanswered question, and the discussion has only just begun. In fact, as we learned from this seminar, defining SoTL and coming to terms with what it means to us is also a challenge. A Wikipedia entry has been initiated and we hope to see this definition continue to evolve!
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_of_Teaching_and_Learning>
An annotated bibliography on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning began to form during this seminar, and now resides in the Simon Fraser University SIG where it will continue to grow.
...more <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/mod/wiki/view.php?id=245>
...seminar archive <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=226>
3. KnowTIPS 2006 Online Conference begins next week!
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Register today for the 2nd Annual KnowTIPS Online Conference March 29 -- April 2, designed to engage participants in discussions about the practical aspects of working online in any setting. KnowTIPS stands for 'Theory into Practice' which is the focus for the conference. The presenters/discussion leaders are individuals with who have extensive experience in various aspects of the online world. They have practical tips and tools to offer about working, teaching and learning online. The conference is accessible for people of all skill levels, from newbies to the most experienced. Real time presentations are coupled with five day discussions that you can join in at your leisure. Pre-conference Tool Acquisition Workshops are also offered.
The conference is run by the members of Knowplace.ca, an international community of educators and career coaches who are committed to improving their online skills, knowledge, and expertise. SCoPE is pleased to be an organizing partner for the KnowTIPS conference.
...more <http://knowtips.ca/>
4. SCoPE Members' Blogs
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A few more blogs have been added to our directory. Check them out and please take a minute to add information about your own blog.
...more <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/mod/glossary/view.php?id=234>
5. PeriSCoPE
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SCoPE members are busy elsewhere:
John Smith, Nancy White, Sarah Haavind, Marsha West, and Frances Long will be presenting at KnowTIPS.ca
...more <http://knowtips.ca/>
Are you heading to the AERA meeting in San Francisco? The following SCoPE members will be presenting:
* Sarah Haavind will be presenting "Key Factors of Online Course Design and Instructor Facilitation That Enhance Collaborative Dialogue Among Learners"
* Cheryl Amundsen will chair the SIG "Faculty, Teaching Evaluation and Development"
* David Kaufman will co-facilitate "Writing to Think, Learn, and Communicate: Using Writing-Intensive Learning in the Higher Education Classroom"
...more <http://aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=282>
6. About SCoPE
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SCoPE, supported by the Learning and Instructional Development Centre at Simon Fraser University, brings together individuals who share an interest in education research and practice, and offers opportunities for dialogue across disciplines, geographical borders, professions, levels of expertise, and education sectors. We organize seminars, events, and ways for practitioners to connect. Membership is free and open to everyone.
Self-register at <http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca>
7. About MicroSCoPE
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MicroSCoPE is prepared by Sylvia Currie, Community Coordinator <scurrie@sfu.ca>.
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