Instructional Technology

The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) has announced the following workshops and seminars. If you are interested in attending any of these events, please let David Berk know as soon as possible. As a reminder, there are no registration fees to attend these events and NITLE also pays for travel and lodging.

Spatial Statistics, June 4 - 8, Wheaton College (MA). Social and natural sciences; other disciplines also welcome. (Participants must meet established prerequisites.)
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Sunoikisis Summer Seminar, June 9 - 16, Bowdoin College. Classical Studies; inter-campus team teaching.
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Al-Musharaka Summer Seminar, June 14 - 20, Pomona College. Middle Eastern Studies; collaborative resource development around the theme of Islam.
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Introduction to Parallel and Cluster Computing, June 19 - 22, Lafayette College. Parallel programming models and high-performance computing resources for classroom use.
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Technology and the Language House Curriculum, June 21 - 24, Austin College. The role of technology in the language house curriculum.
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Web Mapping: Focus on Project Development, July 23 - 27, Macalester College. Project development with web-mapping and virtual globe applications. (Faculty or faculty/staff teams.)
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Sept. 4-5, 2007, NITLE staff will be on the Lawrence University campus to offer workshops to faculty, librarians, and instructional technologists on topics such as blogs, wikis, and wireless & mobile technologies. Details are available on the NITLE web site:

• Social Software in Education: Introduction to Collaborative Writing Tools
• Pedagogical Implications of Wireless and Mobile Technologies

If you are interested in attending either of these workshop, please let David Berk know as soon as possible.

Bryan Alexander, Director of Research at NITLE, offered two outstanding workshops for faculty, librarians, and IT staff at Lawrence. Materials from the workshop are available online at:

• Social software for teaching and learning
• Mobile and wireless pedagogy