New Pew Study

“There are several major findings in this report. One is this: For help with a variety of common problems, more people turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide information and resources.

Another key insight is that members of Gen Y are the leading users of libraries for help solving problems and in more general patronage.”

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January Innovate-Live Webcast Schedule

Innovate (www.innovateonline.info) is published bimonthly as a public

service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova

Southeastern University and is sponsored, in part, by Microsoft.

Innovate-Live webcasts, produced as a public service by our partner,

ULiveandLearn, allow you to synchronously interact with authors on the

topics of their articles.

You may register for the January webcasts at

http://www.uliveandlearn.com/PortalInnovate/. Webcasts will be archived and

available in the webcast section of the article and in the Innovate-Live

portal archive shortly after the webcast. All times are Eastern Standard

Time (New York). You may use the world clock at

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ to coordinate with your time zone.

January 10, 2008

12:00 PM EST

A Model for Enhancing Online Course Development

Authors: Evelyn Knowles and Kathleen Kalata

See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=456&action=article

2:00 PM EST

Next-Generation Bibliographic Manager

Authors: James Morrison and Trevor Owens

See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=540&action=article

[Note, Trevor Owens will demonstrate how to use Zotero, including the ease

with which you can add any Innovate article to your bibliographic database,

and will respond to your questions about how to use the program.]

4:00 PM EST

Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational

Games the Wiki Way

Authors: Shelley Henson Johnson, Brett Shelton, and David Wiley

See http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=423&action=article

2007 Edublog Awards

Link to Awards

Categories

1. Best individual blog

2. Best group blog

3. Best new blog

4. Best resource sharing blog

5. Most influential blog post

6. Best teacher blog

7. Best librarian / library blog

8. Best educational tech support blog

9. Best elearning / corporate education blog

10. Best educational use of audio

11. Best educational use of video / visual

12. Best educational wiki

13. Best educational use of a social networking service

14. Best educational use of a virtual world