[Sigtis-l] FW: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] First edition of Academic Commons

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill]

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From: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition [mailto:CNI-ANNOUNCE at cni.org]
On Behalf Of Joan K. Lippincott
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:55 AM
To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition
Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] First edition of Academic Commons

This new resource includes essays, reviews, interviews, and other
information on innovative academic technology with a particular role in
liberal arts education. I think many readers of cni-announce will find it a
very useful new resource, and you are also invited to contribute content to
later editions. I am serving on the Advisory Board.
Joan Lippincott
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Dear Friend,

We are pleased to announce the first edition of ACADEMIC COMMONS.

Academic Commons (http://www.academiccommons.org ) offers a forum for
investigating and defining the role that technology can play in liberal arts
education. Sponsored by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash
College ( http://liberalarts.wabash.edu), Academic Commons publishes essays,
reviews, interviews, showcases of innovative uses of technology, and
vignettes that critically examine technology uses in the classroom. Academic
Commons aims to share knowledge, develop collaborations, and evaluate and
disseminate digital tools and innovative practices for teaching and learning
with technology. We want this site to advance opportunities for
collaborative design, open development, and rigorous peer critique of such
resources.

Academic Commons also provides a forum for academic technology projects and
groups (the Developer's Kit) and a link to a new learning object referatory
(LoLa). Our library archives all materials we have published and also
provides links to allied organizations, mailing lists, blogs, and journals
through a Professional Development Center.

Highlights of our First Edition
The first edition of Academic Commons features essays  by Richard Lanham
("Copyright 101"), Michael Joyce ("Interspace: Our Commonly Valued
Unknowing"), Patricia O'Neill and Janet Simons ("Using Technology in
Learning to Speak the Language of Film"), and Michelle Glaros ("The Dangers
of Just-In-Time Education"), and an interview with Gerald Graff. The issue
also includes two teaching and learning "vignettes," a good handful of
reviews (websites, hardware, and software) and showcases (exemplary academic
web projects), and links to a variety of interesting teaching, learning, and
technology projects. We've already formed a number of groups onsite and look
forward to more participation. The complete Table of Contents is at
http://academiccommons.org/august2005/. 

Contribute! 
We are always looking for contributions from faculty, librarians,
technologists, and other stakeholders in the academic enterprise. We publish
original content for which we pay a small honorarium. We also publish
selected links to interesting and useful materials published elsewhere, as
well as a growing collection of links to professional associations,
resources, announcements and conferences organized into a Professional
Development Center. Please consider playing a part in the Academic Commons!

Stay Informed!
Receive the Academic Commons's quarterly newsletter. If you are already a
member of www.academiccommons.org, log onto the website and click on "My
Account." Choose the Edit tab, then click on the Professional Information
link. Check the box at the top of the page. If you are not already
registered, join us at http://academiccommons.org/user/register. An RSS feed
is available at http://academiccommons.org/rss.xml. Questions and comments
can be sent to editor at academiccommons.org.
 
Academic Commons Editorial Board:

Founding Editors: 
  Michael Roy, Wesleyan University, and John Ottenhoff, Alma College

Managing Editor: Jennifer Curran, Wesleyan University

Section Editors:
•   Essays: David Bogen, Emerson College
•   Reviews: Bryan Alexander, NITLE: The National Institute for Technology
and Liberal Education
•   Interviews: Michael Roy, Wesleyan University
•   Showcase: Rachel Smith, NMC: The New Media Consortium
•   Announcements: Jennifer Curran, Wesleyan University
•   Center for Teaching and Learning:  John Ottenhoff, Alma College
•   Developer's Kit: Peter Schilling, Amherst College
•   Library: M. Claire Stewart, Northwestern University
See http://academiccommons.org/about/current-editors for more information
about our editorial board. A listing of our advisory board is at
http://academiccommons.org/about/current-board-members . 

The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College sponsors the
Academic Commons. Academic Commons is licensed under a Creative Commons
License.

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Joan K. Lippincott, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)
joan at cni.org
www.cni.org