ITS’ Buenviaje to guide presenters at 2008 ResNet Symposium

Jeremy Buenviaje, ResNET assistant program director, will serve as a Theme Guide for the 2008 national ResNet Symposium, to be held at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, June 21-25.

As a Theme Guide, Buenviaje uses a national listserv to encourage proposal submissions to the Symposium. Once submitted, Buenviaje reviews the proposals, assists presenters with the presentation format and ensures that all presenters are fully prepared for their session before and during the conference. At the symposium, he is a part of the Program Committee, serving as a resource for attendees.
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LearnIT workshops teach Web, calendar, social software

There are still spaces available in the following LearnIT workshops. To read a workshop description or to register for any of these workshops, visit http://learnit.unc.edu/workshops. For links to other campus training opportunities, refer to the LearnIT Web site.

Social Software to Support Distance Education Learners
March 3

Web Authoring with HTML
March 4

Calendar (Oracle): Getting Started
March 6

Web Authoring: Page Styling with CSS
March 18

Games4Learning event to explore World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft, an online game popular with Generation Y and Millenials, may be a way to teach important concepts outside the classroom.

Laura Christopherson, doctoral student in the School of Information and Library Science, will present “Games4Learning: Learning and Entertainment in World of Warcraft” to explore potential lessons from games designed for entertainment. No experience with WoW is necessary. The event will take place at Toy Lounge (in Dey Hall) on Friday, Feb. 29, at 2:30 p.m.
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Clickers used for discussion on race

Having an honest discussion about race and racial stereotypes can be intimidating. So when the Carolina Union Activities Board (CUAB) and the Student Government Association (SGA) planned to hold an interactive event, “Let’s Face It: Race in America,” organizers approached ITS Teaching and Learning to borrow a set of clickers.
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ITS upgrades listserver to reduce spam

If you subscribe to any open lists, chances are most of your spam comes from them. All of that changes on Friday.

This Friday evening, ITS will upgrade its listserver to apply the Proofpoint spam filter that already protects the ITS central e-mail system. This will drastically reduce the amount of spam received by members of open lists, which allow anyone to send a message to the list. The majority of lists at UNC-Chapel Hill are closed lists, meaning that only list members can send messages to the list address.
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