A Pedagogy for the Web: How to Use the Net for Teaching
Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS
Fri Jan 23, 03-04:00pm, 9-151
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session will examine different models of teaching, and how to use a variety of Web-based tools to support instruction. Participants are invited to share their experiences with the rest of the group.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS, 9-250, (617) 253-6690, katiel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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DSpace Digital Repository
Margret G. Branschofsky
Tue Jan 27, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Wed Jan 28, 10-11:30am, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Faculty, Departments, Labs, Centers - find out how we can help you manage your digital files. The MIT Libraries' DSpace system is a dynamic repository for the digital intellectual output of MIT. It collects, preserves, indexes and distributes digital files in a variety of formats. See a demonstration of the system.
Web: http://dspace.mit.edu/about
Contact: Margret Branschofsky, 14S-M24, x3-1293, margretb@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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GIS: Introduction to ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan
Fri Jan 23, Mon Jan 26, 02-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: An Athena account
Learn the basics of ArcGIS, a powerful desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) available at MIT. We will look at raster and vector data and will learn to edit data. Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries. Register at the URL below, or with Sarah Hickok at the address below. Sessions are the same. Sign up for only one.
Web: http://training.mit.edu/tr?courseid=11811
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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GIS: Programming in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan
Fri Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account & experience with Arcview, ArcGIS or equiv
If you ever find yourself doing the same sequence of commands in ArcGIS, you probably should think of automating the process. Learn to use VBA to control ArcGIS. Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries. Register at the URL below, or with Sarah Hickok (hickok@mit.edu). Don't email instructor between 1/2/04 and 1/15/04.
Web: http://training.mit.edu/tr?courseid=12290
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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GIS: Site Selection - Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
Daniel Sheehan
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 27-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account & experience w. Arcview, ArcGIS, or equivalen
Learn the basics of vector processing in a GIS. Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries. Register at the URL below, or with Sarah Hickok (hickok@mit.edu). Don't email instructor between 1/2/04 and 1/15/04.
Web: http://training.mit.edu/tr?courseid=12263
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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GIS: Working with Digital Elevation Models
Daniel Sheehan
Wed Jan 28, 02-04:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena acct & experience with Arcview, ArcGIS, or equivalent
Digital Elevation Models are widely available elevation data for the United States and, soon, for the world through the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Learn to use this data source in a GIS. Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries. Register at the URL below, or with Sarah Hickok (hickok@mit.edu). Don't email instructor between 1/2/04 and 1/15/04.
Web: http://training.mit.edu/tr?courseid=12286
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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GIS: Working with Map Projections in ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan
Tue Jan 27, 02-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Athena account & experience with Arcview, ArcGIS, or equiv
Learn to work with map projections in ArcGIS. While ArcGIS has made managing projections easy, you need to know what you are working with before ArcGIS can make sense of it. Co-sponsored by MIT Libraries. Register at the URL below, or with Sarah Hickok (hickok@mit.edu). Don't email instructor between 1/2/04 and 1/15/04.
Web: http://training.mit.edu/tr?courseid=12287
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240a, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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History Anytime, Anywhere, and for Anyone
Rosalind Williams, Eric Heller
Thu Jan 15, 01:30-06:00pm, MIT Museum (N52-200)
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Imagine being able to go anywhere in the US and access information about the history, geography, or science of the place where you're standing, while you're standing there! The National Heritage Database is a collaborative project based in the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), and includes the MIT Museum and faculty from Harvard. The goal of the Project is to increase people's knowledge of their surroundings by creating a nationwide outdoor museum, where a wide variety of historical information about a location can be accessed by anyone using GPS-enabled portable electronics. The IAP session is aimed at refining the Project's concept with the input of the MIT community.
Contact: Nick Buchanan, E51-070, x3-6979, nscb@mit.edu
Sponsor: Science,Technology & Society
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Intro to Stellar for First-timers
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 22, 02-03:00pm, N42-Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
An introductory class intended to give students and instructors information that will allow them to begin using Stellar quickly. No previous experience with Stellar is required.
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240C, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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Introduction to GIS
Lisa Sweeney
Thu Jan 22, 10:30-11:30am, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This class if for people who have not worked with Geographic Information Systems before and would like to explore its capabilities, which enable users to visualize and analyze information in a dynamic, digital, mapping environment.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240A, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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LabVIEW: An Introduction
Helen Healy
Mon Jan 12, 10am-12:00pm, 56-154
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Representatives from National Instruments will present LabVIEW (hardware and software that provides virtual instrumentation) and answer any questions that you may have.
Contact: Helen Healy, N42-040h, (617) 253-0659, hhealy@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Information Systems
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LabVIEW: Hands On Class
Helen Healy
Tue Jan 13 thru Fri Jan 16, 10am-04:00pm, 56-154
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Dec-2003
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
SESSION IS FULL - ACCEPTING NAMES FOR WAIT LIST
Learn how to work with LabVIEW's development environment specifically the simulation functionality.
Note: the dates posted in the paper bulletin were incorrect but the dates listed on the website are correct. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Contact: Helen Healy, N42-040h, (617) 253-0659, hhealy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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LabVIEW: Uses at MIT
Helen Healy
Mon Jan 12, 01:30-04:00pm, 56-154
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Dec-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Various departments will demonstrate their uses of LabVIEW.
Note: the dates posted in the paper bulletin were incorrect but the dates listed on the website are correct. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Contact: Helen Healy, N42-040h, (617) 253-0659, hhealy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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Moving Teaching and Training to the Web
Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS
Wed Jan 28, 03-04:00pm, Bush Room
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how you can enhance your face-to-face or distance learning classes through interesting uses (both large and small) of technology. Examples from current MIT academic and training classes will be highlighted.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS, 9-250, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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O.K.I. Overview
Scott Thorne, Jeff Merriman
Tue Jan 6, 10-11:30am, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn more about the O.K.I. project. The O.K.I. Project has produced specifications from developing educational software. Learn how these specifications are being used at MIT and elsewhere, and how they relate to other specifications activity.
Contact: Scott Thorne, thorne@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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OpenCourseWare: A New Model for Open Sharing
Jon Paul Potts
Thu Jan 22, 10-11:00am, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: No prerequisites
MIT OpenCourseWare makes the MIT faculty's course materials available on the Web free, to any user, anywhere in the world. With the publication of 500 subjects in September 2003, MIT is delivering on the vision of OpenCourseWare and the promise of open sharing. The initiative is advancing education at MIT, and making a difference for educators and self-learners around the world. Discover how you can participate in this exciting MIT initiative.
Web: http://ocw.mit.edu
Contact: Jon Paul Potts, 9-235B, (617) 452-3621, jpotts@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Open Courseware
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Stellar Futures
Stellar Management Team
Wed Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
What direction will Stellar, MIT's Course Management System take in the next 2 to 3 years? This session will be an overview of planned enhancements, as well as the strategic direction Stellar will be taking and why.
Contact: Stellar Management Team, 9-250, x3-2836
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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Stellar Tips and Tricks
Gayle Willman
Tue Jan 6, 02-03:00pm, N42-Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Basic familiarity with Stellar Course Management System
If you have used Stellar in the past, this IAP session will introduce some interesting tips, tricks and best practices. Some experience with Stellar will be helpful.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/
Contact: Gayle Willman, 9-230, x3-9366, willman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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Tablet PCs in the Classroom
Carter Snowden, Jean Foster
Wed Jan 14, 01-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Participants in Academic Computing's Tablet PC pilot project will report on their experiences using tablet PCs during the fall semester.
Contact: Carter Snowden, csnowden@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Information Systems
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The Nuts and Bolts of StarOffice
Helen Healy, Rich Garcia
Wed Jan 14, 10-11:00am, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
StarOffice Office Suite is the world's leading office productivity suite on Linux and the Solaris OS. This session will take you through the various components of the StarOffice suite of applications. Learn to use StarOffice for your everyday work.
Contact: Helen Healy, hhealy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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The Quest for Data
Lisa Sweeney
Wed Jan 28, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 24 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Experience with ArcView or ArcGIS; Athena account
Learn about resources for obtaining data for GIS applications. Will cover how to work through challenges that frequently arise from obtaining data from different sources and using it with GIS tools. It is recommended that participants take the "Working with Map Projections in ArcGIS" IAP session on January 27.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, N42-240A, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Tour of William R. Dickson Cogeneration Plant
Roger Moore
Fri Jan 23, 09-11:00am, Building 42
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Tour the award-winning William R. Dickson Cogeneration Plant with Roger Moore of the Department of Facilities and learn how the plant uses natural gas to make the electricity that powers 80 percent of MIT's buildings.
Contact: Luzette Alvardo-Ortiz, NE49, x3-8517, alva@plant.mit.edu
Sponsor: Department of Facilities
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Using MathML to Represent Mathematical Equations on the Web
Daniel Jamous ACST
Wed Jan 21, Thu Jan 29, 10-11:00am, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
This quick-start presentation will show examples and review the basic facts you need to know in order to get started with using MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), the XML-based standard for describing mathematical notation on the web and capturing both its structure and content.
Contact: Daniel Jamous ACST, jamous@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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Webcasts and Streaming Media at MIT
David Mycue, Director, Digital Info Technologies & Services
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, TBA Cancelled
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, TBA
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
How do webcasts (like Commencement) work at MIT? How can streaming media be made available on the MIT network? Learn about the "digital media" processes and resources available on campus.
Contact: David Mycue, Director, Digital Info Technologies & Services, 9-222, wolvie@ALUM.MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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What's New in Stellar?
Ben Brophy
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session will review the changes in Stellar 1.6 as well as 1.5. This class will be a good opportunity for instructors to ask questions about changes in features and functionality since the last time they used Stellar.
Contact: Ben Brophy, 9-250, (617) 452-2085, benbr@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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