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November 28, 2006
CIC Conference in Minneapolis
I recently attended the CIC Conference on Learning Technology (http://www1.umn.edu/cic-lt/) held in Minneapolis along with five others from Michigan: Kim Bayer, Jon Maybaum, Ted Hanns, Eric Frierson, and myself. The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is made up of 12 universities (the Big Ten and the University of Chicago) who regularly share information and conduct conferences on specific topics. For more on the CIC: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu
I was involved mainly with sessions addressing Training, Support, and Faculty/Educational Development. The most interesting thing about it was the realization that though we were discussing technology - Web 2.0 and other emerging technology - we kept coming back to the fact that technology alone does not solve a problem. All technology *must* be examined and understood based on its intended use. We must evaluate a given situation or problem first, and then consider technology that may meet the need.
Content and desired outcome are still the most important principles when considering how to use *any* technology.
I will share my Take-Aways as separate items and welcome your feedback or ideas of how we might use them here.
Posted by npulsiph at November 28, 2006 11:40 AM