Workshop: Best Practices in the Use of Information and Communication Technology in a University Environment

Participation in the workshop is free of charge. However, we ask participants to register using the electronic registration form. Please register before 17 September 2004. The number of attendees is limited – please register early.

Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:00-17:00

ETH Hönggerberg, Auditorium HCI J 3

Topics

In this workshop, some of these topics are brought up and presented by renowned experts in their fields:

• Prof. Dr. Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
  Collaborative teaching in the Scale-Up project and related topics

• Armin Brunner, Head of commuication services and networking group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  Videoconferencing services for research collaboration

• Urs Eppenberger, SWITCH, Zurich, Switzerland
  Vision of future services to be provided to universities by an academic ISP, with a focus on grid computing.

• Murray Goldberg, Silicon Chalk Inc., Vancouver, Canada, developer of WebCT. Founder of Silicon Chalk Inc.
  New technologies for the classroom

• Prof. Dr. Peter Göhner, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  Campus-online Education: The eLearning Concept of the Universität Stuttgart - New Media and Media Competence for the Entire Uniersity

• Dr. Michelle Lamberson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Director, Learning Technology.
  The Integrated Laboratory Network Initiative: Science Anytime and Anyplace, UBC Campus Wide e-Portfolios: Vignettes from Year 1

• Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner, Institute of Work Psychology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
  Usage patterns of laptops by students; implications from a recent study

A complete workshop program with final talk titles and abstracts will appear shortly. Please visit this webpage for updated information.

Intended audience

Our target audience are ETH members who are involved and/or are interested in novel uses of ICT in the areas mentioned above, i.e. we are addressing a broad range of persons involved in teaching, research, management and service provisioning. We also warmly welcome participation by members of other educational institutions, research facilities or industry in Switzerland and around.

Workshop organization

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Plattner, Program Director, ETH World

Local organization:

Beatrice Lüthi-Renner
ETH World and Network for Educational Technology
Sonneggstrasse 63
ETH Zentrum, SOW G 16
8092 Zürich
Tel: +41 1 632 54 09
Fax: +41 1 632 11 34
E-Mail: luethi@net.ethz.ch