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Presented by the Knight Digital Media Center, these presentations are described as "multimedia and internet technology training workshops," on topics like Digital Storytelling ("How to tell stories with Data (Reallly)") and Web 2.0 Training ("Digital Visualization Strategy and Workflow" or "Data Visualization on a Budget"). While the workshops are geared to journalists, many of the lessons might be relevant to those in other public-facing fields as well.

By Karon Kelly, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Colorado State University, Research Data Management Workshop, March 24, 2011. This is a PDF of a powerpoint describing the significance of data curation in the hard sciences.

Part of UD's Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, this program offers workshops at the K-12 or post-secondary level for how instructors can integrate problem-based learning into their own classrooms. The PBL Clearinghouse, a "peer-reviewed online resource" collects PBL problems and articles. Additionally, the site offers resources including sample syllabi and projects.

By Wick Sloane, in a column called The Devil's Workshop in Inside Higher Ed, September 20 2010. Sloane, previously the CFO of a public university, has embedded himself as a writing teacher at Bunker Hill Community College. In this column, he ties completion to the many varied needs of under-served students, many of whom live in poverty.

This bibliography is based on the book Open Innovation: Research for a New Paradigm, as well as the 2004 Academy of Management workshop, and was last updated in February 2008.

By Daniel R. Rehak, PhD., Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) technical advisor. Presented as keynote at Fourth International Workshop on Search and Exchange of e-le@rning Materials (SE@M '10), September 27-28 2010 in Barcelona Spain. Rehak's basic point is that all of the learning materials already exist -- we just need a better, more viable, more searchable repository for them. Very nicely produced presentation.

By Daniel R. Rehak, PhD., Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) technical advisor. Presented as keynote at Fourth International Workshop on Search and Exchange of e-le@rning Materials (SE@M '10), September 27-28 2010 in Barcelona Spain. Rehak's basic point is that all of the learning materials already exist -- we just need a better, more viable, more searchable repository for them. Very nicely produced presentation.

This is a good intro/rationale to have people work in a supportive, online setting to get a sense of what it is like to work on something meaningful without resorting to a workshop or lecture about the benefits of communities of practice.

"Corporations use TWO process form, BOTH missing entirely from dowdy lazy sloppy dishonest (Harvard) universities; a) process weaves----emediated process flows PUNCTUATED with mass workshop EVENTS b) pulsed systems---rhythms of engagement with disengagement, sameness with difference, local with global---so that mere addition of connectedness is not allowed to destroy all creativity. "

Conference listings, including links to topic summaries and a PDF of presentation slides. Conference was held in the summer of 2008; page last updated in June 2009.

In ScienceDirect - Procedia Computer Science, Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 2773-2998 (2010)

Many of ASU's virtual environments take place in Second Life, but it's interesting to see how they present their projects.

Might also be interesting model for the website, as they provide 4 categories of entry: Podcasts (great idea!), Grant Deadlines (how to fund similar projects), Conferences, and Workshops (they offer).

Offered by The Sloan Consortium. Course description and pricing. Shopping cart.