Emerging Technologies and Trends
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Authors and Open Access Publishing
Author: Swan, Alma; Sheridan Brown
Description: Study assessing the attitudes of authors who had published in open access journals and those who had not. Both groups had low awareness of e-print archives, while many of the "non-OA" authors were aware of open access journals. Reasons to publish in Open Access (OA) journals include free access, faster publication, larger readership, higher citation rates. Barriers cited include unfamiliarity with OA journals in their field, low prestige of these journals, smaller readership, or inability to find a relevant OA journal to publish in.
Clickers: Those Audience Response Systems 
Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: This technology trend highlights "Clickers" and their use for immediate tallying of opinions and responses by those physically present. Similar to the keypads used to record audience response on TV game shows, they can be a useful teaching tool, setting up a feedback loop reminiscent of Socratic method, even when the audience is large. Responses are anonymous, and you don't have the delays inherent in paper balloting procedures.
Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: This technology trend focuses on services such as Google Apps and Microsoft Office Live that provide online software and storage for users. What is important is that no matter where you are, you can access your documents because they aren't located on that laptop at home or office, but 'in the clouds'. They facilitate collaboration and save money, but users should consider a few caveats before availing of them.
Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: This Technology trend explores the Obama administration's new policy of placing all government data online, with few exceptions. Researchers and government contract holders will have an easier time getting information on government spending, contract status, census data, health and safety information and much more as data.gov is rolled out over the next several years.
Educational Technology: Support for Inquiry-based Learning
Author: Rubin, Andee
Description: Part of _Technology Infusion and School Change: Perspectives and Practices_ Report. This paper describes inquiry-based learning in detail and technology's potential role in supporting it. Then the author presents categories of software organized around their relationship to inquiry-based learning. A classic!
Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present
Author: Johansen, Bob
Description: Keynote presentation by Bob Johansen, Institute for the Future, at the 2009 National eXtension Conference speaks about the future, drawing heavily on concept in his latest books, Get There Early and Leaders Make the Future : Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World, to examine how technology and information will impact our future, and the external future forces that will affect the future of cooperative extension. (His actual presentation begins about 25 minutes into the Connect session.)
Global Faces and Networked Places
Author: Nielsen Online,
Description: This Nielson Report Highlights the following trends: 1. Putting the growth of social networks – popularity and
engagement – into context 2. How the audience to social networks is changing 3. The challenges facing
advertisers on social networks 4. What advertisers can do to find the magic formula for advertising in social networks 5. Factors contributing to the Facebook phenomenon 6. Why localization has won the day in many countries 7. Where mobile social networking has taken the greatest hold 8. What ‘traditional’ publishers
can do in the face of the social network phenomenon. While coming from a business / marketing perspective, it offers helpful ways for programs to think about marketing their program, as well as enhancing media literacy.
Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
Description: Meridian is an electronic journal dedicated to research and practice of computer technology in middle school classrooms. It is published twice yearly by an interdisciplinary team of NC State graduate students representing a broad range of fields, from education to forestry.
Meridian features research findings, practitioner articles, commentary, and book excerpts by educational researchers, technology designers, middle school teachers, and authors who wish to share and expand teaching and learning experiences with computer technologies in middle school classrooms and beyond.
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Author: Bovitz, Laura (4 more by this author)
Description: This workshop provided an introduction to the world of teen communication and a view into the technology that teens use to share information and keep in touch with friends. Strategies and resources for educators who work with teens and information on on-line safety are included. (2008 CYFAR Conference Presentation)
The primacy of authors in achieving Open Access
Author: Suber, Peter
Description: Discussion of issues around researchers, faculty and program staff submitting their articles for publication in online journals and open access archive or depository: advantages to field and author, as well as barriers and disincentives.
– Professional Development –
Author: Langcuster, Jim
Description: Discussion of changes that technological change is creating in Extension and the role of the Extension agent/educator, and more broadly in the role of the information provider in our society. Langcuster argues that in order for Extension to continue to have a role, we need to adopt the values and skills of the 21st century, transforming ourselves to provide a new type of knowledge transfer which includes two-way reciprocal communication with our audiences, and the use of social media.
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Description: The Association (founded in 1981) is an international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.
Authors and Open Access Publishing
Author: Swan, Alma; Sheridan Brown
Description: Study assessing the attitudes of authors who had published in open access journals and those who had not. Both groups had low awareness of e-print archives, while many of the "non-OA" authors were aware of open access journals. Reasons to publish in Open Access (OA) journals include free access, faster publication, larger readership, higher citation rates. Barriers cited include unfamiliarity with OA journals in their field, low prestige of these journals, smaller readership, or inability to find a relevant OA journal to publish in.
Click Activism: Youth Civic Engagement Through Online Participatory Cultures
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author)
Description: Youth create a social issue video and post it on YouTube. A tweet, then retweets and more tweets. The video goes viral. That issue that youth care about is suddenly all over the net, and receiving broad traditional media attention. With a simple click of the mouse, youth voices are being heard - loudly. What's going on? This webinar is a discussion of the research and practice of youth civic engagement and what participatory cultures and social media mean for youth programming, civic engagement, and leadership. Youth are engagement in participatory cultures brings a new approach to addressing long-standing civic and social issues. This non-traditional civic engagement format has youth using new media to organize, to create content, and then to circulate that content around the world - click activism.
New Technologies for New Audiences: Twitter, Facebook and Other Social Media in Our Programs
Author: Chamberlin, Barbara (2 more by this author); Jeanne Gleason
Description: As consumers become more technology savvy, we must employ higher quality and more interactive delivery methods to reach them. This session will explore social media forums, such as Twitter and Facebook, and media repositories, such as YouTube, as ways to reach today's clientele with your program messages.
Shaking Your Groove Thing: Video Games as Ways to Increase Physical Activity
Author: Chamberlin, Barbara (2 more by this author); Valentina Veleta; Michelle Garza; Jeanne Gleason
Description: Several programs are using "exergames", games that encourage physical activity as part of their programs for youth, adults and families. Program leaders will share their expertise; including what works, what doesn't work, and how exergames impact our audiences. Participants should be prepared to play some games, and will receive real-world suggestions for using exergames in their programming.
What, Why and How: Tweeting for CYFAR
Author: Wiebke, Jeanne ; Trudy Dunham
Description: CYFERnet Technology demonstrates in 30 minutes how you can set up your own Twitter account, use the CYFAR Twitter to connect with CYFAR events and issues, and implications for the use of microblogging in your own CYFAR program. If you are not already using Twitter, this is a good time to a peek and see what Twitter is all about. We know how daunting social media tools can be. That's why CYFERnet is pleased to offer a series of brief trainings on how you can use these tools for effective professional purposes. The trainings, online tools, and tips and tricks, are free and available to any CYFAR program. Learn how to use social media to enhance your professional development, collaborate with colleagues, promote your work, inform participants and their parents, conduct evaluations, and develop program resources.
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Social Cyberpower in the everyday Life of an African American Community
Description: By Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams, this chapter is about the community technology center as a new organizational basis for democracy and social inclusion in the information society. We present a theoretical framework and an empirical case study, concluding with some reflections on democracy and cyberorganizing.
The National Educational Technology Standards
Description: The primary goal of the ISTE NETS Project is to enable stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement in the United States. The NETS Project will work to define standards for students, integrating curriculum technology, technology support, and standards for student assessment and evaluation of technology use.
– Research –
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Description: The Association (founded in 1981) is an international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.
Educational Technology: Support for Inquiry-based Learning
Author: Rubin, Andee
Description: Part of _Technology Infusion and School Change: Perspectives and Practices_ Report. This paper describes inquiry-based learning in detail and technology's potential role in supporting it. Then the author presents categories of software organized around their relationship to inquiry-based learning. A classic!
Author: Dunham, Trudy (31 more by this author)
Description: Most people today rely on the Internet for information and as a research tool. We have assumed that the best resources - the most relevant or authoritative, those most representative of what is going on today - are going to show up on page one of the search results. We have assumed that the search I conduct will result in the same result as the search that you conduct. New algorithms are tailoring search results to our past behavior, resulting in our being shown what the tool thinks we want to see, rather than a more objective list of what is available on the topic. Includes references to help you understand and think through the implications of these algorithms for our use of the Internet
Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
Description: Meridian is an electronic journal dedicated to research and practice of computer technology in middle school classrooms. It is published twice yearly by an interdisciplinary team of NC State graduate students representing a broad range of fields, from education to forestry.
Meridian features research findings, practitioner articles, commentary, and book excerpts by educational researchers, technology designers, middle school teachers, and authors who wish to share and expand teaching and learning experiences with computer technologies in middle school classrooms and beyond.
Social Cyberpower in the everyday Life of an African American Community
Description: By Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams, this chapter is about the community technology center as a new organizational basis for democracy and social inclusion in the information society. We present a theoretical framework and an empirical case study, concluding with some reflections on democracy and cyberorganizing.
The National Educational Technology Standards
Description: The primary goal of the ISTE NETS Project is to enable stakeholders in PreK-12 education to develop national standards for educational uses of technology that facilitate school improvement in the United States. The NETS Project will work to define standards for students, integrating curriculum technology, technology support, and standards for student assessment and evaluation of technology use.