Rutgers’ Office of Instructional and Research Technology (OIRT)
is pleased to invite you to our third annual symposium

The Connected World:

How technology changes the nature of higher education

March 12, 2008, 9:00am-4:00pm

• Busch campus, New Brunswick, Student Center Multipurpose room
• Camden campus, Student Center Multipurpose room
• Newark campus, Student Center Multipurpose room

Keynote speaker: Steven Berlin Johnson

Distinguished Writer In Residence, NYU Department of Journalism and author of "Emergence" and "Everything Bad is Good for You"

Brain candy:

Is pop culture dumbing us down or smartening us up?

1:30 pm

The Connected World will examine changes in higher education resulting from the increased use of personal devices, the increased desire for learning and research to be interactive and personalized, and the movement toward providing opportunities for people to be accessible anywhere, anytime, via text, voice, and video.

Other presentations:

9:30 am - Student use of the Internet: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Bob Kubey, professor of Journalism and Media Studies and director, Center for Media Studies, Rutgers University

10:00 am - Mobile Learning: From principles to pragmatics

William Rankin, associate professor of English, Abilene Christian University

11:30 am - The Net Generation at school: Balancing student and faculty expectations

Anastasia Trekles Milligan, Clinical assistant professor of Instructional Technology and
Lynn Zimmerman, associate professor of Education, Purdue University

2:45 pm - Promoting Highly Interactive Learning Communities: Motivating Students through Online Discussions

Erica Boling, assistant professor, Graduate School of Education and
Tisha Bender, instructor, English Writing Program, Rutgers University

A showcase of instructional and research technology applications at Rutgers will be held concurrent to the symposium. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served to all attendees.

To register, send email to oirt@rutgers.edu indicating which campus you will be on; whether you plan to attend in the morning, afternoon, or both; and whether you plan to have lunch with us.