Turnitin Webcast

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So I’m not totally certain whether or not just anyone can actually sign up for this, but it’s probably worth a try…

Building a Community Around Integrity: Academics and the Ethical Elephant in the Room

Whether it’s Wikipedia or crowd-sourced answer websites, it is by now no surprise that students are taking advantage of the immediacy of information online. More than just that though, they are incorporating the information they find in their papers in ways that are short of appropriate (also not surprisingly). How do we start to tackle this ethical elephant? What are some strategies for engaging students in building a community around the ethical use of information they find online?

Join us for an engaging session with Gill Rowell, who will share tips and best practices for enlisting students in building a community of integrity.

View all Turnitin webcasts…  and register…

Plagiarism Education Week: April 22nd to 26th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Plagiarism.org and Turnitin are celebrating Plagiarism Education Week with a series of free, live webcasts addressing the following issues:

  • Monday: Causes of Plagiarism

  • Tuesday: Types of Plagiarism

  • Wednesday: Responses to Plagiarism

  • Thursday: Approaches to Plagiarism

  • Friday: Originality and Creativity

Full details are available here.

There is also an associated student contest.  Entries are due by April 23rd.  Find all the details at the posting on the ESA Library Tumblr blog.

The History of the World in 46 Lectures

From Open Culture…

When you dive into our collection of 700 Free Online Courses, you can begin an intellectual journey that can last for many months, if not years. The collection lets you drop into the classroom of leading universities (like Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Oxford) and essentially audit their courses for free. You get to be a fly on the wall and soak up whatever knowledge you want. All you need is an internet connection and some free time on your hands.

Today, we’re featuring two classes taught by Professor Richard Bulliet at Columbia University, which will teach you the history of the world in 46 lectures. The first course, History of the World to 1500 CE (available on YouTube and iTunes Video) takes you from prehistoric times to 1500, the cusp of early modernity. The origins of agriculture; the Greek, Roman and Persian empires; the rise of Islam and Christian medieval kingdoms; transformations in Asia; and the Maritime revolution — they’re all covered here. In the second course, History of the World Since 1500 CE (find on YouTube), Bulliet focuses on the rise of colonialism in the Americas and India; historical developments in China, Japan and Korea; the Industrial Revolution; the Ottoman Empire; the emergence of Social Darwinism; and various key moments in 20th century history.

Bulliet helped write the popular textbook The Earth and its Peoples: A Global History, and it serves as the main textbook for the course. Above, we’re starting you off with Lecture 2, which moves from the Origins of Agriculture to the First River – Valley Civilizations, circa 8000-1500 B.C.E. The first lecture deals with methodological issues that underpin the course.

Once you get the big picture with Professor Bulliet, you can find more History topics in our ever-growing collection of Free Online Courses.

PD Opportunities

From The Ontario Library Association:

OTF has just released a listing of online webinars for Professional Learning.  They are free of charge and led by exemplary teachers from across Ontario.  The offerings cover a broad range of topics from Digital Storytelling, Financial Literacy to Workplace Issues.  Visit this website to view their offerings:  http://www.otffeo.on.ca/english/events/?page_id=372 . These webinars fill up fast so register soon!

Green Teacher Webinars

The final 2 Fall 2012 Green Teacher webinars are coming fast: Dec 3rd and Dec 13th.

Also newly announced are 3 new webinars in February…

Community Treasure Hunts

  • Monday, Feb. 18, 2013
  • 7:30 – 8:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Presenter: Steven Glazer
  • Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
  • 7:30 – 8:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Presenter: Michelle Macdonald
  • Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013
  • 7:30 – 8:30 pm Eastern Time
  • Presenter: David Zandvilet
Find all the details in the latest newsletter.

Green Teacher Environmental Education Webinars

Green Teacher has just announce six FREE professional development webinars for September and October (2012).  Please find details below.  You can sign up for these sessions, and find more information on the presenters, at http://www.greenteacher.com/webinars.html.

In case you miss the webinar, archived recordings of all of webinars are available on the Green Teacher website.  (Archives are available free of charge to anyone for one month following each webinar, and are thereafter available to Green Teacher subscribers.)

Green Teacher Environmental Education Webinars

Green Teacher is excited to announce six additional FREE professional development webinars this coming January and February (2012).  Please find details below.  You can sign up for these sessions, and find more information on the presenters, at www.greenteacher.com/webinars.

Can’t attend a webinar?  Don’t worry!  Archived recordings of all of our webinars are also available on our website.  (Archives are available free of charge to anyone for one month following each webinar, and are thereafter available to Green Teacher subscribers.)  We are delighted that so many subscribers have been using the archived versions of webinars for the professional development of their teachers, center’s staff, or college students.