Advanced research and education networks, such as Internet2, offer higher education faculty and their students opportunities to connect to a diverse array of resources and to collaborate with partners around the world to enhance teaching and learning. Through a series of keynotes and breakout sessions, this one day Symposium is designed to give faculty a taste of the many projects and resources that exist, and how they can be applied in their own teaching practice.
The Symposium will be held on April 1, 2011 from 8:45 AM - 3:30 PM and will take place in two physical locations: Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania and Mercer County Community College in New Jersey. Participants in both venues will be able to interact with presenters and each other through high definition video conferencing. To participate at one of the physical symposium locations, please click here.
Sites from around the world will be able to participate via interactive video or webstreaming. We can take a limited number of interactive sites for each keynote, special lunch session and break out sessions. If you'd like your campus/school to participate as an interactive videoconference site, you must have H.323 videoconferencing gear and be connected to MAGPI, NJEDge.net, Internet2 or your national research and education network. To become an interactive videoconference site, please register here.
All sessions will be webstreamed live at video.magpi.net. Just click on the 'live stream' button to view available live webstreams the day of the conference. Webstream participants can send questions to the presenters by tweeting them to @magpik20 (with hashtag #TLi211) or posting them to the symposium facebook wall at www.facebook.com/TLi2Symposium.
Visit the program page for schedule of presentations or view full presentation details and real-time symposium updates on the blog.
Symposium Hosts:
MAGPI (the Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2) is a regional high-speed network and aggregation point providing access to robust advanced network infrastructure and Next Generation networking services for institutions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. MAGPI is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and it is part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Information Systems and Computing central IT organization. Our mission is to deliver regional infrastructure in a cost-effective manner and promote applications for the region's research and education communities through high performance network technology.
NJEDge.Net is a non-profit technology consortium of academic and research institutions in New Jersey. Through its deployment of advanced Internet technologies and digital communication, NJEDge.Net supports its members in their institutional teaching and learning; scholarship; research and development; outreach programs; public service, and economic development. In providing broadband statewide network, NJEDge.Net creates an environment for interoperability to facilitate productive use of technology across the academic enterprise. NJEDge.Net introduces emerging technologies and state-of-the-art networking to its partners in academia, government and industry for inter-institutional collaboration, scholarship and research.
Symposium Location Partners:
Bucks County Community College offers a wide range of academic programs, services and facilities right in your neighborhood. Classes are held at our beautiful 200-acre campus along the Neshaminy Creek in Newtown, our Upper Bucks Campus along the East Branch of the Perkiomen Creek in Perkasie, and our Lower Bucks Campus adjacent to the Delhaas woods in Bristol Township. What’s more, Online Learning allows you to take courses over the internet, while evening classes are also held at a number of community sites. Noncredit continuing education opportunities, including business and industry training, are available as well. With all these convenient and affordable options, it’s clear that Bucks is “where to learn, where to return.”
Mercer County Community College is a comprehensive, publicly supported two-year institution focused on learning and student success. The college welcomes students of all ages from a wide variety of backgrounds, abilities, interests, levels of education, and economic circumstances to a challenging and supportive environment dedicated to meeting the educational needs of 21st century global citizens and lifelong learners. Mercer responds to a broad array of community needs, offering programs and services for employers, continuing education and training for the workforce, enrichment for youth, and cultural opportunities for people in the region.
