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EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Thursday, November 10, 2011

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7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT…™ MOOCs; http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7078.pdf

Early this year, for example, Jim Groom led a team of instructors in offering “Digital Storytelling” as a for-credit course at the University of Mary Washington and as a free online course to the public. Students in both groups set up online spaces, told their stories, and published them using assorted digital media.

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7078.pdf

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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A LOOK AT HOPES, FEARS OF CIVIL WAR; The Free Lance-Star The early days of the American Civil War brought great hopes and fears to the land, on a scale that’s almost unimaginable to us today. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/112011/11082011/663352

UMW Blogs Highlighted in Times Higher Education

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Sarah Cunnane, writer for the Times Higher Education blog, recently featured UMW Blogs as one of the rare scholarly publishing platforms for a university community that actually cultivates, encourages, and allows for open publishing by anyone in the UMW community. We are proud of this public display of trust, and rather than resulting in a black eye for the institution it has become a mechanism for highlighting the amazing work of faculty and students alike, as well as bringing attention to the great work we do at UMW on a regular basis.

The discussion around trust and academic blogging platforms was ignited by a post by Mark Smithers on “Blogging and tust in Universities”. He highlighted UMW as a rare example of trust in Higher Education:

Now the question is why aren’t universities doing the same thing? To be fair, there are some very good examples of university blogging environments where numerous members of the university run a blog. One of the best known is the University of Mary Washington blogs site but even this runs from its own domain and not from the UMW main site. These sites, though, are the exception rather than the rule.

Fact is, this is just the beginning of UMW’s experiment with openly sharing the work we do with the world. over the coming academic year our main website, http://umw.edu, which is now running on WordPress will feature more department bogs/sites (see here, here, and here for examples), individual sites/blogs, and cross-fertilize content from specific departments and class sites into the umw.edu space. This open, fishbowl approach to teaching and learning on a university’s website brings a new idea of open engagement to a university’s web presence. UMW.edu is not just a brochure—it is an open educational experience and a resource all at once!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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Free Halloween fun starts here; http://blogs.fredericksburg.com

The University of Mary Washington is putting on “Pumpkin Palooza” from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Woodard Campus Center. There will be more than 20 crafts and games for kids of all ages. The event will also send out “tours” with University volunteers to trick-or-treat around residence halls on campus. Costumes are strongly encouraged. More information, call 540/654-1802.

http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/fredericksburgfamilies/2011/10/25/free-halloween-fun-starts-here/

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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THE ROYAL WEDDING COMES TO THE ‘BURG; The Free Lance-Star

THERE AREN’T MANY places in Fredericksburg where British flags fly and people rise to sing “God Save the Queen.” But this Saturday, Fredericksburg audiences will get the royal treatment as the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra performs “The Music of the Royal Wedding.”

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/102011/10202011/659009