The 2018 ADEIL Conference is almost here! For a complete list of the schedule – workshops, keynote, reception, breakout sessions, etc, – go to:
https://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/adeil-program-full/
The conference will be at Memorial Union at the UW-Madison campus. To locate the registration table, enter the Memorial Union via the East Wing (Peets Coffee Shop) and use the stairs or elevator to go to the second floor. Registration will be set up outside Tripp Commons.
Next week, UW-Madison hosts Join us at the Lake: ADEIL 2018 Annual Conference at Memorial Union. We hope that you’re able to take advantage of the learning and networking opportunities.
As some of our instructors are based outside of Madison, information for those coming from out of town (and for our Madison-based instructors, reminders of places to explore in Madison) are included below.
If you Arrive at the Dane County Regional Airport: You will find ground transportation near the baggage claim area. You may elect to take a cab from the airport to the hotel, or you may call the Graduate Hotel to arrange for shuttle service (608 257 4391).
Union Cab: https://www.unioncab.com/Contact
Badger Cab: http://www.badgercab.com/index.php
Green Cab: https://greencabmadison.com/
If you Arrive by Car: You may use the parking service at the hotel.
If you Arrive with the Badger Bus from the Milwaukee Regional Airport:
You will get off the bus at the UW-Madison Campus Stop on Langdon Street: https://www.badgerbus.com/tickets/locations/locations/madison/uw-madison-campus-stop-on-langdon/ The conference hotel is a 5 minute walk away. https://goo.gl/maps/6G1JdHgP2Lu
If you Arrive with the Van Galder Bus from O’Hare International Airport:
You will get off the bus at the UW-Madison Campus stop on Langdon Street: https://www.govangalder.com/Chicago-Airport-Shuttle-Bus-Map-information The conference hotel is a 5 minute walk away. https://goo.gl/maps/3xZ14VBp8mG2
The Conference Hotel:
If you reserved a room at the conference hotel, you will be staying at the Graduate in Madison. You can visit their website at https://www.graduatehotels.com/madison/ If you need directions to the Graduate Hotel, you may use Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/jXEUZN6yeEJ2
The Memorial Union:
The conference will be held at the UW-Madison Memorial Union. (Note: This is the Campus Bus Stop for Badger Bus and Van Galder Bus). To locate the Memorial Union with google maps, go to: https://goo.gl/maps/esKAugZHfXQ2 Conference registration will open at 2 pm on October 24th. To locate the registration table, enter the Memorial Union via the East Wing (Peets Coffee Shop) and use the stairs or elevator to go to the second floor. Registration will be set up outside Tripp Commons.
Places to explore when you arrive:
If you arrive early, you may wish to explore the following places:
The Memorial Union has many quiet spaces as well as dining options: https://union.wisc.edu/visit/memorial-union/
The Chazen Museum of Art: https://www.chazen.wisc.edu/
The Memorial Library: https://www.library.wisc.edu/memorial/ (check in at the Welcome Desk at the Library entrance near State Street for a visitor’s pass)
The State Capitol: http://tours.wisconsin.gov/
State Street (shops and restaurants): https://goo.gl/maps/MAnsuiznZLK2
The Veterans Museum: https://www.wisvetsmuseum.com/
Walking the Lakeshore Path to Picnic Point: https://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/visit/places/the-lakeshore-path/
Camp Trippalndee (a restaurant in the Graduate Hotel) https://www.graduatehotels.com/madison/restaurant/camp-trippalindee/
Hope you have an inspiring time at the conference!
Two Independent Learning Courses – German for Reading Knowledge and Legendary Performers – incorporate Open Educational Resources, or OERs (links are included below). OERs are “are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.” (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization).
As they’re free, they can save students a lot of money. As they can be freely shared and adapted, it also allows you to pick and choose which subjects or topics you’d like students to learn about in your courses; perhaps you’ll use one chapter from one source and another chapter from another source. An additional benefit: you don’t run into the issue of a publisher no longer printing a textbook you’ve been relying upon, or have students accidentally purchase the wrong edition.
There are a wide variety of sources available online to find OERs. Some act like a search engine, while others include lists of courses with attached OERs. A by-no-means-exhaustive list includes:
https://open.umn.ed
The Center for Open Education with the University of Minnesota includes a library of free, downloadable texts that you can search through and a community of people sharing their expertise in OERs. Perhaps one of sources could work as a textbook in your courses.
https://www.oercommons.org/
OER Commons allows you to search for textbooks, activities, and courses by subject matter and education level, and includes Open Author to create and share resources, lessons, and modules. You can also make an account to collaborate with others.
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Connected with the California State University System, the MERLOT system offers curated online learning, support material, and content creation tools. It could especially useful for supplemental materials for a course.
http://cnx.org/
OpenStax CNX of Rice University lists courses, each one linked to a digital, OER textbook.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/online-textbooks/
MIT OpenCourseWare offers online texts for STEM courses.
http://opencourselibrary.org/course/
The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges manages the Open Course Library; the listed courses link to a google drive, which contains materials for the course.
UW Independent Learning OER Examples:
A Foundation Course in Reading German
https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/
Learn the Legends
https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/musicalperformers/
As employees of UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, we have access to a wide variety of technology services for our Independent Learning work. Some of these services involve assistance with computer/network help or borrowing equipment like a laptop or headset and microphone. There are also resources to administer online surveys or tutorials for general computer tasks.
For those interested in content creation, we have resources and assistance to make teaching materials: possibilities include informal recordings, narrated slideshows, a course blog, and even open online textbooks and tutorials.
For more information, go to:
https://connect.continuingstudies.wisc.edu/techservices/