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Sunday, April 27, 2008

EDUCAUSE Review Latest Issue Online!


Just look at these articles in this EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 2 (March/April 2008) below.


Conference Connections: Rewiring the Circuit
By George Siemens, Peter Tittenberger and Terry Anderson

Increased openness, two-way dialogue, and blurred distinctions between experts and amateurs have combined with numerous technology tools for dialogue, personal expression, networking, and community formation to “remake” conferences, influencing not only how attendees participate in but also how organizers host conferences today.

About the authors
George Siemens (
gsiemens@elearnspace.org) is Associate Director, Learning Technologies Centre, at the University of Manitoba and is Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc.
Peter Tittenberger (
tittenbe@cc.umanitoba.ca) is Director, Learning Technologies Centre, at the University of Manitoba.
Terry Anderson (
terrya@athabascau.ca) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University

Architectures for Collaboration:Roles and Expectations for Digital Libraries
By Peter Brantley

Libraries are successful to the extent that they can bridge communities and can leverage the diversity of the quest, the research, and the discovery. By building bridges among various sectors, libraries will be able to define themselves in the next generation.

About the author
Peter Brantley ( pbrantley@diglib.org) is the Executive Director for the Digital Library Federation (DLF), a not-for-profit association of libraries and allied institutions.

E-Books in Higher Education: Nearing the End of the Era of Hype?
By Mark R. Nelson
What is the reality with respect to e-books? Will e-books finally take off? After nearly two decades of talking about how e-books are right around the corner, have we finally reached the corner?

Comments on this article can be sent to the author at drmnelson@gmail.com