Shorter Workshops
The following half-day to one-day (3.5-7.0 hours) workshops are also available:
- Free/Open Software for Beginners
- Free/Open Software for Business
- Blog Publishing for Beginners
- Blog Optimization for Business I
- Blog Optimization for Business II
- Wiki Collaboration for Beginners
- Wiki Optimization for Business
- Riding on the Read/Write Wave
- Teaching Online with Moodle 101
- Teaching Online with Moodle 102
- Administering Moodle
- Website Optimization with Google Analytics
- Google for Business and Education
- Baidu for Business and Education
Free/Open Software for Beginners
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “what”, “how” and “why” of using Web-based FLOSS such as blogs, wikis, Moodle and Google to meet the information sharing and training needs of a commercial or educational organization.
- Use Google services to search, organize, and share relevant information.
Free/Open Software for Business top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “how” and “why” of selecting and managing free open-source software to meet the information sharing and learning needs of a commercial or educational organization.
- Use RSS as a subscriber and as a publisher.
Blog Publishing for Beginners top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “what”, “how” and “why” of using blogs to meet the information, learning and other needs of an organization.
- Create a blog on a popular blog host
- Add posts with text, links and graphics
- Change the settings and templates of your blogs
Blog Optimization for Business I top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “how” and “why” of selecting and managing blogs to meet the information, learning and other needs of an organization.
- Choose and install your own blog engines
- Customize and promote your blogs
- Manage team blogs and add interactive media to your blogs
Wiki Collaboration for Beginners top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “what”, “how” and “why” of using wikis to meet the information, learning and other needs of an organization.
- Create a wiki on a popular host, manage wikis pages
- Add text, tables, links, graphics and comments
- Change the settings of your wikis
Wiki Optimization for Business top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “how” and “why” of selecting and managing wikis to meet the information, learning and other needs of an organization.
- Choose and install a wiki engine
- Create, administer and customize your wikis
- Add interactive media to your wikis
Riding on the Read/Write Wave top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the “how” and “why” the Read/Write process works, with specific references to blogs and wikis.
- Understand some key pedagogical approaches and Web marketing techniques.
- Apply one or more of the above approaches to design and evaluate your own Read/Write website.
Teaching Online with Moodle 101 top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Discuss meaningfully the economical and pedagogical benefits of using Moodle
- Create and manage basic content on Moodle
- Create and use basic activity modules in Moodle to teach a class
Teaching Online with Moodle 102 top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Create and manage more advanced content on Moodle
- Create and use more advanced activity modules in Moodle to teach a class
Administering Moodle 101 top
Upon completion of this course, you shall be able to:
- Install, configure and administer Moodle
- Manage courses and classes
