I am in the lovely city of Toronto presenting my paper Using Online Social Networks to Build Healthy Communities: A Design-based Research Investigation at ED-MEDIA 2010. The presentation is below:
Using Online Social Networks to Build Healthy Communities

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I’d like to share a new paper I wrote:
Cocciolo, A. (accepted). Constructionist Learning in Digital Archives Education: Student Perceptions of Effectiveness. Proceedings of 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Information Science and Technology, Oct. 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA.
ABSTRACT:
This paper explores if a constructionist learning approach to digital archives education […]

I was pleased to be a guest respondent at Parsons MFA exhibition OneZero, for the session on technology + education. If the website is any indication, this was indeed a well organized event. Congratulations to all the graduates, at Parsons and Pratt!

I wrote this little opinion piece for ACM’s eLearn Magazine. I basically argue that a higher education institution’s lack of online learning options should not be confused with being low-tech.

I really dig the new flyer for my social media course that Sarah Lassie at Pratt SILS put together. Here it is:

I am excited (and a tiny bit daunted) to be offering the class “Social Media” next semester at Pratt SILS. A description is below:
Social Media (LIS-697-09)
Wednesday, 3:30-5:50 PM
The rise of the networked information environment, currently highlighted by such descriptors as Social Media and Web 2.0, and popularized by such web properties as Facebook […]

I am teaching two classes this Fall at Pratt: Digital Libraries (LIS 693) and Library Use and Instruction (LIS 673). Here are the details on each:
Digital Libraries [ Download Syllabus ]
This course will cover the theoretical, practical and technical aspects involved in creating, using, and deploying digital libraries. Students will study the evolution […]

Below you will find my slides from the EdLab Seminar on January 14, 2009. Enjoy!
Using ICTs to Promote Cultural Change: A Study from a Higher Education Context

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I recently completed a review on the book, Opening Up Education from the MIT Press. If interested, you can read the review in the Teachers College Record by clicking the link below:
Cocicolo, A. (2008, December). Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge (review). […]

I am heading to Orlando next week for the EDUCAUSE 2008 conference. If you’re at the conference, come visit our lighting round/poster session titled:
When MySpace Meets D-Space: Building a Personal/Institutional Repository