== Participating in the NITLE Network ==

1. Peer Networks and Communities

A key benefit for faculty and staff at Network-participating institutions is the option to interact with peers in a variety of virtual communities. At this time, NITLE offers e-mail lists for these peer networks/communities:

* Al Musharaka Discussion
* Arabic Teaching Discussion
* Chinese Community Discussion
* Core Services Discussion
* DSpace Repository Discussion
* Geographical Information Systems Discussion
* Information Services Leaders Discussion
* Instructional Technologists Discussion
* Language Technology Discussion
* NITLE Advising
* Study Abroad Discussion
* Sunoikisis (Classicists) Discussion

These e-mail lists connect participants with active, inter-institutional networks and communities and enable them to share ideas, seek answers to questions, and collaborate with peers across the NITLE Network.

Faculty and staff members interested in participating in any of these e-mail lists, please note that you may subscribe or unsubscribe at any time by sending a request--with the list name in the subject field--to participate@nitle.org.

== Institute programs ==

The complete calendar of upcoming professional development programs See specific event listings for details, including guidelines on how to nominate or register yourself or a colleague to participate in a NITLE program.

1. Corrections on four nomination deadlines

Please note the corrected nomination deadlines for these four programs. We regret the errors and apologize for any inconvenience they may cause.

* Manage Your Digital Content with DSpace. Corrected Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008 (previously listed as April 20). Program Date & Time: May 21, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV.

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. Corrected Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008 (previously listed as April 25). Program Date: May 27, 2008. Colby College.

* Introduction to Web Development. Corrected Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008 (previously listed as April 25). Program Date: May 29 - 30, 2008. Birmingham-Southern College.

* Teaching with Learning Management Systems: Sakai. Corrected Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008 (previously listed as May 2). Program Date: June 3, 2008. Allegheny College.

2. Last call: Proposals for the Moodle, Sakai User Community Meetings

The planning groups for the Moodle and Sakai User Community Meetings (June 11 - 13 and 11 - 12, 2008, respectively, at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA) will accept proposals for those programs until this Friday. The calls for each program--with links to the online submission forms--are available at

* Moodle. Proposals due by Friday, March 28, 2008.

* Sakai. Proposals due by Friday, March 28, 2008.

== Information Services ==

1. Multipoint Interactive Videoconferencing (MIV) Services: Basic, Enhanced, and Auditorium

Participating colleges can select from a variety of options that will allow users to see, talk to, and work with colleagues, whether on campus or off. NITLE MIV Services offer "seats" in a virtual room reserved for the enrolled institution's use. Using MIV, individuals connect with each other directly from their computer desktops, using web-based video and audio, a shared whiteboard, chat, and application-sharing to communicate, interact, and collaborate across distance. Campuses can also reserve time in the MIV Auditorium.

Questions? Please contact Karen Lee Davis at karen.davis@nitle.org.

2. DSpace Services: Standard and Customized

Participating colleges interested in open-source, managed institutional repository services can enroll in our DSpace Services for smaller colleges and universities. As a fully managed service, our DSpace Services allow campuses to start and grow their digital repositories with a minimal level of investment, with no hardware to purchase and very little application support expertise to develop. Campuses focus on the work of building digital repositories within the context of a community of campuses sharing ideas and best practices.

Questions? Please contact Christina Richison at christina.richison@nitle.org.

3. Moodle Services: Basic, Campus, and Premium

Participating colleges interested in open-source collaboration and learning management systems can enroll in our managed Moodle services--designed for smaller colleges and universities and the non-profit organizations that serve them--at a level appropriate to their needs. Campuses can use our services to test-drive Moodle, provide integrated support for campus courses, or foster inter-institutional collaboration with off-campus partners.

Questions? Please contact Karen Lee Davis at karen.davis@nitle.org.

== Community-based collaborations ==

1. New call for IIF proposals: Eastern, Southern, and Western Funds

The Eastern, Southern, and Western advisory councils have announced new calls for proposals to their respective Instructional Innovation Funds.

* Western IIF Proposal Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008.
* Southern IIF Proposal Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2008.
* Eastern IIF Proposal Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2008.

Questions about the IIF may be directed to Michael Nanfito at michael.nanfito@nitle.org.

== Deadlines ==

1. Programs

* Designing a Language Center in a Liberal Arts College: a professional development brown bag for instructional technologists and their colleagues. Nomination Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2008. Program Date & Time: May 2, 2008, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV.

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. ACA member colleges only. ACA Registration Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2008. Program Date: May 8, 2008. Lincoln Memorial University.

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008. Program Date: May 7, 2008. University of Richmond.

* Web-Mapping. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008. Program Date: May 8, 2008. University of Richmond.

* Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus. Special afternoon focus: Web 2.0. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008. Program Date: May 12, 2008. Hope College.

* Teaching Digital Natives: Strategies for Digital Immigrants. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008. Program Date: May 15, 2008. Allegheny College.

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 4, 2008. Program Date: May 16, 2008. Allegheny College.

* Explore Sakai. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date & Time: May 12, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV.

* Explore Moodle. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date & Time: May 13, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV.

* Start an Institutional Repository Using DSpace. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date & Time: May 14, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30 p.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV.

* Digital Video Production: Final Cut. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date: May 20 - 22, 2008. Grinnell College.

* Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus. Special afternoon focus: digital natives. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date: May 20, 2008. Occidental College.

* Podcasting for the Liberal Arts Classroom. Software: Audacity. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date: May 21, 2008. Occidental College.

* Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus. Special afternoon focus: blogs, wikis, and RSS. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date: May 22, 2008. Wheaton College.

* Podcasting for the Liberal Arts Classroom. Software: Audacity. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 11, 2008. Program Date: May 23, 2008. Wheaton College.

* Manage Your Digital Content with DSpace. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date & Time: May 21, 2008, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Delivered online via MIV. .

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 27, 2008. Colby College.

* Digital Repositories: Using DSpace. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 27, 2008. Union College.

* Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus. Special afternoon focus: to be determined. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 28, 2008. Macalester College.

* Visual Literacy: Using Images for Teaching and Learning. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 29, 2008. Macalester College.

* Introduction to Web Development. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 29 - 30, 2008. Birmingham-Southern College.

* Technologies for Teaching Writing. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008. Program Date: May 31, 2008. Southwestern University.

* Teaching with Learning Management Systems: Sakai. Nomination Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008. Program Date: June 3, 2008. Allegheny College.

* Digital Video Production with Windows Movie Maker. ACA member colleges only. ACA Registration Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008. Program Date: June 4 - 5, 2008. Ferrum College.