Miscellaneous

Gov 2.0: Policy, Public Servants and Citizens in the Age of Social Media on Feb 10

Join us for a fantastic learning and networking opportunity with current and future public servants on the theme of Government 2.0.! This event was created because we wanted to facilitate linkages between w2p and graduate students of public administration. Many of them will be joining our ranks in the coming years, so this is aRead… Read more »

Another Opportunity to Serve Your Community – Greater DC Cares Servathon – April 16, 2011

If you would like to join other volunteers in the Washington, DC area on Saturday, April 16th, here is your chance. Go to http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=464521 and join the “Federal Employees Family and Friends” team. You can also start your own team. Greater DC Cares is the same organization that the President and First Lady volunteered withRead… Read more »

Deep and meaningful e-learning

Akyol and Garrison discuss deep and meaningful e-learning in their paper ” Understanding cognitive presence in an online and blended community of inquiry: Assessing outcomes and processes for deep approaches to learning”. They found that higher “cognitive presence” results in better course results and more student satisfaction. Higher-order learning can be achieved online through anRead… Read more »

Recap of the Government Big Data Forum of 26 Jan 2011

On 26 January 2011 government IT professionals, federally-focused systems integrators and IT vendors met in the Government Big Data Forum to dialog on issues of common concern on the topic of overwhelming data. This event, sponsored by Carahsoft, included presentations, discussions, panels and a tech expo all focused on the issue of “Big Data” inRead… Read more »

5 Tips for Smarter Event Networking Using Twitter

For those of us interested in expanding our networks (as we all should be), attending in-person events is key. Here are 5 ways Twitter can enhance your professional event-goings, and give you more bang for your networking buck. Consider 2 scenarios: Scenario 1: You’re new to a geographic location, industry, or company. You walk intoRead… Read more »

Deliberative Democracy Workshop: February 3-5, 2011 in Sydney, Australia

In case you haven’t seen, there’s a very interesting event coming up this week. The Deliberative Democracy Workshop “Connecting Research and Practice” will take place February 3-5, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. An invited workshop, it will bring together some of the leading researchers and practitioners in this field from around the world. The expected keyRead… Read more »