EDUCAUSE Quarterly Table of Contents---Third Quarter 2011 Released

Please take a moment to review this pertinent issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 34, Number 3, 2011.

Photo: Nancy Hays

Manager, Publishing Operations, EQ Editor Nancy Hays writes, "Finding exciting success stories about collaborative initiatives turned out to be straightforward — they’re everywhere, it seems. Each article in this issue tells a different story around the theme of collaboration, with no overlap. As a result, the authors provide a wide range of ideas and advice to succeed through collaborating at different levels, between different groups, to meet different goals. The consistent message from all of them is that collaboration enables groups from small to large to accomplish things they could not otherwise do as successfully — or at all, in some cases.

To begin your exploration of the success stories in this issue, start with the peer-reviewed articles:

• Paul Wallace explains how his students at Appalachian State University collaborated with community groups and expert faculty to construct scientifically accurate and entertaining mobile learning games for a local wetlands park.
• Shalin Hai-Jew sketches the initial development of the Digital Entomology Lab at Kansas State University, and then invites you to explore the online lab yourself and contribute your ideas to the next stages of design.
• Joe Essid and Fran Wilde take you through the design, development, implementation, and subsequent evolution of a collaborative online literary experience at the University of Richmond called the House of Usher, in which students can attempt to change the outcome of Edgar Allan Poe’s novel.
• Lisa Stephens and her SUNY colleagues tell the story behind the reimagining and rebirth of an existing system-wide advisory group as FACT² and its subsequent influence in decision making.

Student-Community Collaboration to Construct Mobile Learning Games

By Paul Wallace      

The Participatory Design of a (Today and) Future Digital Entomology Lab

By Shalin Hai-Jew      

Building a Collaborative Online Literary Experience

By Joe Essid and Fran Wilde      

Advisory Groups to Encourage Collaboration: A Case Study

By Lisa A. Stephens, Graham Glynn, David Lavallee, Joseph Moreau, Mary Jo Orzech and Harry E. Pence

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Source: EDUCAUSE Quarterly