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OTTAWA, April 30, 2010  —  The University of Ottawa’s Centre for e-Learning invites you to its third annual Symposium on Teaching and Technology on Tuesday, May 4, 2010.

Opportunities, challenges and best practices associated with integrating technology into teaching and learning will be presented during the one-day event. Speakers include faculty members, staff, students and two prominent experts, Michael Geist and Aline Germain-Rutherford.

WHAT: Annual Symposium on Teaching and Technology, uOttawa Centre for e-Learning

WHEN: Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 9 a.m.

WHERE: Desmarais Building, Room 4101, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa

*Please note that you can choose to attend only parts of the event. Click here for the full program.

Michael Geist is a professor of common law and Canada Research Chair of Internet and e-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Professor Geist will focus on the growing importance of open access for teaching and research as a valuable method of publication. He will also identify how open access can play a key role in providing an alternative to address ever-encroaching copyright laws.

Aline Germain-Rutherford is a professor at the University of Ottawa’s Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) and the director of the Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL). Professor Germain-Rutherford, who is also a recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship for excellence and leadership in university teaching, will discuss “engaging technologies for engaged students: an essential alignment for learning that persists.”