GoingOn Networks, in conjunction with the Sloan Consortium, it is hosting a free webinar led by Sarah Krznarich, Assistant Director of Student Engagement at ASU Online. The webinar, “Utilizing Social Technologies to Improve Faculty Communications and Collaboration,” will be held on March 27, 2012 at 2pm EDT and will explore how ASU is using modern online, social technologies to foster faculty engagement and resource sharing. The session will offer ASU’s lessons learned, established best practices and forward-looking strategies.
In this 60-minute webinar, participants will:

• Learn about the emerging role of the academic engagement network in higher education, and its growing role in fostering vibrant faculty connections & collaboration
• Discuss how to dramatically simplify communication between faculty and administration by eliminating institutionalized-SPAM
• Explore ways to improve grant outcomes by better coordinating cross-disciplinary programs, ideas and resources
• Identify strategies to empower faculty by providing more effective tools for sharing ideas, curriculums and learning objects across like faculty
• Discover how to foster a more engaged faculty by improving alignment across institution and program level goals, initiatives and best practices
• Learn how to promote the creation of expanded faculty profiles, portfolios and peer networks 

To register for the webinar, visit http://sloanconsortium.org/webinar_utilizing_social_tech_mar2012

“Building an Engaged Campus,” will be held on February 9 at 11am PT (2pm EST) and led by Alan Cattier, Director of Academic Technology Services at Emory University. Cattier will offer best practices from 15 years of using social technologies in education at Emory University and share his vision for building a vibrant, more engaged campus.

• Learn how social technologies are being utilized to help streamline communications & foster student engagement
• Discuss the emerging role of Private Academic Social Networks, and how they differ from Facebook and Twitter
• Discover how to transform static portals into "intelligent activity streams" that ensure that you get the right information to the right people in the right way
• Explore new tools for fostering connections and collaboration between colleagues, cohorts and classmates
• Learn how students, faculty and staff can benefit from a connected campus

For more information, please visit www.goingon.com/emory-webinar