"Connected Courses" Webinar Features "Thinking Like the Web"

Irvine, CA, October 24, 2014 --(PR.com)-- “Thinking Like the Web: A Conversation with Jon Udell” was hosted online by the free course, “Connected Courses,” Oct. 23.

Udell is an author, information architect, software developer and new media innovator. “He’s on a mission to bring the surprising effectiveness of ‘thinking like the web’ to non-techies everywhere,” said W. Gardner Campbell, vice provost for Learning Innovation and Student Success and associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Connected Courses instructor who interviewed Udell on the webinar at at http://youtu.be/wGuSC2-TAeU.

The webinar was part of Unit 3 — “The World Wide Web From Concept to Platform to Culture” — of the six-unit Connected Courses class. The unit is being taught by Campbell; Laura Hilliger, training and curriculum lead at Mozilla Foundation; Kim Jaxon, assistant professor of English at Chico State; Chris Mattia, director of academic technology at Cal State Channel Islands; and Howard Rheingold, digital media expert and educator.

More Information:
Connected Courses is a free online course. It is supported by the University of California Humanities Research Institute, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub and MacArthur Foundation. For lessons, instructor bios and more details, visit connectedcourses.net.

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