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April, 2008


	instructional media + magic, inc.


	instructional media + magic, inc develops standards-based multimedia courseware for colleges and universities, and the supporting information technology infrastructure. Based on research from early initiatives, im+m developed multimedia-rich classroom presentations and on-line courses leading to the improvement of student retention and performance. Partnering with faculty, im+m leverages media and course-development expertise to the process of authoring standards-based courseware. Focusing on undergraduate courses, im+m combines access to extensive copyright-free federal materials and in house production of instructional audio and video together with faculty authored course materials to create media-rich on-line interactive courseware.


	im+m Business Partners


	Sigma Systems www.sigmasys.com 2305 S. Colorado Blvd. #100 Denver, CO 80222 phone:303.758.4610 800.74SIGMA (74462) fax: 303.758.4542 JA-SIG - Java in Administration Special Interest Group www.ja-sig.org University of Hull www.hull.ac.uk The eLearning Hub, Inc. www.theeLearningHub.com 795 Folsom Street First Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 phone: 415.848.2730


	im+m Tech Briefs


	Increasingly im+m is asked for reference data. We are now publishing compilations or analyzes as im+m, Technical Briefs. These are intended as documents-primarily data and charts and graphs-in a form that can be used for presentation. Although the data may support one view or another, these are not intended as opinion pieces. These are all published under the Creative Commons Attribution only license. im+m has available the data sets, the spreadsheets, and the charts and graphs in their original form for those who need these files. These can be found in the SOURCE folder under the publisher and the date of the document. Similarly im+m has tried to include any referenced documents in the eLibrary since documents frequently disappear from the original Web source. Published Technical briefs include: "Faculty Selection and Use of Publisher-Provided Textbooks and Supplementary Materials in the United States," 15 December 2006. "The Use of Virtual Learning Environment Software in UK Universities 2001-2005," 16 June 2006. There is current work on standards and use of audio and video podcasts, sustainability of open source software, and more on faculty use of publisher-provided online services.

im+m Events

JISC Conference
April 15 , 2008, Birmingham Conference Center, Birmingham UK

Jim Farmer attending.

eReSS (eResearch Standards and Specifications) Advisory Commitee Meeting
April 23 , 2008, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK

Jim Farmer attending .

"Rome Group" Meeting on Data Exchange in the European Higher Education Area
April 25 , 2008, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin Ireland

Jim Farmer, Sigma Systems Inc. CEO Randy Timmons, and PESC Board member David Moldoff represent U.S. Interests.

5th Annual Conference on Technology and Standards
April 28-30, 2008, Washington D.C.

Jim Farmer will be co-presenting a session, "European Initiatives and the Impact on the U.S."

Portal 2008 "Measurement & Assessment" Conference
June 6-8, 2008, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA

Jim Farmer keynoting.

Moodle Moot San Francisco
June 10-11, 2008, South San Francisco Conference Center

The Moodle Moot in San Francisco, CA will be held at the South San Francisco Conference Center on June 10-11, 2008, with pre-conference seminars on June 9, 2008. Jim Farmer presenting, "Toward an Enterprise Moodle". Jon Allen and Jason Cole are organizing the event. Visit www.moodlemoot.org for more information.

Moodle Moot Delhi
June 20, 2008, SUNY Delhi College of Technology, Delhi, New York

Jim Farmer keynoting.

EUNIS 2008
June 24-27, 2008, Aarhus, Denmark

Jim Farmer and Sigma Systems Inc. CEO Randy Timmons delivering a paper and session, "Web Services: Real-time data coming to the university," comparing the proposed European implementation with U.S. Meteor and Kuali Rice.