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Domain 6Access and Innovation: Partnering to Train Professional Workforce EducatorsWednesday, October 11, 2000 Diane Foucar-Szocki, Director, Virginia Workforce Improvement Network, James Madison University Julia Harbeck, Instructional Designer and Technologist, Center for Instructional Technology, James Madison University Sharon P. Pitt, Executive Director, Division of Instructional Technology, George Mason University Capitalizing on innovative technologies, effective partnerships, and a nationally unique curriculum, Virginia's Workforce Improvement Network, based at James Madison University, provides quality anytime, anywhere certification opportunities to professional workforce educators. This presentation will demonstrate the online system, challenges of its implementation, and strategies for delivering online training to workforce educators. Bridging the Digital Divide in Higher EducationThursday, October 12, 2000 Norman Coombs, CEO, EASI - Equal Access to Software & Information Jutta Treviranus, Director, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto This session will present the perspectives of three centers of excellence on inclusive teaching and learning. The speakers will discuss initiatives that reduce barriers and advance educational practice within their respective centers. They will propose a collective strategy for harnessing the "patterns of converging and emerging" trends to create a more accessible education environment. Consortial IT Services: Collaborating to Reduce the PainWednesday, October 11, 2000 Ed Klonoski, President, Charter Oak State College The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium provides IT services to its thirty members-including a portal Web site, course management software, course hosting and development, faculty training, a help desk, online assessment, and a student financial aid database. This session will offer the consortium as a model for expanding learning technologies while containing costs and maintaining effectiveness. Crossing the James: A Model for Distributed Learning in the Virginia Community College SystemThursday, October 12, 2000 Lawrence J. Hengehold, Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Services, Virginia Community College System Carole Schultz, Asst Vice Chancellor, Instr Tech & Dist Ed, Virginia Community College System The Virginia Community College System has developed a model for distributed learning that assures round-the-clock access and support, leverages the resources of 23 institutions, and retains the pedagogical integrity of courseware. Presenters will detail this model, addressing cost-effective and efficient development of content, content delivery, and the technical and academic infrastructure to support faculty endeavors and student success in a distributed learning environment. E-Business: A Vision and Strategy for the University of MinnesotaWednesday, October 11, 2000 Robert B. Kvavik, Associate Vice President for Planning, University of Minnesota E-commerce brings new opportunities to greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of university services. Traditional business strategies and service delivery models need to be redesigned in order to make e-commerce successful in capturing the imagination and loyalty of students, faculty, and staff. A demonstration and case study about UM's use of new and emerging e-commerce applications is featured, identifying the opportunities for, barriers to, and measurable costs and benefits of implementation. Integrating Information, Education, and Technology ServicesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Linda O'Brien, Pro Vice Chancellor (Information Services), Griffith University Peter Sidorko, Deputy University Librarian, University of Hong Kong In early 1997 convergence of technologies and growing pressures for delivering flexible teaching and learning opportunities provided the stimulus for the University of Newcastle to integrate its information, education and technology services for strategic advantage. This presentation will demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of this approach as highlighted by the recent external review. Open Access to Campus Networks by Public Utility Companies: Case StudyThursday, October 12, 2000 Susan J. Fisher, Director of Network Services and Server Support, University of Connecticut Robert Vietzke, Executive Director, Network Services, Internet2 The University of Connecticut is engaged in a major legal entanglement with Charter Communications, the nation's fourth-largest cable TV provider, over who has the right to provide video and data services to resident students on the campus. This session will focus on the regulatory and operational impact of emerging consumer networking offerings on campus infrastructure and offer some thoughts on areas where institutional IT providers need to be careful not to expose themselves to outside legal and regulatory questions as public utilities begin to offer converged voice, video, and data services. Partnering in the Learning MarketspaceThursday, October 12, 2000 Linda L. Baer, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Ann Hill-Duin, Associate VP and Associate CIO, University of Minnesota This session will provide a blueprint for helping institutions better understand who to partner with, and why and how, for the purpose of establishing a learning marketspace. Grounded in theory and research on readiness criteria for interinstitutional partnerships, attendees will emerge with an action plan for forming and implementing successful e-partnerships. Portals: A Framework for Customer Centered ResourcesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Oren Sreebny, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, University of Washington Student portals, faculty portals, alumni portals, continuing education portals--what's wrong with this picture? The emergence of portal technology, along with related back-end systems including e-commerce and exchanges, offers an opportunity to tailor and personalize the relationship between an educational institution and its many clientele. At the University of Washington we are working with a deceptively simple model to fit the many pieces together in a way that puts the customer at the center of our view and focuses our energies on keeping and strengthening our relationships over a lifetime. We will describe the model and the concepts behind it, and present the results of work to date. Portals: Business, Student Information, and Learning DriversWednesday, October 11, 2000 James Dolgonas, President / CEO, CENIC Robert B. Kvavik, Associate Vice President for Planning, University of Minnesota Colleges and universities must find ways to distinguish themselves to their stakeholders. Increasingly, campus portal strategies are becoming the framework as we strive to create sustainable and multi-faceted lifelong relationship with students. There are different drivers for the move towards portals. Creating a dynamic and interactive system over the Net to deliver curriculum, e-commerce solutions, student services and campus administrative functions represent different drivers in the current portal environment. Smart Tools Academy: A Statewide Technology Training Effort for K-12 School LeadersFriday, October 13, 2000 Bryan Chee, Program Manager, Smart Tools Academy, University of Washington Louis B. Fox, Vice President, WICHE/WCET The University of Washington, in partnership with the Technology Alliance, is implementing a program that provides technology leadership training to every public and private school leader in Washington. While focusing on the organization, curriculum, and logistics of the program, this session will also offer a vision of partnerships among education, businesses, and government in meeting the technology needs of K-12 education. Southeastern Native American Documents, 1763-1842Friday, October 13, 2000 James B. Lloyd, Coordinator of Electronic Research Administration, The University of Tennessee Stephen Miller, Director, Information and Library Services, University of Maryland University College Debra J. Roney, Metadata Specialist, The University of Tennessee Lesli W. Zimmerman, Metadata Specialist, Hoskins Library, The University of Tennessee This session will focus on the development of a searchable database developed as part of a grant-funded project to introduce original documents into the K-12 classroom. The University of Georgia and University of Tennessee are scanning documents and images from their collections, a campus museum, and the Tennessee State Library for inclusion in this searchable database, which will be accessible through Georgia's statewide online library. The Digital Divide: A Country Western Technology SongWednesday, October 11, 2000 Dan C. Cotton, Director, eXtension, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Valorie F. McAlpin, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina Charlotte Janet Poley, CEO ADEC, University of Nebraska - Lincoln This session will inform and entertain with a "singing" look at the patterns of convergence/emergence in rural and innercity sections of our nation. Poley, Cotton (a singing technologist), and McAlpin are working on a national digital wireless project to bridge the digital divide. The Three Sisters of Kentucky: A Virtual Triad of Excellence and PossibilitiesWednesday, October 11, 2000 Ling-yuh Pattie, Director, Kentucky Virtual Library, Kentucky Virtual University Mary Beth Susman, Consultant, Pearson The Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University, Virtual Library and Virtual High School form a unique, statewide education force to address and resolve equity and access barriers confronting Kentucky's students. This integrated approach promotes lifelong learning, improves quality of life and encourages economic development by creating a highly skilled, technology-friendly, knowledge-ready workforce. University of California, Merced: A New Research University Model in a New PlaceFriday, October 13, 2000 Joseph I. Castro, Director, Academic Programs, University of California, Merced Clifford Graves, Vice Chancellor for Physical Planning, University of California, Merced Ronald L. Orcutt, CIO, University of California, Merced The University of California is building the first twenty-first-century research campus, augmented with a network of distributed centers in the San Joaquin Valley, to increase student capacity and serve California's fastest-growing region. This panel will present UC-Merced's strategies for distributed education, research, and for a model campus community. Using Educational Technology to Promote Cultural Diversity, Teaching, Mentoring, and CollaborationFriday, October 13, 2000 Lisa Star, Director, Educational Technology Center, South Dakota State University Technology Education for College and High-school students (TECH) was designed to allow education majors to explore the uses of educational technology while experiencing actual teaching situations, mentoring, collaboration, and cultures different from their own. This presentation will focus on this innovative project that has created a virtual community between students and faculty. Who's Who, Who Isn't, What They Can Do, and HowWednesday, October 11, 2000 Gregory A. Jackson, Vice President, Policy and Analysis, EDUCAUSE Network and data security require some m‚lange of identification, authentication, authorization, and encryption. Are these organizational, network, middleware, or application issues? Who should manage them? We'll talk about these questions, about various strategies for answering them, and about the tradeoffs between proprietary and open-standards approaches. |
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