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From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able: Experiments in New Media Literacy

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Speaker(s)

• Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Kansas State University

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It took tens of thousands of years for writing to emerge after speech, thousands more before the printing press was invented, and a few hundred more for the telegraph to arrive. Today, new ways of relating are constantly created and a new communication medium emerges every time someone creates a web application—a Flickr here, a Twitter there. How can we use new media to foster the kinds of communication and community we desire in education? This presentation will discuss both successful and unsuccessful attempts to integrate emerging technologies into the classroom to create a rich virtual learning environment.

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Emergent Course Design: Building Social Networks Through the Digital Classroom

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• Scot A. French, Associate Professor / Director, University of Virginia
• Session convener: Catherine W. Yang, Senior Director, EDUCAUSE

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Who would Thomas Jefferson have included in his “friends” list? What technologies did he use to stay in touch? This presentation will share how faculty and staff at the Virginia Center for Digital History are facilitating inquiry, collaboration, and innovation through the study of Thomas Jefferson's travels. The course, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, partners students with museum archivists and content specialists on project teams, helping build networks beyond the academy. As a result, students become stakeholders, the syllabus turns into an ever-changing document, and final presentations take on second lives as digital portfolios.

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Chaotic Fiction, Alternate Reality Games, and the World’s Cheapest MMOG: Web 2.0 Storytelling in Education

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Speaker(s)

• Bryan Alexander, Director for Research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
• Session convener: Carie Page, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development, EDUCAUSE

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The cornucopia of Web 2.0 projects offers many new approaches for telling and sharing stories. This session will explore some of the ways we can do this, drawing on academia, gaming, and pop culture. Alternate reality games will be shown and played, social media narratives will be explored and contributed to, and lightweight and accessible tools will be demonstrated.

Ready, Fire, Aim: A Case Study in Transformation (Innovative Practice)

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• Benjamin Hambelton, Director, Academic Technologies, Boise State University
• Allan Heaps, Elearning Manager and Instructional Designer, Boise State University
• Session convener: Andrew J. Milne, CEO, Tidebreak, Inc.

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Transforming a teaching and learning culture to focus on engagement, digital content creation, collaboration, and social learning requires a systematic attention to the necessary and sufficient conditions that promote adoption of new practices and tools. Application of these principles that can help bring about such a transformation will be illustrated in an interactive session using a case study of the transformative project currently under way at Boise State University.

Research and Multimedia Program: The Long-Term Impact (Innovative Practice)

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• Victoria Getis, Director, Digital Union, The Ohio State University
• Session convener: Ann M. York, Associate Professor, Des Moines University

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The Research on Research program at Ohio State University, now five years old, uses technology to bring the faculty research experience into the undergraduate learning environment. This session will cover the basics participants will need to replicate the program at their own institutions and present data from an evaluation of the program's long-term impact. A variety of student-faculty research digital portfolios will be shown.

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A Student Feedback Tool That Links CMS Use with Good Grades (Research-based)

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• John Fritz, Asst. VP, Instructional Technology & New Media, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Session convener: Norma B. Holland, EDUCAUSE Fellow, EDUCAUSE

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During academic year 2007-2008, UMBC students earning a grade D or F used the course management system 35 percent less than students earning a C or higher. While the sample of courses needs to be expanded, UMBC has acted on its findings by creating a "Check My Activity" tool, allowing students to compare their own activity against an anonymous summary of their course peers. The purpose of this tool is to provide early and frequent system feedback directly to students at any time during the semester, in hopes they might change their behavior or motivation to seek help.

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The Map Is the Territory: Course "Engagement Streams" as Catalysts for Deep Learning (Innovative Practice)

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• W. Gardner Campbell, Director, Academy for Teaching and Learning, Baylor University
• Robert F. German, Jr., Vice President for Information Technology, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
• Session convener: Karen A. Barth, Director, New Media Iniatives, University of West Florida

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What if course portals, typically little more than gateways to course activities and materials, became instead course catalysts: open, dynamic representations of "engagement streams" that demonstrate and encourage deep learning? The session will begin with case studies in enabling and designing such course portals, from both administrative and faculty perspectives. Participants will then form groups to imagine and design their own catalytic course portals. Finally, the presenters will discuss action steps that can lead to effective innovation at participants' home institutions. Presentation resources, including a record of the participants' design work, will be posted to an online collaborative space for continued discussion after the session.

Wrong, Wrong, Right! Academic Digital Storytelling That Works (Innovative Practice)

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• Liv Gjestvang, Coordinator, Digital Union, The Ohio State University
• Heather Mitchell, Program Coordinator, Faculty & TA Development, The Ohio State University
• Session convener: Eric Frierson, Librarian, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Ohio State University launched a Digital Storytelling program in 2005 to help academic community members learn digital tools for telling stories they care about. After each session of the program, the core team focused on what did and didn't work. Learning from our mistakes and participant feedback, we shifted away from personal storytelling toward a rigorous program that produces powerful academic narratives about teaching, research and outreach in almost every college of the university. This interactive session will ask participants to view examples, brainstorm ideas, and creatively approach applying our findings to their institutions' digital media programs.

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Faculty Innovation Showcase: A Focus on Collaboration: Locally and Globally

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When it comes to cultivating participation and collaboration in the classroom, what works? How are faculty leveraging technology to create meaningful learner-centered experiences that bring students together over shared ideas? Organized in collaboration with ELI member institutions and Herman Miller, HP, SMART Technologies, and Tidebreak, three different showcases will feature successful faculty innovators. During each session, participants are invited to hear from campus practitioners who will each deliver a quick "lightning round" introduction of their campus innovations in the areas of participatory learning in science and mathematics, collaborative learning across the disciplines, and learning space design. Learn about their process for experimentation and assessment, and find out how these faculty innovators are targeting student success. The second hour will be an opportunity for informal interaction with the faculty to follow up, learn more, get the project details, and make connections with these faculty innovators. This unscripted hour is a chance for informal discussion and Q&A. In addition to the time for presentation and discussion, attendees will be invited to participate in an activity to stimulate reflection-on-action for each showcase.

Using RSS Aggregation to Promote Quasi-Collaborative Learning

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• Steven A. Greenlaw, Professor of Economics, University of Mary Washington

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This project explores the use of a suite of web-based tools, including blogs, Google Docs, and a wiki, all linked by RSS aggregation, to construct a course environment that promotes genuine collaboration and substantive interaction and results in a tangible product of sufficient quality to be used as a resource in subsequent courses. Each course topic had a page on the course website, which was designed to be a one-stop location for information on that topic. The information included readings on the topic, each student's critical reflections on what he or she read, a Delicious feed on the topic, and collaborative notes from class discussion.

Leveraging TeamSpot-Enabled Learning Spaces for Collaborative Writing Classes

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• Donovan S. Braud, Adjunct Instructor / PhD Candidate, Loyola University Chicago

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Tidebreak's TeamSpot technology is installed in 15 informal learning spaces in Loyola University Chicago's new information commons. Students in English courses use the commons spaces to do peer review of compositions. Braud will discuss his pedagogical approach and share students' reactions to using TeamSpot in the collaborative editing process.

Connecting Students for Global Learning: Building Intercultural Collaboration into Pedagogy at Stanford University

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• Christine L. Alfano, Lecturer and Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University
• Alyssa J. O'Brien, Lecturer and Coordinator, Cross-Cultural Rhetoric Program, Stanford University

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These two teaching faculty, also co-authors on three books about visual rhetoric (the Envision series), will present a showcase of innovative classroom practices based on their latest research in connecting students from classes around the globe through digital technologies. Their work focuses on team-building pedagogies made possible through fostering virtual communities in digital modes across universities in the United States, Australia, Egypt, Sweden, Singapore, and Russia. The presentation will include a demonstration of participatory learning, an explanation of their newly developed curriculum for global learning, and a review of assessment measures and research outcomes demonstrating increased learning through intercultural collaboration.

How Second Life Can Serve the Needs of Distance Education Students (Learning Technology)

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• Robin Ashford, Reference & Distance Services Librarian, George Fox University

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Second Life is one of many virtual worlds and currently the most developed. Activities taking place in SL range from taking classes to attending museums and exhibits to participating in social clubs, spiritual activities, and discussion groups from around the globe. This presentation will look at how a professor of education collaborated with an academic librarian in working with students in SL. We'll discuss how using a wiki and other social networking tools enabled these students, all of whom were new to SL, to discover the functions, processes, and relationships that exist in SL and the potential for educators to network and develop community.

Implementing Wiki-Based Collaborative Strategies in Online Courses (Research-based)

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• Baiyun Chen, Instructional Designer, University of Central Florida
• Debbie L. Kirkley, Instructional Technologist, University of Central Florida
• John Raible, Instructional Designer, University of Central Florida

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Research from the University of Central Florida shows that faculty and students had a positive overall experience using wikis as a collaborative tool for online classes. The wiki technology improves the ease of collaboration outside the classroom and increasingly engages students with content. Despite technical and logistical issues, faculty can implement wikis successfully with necessary orientation sessions and well-prepared assignment protocols.

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Logical Choice Technologies

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Logical Choice Technologies is a large-volume, full-service Promethean Platinum Partner and your source for Activclassroom products, installations, and training. We offer Promethean Activboards and software, student-response peripherals, digital projection equipment, and installation and testing of the entire solution, as well as teacher training and on-site technical support. We also now offer the AudioGear multimedia audio solution. Turn-key classroom solutions are our specialty—providing you with the benefit of one point of responsibility and accountability.

Riding the Wave of Instructional Technology at Pepperdine University (Innovative Practice)

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• Gerard Flynn, Director, Institutional Technology Support, Pepperdine University
• Thomas Hoover, Director Instructional Tech Support, Pepperdine University

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More and more colleges and universities are refocusing their information technology departments on instructional technology. Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, is establishing a Center for Technology Excellence (CTLE) designed to increase student learning by implementing instructional technology. This presentation will look at some of the challenges and benefits that Pepperdine has encountered as the CTLE implements this change.

Student Information Technology Exchange 2.0 for Professional and Academic Development (Innovative Practice)

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• Michael Gough, Instructional Technologist and Coordinator of Student Technology Support, DePauw University
• Donnie Sendelbach, Director of Instructional and Learning Services & Director of ITAP, DePauw University
• Weston Miles Taylor, Academic Technology Specialist for Students, Colorado College

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Student Information Technology Exchange 2.0 is a collaborative professional development program for library and technology student workers involving weekly video conferencing sessions between six NITLE institutions: Carleton, Colorado, Lake Forest, Macalester, St. Olaf colleges, and DePauw University. Topics include learning theory, instructional design, and teaching techniques among others. The program provides students, who numbered twelve this last summer, with skills in both professional reflective practices and universal pedagogical principles. Supervisor and student evaluations along with student journal entries add insights into the students' progress and the program's efficacy. Program materials will be available with an invitation to contribute to this emerging community of practice.

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SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner - It's All About You: The Learning Process in the Post-Web 2.0 World

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Although the likes of Amazon, Wikipedia, and Facebook have reshaped our interaction with each other in the Web 2.0 world, educational systems have lagged behind. Education should be no exception to the Web 2.0 phenomena of increased user focus, participation, collaboration, and engagement--all of which can enhance formal and informal learning. Join SunGard Higher Education to preview how we, with members of the education community, are rethinking educational systems and their focus on learners and the learning process. See new tools and approaches that put you--students, instructors, and academic administrators--at the center of the new educational experience.

"Elluminating" the Possibilities of Distance Education: An In-Depth Review of Elluminate Live (Learning Technology)

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• Scott Blades, Educational Media/Comm. Coordinator, University of Florida
• David Brushwood, Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida

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By bundling such technologies as voice over IP, webcams, text chat, interactive whiteboards, and online polling, collaborative software platforms (such as Elluminate Live) are "flattening the world" by allowing people to meet in online virtual classrooms and interact in real time. Along with reviewing applications for this technology in education, this session will reveal best practices for evaluating collaborative software products and providing training and support to interested faculty members and students.

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Build Your Own (Accessible) Learning Technologies (Learning Technology)

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• Greg Kraus, Senior Instructional Technologist, North Carolina State University

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New learning technologies don't always require large contracts, third-party vendors, or inaccessible interfaces. With a few good ideas and some simple web programming (we won't get technical) you can solve small problems that have big impacts on your campus. This presentation will demonstrate two homegrown web applications that are in use on campus: Me Too! and Timeline. Me Too! is a synchronous and asynchronous web-based classroom response system. Timeline is a web-based front end for creating timelines for MIT's SIMILE Timeline project. We will also show basic principles for how we made these applications accessible to people with disabilities.

Hands-On Authentic Teaching in a Distance Learning Environment (Innovative Practice)

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• Bruce Fulton, Digital Projects Librarian, The University of Arizona

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The University of Arizona's online graduate certificate program in Digital Information Management (DigIn) makes extensive use of authentic learning environments that include hands-on experiential instruction in a distance learning setting. DigIn students use desktop and server virtualization to learn how to approach technology and cope with real-world applications and problems safely on their own computers without the need for traditional computer labs. This session will present the learning and learning support technologies and methods used in the first two years of this new program and will discuss their impact on learning as compared with more traditional methods of graduate instruction.

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Informal Discussion with Learning Space Consultants

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During the second hour of each Faculty Innovation Showcase, you can also join learning space consultants from Herman Miller and DEGW as they share results from recent assessment projects focused on campus learning spaces. Participants are invited to learn more about the findings and provide feedback.

SCUP Survey: 2008 Learning Space Factors

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• Jeffrey A. Vredevoogd, Director, Education Solutions, Herman Miller, Inc.

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If learning can happen anywhere on campus, what should learning spaces be like? Learning Space Factors Report, 2008 answers this question based on the results of a major survey of the membership of SCUP, the Society for College and University Planning. These findings about what makes a great learning space offer valuable insights for your planning efforts. This session will also provide an opportunity to guide the 2009 survey.

Master Planning for the Learning Landscape

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• Shirley Dugdale, Director, Learning Environments, DEGW North America LLC
• Elliot Felix, Associate Director, DEGW North America LLC

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Where can learning happen on a university campus? Everywhere. Planning for a network of physical and virtual spaces that support learning, discovery, and interaction is a complex process that requires a new approach to campus planning. The presenters will explain their "learning landscape" approach and describe how to analyze and forecast user needs and develop strategies for master planning both informal and formal learning spaces.

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Mobile Computing and Learning

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• Geri Gay, Professor, Communication/Director, HCI Group, Cornell University
• Session convener: Julie K. Little, Senior Director, EDUCAUSE

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Mobile and ubiquitous computing may support a social constructivist learning process by helping students engage in learning activities in diverse locations, access resources at the point of learning, and communicate with distant collaborators anywhere, anytime. This session will describe the transformation of learning-related activities brought about by the introduction of ubiquitous and mobile technologies in learning environments and the relationship among applications (for example, social tagging, social networking, and context-aware computing). It will also describe how these technologies affect the physical setting as well as the forms of social participation within those settings.

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Chaotic Fiction, Alternate Reality Games, and the World’s Cheapest MMOG: Web 2.0 Storytelling in Education

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• Bryan Alexander, Director for Research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
• Session convener: Carie Page, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

The cornucopia of Web 2.0 projects offers many new approaches for telling and sharing stories. This session will explore some of the ways we can do this, drawing on academia, gaming, and pop culture. Alternate reality games will be shown and played, social media narratives will be explored and contributed to, and lightweight and accessible tools will be demonstrated.

Dutch Design: The Intention of Collaboration from a Vision on Learning and Teaching Towards an Integrated Learning Environment

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• Rien Brouwers, Director, Learning and Innovation Center, Avans Hogeschool
• Anita Heijltjes, Senior Educational Policy Advisor, Avans Hogeschool
• Jan Snijders, Senior Educational Policy Advisor & Program Manager eLearning, Avans Hogeschool
• Session convener: Anita Heijltjes, Senior Educational Policy Advisor, Avans Hogeschool

Abstract

Avans University developed an educational vision of learning—the Dutch Design—in which the university connects people and creates knowledge through an organic approach. The development of our educational vision affects all levels of the university and results in a shared educational culture. We will highlight the translation of the vision in an integrated learning environment in which physical, virtual, and mental aspects are combined. In the field of engineering, the vision was the starting point for the design of a learning environment characterized by authenticity, proximity, flexibility, partnership, and the place-to-be!

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The Emergence of E-Learning in Japan (Learner Showcase)

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• Kumiko Aoki, Associate Professor, The Open University of Japan
• Malcolm B. Brown, Director of ELI, EDUCAUSE
• Joel L. Hartman, Vice Provost, Information Technologies and Resources and CIO, University of Central Florida
• Tsuneo Yamada, Professor and Director of Dept of Int'l Collaboration, The Open University of Japan
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In August 2008, a team representing EDUCAUSE participated in a series of seminars sponsored by NIME, the Japanese National Institute of Multimedia Education to present an overview of how U.S. higher education views information and communication technologies as strategic assets and to describe best practices in online learning and faculty development. This session will provide a summary of the EDUCAUSE team's trip to Japan and a view from NIME on the challenges they face in introducing faculty development and online learning to Japan's national universities, as well as the response from attendees to the NIME-EDUCAUSE seminars.

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GRABR: Innovative, Low-Cost Lecture and Event Recording Using Off-the-Shelf Technology (Learning Technology)

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• Sean Stanley, Instructional Technology Specialist, The Johns Hopkins University
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Advanced video archival requires more than just a camera. In addition to the lecturer, the inclusion of presentation materials is becoming a necessary component of any archival media. There are turnkey solutions (MediaSite, etc.); however, they can be prohibitively expensive for many institutions. The General-purpose Robust Academic Broadcast Recorder (GRABR) is an in-house, cost-effective solution. This session will cover the implementation of a GRABR system, including best practices, workflow, and end-user learning curves; relate the technical requirements for construction including a detailed parts list, vendor list, and average prices; and offer interactive demonstrations of the system.

Stories of Engagement and Disengagement: Social Media Adoption in Higher Education (Learning Technology)

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• Teresa Carter, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Jeffrey S. Nugent, Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Virginia Commonwealth University
• R. Martin Reardon, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Joan Rhodes, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Frances G. Smith, Coordinator of Technology & Distance Education - T/TAC, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Session convener: Steven A. Terry, Director of Technology Utilization, The University of Memphis

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In this roundtable discussion, participants will have an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing conversation about factors that contribute to faculty adoption of new social media tools for teaching and learning and the implications of these practices for effective pedagogy. Faculty from a large urban research university who have engaged in sustained participation in a learning community devoted to teaching with technology will share their experiences using social media tools such as wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, blogging, social networking sites, and Twitter in stories of engagement and disengagement in infusing Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

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Social Blogging Platforms as E-Portfolios (Innovative Practice)

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• Cole W. Camplese, Director, Education Technology Services, The Pennsylvania State University
• Bradley Kozlek, Manager of Software Design and Development, Education Technology Services, The Pennsylvania State University
• Carla Zembal-Saul, Associate Professor, Science Education, The Pennsylvania State University
• Session convener: Jude Higdon, Managing Director, Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of Minnesota

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The focus of this session is to discuss the blogging platform at Penn State as a vehicle for student e-portfolios. We will share the ways we have begun to take full advantage of the fundamental aspects of blogging and the richness of the blogging culture to engage Penn State students in professional discourse communities around frameworks and problems of practice associated with their chosen professions. In cases where this information might be used by programs for accreditation, reporting, and/or self-assessment purposes, we will share our vision for capturing student evidence at specified points across their programs.

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Learning in an Emergent, Model-Based Environment Created by Cyberinfrastructure and Community: nanoHUB.org

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Speaker(s)

• George B. Adams, III, Deputy Director, Network for Computational Nanotechnology and Director, HUBzero, Purdue University
• Session convener: Catherine W. Yang, Senior Director, EDUCAUSE

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Powered by the HUBzero.org cyberinfrastructure platform developed at Purdue University, nanoHUB.org presents nanotechnology learners with interactive, graphical simulation programs right in their web browsers. These immediate and sharable modeling tools invite active and collaborative learning. Consequently, using nanoHUB changes the classroom because we can expect learners to construct knowledge as much as receive it in prepackaged form. Furthermore, with cyberinfrastructure-enabled, model-based environments, formal learning and discovery environments form a continuum and begin to crossover with informal learning and play environments. This has positive implications for engaging "digital natives.”

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Google Earth: Mapping Tools and “Learning 2.0”

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• Jennifer Sparrow, Director of Emerging Technologies and New Ventures, Virginia Tech
• Session convener: Carie Page, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

Google Earth can be leveraged to create virtual field trips, to provide students with a sense of place, and as an historical reference. Google Earth has applications for many disciplines including history, religion, English, literature, engineering, international relations, theater, art, and more. Come learn how to create Google Earth files (KML files) and mashups to create interactive, visual lessons or tools for your institutional or personal websites, all for free!

Note: Participants will need to bring a laptop with wireless network access.

How Do We Keep Learners at the Center of Digital Stories for Exemplary Teaching? (Innovative Practice)

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Speaker(s)

• Keith Barker, Associate Vice Provost, University of Connecticut
• Michael Starenko, Instructional Designer, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Louis Zweier, Director, CSU Center for Distributed Learning, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
• Session convener: Molly D. Ruggles, Educational Technology Consultant, MIT

Abstract

We will report experiences using digital storytelling with faculty to share innovative teaching practices. Examples of digital storytelling by faculty from our institutions will illustrate the need to balance the role of faculty as authors with the role of learners as the focus of the stories. We want faculty stories to promote a learner-centered perspective; however, the faculty authors are the storytellers, and the authenticity of their voices and narratives is critical for engaging other faculty with innovative practices. We invite session participants to contribute to discussion about how to incorporate a learner-centered subtext in a teacher-authored digital story.

Supervision and Evaluation of Remote Faculty in Fully Online Programs (Innovative Practice)

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• Ronald C. Thomas, Jr., Dean, Online Instruction, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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In a fully online degree program, faculty and students can participate at a distance. How can academic administrators at a central location effectively supervise adjunct faculty to ensure a quality educational experience and adherence to identified best practices in instruction? Through a case study approach, participants will have the opportunity to be "Dean for a Day" and wrestle with the issues at play.

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Empowering Faculty to Broaden Learning Boundaries: Making the Technology Transparent (Learning Technology)

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Bonaire 7-8

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Eric Alvarado, Director of Academic Technologies, The George Washington University
• John Arpino, Manager Audiovisual Development and Engineering, Academic Technologies, The George Washington University
• Yordanos Baharu, Director, Instrctional Technology, The George Washington University
• Session convener: John Arpino, Manager Audiovisual Development and Engineering, Academic Technologies, The George Washington University

Abstract

Join us to find out how we leveraged Apple's iTunes U program for a seamless capture of in-class enhanced podcasts, developed a one-click iTunes U course creation solution via Blackboard, and more. This presentation will focus on how to make the implementation of university-wide learning technologies transparent and nondisruptive to the teaching and learning process. Why? To assist faculty in expanding their teaching strategies for a more diverse student learning experience. We created a technological infrastructure that allows faculty, independent of their digital literacy skills, to make use of existing social and instructional technologies in and outside the classroom.

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Face-to-Facebook: The Evolution of Virtual Community in College Residences (Research-based)

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom H

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Richard Holeton, Director, Academic Computing Services, Stanford University
• Session convener: Christopher Higgins, Manager, Learning Technologies, University of Maryland

Abstract

The connection between effective living-learning communities and student success in college is well established. Perhaps the most compelling story about residential life on college campuses today lies in the rich intersections between the physical, real-space community and the online, virtual community. Facebook, one of the first location-based social networks, has taken college campuses by storm and shifted the balance between the physical and the virtual community. The session will present preliminary results from a study of how students who live together use Facebook at Stanford University.

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Back-Channel Communication: Web 2.0 Technologies for Social Learning (Research-based)

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom I

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Barbara A. Frey, Senior Instructional Designer, University of Pittsburgh
• Lorna Richey Kearns, Research Assistant for Instructional Design, University of Pittsburgh
• Session convener: Baiyun Chen, Instructional Designer, University of Central Florida

Abstract

For both on-campus and distance education students, cell phones and social networking tools contribute to active communication outside class. This presentation will report on a study of the purposes for which graduate students use such back-channel communication; the technologies they use; the value they perceive it contributes to their learning; and how their choice of technologies relates to factors like age and course delivery format (online vs. face-to-face). Join us to hear what students say about their use of these technologies and share your own experiences along the back channel.

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Faculty Innovation Showcases: Learning Spaces: Listening to Your Users

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Abstract

When it comes to cultivating participation and collaboration in the classroom, what works? How are faculty leveraging technology to create meaningful learner-centered experiences that bring students together over shared ideas? Organized in collaboration with ELI member institutions and Herman Miller, HP, SMART Technologies, and Tidebreak, three different showcases will feature successful faculty innovators. During each session, participants are invited to hear from campus practitioners who will each deliver a quick "lightning round" introduction of their campus innovations in the areas of participatory learning in science and mathematics, collaborative learning across the disciplines, and learning space design. Learn about their process for experimentation and assessment, and find out how these faculty innovators are targeting student success. The second hour will be an opportunity for informal interaction with the faculty to follow up, learn more, get the project details, and make connections with these faculty innovators. This unscripted hour is a chance for informal discussion and Q&A. In addition to the time for presentation and discussion, attendees will be invited to participate in an activity to stimulate reflection-on-action for each showcase.

Butler’s Rapid Deployment of Learning Studios: Is Over Commitment Better Than No Commitment?

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Session Type: Faculty Innovation Showcase

Speaker(s)

• Tom Erwin, CIO, Butler Community College
• Gene George, Exec. Dir., Research & Effectiveness, Butler Community College

Abstract

Learn from Butler Community College's learning studios journey and discover how we moved from concept to strategic priority to implementation. This showcase will overview a multifaceted learning studios implementation that attempted a rapid deployment methodology and explore what worked, what didn’t, and why. As part of the Herman Miller learning spaces national research project, we will explore the data to address the preliminary results and to establish our next steps.

Collaborating with Users to Design Learning Spaces: Playing Nicely in the Sandbox

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Session Type: Faculty Innovation Showcase

Speaker(s)

• Barbara Weaver, Sr. Consultant for Faculty Relations and Innovation, Clemson University

Abstract

In 2007, we collaboratively transformed an abandoned swimming pool into a “sandbox classroom,” where faculty and students are encouraged to approach teaching and learning with the curious spirit of children exploring and learning about their world in a sandbox. As part of our CI Implementation Committee of selected faculty, staff, and students, a subcommittee was formed to design grid-enhanced classrooms that build on what we’ve learned from our first sandbox classroom. Get a sneak peek of our proposal, due in March 2009, to see where we’re headed with grid-enhanced sandbox classrooms.

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Where Do You Learn? Tweeting to Inform Learning Space Development

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Session Type: Faculty Innovation Showcase

Speaker(s)

• Elizabeth J. Aspden, Senior Lecturer - Curriculum Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University
• Louise Thorpe, Head of Academic Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University

Abstract

Over a two-week period in 2008 we invited 15 students to tweet about their learning spaces. Asking them "Where do you learn?" we uncovered some informal real-time, contextualized data about the spaces they use outside class, their learning activities, and the resources that support them. This session will review the potential of Twitter and other popular Web 2.0 applications for engaging students and informing institutional decision making. We will discuss data generation and analysis, and how our findings are being fed into social learning space planning.

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Active Learning in Field-Based Classes Using Tablet PCs for Collaborative Data Collection and Mapping (Learning Technology)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Poster Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Meg Stewart, Academic Computing Consultant for Geospatial Technologies, Vassar College

Abstract

Tablet PCs in higher education field courses have changed the way we teach field-mapping and data-collection concepts. Curriculum redesign and assessment strategies were applied to field archaeology and ecology classes that have effectively and efficiently introducing this emerging mobile technology in order to correct and improve how spatial data are handled. Focusing on two years of student learning outcome data, we found that students liked the active learning and collaboration of using the tablet PCs in field-based classes, had high confidence in their technical and discipline-specific abilities, and gained confidence in using relevant technologies.

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ConnectYard - Leveraging Social Computing to Extend the Learning Environment

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Poster Session

Speaker(s)

• Mike Norris, Director Business Development, ConnectYard

Abstract

Learn how ConnectYard helps colleges and universities tap the power of social media like Facebook to extend the learning environment into where students live and socialize online. ConnectYard helps students excel in their classes and enhance their educational experience by strengthening their attachment to your educational community. ConnectYard facilitates the formation of selective study groups to enhance peer learning; reinforces student-to-student and student-to-faculty connections; recommends and prioritizes potential study partners, tutors, and mentors based on a unique student matching engine; and promotes relevant study materials, academic support services, career services, campus events, and more.

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Logical Choice Technologies

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Poster Session

Abstract

Logical Choice Technologies is a large-volume, full-service Promethean Platinum Partner and your source for Activclassroom products, installations, and training. We offer Promethean Activboards and software, student-response peripherals, digital projection equipment, and installation and testing of the entire solution, as well as teacher training and on-site technical support. We also now offer the AudioGear multimedia audio solution. Turn-key classroom solutions are our specialty—providing you with the benefit of one point of responsibility and accountability.

The Teachers Who Taught Me Weren't Cool: How to Engage Students, Impress the Beatles, and Learn to Love Again(Learner Showcase)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Poster Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Serena Epstein, Student, University of Mary Washington
• Dresden Glover, Student, University of Mary Washington
• Michelle Labbe, Student, University of Mary Washington

Abstract

Successfully engaging students is one of the greatest challenges instructors encounter. Many turn to the Internet-a place where most students are already engaged. But it's time to take online content further, to transform students from passive learners to active creators. This presentation will include a case study of a course in which students analyzed existing literary journals and then created their own online journals. From a student perspective, we will discuss the advantages of this educational approach, the implications of interacting in a wider literary community, and the possible applications of this type of course in other academic disciplines.

"Drafting" on Student Interest: Using High-Profile Technologies to Engage Students with Technology in a Scalable Fashion (Research-based)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Glenda Morgan, Director of Technology and Learning Initiatives, George Mason University

Abstract

How do we capture student interest in using emerging technologies, and how can technology units support these tools in scalable ways? George Mason University conducted research to answer these questions by doing experiments where students were required to use new yet familiar technologies for class assignments. Only minimal support was provided, yet students completed assignments and reflected positively on the experience. We studied these experiments using mixed methods to understand what did and didn't work and why. The results of this research can inform a model of how to introduce new technologies in a scalable way by "drafting" on student interest.

Integrating Information Literacy for the 21st Century: Reaching Out to Faculty and Students by Adopting Web 2.0 Principles (Learning Technology)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Corinne Bishop, Information Literacy Librarian, University of Central Florida
• Patricia LeClaire, Instructional Designer, University of Central Florida
• Francisca Yonekura, New Media Lead, University of Central Florida

Abstract

It is often assumed that technically sophisticated students are proficient in information competencies through their use of the Internet and popular search engines. However, course assignments frequently reflect problems such as plagiarism and inaccuracy in evaluating credible sources. Most faculty welcome support to promote information literacy skills but are often pressed for time; they don't want to be constrained in how they teach and would prefer to customize course resources. Participants will learn about UCF's institutional approach to addressing information literacy for the 21st century, which adopts principles inherent in Web 2.0 that most students and faculty have come to expect.

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NETsavvy: A Best-Practices Approach to Bridging the Knowledge Gap (Learning Technology)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Mark Morton, Senior Instructional Developer, Emerging Technologies, University of Waterloo

Abstract

Most of us at this conference have jobs that allow us to learn a lot about new educational technologies. University instructors don't have that luxury. Our challenge, then, is to get our knowledge out of our heads and into the hands of faculty members; that is, to close the gap between knowing and doing, theory and practice. To this end, a team of instructional developers at the University of Waterloo established NETsavvy (netsavvy.uwaterloo.ca), a website that provides succinct and contextualized best practices for a host of new emerging technologies, complemented by testimonials from instructors who have used those technologies.

The Course Transformation Program: Upgrading High-Enrollment Courses for 21st-Century Learning (Innovative Practice)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Jude Higdon, Managing Director, Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of Minnesota
• Lauren Marsh, Senior Instructional Multimedia Consultant, University of Minnesota

Abstract

This talk will discuss the challenges as well as the opportunities associated with increased curricular demands being placed on instructors by administrative units at all levels of the institution, an emergent methodology for negotiating these challenges, and the ways in which current and emerging technologies can be used to enhance curricula to meet these challenges-without losing sight of the real goal of student learning.

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The MISO Survey: Assessing Resources and Services for Teaching and Learning (Research-based)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 1-4

Session Type: Project Briefing
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• David Consiglio, Statistics & Research Methods Support Specialist, Bryn Mawr College
• Kevin J.T. Creamer, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Technology, University of Richmond

Abstract

How do students and faculty view information resources and technology services? Which library and technology services do they use extensively, and how important do they consider these services to be? What technology tools do students and faculty use in their academic work? As we strive to invest strategically and improve library and technology services, it's vital to understand where the learners-and the instructors-are. In this session, members of MISO, the Merged Information Services Organizations, will review MISO survey results, explore emerging trends, and discuss how these insights can enhance services that support learning and teaching.

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Informal Discussion with Learning Space Consultants

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

SCUP Survey: 2008 Learning Space Factors

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Session Type: Informal Discussion with Learning Space Consultant

Speaker(s)

• Jeffrey A. Vredevoogd, Director, Education Solutions, Herman Miller, Inc.

Abstract

If learning can happen anywhere on campus, what should learning spaces be like? Learning Space Factors Report, 2008 answers this question based on the results of a major survey of the membership of SCUP, the Society for College and University Planning. These findings about what makes a great learning space provides valuable insights for your planning. This will also provide an opportunity to guide the 2009 survey.

Master Planning for the Learning Landscape

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Curacao 5-8

Session Type: Informal Discussion with Learning Space Consultant

Speaker(s)

• Shirley Dugdale, Director, Learning Environments, DEGW North America LLC
• Elliot Felix, Associate Director, DEGW North America LLC

Abstract

Where can learning happen on a university campus? Everywhere. Planning for a network of physical and virtual spaces that support learning, discovery, and interaction is a complex process that requires a new approach to campus planning. The presenters will explain their "learning landscape" approach and describe how to analyze and forecast user needs and develop strategies for master planning both informal and formal learning spaces.

Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Epsilen Environment

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom & Curacao Foyers

From E-learning to V-Learning: The Advantages of Virtual Immersive Learning Environments in Times of Economic Downturn

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom D

Session Type: Featured Session

Speaker(s)

• Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director, Masters of Digital Media Program, Great Northern Way Campus
• Session convener: Julie K. Little, Senior Director, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

Because much of the curriculum of the Masters of Digital Media Program at Great Northern Way involves real-time, team-based collaboration, we have been developing a virtual learning platform to enable geographically distributed students to work together in real-time immersive "spaces" supported by a strong sense of individual and team "presence." This session will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of several potential v-learning environments including Second Life, World of Warcraft, Sony Home, Sauerbraten, TokBox, Dimdim, Google Docs, Wonderland, Xbox LIVE, and our very own Great Northern World. The session will conclude by exploring the advantages of v-learning environments in times of economic downturn defined by shrinking education budgets and declining consumer spending power.

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Google Earth: Mapping Tools and “Learning 2.0”

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bonaire 1-2

Session Type: Experience It Session

Speaker(s)

• Jennifer Sparrow, Director of Emerging Technologies and New Ventures, Virginia Tech
• Session convener: Carie Page, Assistant Director, Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

Google Earth can be leveraged to create virtual field trips, to provide students with a sense of place, and as an historical reference. Google Earth has applications for many disciplines including history, religion, English, literature, engineering, international relations, theater, art, and more. Come learn how to create Google Earth files (KML files) and mashups to create interactive, visual lessons or tools for your institutional or personal websites, all for free!

Note: Participants will need to bring a laptop with wireless network access.

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Jump Start: Evaluating a Team-based Online Course Development Program (Innovative Practice)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bonaire 3-4

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• Thomas Janke, Assistant Director, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Terri A. Tarr, Associate Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• This session does not yet have a convener. If you are interested in convening this session, please use the volunteer form.

Abstract

Developing online courses can be overwhelming. Consequently, CTL developed a team-based program to "jump-start" the process. What were the effects? Presenters describe how their evaluation isolates varying levels of impact. Faculty voices highlight changes in attitudes and online teaching behaviors, and students report how technologies impacted their learning.

Using Discussion Rubrics to Encourage Student Participation and Learning (Innovative Practice)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bonaire 5-6

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Barbara A. Austin, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
• Suzanne Pieper, Coordinator for Assessment, Northern Arizona University
• Session convener: Maureen McCreadie, Dean, Learning Resources, Bucks County Community College

Abstract

Years of research show that building in opportunities for discussion promotes participation and collaboration for students in both face-to-face and online learning environments. How can we ensure that students are learning as well as participating and collaborating in online discussions? This session will focus on rubrics as tools for promoting quality online discussions. Find out how to construct effective discussion rubrics, view actual discussion rubrics used successfully in online courses, and apply an example rubric to your own teaching practices.

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Lights, Camera, Action… Analysis and Creative Expression: Improving the Quality of Student Media Scholarship (Innovative Practice)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Bonaire 7-8

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Introductory

Speaker(s)

• David J. Baird, Director, Academic Technologies, Colgate University
• Janet Thomas Simons, Associate Director Instructional Technology, ITS, Hamilton College
• Krista Siniscarco, Educational Technologist, Studio Art Support, Hamilton College
• Session convener: Lisa Spiro, Director, Digital Media Center & ETRAC, Rice University

Abstract

In the past year, Hamilton College, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University, supported by a NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund grant, collaborated to develop interdisciplinary assignment models that promote media scholarship by students across the curriculum. In this presentation, we will report on our efforts to date in developing assignment models and evaluation criteria for multimodal student scholarship. These efforts are an attempt to capitalize on student interest in digital media with the goal of deepening engagement with course content and effectively synthesizing it into a multi media format.

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Using Sakai for Alternate Reality Gaming-Based Pedagogies (Learning Technology)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom H

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• John Gosney, Faculty Liaison, Learning Technologies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• Session convener: Norma B. Holland, EDUCAUSE Fellow, EDUCAUSE

Abstract

Alternate reality gaming (ARG) initially developed as a form of viral marketing, used to promote films and various commercial products. To solve an ARG, players must work collaboratively to decipher clues presented in a variety of formats (usually web-based). Given that the most successful ARGs are problem-based narratives that players work together to solve using WEB-based resources, blending the capabilities of the Sakai open-source platform with the ARG concept can lead to exciting, technology-based pedagogies. Such approaches, as well as a close examination of the Sakai toolset to enable them, will be explored.

Institutionalizing the E-Portfolio: Addressing Assessment, Pedagogy, and Professional Development Issues for Widespread Adoption (Learning Technology)

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom I

Session Type: Concurrent Session
Content Level: Intermediate

Speaker(s)

• Shelli B. Fowler, Executive Director of Graduate Development Programs & New Pedagogies, Virginia Tech
• C. Edward Watson, Director, Professional Development and Strategic Initiatives, Virginia Tech
• Marc R. Zaldivar, Director, ePortfolio Initiatives, Virginia Tech
• Session convener: Carmeta Blake, Assistant Professor/Instructional Designer, Lynn University

Abstract

Programmatic assessment, integrative learning, and student career preparation are among the pedagogical and institutional goals that many feel e-portfolios can help resolve. This panel will focus on the implementation experiences at Virginia Tech in using e-portfolio for assessment of authentic learning, for encouraging student reflection, and for professional development.

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Break

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Challenge 1: Creating Learning Environments That Promote Active Learning and Knowledge Creation

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Bonaire 3-4

Session Type: Learning Circle

Facilitator(s)

• Malcolm B. Brown, Director of ELI, EDUCAUSE
• Session convener: Marilyn J. Puchalski, Professor, Teaching and Learning Technologies, Bucks County Community College

Abstract

What types of learning environments foster active learning and knowledge creation? How do we build classroom ecologies that encourage students to think critically and work together?

Join your colleagues in this interactive, discussion-based learning circle to begin brainstorming solutions and sharing institutional approaches to "Creating learning environments that promote active learning, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and knowledge creation," one of the top-five challenges facing teaching and learning with IT identified through the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project (www.educause.edu/eli/challenges).

Challenge 2: Developing 21st-Century Literacies

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Bonaire 5-6

Session Type: Learning Circle

Facilitator(s)

• Susan E. Metros, Associate Vice Provost/Deputy CIO/Professor, University of Southern California
• Session convener: Malia Crouse, Democracy Lab Coordinator, Regis University

Abstract

In today's digital world, what literacies do we need to cultivate among students, faculty, and staff? How do we build classroom and institutional strategies to develop 21st-century literacies?

Join your colleagues in this interactive, discussion-based learning circle to begin brainstorming solutions and sharing institutional approaches to "Developing 21st-century literacies among students and faculty," one of the top-five challenges facing teaching and learning with IT identified through the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project (www.educause.edu/eli/challenges).

Challenge 3: Reaching and Engaging Today's Learners

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Bonaire 7-8

Session Type: Learning Circle

Facilitator(s)

• Maureen McCreadie, Dean, Learning Resources, Bucks County Community College
• Session convener: Molly D. Ruggles, Educational Technology Consultant, MIT

Abstract

How has a life of constant connectivity and mobility changed today's students? What approaches work best for engagement in the classroom?

Join your colleagues in this interactive, discussion-based learning circle to begin brainstorming solutions and sharing institutional approaches to "Reaching and engaging today's learners," one of the top-five challenges identified through the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project (www.educause.edu/eli/challenges).

Challenge 4: Encouraging Faculty Adoption and Innovation

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom H

Session Type: Learning Circle

Facilitator(s)

• Victoria Getis, Director, Digital Union, The Ohio State University
• This session does not yet have a convener. If you are interested in convening this session, please use the volunteer form.

Abstract

Faculty on our campuses are often juggling their teaching course load with research and service. How do we encourage faculty to adopt new technologies and to foster innovation in the classroom, especially when they may be overwhelmed by the need to stay ahead of the curve?

Join your colleagues in this interactive, discussion-based learning circle to begin brainstorming solutions and sharing institutional approaches to "Encouraging faculty adoption and innovation in teaching and learning with IT," one of the top-five challenges identified through the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project (www.educause.edu/eli/challenges).

Challenge 5: Advancing IT in an Age of Budget Cuts

Session Details

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Grand Sierra Ballroom I

Session Type: Learning Circle

Facilitator(s)

• Elizabeth A. Evans, Academic Outreach Specialist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• This session needs a convener. If you are interested in convening this session, please volunteer now.

Abstract

As the global financial crisis continues to impact our campus budgets, how do we do more less? How can we ensure that innovation in teaching and learning continues to be a priority on campus?

Join your colleagues in this interactive, discussion-based learning circle to begin brainstorming solutions and sharing institutional approaches to "Advancing innovation in teaching and learning (with technology) in an era of budget cuts," one of the top-five challenges facing teaching and learning with IT identified through the EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges project (www.educause.edu/eli/challenges).