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Championing Emerging Technologies

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• Vincent Doogan, Director, Student Technology Services (RET.), New York University
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: How can we successfully introduce a new technology into the fabric of academic life?

How can technology champions identify allies, opportunities, and resources at their institutions to help introduce and evaluate an emerging technology-in this case, Second Life, a multiuser virtual environment? How can they leverage the efforts and experiences of early adopters to further deploy and develop such technologies?

Games for Learning-Taking It to the Next Level

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• Kathleen Christoph, Director, Academic Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: Once we've successfully introduced game-based learning on our campuses, how do we create programs to increase impact?

At ELI 2007, we discussed how to jump-start game-based learning on our campuses. Now that we've done this, what's next? The technology is expensive, expertise is scarce, and some faculty and administrators still think it a folly. How can we design programs that will effectively bring learning through games to the mainstream?

Gaming: The World's New Medium Meets Education

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• Bryan Alexander, Director for Research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: What have we learned so far from connections between gaming and learning?

Computer gaming is enormously successful in presenting information and holding attention. It has already hit campuses, brought by members of our community, and sometimes in projects to combine gaming and learning. What have we learned so far? As games constitute a global information medium, what do we know about applying media and information literacy? Consider the Dean Game (2003), FoodForce (United Nations), America's Army (USA), and a Force More Powerful (NGO): how do you think critically about a public game? As citizens who are increasingly connected, and who produce content, how do we position ourselves in this arena? Moreover, how do we best learn about this vast, rapidly developing world, especially given the myriad of educational intersections?

Innovations in Faculty Development

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• W. Gardner Campbell, Director, Academy for Teaching and Learning, Baylor University
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: What are creative, innovative ways to engage and motivate faculty to develop their expertise in information technologies?

The pace of technological change is accelerating, yet many faculty, even those fresh out of graduate school, feel ill-equipped to meet net savvy students on their own grounds. Most colleges and universities have not changed their tenure and promotion criteria to include various forms of digital scholarship and publication. Declining public support for higher education means that fewer faculty receive the sabbaticals or course releases they need for their own projects, much less development in teaching and learning technologies. What innovations in faculty development can overcome these obstacles, move beyond the low-hanging fruit and early adopters, and help faculty become more fluent in these technologies?

Learners and Virtual Community: Social Networking in Academia

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• Marla Gerein, Head of Virtual Communities, International Baccalaureate Organization
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: Are there benefits to incorporating social networking opportunities in to our learning environments?

We know that our students tend to be "social" learners. How do we best capitalize on this trait by integrating social networking in our teaching and learning frameworks? Do we use existing social networking "currencies" (i.e., Facebook), or implement our own hosted solutions (i.e., Elgg), or do we replicate some social networking functionality in our learning management systems? Are there combinations of offerings that make more sense? Join this learning circle for conversation about the qualities and characteristics of social networks that matter for teaching and learning. We'll also brainstorm about and share integration strategies and pitfalls from our institutional environments.

Learning Spaces in 2010

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• Malcolm B. Brown, Director of ELI, EDUCAUSE
• Session convener: Jarret S. Cummings, Special Assistant to the President, EDUCAUSE

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Framing question: What's ahead for our learning spaces?

If we planned learning spaces that would open in 2010, what will they look like and what kinds of technology will they have? Which emerging technologies hold the most promise for the evolution of our learning spaces? What innovative learning practices are emerging that will drive our technology choices for these spaces?