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Track 3Collaborative Case Study Assignments OnlineWednesday, June 19, 2002 Judith E. Fisher, Director, Instructional Support, University of Florida Courses offered in our Internet MBA degree program feature a variety of learning activities. One of the most popular is the collaborative case study assignment. However, converting this activity from the traditional to the virtual classroom proved to be a serious challenge. This multimedia presentation describes how we implement collaborative case study activities in our online business courses. Collaborative Course DevelopmentTuesday, June 18, 2002 Wendy Bedwell, Project Coordinator/Instructional Designer, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Libby V. Morris, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia Haixia Xu, Graduate Student, University of Georgia The purpose of this research is to better understand the collaborative course development process conducted by faculty and instructional designers for electronically delivered courses. Five course-development teams will be interviewed and the process observed to explore the process, the model employed, and participants' role in and impact on the process. Fundamentals of Online Course Design: A Model for Faculty DevelopmentWednesday, June 19, 2002 Richard Hernandez, Trident Technical College Mary Mauldin, Director of Center for Academic & Research Computing, Medical University of South Carolina C. Frank Starmer(duplicate), Assoc. Dean for Learning Technologies, National University of Singapore Valerie T. West, Associate Provost for Education and Student Life, Medical University of South Carolina To use technology to enable learning, faculty can benefit from structured opportunities to explore the effectiveness of Web-based strategies for their unique instructional needs. The panel will present a university-level program that brought faculty and staff together to test and develop Web-based strategies. Lessons learned and outcomes will be discussed. Laboratory Instruction OnlineWednesday, June 19, 2002 George McKelvy, Academic Professional, Georgia Institute of Technology The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech for almost four years has required students in Introductory Chemistry laboratory to prepare for lab by using information provided online. The information includes videos and quizzes to inform and assess preparedness for lab. We also submit some lab reports electronically. Make Web Pages Accessible to EveryoneWednesday, June 19, 2002 Curtis Edmonds, Education & Information Technology Specialist, Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center Following universal design principles in creating a Web resource ensures that all Internet users can get to the information at a Web site regardless of their abilities, their disabilities, or the limitations of their equipment and software. Promoting Faculty Adoption of TechnologyTuesday, June 18, 2002 Beth Boyd, Instructional Technology Analyst, Wake Forest University Steven Wicker, Instructional Technology Consultant, Wake Forest University Wake Forest University has an encompassing technology program. This program branches into all aspects of the university, from the administration to Information Systems. We will focus on the faculty and some of the ideas and programs that have been used to encourage them to adopt and use technology. Teaching and Learning in a Wireless Computer Classroom: A Liberal Arts College PerspectiveTuesday, June 18, 2002 Mark J. O'Gorman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Maryville College Gina Phipps, Manager, Instructional Development & Training, The University of Tennessee This presentation will address how Maryville College, as part of a major Instructional Technology Initiative, planned and implemented wireless computer classrooms that are designed based on learning and teaching needs. Faculty and students will also share their perspective on teaching and learning in these novel classrooms. The Orpheus Alliance: A Composers' Forum in the Associated Colleges of the SouthTuesday, June 18, 2002 Patricia Gray, ACS Instructional Technology Specialist, Southwestern University The Associated Colleges of the South has created an online community of faculty and student composers that allows for the exchange and publication of recordings, scores, and class discussions. The year's activity will culminate in the first ACS New Music Festival to be at Southwestern University in July 2002. The TIDE Project: Bringing Technology to the College Literature ClassroomWednesday, June 19, 2002 Frances Frame, Assistant Professor, The Citadel The TIDE program at The Citadel English department offers discipline-specific technology training. Efforts in many English departments have focused on using technology to teach writing; the TIDE initiative focuses on literature instruction. This presentation will describe the program and highlight strategies used to motivate traditional English professors to embrace appropriate technologies. Zoom from Your Room: Pedagogical and Technical Implications of Using IP Video ConferencingTuesday, June 18, 2002 Lewis Binkowski, Telecommunications Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill William Zelman, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This session presents findings from a spring 2002 demonstration exploring the use of Internet-based, desktop video conferencing in graduate training at a distance. Students and the professor were able to see each other and share documents and datasets synchronously as a class or independent groups. Both the promises and pitfalls of this highly interactive distance learning approach will be discussed. |
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