Karianne Naughton Regional Sales Manager Southeast Higher Education: NC, SC, KY 1-800-424-9299 ext. 2454

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Transforming Your Current Online Curriculum into a True Student-Centered Learning Environment Ask the Expert! Hands-On Workshop to Explore All of the Tools Within the Blackboard Academic Suite

Joyce Joines Newman is a native of Wilkes County, NC. BA English, UNC-Greensboro 1970; MA Folklore, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1978; BFA Art and Art History, UNC-G 1996; MFA Art, East Carolina University 1999. Instructional Technology Consultant, Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, ECU, since 1999.

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Using Blackboard Creatively as a New Faculty Orientation Tool

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Finding and Using Electronic Resources from Discipline-Based Collections Selected Projects of the UNC TLT Collaborative Quality Assessment for Online Courses: Exploring the Issues for Faculty, Students, Designers, and Administrators

Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver is an Associate Professor at NCSU. She received a B.S and M.S. in Biology from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Michigan. An evolutionary ecologist, she is interested in identifying factors that shape the mating systems of grasshoppers and katydids. She currently teaches Evolution (also as a distance course) and Invertebrate Zoology. She has modernized biology teaching laboratories, authored software that extends the laboratory experience, and is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at NC State University.

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Web Simulation and Animation: Models Such As Interactive Pedigrees Increasing Interactivity and Collaborative Learning in the Classroom with Wireless, Handheld Tools