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Wednesday, March 15 Thursday, March 16 Friday, March 17

Wednesday, 9:00 am to 10:30 am

Roundtable discussion: UNC Distance Learning Forum/TLT Distance Education Interest Group Track: Distance Learning Presenters: James Sadler	Grand Ballroom 1
This is a meeting of the UNC Distance Learning Forum and the TLT Distance Education Interest Group.

Roundtable discussion:
Instructional Professionals Interest Group: Focus Session
Track: Learning Resources
Presenters: Chris Weaver

Grand Ballroom 2

The purpose of this focus session is to study an instructional or technology based learning problem, with the intent to subsequently create a white paper that will assist instructional professionals and faculty by detailing effective practices and instructional strategies. During the session we will carefully examine and discuss the selected problem, and then develop information that will be useful to all. Possible topics include 1) synchronous learning management systems, 2) effective opportunities for interactivity, 3) strategies for blogs and wikis, and 4) podcasting. The selected topic will be announced one week prior to the conference, and future focus sessions will be planned around the alternate topics.

Wednesday, 11:00 am to 11:30 am

Plenary session: Opening Welcome Session Track: Other Presenters: Frank Prochaska	Capital Ballroom E-G
Frank Prochaska, Executive Director of the TLT Collaborative, will summarize highlights of the conference program with assistance from other UNC representatives.

Wednesday, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

* Featured Session *
Plenary session:
Planning for Change: Fitting Emerging Practices and New Technologies into Existing Institutional Strategies
Track: Other
Presenters: Cyprien Lomas

Related Material: Planning for Change - presentation wiki, View recorded presentation

Capital Ballroom E-G

New technologies are appearing on our campuses at an alarming rate. Often disruptive, new devices and more importantly, new practices, threaten to change how we conduct our business on our campuses. At the same time, overworked faculty members will remind us that teaching and learning must remain front and center. Recent developments in podcasting, wikis, RSS, and tagging have provided many new practices and technologies that may apply to higher education. However, the institutional support issues surrounding these technologies are unclear. How can we develop strategies to take advantage of capabilities offered by new technologies while reducing the obligation to support everything%3f Are there institutional models to systematically scan and evaluate promising new practices%3f Who should be involved in this process%3f This session will provide a brief history of promising emerging practices and new technologies, the communities that emerge around them and their fit within existing institutional strategies.

Wednesday, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

* Featured Session *
Demonstration:
MERLOT Teaching with Technology Webcast
Track: Library
Presenters: Ray Purdom

Capital Ballroom D

A live webcast sponsored by the TLT Group will explore how MERLOT’s online learning objects and other resources can assist faculty in teaching with technology. Members of the MERLOT Teaching and Technology discipline board will facilitate this interactive presentation, which will feature UNC faculty actively using MERLOT. The TLT Group, led by Steve Gilbert and Steve Ehrmann, works with institutions around the world to improve teaching and learning by making more appropriate and cost-effective use of information technology. MERLOT is a free and open resource for learning materials with managed collections in 15 disciplines.

Wednesday, 1:40 pm to 3:10 pm

Hands-on workshop:
How Technology Impacts Student Learning: An Assessment Workshop
Track: Learning Resources
Presenters: Joni Spurlin, Sharon Pitt, Karen Helm, Allen Dupont, Stan Martin, Donna Petherbridge

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For the past year, a university-wide initiative involving administration, staff, and faculty has begun to systematically investigate how technology impacts student learning. This workshop will focus on the assessment aspect of this initiative, including descriptions about how North Carolina State University (NCSU) provides assessment leadership and examples of ongoing assessment activities. This 90-minute, hands-on workshop will involve the participants in discussions about developing a university-wide assessment system to measure how technology enhances student learning, developing appropriate measurements of student learning, and lessons learned. Participants will be able to discuss some of the difficult questions raised at NCSU related to learning, technology, and assessment. They will be encouraged to share ideas about developing and maintaining momentum of the assessment process, including the challenges of defining technology and determining what should be measured. The participants will receive information about NCSU’s assessment processes and a handout of resources.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Hands-on workshop:
Using the iPod to Facilitate Critical Thinking and Music Listening
Track: Learning Resources
Presenters: Daniel Johnson, Beverly Vagnerini

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To promote critical and creative thinking within the curriculum of a basic studies course, UNC Wilmington’s Information Technology Systems Division has partnered with a music researcher and three professors for the first iPod project on campus. Students use iPods for listening assignments as an essential part of an innovative pedagogical approach: to encourage students to combine thinking skills with their listening experiences. The expected outcomes include enhanced written responses to music listening examples as well as heightened student participation and achievement. The educational implications include application of critical thinking skills in other subject areas, positively impacting student achievement, while the research applications include a potential pedagogical model for similar basic studies courses in other disciplines. This session will take participants through the process of establishing approval and funding for this project, student accountability for the iPods, and instructor assessment of learning outcomes to date. Slides and handouts will be available.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Hands-on workshop:
Quandary: Create Tutorials in Support of Active Learning
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Jane Harris, Jolene Henning

Related Material: http://www.uncg.edu/~jdharri5/Quandary/UNC TLT Quandary.htm

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In order for technology to be transparent and ubiquitous, it must be easy to use and it must support learning, particularly active learning. Quandary can be used by faculty or TAs to develop tutorials that reinforce student learning or enhance reasoning and problem solving skills. Students can create tutorials as well and in this way deepen their understanding of an area. Quandary is inexpensive software with a simple, intuitive interface that enables the creation of branching tutorials. It is possible to embed images, audio, video, and flash files. Its latest version requires the Windows environment for development but its output is an XHTML file that can be viewed via a web browser. We will demonstrate Quandary’s functionality, show example tutorials, explain how templates can be created to save production time, and provide you with hands-on time with the software. We will also describe a process for designing effective simulations. How-to handouts will be provided.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Wednesday, 1:40 pm to 2:30 pm

Panel discussion:
Building a Statewide Online Writing Center Community: Successes and Challenges
Track: Collaborative Approaches
Presenters: William Wisser, Kimberly Abels, Philip Adams, Marcia Toms

Capital Ballroom C

The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb, in conjunction with East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has constructed an open-source online writing tutor application to serve the needs of the North Carolina university community. This application was developed from a successful model in use on the UNC-CH campus for eight years. The original application was built to explore the use of traditional writing center pedagogy in the online environment, and years of modification and adaptation has shown that effective writing support can take place in an online environment. This panel will introduce the multicampus project, http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/online_project.html, describe the process of launching a multicampus application, and discuss the potential and challenges of applying writing center pedagogy in an online environment.

Roundtable discussion:
Assessing Interest in Forming a Research Consortium on Teaching and Learning with Technology in the Health Sciences
Track: Collaborative Approaches
Presenters: Vicki Kowlowitz, Annette Greer, Maria Clay, Linda Carl

Dogwood (room 1)

The health sciences disciplines are incorporating distance education to meet the growing need for healthcare professionals over the next decades. The transition to an online format presents many research questions that should be addressed before embracing this model of education. These include: What pedagogy produces effective learning%3f What is lost, if anything, in the translation to an online format%3f How do we ensure course standards%3f How do we assess competence%3f And there are many more. Faculty from the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the East Carolina University Office of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Education would like to explore forming a research consortium on teaching and learning with technology in the health sciences.

* Featured Session *
Formal presentation:
A Collaborative e-Learning Infrastructure for Public Higher Education in North Carolina
Track: Distance Learning
Presenters: Robyn Render, Saundra Williams

Related Material: View recorded presentation

Grand Ballroom 1

21st century learning will require reliable, flexible, and accessible instructional delivery methods, and e-learning is emerging as the delivery method of choice. This presentation will discuss the University of North Carolina’s and the North Carolina Community College System’s shared global vision for e-learning including lifelong accessible learning, e-learning opportunities at all levels and in all areas of education, and seamless transition from K-12 to community colleges to university and beyond.

* Featured Session *
Formal presentation:
Cyber Law and Digital Forensics: Transferring Laws and Policies to Virtual Teams
Track: Distance Learning
Presenters: Cheryl Brown

Grand Ballroom 2

Virtual teams are pervasive in industry, government, and academia—and among a combination of the three sectors—to further resource and knowledge sharing, maximize time and talent contributions, and advance seamless and rapid productivity without boundaries of geographic location, time, culture, language, and organization. These distributive work environments require adeptness of information and communication technology (ICT) literacy, knowledge of cyber laws and policies, and sensitivity to culture and technology. Virtual team experience is crucial for 21st century graduates, as employers are increasingly expecting virtual collaborative proficiency of employees. This session will present the use of virtual teams in two courses, Cyber Law and Policy and Digital Forensics, to acquire and apply subject knowledge and ICT skills to produce virtual capital and team projects.

Formal presentation, sponsored by Adobe:
Bringing Meaningful Interactive Digital Experiences to Education
Track: Learning Resources
Presenters: Tom Person

Capital Ballroom E-G

This session will provide an update on Adobe’s vision for leveraging the Internet and other rich media sources to enhance education in the classroom. Included will be a demonstration featuring Breeze and other tools from Adobe to provide rich learning experiences for educators and their students. Breeze is a rich web communication system that lets you reach your learners anytime with engaging multimedia content. Your learners can join your Breeze online meetings, training courses, and on-demand presentations instantly regardless of geographic location or connection speed and leverage the most dynamic content for a great digital experience.

Demonstration:
The Cliki Voice Cascade: Visions Beyond Blackboard with Blog and Wiki Collaboratives
Track: Library
Presenters: Robert Houghton

Boxwood (room 2)

Piaget spoke of education that led to assimilation of knowledge and experiences that led to accommodation. Blackboard, one model of online instruction, accents the first. This session offers an accent on the latter, a contrasting vision, yet one that could integrate collaboratively with standard online learning systems in common use. The offered Cliki model is the melding of standard web pages, blog, and wiki designs, an effort focused more on teaching to transform than teaching to transmit. The Cliki concept of moving learning through applications that address different perspectives of voice addresses new teaching strategy, instructional design, active and problem-based learning and assessment, and other educational elements. As will be demonstrated, the creation of this online approach requires some ability to compose frame pages and standard web pages and to create blog and wiki sites, though the more elaborated version presented will include Flash- and Fireworks-type application knowledge.

* Featured Session * Demonstration: Podcasting: Transforming Your Classroom into an Internet Radio Station Track: Software Solutions Presenters: Jason Romney	Capital Ballroom A-B
Provide your students with an additional study tool by leveraging the power of their personal computers and iPods. Using “Really Simple Syndication” technology you can post recordings of your lectures to a web server with an RSS feed that will automatically synchronize subscribed computers and iPods with the latest content.

Wednesday, 2:40 pm to 3:10 pm

* Featured Session *
Formal presentation:
A Collaborative Approach to Faculty Support: The Coulter Faculty Center
Track: Collaborative Approaches
Presenters: Robert Orr, Anna McFadden

Capital Ballroom D

Western Carolina University redefined support for the integration of technology into teaching and learning. Using input from surveys, interviews, and events, the Coulter Faculty Center is undergoing an expansion of services and restructuring, providing seamless solutions for faculty seeking to make their instruction excellent, whether pedagogically or technically. Combining the resources of the Faculty Center, Educational Technologies, and Distance and Continuing Education, the Coulter Faculty Center is entering a new phase of faculty support. Building upon current activities including the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, faculty services, and sponsored activities and publications, the center is integrating professional development activities, instructional design, and technology support into a single point-of-service. The presentation will share the process that engaged faculty, Faculty Governance, Information Technology, Distance and Continuing Education and Academic Affairs in creating a collaborative approach to faculty support. This restructuring features a management scheme that engages both Academic Affairs and Information Technology.

Formal presentation, sponsored by Optimized Learning, Inc.:
Sakai / Open Source Portfolio Pilots Underway for UNC
Track: Collaborative Approaches
Presenters: W. Butch Porter

Capital Ballroom E-G

Optimized Learning, Inc. (OLi) and the UNC TLT Collaborative (TLTC) are proud to offer all sixteen UNC campuses the opportunity to pilot Sakai and Open Source Portfolio (OSP) in a hosted environment. The pilot program is free to the academic institutions as well as to individual faculty members. Each campus has a designated liaison whom OLi and their application partner, Unicon, Inc., will be assisting with training and support. Sakai and OSP are being adopted around the globe in pilot programs as well as in full production instances. OLi and Unicon, in partnership with the TLTC, are offering all UNC campuses the opportunity to learn more about these open source applications. Come to our session and hear how easy it is for your campus to experience an open source, collaborative learning environment that is built by educators for education. The TLTC Sakai / OSP pilot is already underway. OLi will be providing a hands-on workshop to experience Sakai and OSP at the conference on Thursday, March 16, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Formal presentation: Internet 2 Performing Arts Forum Track: Learning Resources Presenters: Michael Rothkopf	Grand Ballroom 1
This session will report on the current efforts at the North Carolina School of the Arts to use Internet 2 to create a performing arts forum. The session will focus on successful collaborations possible with this technology.

Formal presentation:
Going Live: Expanding e-Learning and Collaboration with Centra
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Sam Eneman

Boxwood (room 2)

Five years ago UNC Charlotte selected Centra—a live, two-way interactive virtual classroom application—for the required synchronous component of our online Fire Safety Distance Education program. Since then we opened use to other DE programs and in 2005 made Centra available to the entire campus. In this presentation you will see how faculty, students, and staff use Centra for teaching, collaborating, and online training. You will learn how we prepare faculty to use Centra and provide technical support for students, including the results of a survey on both the student and the faculty experience. You will also find out how we are now promoting Centra across campus and meeting the new challenge of increased usage with a limited number of seat licenses.

Formal presentation:
Desktop Video-Conferencing and Blackboard: A Great Team
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Doris Tyler, Deborah Eaton

Capital Ballroom A-B

North Carolina Central University’s preservice and licensure-only students are required to take a computer utilization class that emphasizes the integration of technology into the K-12 setting. Many of the students are nontraditional—holding full-time jobs while attending school. They needed a distance learning solution in order to attend classes. Our challenge was to provide a distance learning class while maintaining the integrity and nature of the course content. The use of Elluminate or Centra provided a solution to this challenge. This session focuses on the challenges of teaching an instructional technology class via distance learning. We will share what we have learned and some current challenges.

Formal presentation:
Strategies for Online Course Production in an Academic Environment
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Huaiying Gao, Amanda Robertson, David Howard, Mike Cuales, Donna Petherbridge, Thomas Wilson, Robert Hambrick, Tim Wright, Stacy Smith

Capital Ballroom C

An online instructional development team was formed just over four years ago within Learning Technology Service (LTS) at North Carolina State University (NC State) to fulfill the growing need for innovative and pedagogically-sound online learning solutions for our distance education students. Since that time our methods have continued to adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of our faculty, and to reflect and respond to our continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of our processes and the quality of our teaching solutions. In this presentation we will share our group’s history, the details of our production process and structure, the role of collaboration in our work with each other and with faculty, and the importance of change and adaptation in a technology-rich field. We will also share how projects are proposed, evaluated and scoped, and worked on by teams of LTS professional staff and NC State faculty through examples of our work.

Demonstration:
Interactive Larynx Model: Developing the Innovative Learning Material for Anatomy and Physiology Online Course
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Pil-Won On, William Irwin, Tom Havelos

Grand Ballroom 2

An introductory communication disorders online course that offers a wide range of subjects has been developed at Appalachian State University. Larynx is the most fundamental subject area in anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing. In consideration of its importance in the curriculum, a way of providing students an in-depth experience of Larynx was examined in order to enhance students’ comprehension. During the presentation, the interactive Larynx model, developed by a production team of two instructors, an instructional designer, a media designer, and an illustrator, will be demonstrated. The instructor’s perspective on the media development and the media production experience will be shared with the audience.

Wednesday, 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm

Poster presentation:
Is Instructional Technology Really Making a Difference%3f Rethinking IT’s Advocacy Role
Track: Collaborative Approaches
Presenters: Robert Henshaw

Related Material: Session poster (Roadmap to Readiness)

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Information technology (IT) leaders and other instructional technology advocates must accept the fact that technology’s promise will only be realized in the context of broader instructional improvement initiatives. Without at least a partial realignment of the reigning residential learning model, innovation will continue to be relegated to the margins and investments in this area will continue to underperform. In many ways, technology-enabled innovation has become a distraction to the larger goal of institution-level instructional improvement. This presentation will reflect on some of the lessons of the past decade and the importance of more active participation in the campus coalitions necessary to advance this discussion. Ample time will be reserved for questions and discussion.

Poster presentation:
Mission-Sensitive Distance Education: A Study of Five Historically Minority Institutions Within UNC
Track: Learning Resources
Presenters: Monica Price

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Historically Minority Institutions (HMIs) fill a niche in education by providing access to individuals that have been denied educational opportunities. The missions of HMIs often express a desire to educate specific populations. Distance education (DE) also has as its mission to provide access to higher education opportunities by various technological media and modalities. The obtainment of resources in HMIs has presented a challenge, making their judicious use of importance. The digital divide, indicating that minority populations often have less access to computer and Internet technology, presents an interesting caveat to the overall mission of DE. The primary question in this study is whether or not there is a preference for particular modalities of DE by race. Further, this study will look at factors surrounding the implementation of DE programs. This presentation will be of interest to individuals at HMIs as well as others that are developing methods of DE assessment.

Poster presentation: Transforming Library Academic Reserves: Using the Blackboard Content System for Streamlined Access Track: Library Presenters: Ray Purdom, Terry Brandsma, Gerardo Garcia Related Material: Transforming Library Academic Resources	Grand Ballroom Prefunction
Learn how to integrate library electronic reserves into Blackboard courses through Blackboard’s Content System. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has customized and implemented one-click access to library “e-reserves” through the Blackboard course menu. Additionally, a unique Library Tools folder was developed to streamline the process of loading library content.

Poster presentation:
Developing a Successful Student e-Learning Assistant Program
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Lorraine Stanton, Deborah Mowry

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Approximately one year ago, the Faculty Center for Teaching and e-Learning implemented a Student e-Learning Assistant (SeLA) program with two student workers. The original purpose of our SeLAs was primarily to provide additional developmental and technical support for faculty using our supported e-learning products such as WebCT and Centra. Based on trends, e-learning growth, support challenges, and needs of our client base which includes faculty, staff, and students, the Student e-Learning Assistant program has evolved and broadened into an effective tier-one student support system in addition to serving both faculty and our own support staff with a wide variety of technical needs. This presentation will provide an overview of our SeLA program, including selection criteria and training processes, as well as how this program fits in with our center’s existing support model. Existing challenges and future directions for the SeLA program will also be discussed.

Poster presentation:
Guided Use of Learning Resources: Meaningful Learning Assistance for Online Resource Application
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Pil-Won On, William Irwin

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Public access to freely available online educational learning resources has grown tremendously, as has the adoption of some of these materials in online and conventional classrooms. Once the material is separated from its original context, meaningful instruction on how to effectively use the resource in the different circumstance is needed to enhance the learning experience. In order to optimize student learning using the resources, detailed guidelines on use of the material are suggested. The guidelines should be designed to give an overview of the resource and explicit instruction for its use. During the presentation, designed guidelines and experience with their application will be shared with the audience.

Poster presentation:
Improving and Expanding Student Experiences in Introductory Biology Courses with Online Learning Modules
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Gregory Goins, Goldie Byrd, Doretha Foushee, Joseph Whittaker, Richard Cyr

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Penn State University (PSU) has reported major success with interactive online learning modules in terms of improved student learning and instructor effectiveness. Within a first semester introductory biology course at North Carolina A&T State University, the native PSU learning modules have been introduced in a pilot study. The goal of this work is to adapt and implement learning modules as an early intervention measure to enhance the overall science learning experience. To accomplish this goal, the modules are designed 1) to provide students with measures that increase scientific learning, confidence, and communication skills and 2) to provide an objective mechanism for instructors and students to determine their own progress in the classroom. Preliminary assessments indicate that the learning modules represent an intervention by which instructors can help improve student conceptual understanding of the fundamental biological principles. Through an NSF CCLI award, we are further adapting learning modules by tailoring content, questions, and case studies to harmonize with the life experiences of our student population.

Poster presentation:
Innovative Pedagogies in Health Sciences Education
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Annette Greer, Maria Clay, Sylvia Brown, Mary Kirkpatrick

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

The Health Sciences Division of East Carolina University has many demonstrated uses of educational innovation that are applied to online learning. The School of Nursing and the Office of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Education have used art, music, film, literature, story narrative, journaling, and other strategies to create contemporary learner-centered environments for online learning. These strategies support experiential, reflective, and critical thinking modalities of learning among students in the health disciplines. The importance of the social engagement of student learners cannot be underestimated in the online environments. Authentic learning is achieved when interactions between content, peers, and the learning facilitator is capitalized using approaches that reach a variety of learner styles. This session will demonstrate how those strategies can be imbedded into online learning environments.

Poster presentation:
Redesigning School Administration Programs with Technology: Developing Principals Who Are Technology Leaders
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Jeremy Dickerson, Howard Coleman

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

The Watson School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) recognizes the potential for technology to be a tool that can help school administration candidates be better instructional leaders, decision makers, and reflective practitioners when they become principals in the K-12 schools. UNCW has redesigned their Master of School Administration program through the development of a core technology course, the use of electronic portfolios, and the expansion of technology tools and infrastructure. This presentation discusses and displays the elements of this systemic technology integration process.

Poster presentation:
Situating Learning: Experiencing Leadership in “Real World” Contexts
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Alice Stewart, Karen Smith-Gratto, Sylvia Black, Jacqueline Williams

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Discussions about leadership style and participation in cases are the usual approach to teaching about leadership in the classroom. While this approach provides students with knowledge about leadership, it is less clear whether it helps students develop leadership skills. As part of the movement toward situated learning environments and the development of knowledge and skills through authentic activities, alternative approaches to leadership development need to be explored. Virtual Leader™ provides a context in which the environment mirrors multiple real world situations, but allows the exploration of different behaviors to achieve a goal. The use of discussion and cases is by nature an abstract way to approach the development of leadership skills. The application of a simulation to leadership within the classroom provides “real world” experiences for students and can help them actively understand and apply leadership skills by providing specific feedback on outcomes resulting from their efforts.

Poster presentation:
Technology Tools to Master Terminology
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Sarah Jordan, Greg Simmons

Grand Ballroom Prefunction

Traditionally, students of medical terminology have used textbooks and rote memorization to master the thousands of required terms. In an effort to leverage technology to enhance student learning and address different learning styles, the instructor has implemented an audiovisual course glossary and instructional games in the online component of her Medical Terminology course. Linking these assets to online study guides to provide students with real-time, in-context pronunciations and drill has proven anecdotally effective, and a comparative study of student performance with and without the use of web-based tools is being conducted. This approach, combined with selectively released online quizzes, has allowed students to progress at their own pace and enabled the instructor to assess individual problems in a more timely and effective manner.

Roundtable discussion: Vista Implementation Update Track: Collaborative Approaches Presenters: Mark Sivy	Sandalwood (room 7)
This is a meeting about the Vista Implementation Project.

Wednesday, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Hands-on workshop:
Finding and Using Electronic Resources from Discipline-Based Collections
Track: Library
Presenters: Hilarie Nickerson

Related Material: Workshop Outline, Notetaking Handout, Collections Handout

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In this workshop, we’ll start by discovering where to look for collections of online teaching and learning resources intended for specific academic disciplines. After that, we’ll go over a two-step approach for selecting appropriate learning materials. These steps include 1) finding materials in discipline-based collections that relate to instructional goals, and 2) determining which materials are most suitable based on the learning context in which they’ll be used. Finally, we’ll consider strategies for incorporating the chosen materials into face-to-face, blended, and fully online courses.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Hands-on workshop, sponsored by Apple:
Podcasts in Education: Syndicated Rich Media as a Learning Space
Track: Library
Presenters: Francis Shepherd

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As RSS and podcasts become mainstream in education, higher education institutions have begun to syndicate audio, video, and electronic media to portable devices which extends the learning environment beyond traditional learning spaces. This presentation will look at examples of innovative projects at universities and investigate how institutions can deliver digital assets beyond the desktop. Significant opportunities for collaborative learning can be created as curriculum can be shifted in both time and space beyond the classroom. During this session, we will explore and analyze successful RSS projects and look at techniques used to deliver rich digital assets.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Hands-on workshop, sponsored by Adobe:
Creating Learning Experiences on the Web: Online and On Demand
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Tom Person, Anna Ladd

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Join Adobe and experience Breeze and Captivate in a live classroom setting. Breeze allows educators to create and conduct synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences using the power of the web. Breeze allows users to hold meetings, classes, conferences, provide on-demand training, and track and monitor student progress in areas such as time on task and test results. You will also see how to create computer simulations of a task and incorporate them into your Breeze training sessions.

This session will be held in the Renaissance building, which is a short walk from the conference hotel. Advance registration for workshops is not required; however, seating is limited and is on a first-come basis.

Wednesday, 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm

* Featured Session * Formal presentation: e-Learning at UNC: An Update Report Track: Distance Learning Presenters: Alan Mabe, James Sadler, Frank Prochaska	Grand Ballroom 1
This presentation will review and summarize current UNC e-learning programs and activities, including ongoing efforts in collaboration with the NC Community College system.

* Featured Session *
Demonstration:
Making the Library Visible: Bookmarklets to Library Resources
Track: Library
Presenters: Scott Rice

Related Material: Bookmarklets Presentation Slides, Bookmarklets Presentation Handout

Capital Ballroom A-B

Bookmarklets use JavaScript to enable the user to quickly and easily gain access to library resources from any web page by selecting a word or phrase and clicking on the bookmarklet. Bookmarklets can be made for a catalog, a link resolver, any resource that accepts a search string as input. The presentation will begin with a demonstration of the different things that bookmarklets can do, including searching a library catalog, placing links to library resources in a webpage, zooming an image, or disabling images. After showing the usefulness and versatility of bookmarklets, the presenter will show how bookmarklets work and how to implement them, both for the user and for the librarian. Finally, the presenter will show places to get more information about bookmarklets and lists of bookmarklets already created.

Formal presentation, sponsored by Microsoft:
Tablet PCs in Higher Education
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Jeffrey Strasser

Capital Ballroom E-G

Join Microsoft for a presentation on how Tablet PC technology is being used in higher education and the value the platform provides for both faculty and students. Ink and handwriting technology has seen rapid adoption among universities as they enable new methods of teaching and learning, while retaining the personal interaction vital to a successful classroom environment. In class, across campus, or at your desk, using the Tablet PC, you can create, capture, and collaborate in new and unique ways. Keep your students engaged by writing directly on your PowerPoint slides during a lecture or sketching a molecular structure on the fly. You can easily distribute hand-drawn diagrams to your students via e-mail or network share. Make your research more productive, enable new and innovate ways to teach, and break down the barriers often created by traditional notebook PCs.

Roundtable discussion:
Creating a Vision for a Mobile Computing Program on Your Campus
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Dianne Raubenheimer, Kathy Mayberry, Joni Spurlin, Jeff Joines

Dogwood (room 1)

In fall 2001, NC State started a Mobile Computing Pilot Program operating out of the College of Engineering. The pilot has now ended, and drawing on our experiences, we will assist participants in the round table discussion to develop a vision of what is possible on their own campuses. Focus questions will include: 1) What are some goals for a mobile computing program%3f, 2) Who are the major stakeholders and how can you engage them%3f, 3) What system forces matter in managing complex change%3f (Participants will be provided with a process for assessing the system forces in action on their campuses.), 4) How can you overcome the “barriers” and enhance the “boosters” to change%3f, 5) What are some strategic considerations for implementation%3f, and 6) How will you effectively assess whether you have achieved your vision%3f

Demonstration:
Real-Time Collaborative Research and Organizational Management
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Roger Hanley

Grand Ballroom 2

This session will focus on how research initiatives and organizational management are facilitated utilizing a real-time, web conferencing solution. The role of the “virtual meeting space” in research projects will be discussed and examined, with a representative from an international research initiative attending the session online in the virtual classroom to explain the role of real-time collaboration within that project. As well, the executive director of a major non-profit e-learning organization will attend the session remotely to discuss how their organization uses web conferencing to drive the organization, its committees, and its presence, nationally.

Demonstration:
Demonstration of Course Management and Learning Software (MyLab Products)
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Sue Spaulding

Related Material: My Lab Course Management Software

Boxwood (room 2)

Instructors often consider integrating web components into their traditional courses. Common questions when considering such additions are: Do these components work%3f Are they hard to learn%3f Do they have an impact on how well students learn%3f Do students use them%3f Are they worth my time to develop%3f This demonstration will provide an overview of the MyLab course management and learning software available for multiple disciplines. It will show how hands-on activities are integrated with the electronic text and illustrate the ease with which the standard package can be modified with little or no technical knowledge. Attendees will see how MyPsychLab is being used in a large (200+) lecture course. The demonstrator will supply data showing an increase in learning based on test grades before and after implementing the program. Data on student course satisfaction and evaluation of the product will also be available to attendees.

* Featured Session *
Demonstration:
Using Video Games as a Strategy for Teaching Complex Concepts
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Robert Brown, Nora Reynolds, Scott Brewster

Capital Ballroom D

Gaming is a revolutionary new teaching strategy that can transform instruction from static to dynamic, from lecture to interaction, from memorization to problem solving. This session will demonstrate a new video game being designed to teach the introductory principles of economics (ECON100). The game scenario features an alien craft that crash lands on a futuristic, post-apocalyptic Earth. In order to subsist and create a prosperous society, crash survivors must learn the basic principles of economics, such as scarcity, savings and investments, trade, foreign aid, and sustainable growth. Course content is presented through problem-solving tasks that are part of the overarching narrative. Through analysis and decision making as they play the game, students learn that economics is a way of thinking—of understanding trade-offs, anticipating consequences, and making decisions based on logical analysis. ECON100 is also interdisciplinary and integrates critical concepts from history, ethics, math, and the physical and social sciences.

Wednesday, 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm

Formal presentation:
The Future Has Sent You a Message: Do You Want To Accept%3f Comparing the Use of Instant Messenger with Chat Software
Track: Library
Presenters: Anne Pemberton, Lisa Williams

Capital Ballroom C

Libraries have been using chat reference software programs such as LSSI and QuestionPoint for the last several years with moderate success. Instant Messenger, while limited in its capability, is a tool that students are familiar with and use frequently to chat with their peers. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington uses both a free instant message program (Trillian) as well as a statewide chat service called NCknows (which utilizes the QuestionPoint software). While Trillian is staffed entirely by Randall Library librarians, NCknows is staffed by librarians throughout the state. After one year, we are evaluating both of these tools in order to serve our users more effectively. This session will introduce both Trillian and NCknows to potential users and describe Randall Library’s future plans for the use of these products. It will include pros/cons of each product and virtual reference/chat tips, techniques, and etiquette.

Formal presentation, sponsored by Unicon:
Academus Open Campus: Allows Faculty to Quickly, Easily, and Affordably Test and Evaluate Newest Higher Ed Applications
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Jason Lacy

Capital Ballroom E-G

Academus Open Campus offers space for individuals, departments, or schools to construct online learning environments, either as standalone online classes or as supplements to on-campus classes. Academus Open Campus provides educators with the functionality required to successfully deliver and manage distance, web-enhanced, or hybrid education programs. Two of the first programs currently being offered are the Sakai Test Drive and Sakai Pilot Program. This interactive session will address the latest technologies being offered through the Academus Open Campus. The session will also serve as a focus group to receive feedback and input from educators about what new technologies and applications they would like to test and their overall priorities. Many of the applications featured involve open-source solutions or products based on open-source technologies.

Formal presentation:
Lifting the Burden: How UNC Wilmington Has Met the Individual Needs of Faculty in Teaching Basic Technology Skills
Track: Software Solutions
Presenters: Dana Ward, Beverly Vagnerini

Grand Ballroom 1

UNC Wilmington took an emerging training program and developed it into a successful professional development organization for students, faculty, and staff utilizing off-the-shelf courses and digitized books. A successful component of this organization is helping faculty meet the basic technology skills training needs of their students. Faculty have used Skillsoft courses and Books24x7: 1) to supplement classroom instruction in HEA207, HEA355, MIT510, and UNI101; 2) to teach skills in the classroom, eliminating the need for faculty to develop their own materials in PED266; 3) to check on student progress using the robust reporting tools; and 4) to assign supplemental readings from Books 24x7. Sample class data will be provided along with strategies for advertising these services to faculty, followed by a question and answer period.

Demonstration:
Blackboard e-Portfolio
Track: Teaching Considerations
Presenters: Jane Harris, Nancy Stoudemire

Boxwood (room 2)

Portfolio creation can be an effective active learning strategy. The Blackboard e-Portfolio tool enables students to create digital portfolios for class and for prospective employers. The process of creating portfolios can encourage critical thinking, reflection, and add to technology literacy. At the UNCG School of Health and Human Performance, we have been experimenting with the e-Portfolio tool for a year. We will discuss the capabilities and constraints of the tool, how to train students to use it, and show examples of completed portfolios, including several student portfolios. How-to handouts will be made available.