In education, the promise of this technology is to provide more meaningful learning connections and allow more fully the interaction among diverse students in disparate locations. Building Connections—creating webs of relationships to facilitate and enhance teaching and learning—was the theme of the 2007 conference. This conference explored the advantages of meaningful connections, as well as the facilitation and scope of connections necessary to develop innovative and supportive learning environments and experiences.

        Using Digital Technology to Enhance, Transform, and Teach Microscopy 
        Presenters: Jeremy Dickerson, Dennis Kubasko

        The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Synchronous Audio with
        Asynchronous Text Discussion
        Presenters: John Sherlock

        Image Quiz: Using Principles of Cognitive Psychology to Teach Visual Expertise
        Presenters: Bruce Kirchoff


II.  The Facilitation of Building Connections
The Facilitation of Building Connections describes the practices of establishing and maintaining the structures and processes of building connections to enhance the learning process.

        Developing Online Primary Source Specialists
        Presenters: Elizabeth Coulter, Pamela Johnson

        Faculty in Technology-Rich Contexts: Connecting Teaching, Learning, and
        Assessment in the Classroom
        Presenters: C. Dianne Raubenheimer, Joni Spurlin, Stan Martin, Brad Mehlenbacher

        To Reply or Not to Reply: That Is the Question . . . for Collaboration
        Presenters: Sophia Stone, Diane Chapman, Julia Storberg-Walker

        Collaborative Learning Through Online Peer Review
        Presenters: Edward Gehringer, Prasad Wagle


III.  The Scope of Building Connections
The Scope of Building Connections transcends geographic area beginning with the intimate, near at hand, and expanding throughout the world.

        Evolution of a Faculty/Instructional Designer/Librarian
        Course Development Partnership
        Presenters: Kim Duckett, Dede Nelson, Julia Storberg-Walker

        Essential Collaborations for Large Enrollment Course Redesign
        Presenters: Dorothy Muller, Dorothy Clayton, David White, Joyce Newman,
        Jennifer Raby, Larry Bolen, Kathryn Weegar

        An Engineering Instructional Array: The Ron McNair Engineering Building/Bluford
        Library Connection
        Presenters: Jacquelyn McGirt

        Nine Myths About Web Accessibility
        Presenters: Jason Morningstar

        Fayetteville State University’s Focus on the Military:
        Remote Classrooms and Virtual Seats
        Presenters: Amber Kutny, Darrell Vickers