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We've worked hard to ensure that participants in Symposium for Excellence in Online Education are able to take advantage of everything the Symposium has to offer.
The following is a tentative list of the breakout sessions that we have planned for the day. Please check this page often as information is likely to be added in the very near future.
Breakout Opportunities for the morning 75 Minute Breakout Session (10:45 AM - 12:00 PM)
| Title: |
CIO Roundtable, Information Assurance |
| Moderators: |
Jeff Recor, Olympus Security/ Helen Kieba-Tolksdorf, Walsh College |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | 511 |
| Description: |
Description: You're invited to join in a discussion of the hottest topic in town: Information Assurance. Jeff Recor will lead this conversation and share his vast knowledge of CyberSecurity. Sample topics include: risk assessment basics, establishing a protection plan and implementing an information security plan. |
| Title: |
What Do Your Online Students Really See? |
| Presenters: |
Garret Brand, JD and Eric Kunnen from Grand Rapids Community College. |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | Computer Lab 514 |
| Description: |
During our first Symposium for Excellence in Online Education at Walsh College (Sep 02), faculty shared instructional design techniques and discussed online pedagogy. We talked about being the "guide on the side" and "best practices." Now, we'll take a more critical look at some actual online courses. Even if it's your first time, you will not want to miss this hands-on opportunity to see what students see! An experienced online instructor and Instructional Designer/CMS Administrator will help you improve course navigation and student learning. While the session uses Blackboard 6, the techniques shared will apply to all online delivery.
Objectives:
- Adopt a student perspective during all online development and instruction.
- Translate instructional design and quality standards into effective course delivery.
- Improve the navigation or "functionality" of online courses.
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| Title: |
Introduction to Educator Faculty Workshop |
| Presenter: |
Anne Forte from Walsh College |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | Computer Lab 515 |
| Description: |
Introductory hands-on overview of Educator CMS from a Faculty perspective. |
| Title: |
Pew Grant Course Redesign - Lessons Learned (repeated in a PM session) |
| Presenter: |
Carolyn Jarmon, Ph.D. |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | 513 |
| Description: |
The Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is conducting a Program in Course Redesign with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The purpose of this institutional grant program is to encourage colleges and universities to redesign their instructional approaches using technology to achieve cost savings as well as quality enhancements. Redesign projects focus on large-enrollment, introductory courses, which have the potential of impacting significant student numbers and generating substantial cost savings. The Center has awarded $6 million in grants to thirty projects in three rounds of ten projects each.
The first round of redesign projects began in July 1999 and concluded in July 2001. The ten institutions and the courses they redesigned are:
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI): Sociology
- Penn State University: Elementary Statistics
- Rio Salado College: Mathematics
- University at Buffalo (UB): Computer Literacy
- University of Central Florida (UCF): American Government
- University of Colorado-Boulder (UC): Astronomy
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): Statistics
- University of Southern Maine (USM): Psychology
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW): Chemistry
- Virginia Tech: Linear Algebra
Round I was constructed as a pilot for the overall program. Rather than opening the program to a national competition, the Center staff selected representatives from twenty institutions that exhibited a high degree of readiness to develop proposals. Ten of the twenty institutions were selected to receive grants, and they began their redesign projects in fall 1999. Our intention was to teach the principles of redesign that the Center espouses to those institutions that we considered most "ready" and to work closely with them as they developed proposals. We believed that it was necessary to establish exemplars for future redesign efforts since higher education institutions have had little experience with redesign strategies that both improve quality and reduce cost.
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| Title: |
Copyright |
| Presenter: |
Steve Harms, JD |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | 512 |
| Description: |
A review of key laws and how they affect copyright from faculty member's perspective. |
Breakout Opportunities for the afternoon 75 Minute Breakout Session (1:45 PM - 3:00 PM)
| Title: |
Intellectual Property Roundtable |
| Moderators: |
Various |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | 510 |
| Description: |
Representatives from various community colleges will discuss their experiences and recommendations. |
| Title: |
FIPSE Panel Discussion |
| Panelists: |
Dennis Choinere OCC (Advising); Kathryn Schrader, Muskegon (Tutoring); Deb Harris, Lansing (Library Services); Patti Davidson, West Shore (Orientation); Mike Wahl, MCCVLC; more panelists to come. |
| Capacity: | 36 |
| Room: | Computer Lab 511 |
| Description: |
Six brief presentations covering various topics for improving postsecondary education followed by Q&A. This project brings together college professionals in the collaborative design of high-quality online services: orientation for online learners, off-campus access to library resources, online academic advising, online tutoring, and access to test proctoring and help desk services. Team leaders will give an update on their progress. |
| Title: |
The Credentialing Model and Training Process for Online Faculty |
| Presenters: |
Bill Rugg and Mark Harris (Schoolcraft) |
| Capacity: | 60 |
| Room: | Student Lounge |
| Description: |
Schoolcraft College has developed a unique credentialing program for online faculty. This program is completing its first year, with regular updates and improvements being implemented based on feedback from the participants designed to be consistent with the Continuous Quality Improvement Plan of the college. This intensive 12-session program is broken into 3 modules, which offer training in "Usability," "Discovering and Evaluating Digital Instructional Resources," and "Scholarship in Teaching." The resulting program closely matches the needs of online instructors.
This session will present the rationale behind the program, a summary of the program sessions, and an overview of the delivery. Ample time will be provide for Q and A.
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| Title: |
Intermediate Educator Faculty Workshop |
| Presenter: |
Anne Forte, Walsh College |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | Computer Lab 515 |
| Description: |
Advanced hands-on overview of Educator CMS from a Faculty perspective. |
| Title: |
Pew Grant Course Redesign - Lessons Learned (repeat of AM presentation) |
| Presenter: |
Carolyn Jarmon, Ph.D. |
| Capacity: | 30 |
| Room: | 513 |
| Description: |
The Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is conducting a Program in Course Redesign with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The purpose of this institutional grant program is to encourage colleges and universities to redesign their instructional approaches using technology to achieve cost savings as well as quality enhancements. Redesign projects focus on large-enrollment, introductory courses, which have the potential of impacting significant student numbers and generating substantial cost savings. The Center has awarded $6 million in grants to thirty projects in three rounds of ten projects each.
The first round of redesign projects began in July 1999 and concluded in July 2001. The ten institutions and the courses they redesigned are:
- Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI): Sociology
- Penn State University: Elementary Statistics
- Rio Salado College: Mathematics
- University at Buffalo (UB): Computer Literacy
- University of Central Florida (UCF): American Government
- University of Colorado-Boulder (UC): Astronomy
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): Statistics
- University of Southern Maine (USM): Psychology
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW): Chemistry
- Virginia Tech: Linear Algebra
Round I was constructed as a pilot for the overall program. Rather than opening the program to a national competition, the Center staff selected representatives from twenty institutions that exhibited a high degree of readiness to develop proposals. Ten of the twenty institutions were selected to receive grants, and they began their redesign projects in fall 1999. Our intention was to teach the principles of redesign that the Center espouses to those institutions that we considered most "ready" and to work closely with them as they developed proposals. We believed that it was necessary to establish exemplars for future redesign efforts since higher education institutions have had little experience with redesign strategies that both improve quality and reduce cost.
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