Back to Basics

Johnson-Curiskis & Luebke, J.

How to Organize Your Online Course. Suggestions for organizing both undergraduate and graduate level online courses, including lots of examples from courses taught by presenters.

Care to Moodle?

Cronn-Mills, Johnson-Curiskis & Sandmann

Overview and demonstration of the open source online course platform, Moodle.

Classroom Technology

Clay

Using the smart board, smart sympodium and wireless slates in the classroom-- basic uses and troubleshooting.

Enhancing Student Learning Through Digital Video

Lim, Kamphoff, Sexton & Mackey

Faculty who have successfully integrated digital video technology into the classroom to enhance teaching and student learning share their experiences, providing tips and examples of student projects and assignments. Specific requirements need to successfullly integrate digial video technology will be discussed and the session will conclude with open dialogue and Q&A. 

Five Cheap Things to Do with Video

Sandmann

Overview of five inexpensive ways to use video in the classroom for enhancing teaching and learning; using sreaming video in teaching and learning; demonstration of using the RCA Small Wonder video camera; and discussion of educational fair use policy as it's related to streaming video.

Free Web-Based Tools for Educational Use

Dahl

Identification and demonstration of selected free web-based tools for both online and face-to-face courses.

Future Issues in Technology and Education

Clay & Dahl

Roundtable discussion of future ideas and trends in technology and education.

Helping Faculty Avoid a Breach of Student Data

Veltsos

How to avoid disaster when using technology to keep track of grades, assignments, files, and email. Includes a review of how FERPA and MGDPA impact faculty and institutions responsible for guarding student data. Includes "The Rat-Pack Syndrome," "From Grade-Sheets to Spreadsheets" and "Student Data Everywhere (work, home, email, backups, and USB)".

Introduction to Keynote

Luebke, K.

Introduction to Keynote: Apple's PowerPoint. Demonstration followed by Q&A.

Matching Practice to Outcome

Drescher, Dursun, Feyissa & Tacheny

An Examination of Online Teaching from Multiple Perspectives-- students, interns and professor. Presentation of information from a research project that systematically examined the practice of online teaching to discover what works, what is challenging and the relationship between practices and outcomes. 

My Online Course Speaks to Every Student--Does Yours? Parts 1 & 2

Schneck, Snow, Jeffries, Henline & Anderson

Discussion of accessibility issues surrounding D2L (and/or other learning management systems). Part 1-Becoming aware of the various barriers to learning for many students in courses delivered with D2L and developing awareness of work arounds to these barriers. Part 2-Tips and tools for developing accessible curriculum materials.

Online Library Tools

Wyss

Introduction to reference data bases; literature search tools; online course materials reserves and other helpful online library resources. 

Online Tools for Active Learning - Parts 1 & 2

O'Meara, Arnold, Drescher & Haas

Demonstration and panel discussion of discussion in bulletin board postings vs. chats, setting up online peer review groups to discuss drafts in writing intensive courses, using wikis with second language learners, and the use of Adobe Connect and SitePal in an online, simulation-based course.

Online vs. Hybrid

Jacoby & Dunlap

Discussion of observations of differences in course design, implementationa and management between online and hybrid courses with first year students; and factors to consider when deciding to offer hybrid or online course delivery. Self-check questions included for those considering offering hybrid or online formats (particularly in undergraduate courses).