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| Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:305 a.m. Session: Drawing Students Out: My Experience with Blogs and Wikis Publicly available Blog and Wiki sites were used in part of the course to enhance student learning and encourage student engagement by allowing students to individually reflect on the classroom work in a weekly blog, and in a term-long wiki group project. Student response to writing weekly blogs was overwhelmingly positive, and provided the instructor with information that could be used to make the classroom lecture more topical for te students. Presenters: Walter Siganga Location: Hickory Room |
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| Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Session: With the "Click" of a Finger: Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes Using Personal Response Systems (Clickers) In this interactive session, the presenters will demonstrate the use of Personal Response Systems (clickers) and Qwizdom Actionpoint (PowerPoint compatible) software. The facilitators will show how the use of clickers has increased energy levels in class while embedding valuable assessment techniques that enhance the students' and the instructor's assessment of learning. Presenters: Andrea Reaka, Craig Keigher, Cathy Santanello Location: Hackberry Room |
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| Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Session: Online Development Program for Nurse Managers Blackboard becomes a tool for professional development for nurse managers in a special program offered by the School of Nursing. Registered nurses from central and southern Illinois, who are nurse managers and those who aspire to such positions, can gain essential leadership and management skills through four courses (12 credit hours) taken in two semesters of online work and with minimal classroom time. Presenters: Karen Kelly, EdD, RN, CNAA, BC & Virginia Cruz, PhD, RN Location: Missouri Room |
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| Time: 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Session: Implementation of PDA Technology into an Undergraduate Curriculum Presenters will discuss a project incorporating handheld (PDA) technology into the clinical setting for undergraduate nursing students. Included will be a demonstration of PDA use as part of the curriculum, and a discussion of the technical and instructional support provided to students and faculty during the project. Presenters: Kathy Ketchum and Kathy Behm Location: Hickory Room |
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| Time: 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Session: Use of a Web-Based Video Lab Manual to Enhance Chemistry Experiments A web-based video lab manual of experiments has been introduced into chemistry laboratory courses at SIUE. While doing each experiment, students view brief video clips of chemical procedures on wireless laptop computers. The video lab manual enhances student learning and leads to higher success rates for experiments. Presenters: Eric J. Voss Location: Hackberry Room |
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| Time: 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Session: Laser Scanner Applications in the Construction Curriculum Laser scanners are used to rapidly generate detailed 3D models of the surrounding environment. The Construction Department is incorporating its laser scanner into its curriculum for topics such as building information modeling, computer applications in construction, and surveying. Presenters: Kerry Slattery and Chris Gordon Location: Missouri Room |
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| Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session: Keynote: "Syndicating Learning: Web 2.0 Connecting the Learning Community" This session will explore how RSS-enabled technologies such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts can easily be integrated into classes to add value to the Blackboard features. In addition, we'll look ahead to technologies expected to enter the mainstream of higher education in the next five years as outlined in the 2007 Horizon Report, released by the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Presenters: Prof. Raymond Schroeder Location: Mississippi - Illinois Room |
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| Time: 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Session: Horizon Wimba's Live Classroom in Blackboard This session will demonstrate Lovejoy Library's pilot use of Horizon Wimba's Live Classroom and Blackboard to provide synchronous, interactive, multimedia web-based instruction to distance learning students in the School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy. Presenters: Liz Delfert, Kathy Behm, Marj Baier, Bill Wuller Location: Hickory Room |
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| Time: 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Session: How to Use Blackboard to Effectively Teach Online Courses This session includes the basic Blackboard setup for pure online courses and important online pedagogical teaching strategies. Presenters: Yuliang Liu Location: Hackberry Room |
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| Time: 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Session: A Pedagogical Shift from Traditional Classroom to a Web-Enhanced Approach to Social Policy Education This session focuses on an improvement in course delivery, learning, and student engagement in social policy due to a pedagogical shift from a traditional lecture/question approach to social policy to the use of Blackboard Discussion Forums. Presenters: Roger E. Boyd, PhD, MSW Location: Missouri Room |
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| Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session: Use of Technology to Increase Critical Thinking and Content Learning in Education Students The presentation will highlight how Teacher Education students use the Blackboard discussion board and post project proposals via blog in order to reflect and demonstrate their learning of content knowledge. Presenters: Zsuzanna Szabo Location: Hickory Room |
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| Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session: Creating a Virtual Field Trip in Assistive Technology This session will present an overview of a virtual field trip created using Microsoft PowerPoint, Windows Movie Maker, and Adobe Photoshop. The virtual field trip allows students access to advanced technology without having to purchase the technology for demonstration in classes. Presenters: Victoria Groves Scott and Melissa Thomeczek Location: Hackberry Room |
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| Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session: Copyright Questions? Where to Find the Answers Copyright questions have never been easy to answer and today's rapid technology changes are making this process even more difficult. This session will focus on some places to start your search. Presenters: Charlotte Johnson and Regina McBride Location: Missouri Room |
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| Time: 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session: Portfolio Assessment in Instructional Design and Learning Technologies Program The benefits and pitfalls of portfolio assessment from a graduate student's perspective. Presenters: Frank Kusiak Location: Hickory Room |
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| Time: 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session: Digtal Storytelling: How Students Can Learn By Creating Digital Stories This session will demonstrate digital storytelling, and provide a brief introduction to some of the software tools that can be used to create digital stories. There will also be some discussion of how undergraduate students have created digital stories as part of their coursework. Presenters: Peter Theodore Location: Hackberry Room |
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| Time: 1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session: Constructivist Course Design: Student Centered Online Learning for Graduate Students This presentation highlights several features of the Blackboard platform utilizing a constructivist course design in a series of totally online courses for graduate students. The combination of technology and this course design demonstrates a creative, online learning environment that enhances student learning by facilitating student centered experiences and providing opportunities for sharing and applying knowledge learned. Presenters: Arleen Fearing and Marguerite Riley Location: Missouri Room |
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| Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Session: Teaching & Learning Via Podcasting & Astronomy Cast The use of podcasting as a tool for teaching and learning both inside and outside of the traditional classroom setting. Location: Hickory Room |
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