8:30-9:00
Breakfast
9:00-9:20
Welcome!
Dr. Jay Morgan
9:30-10:20
BlackBORED? Using Blackboard Shells for a Class Project
Dr. Frances Smith and Leanna McClure
Reduce paper and increase interest in a class project by allowing
students to modify their own Blackboard shell to complete the assignment.
10:30-11:20
The View From Our Seats: The Students Speak
Panel Members: Michelle Ford, Muteb Hammash, Anna Lamb, Nichole
Roblero, Ben Shelby, and Ashanti Wilson
Moderator: Dr. Sue Sroda
Teachers talk a lot about what they think makes great teaching and learning,
but what do students think? Come hear from our panel of students about
their perspectives.
11:30-12:20
Lunch: Birds of a Feather (reservations now closed)
Have lunch with your peers while gathering with those interested in similar
topics, such as "online education" or "e-textbooks."
12:30-1:20
Teaching in an Age of Change
Panel Members: Dr. Bertus Ferreira, Dr. James Hereford, Dr. Leigh
Johnson, Dr. Robert Valentine, Dr. Barbara Washington, Dr. Saihua Xia
Moderator: Dr. David Pizzo
We teach and learn in an environment of rapidly changing technology,
unnerving budget uncertainty, and an ever-changing student body. Come
hear Regents' Teaching Award winners talk about how their jobs and their
teaching approaches have changed in the last ten years and discuss what
they see happening ten years from now.
1:30-2:20
Engaging the Digital Student in the Digital Age
Dr. Gary Brockway
This presentation will explore the changing role of the student and the
instructor in providing educational content. A demonstration of integrated
interactive technology and the results of a pilot program using the new
technology will be presented.
2:30-3:20
I Heart Glogster
Greg Gierhart
Glogster is a Web 2.0 tool that allows users to create virtual posters
combining text, audio, video, images, and hyperlinks and to share the with
others electronically.
