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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Time Location Event Track Session Type
Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00-4:00 TTC Open Source ePortfolios and Blogs: How They Can Benefit You and Your Students (Steve Hyndman and June Hyndman) Preconference Workshop
6:00-8:00 Doubletree Registration, Welcome Reception, and Entertainment

Monday, March 30, 2009

Time Location Event Track Session Type
7:30-Noon KUC Lobby Registration
7:30-8:15 KUC Lobby Continental Breakfast
8:15-9:30 KUC Theatre Featured Speaker: From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Harnessing New Media for New Media Literacy (Michael Wesch)
9:30-9:50 KUC 315 Break
9:50-Noon Concurrent Track Sessions
9:50-10:50 KUC 318 Providing a Collaborative Learning Environment for Online Student Teams to Work with Corporate Partners (Phillips) Track 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 314 PeerSpace: A Social Networking Environment that Promotes Peer Learning Amongst College Students (Dong, Li, Untch) Track 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 316 Engaging Students in the Age of Interaction (Bingham, Cox) Track 3 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 313 Timesaving Tips for D2L Faculty (Smyth) Track 1 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 318 Government Education in Virtual Worlds (Green, Robinson) Track 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 314 Using Web 2.0 Tools to Create a Global Classroom Experience (Congor, Mims) Track 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 316 The Entrepreneurial Learner: How People Learn-to-Learn and Learn to Apply What They have Learned (Paige) Track 3 Presentation
11:00- Noon KUC 313 Using Alice to Create Animations and to Introduce Programming (Parker) Track 1 Presentation
9:50 - Noon Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
9:50 - Noon LRC Lab A New Media Education with Online Tools (Caudill, Noles) Track 2 Workshop
9:50 - Noon LRC Lab B Technology-Empowered Collaborative and Learning: A Tool Based Approach to Participatory Learning (Bothun) Track 3 Workshop
9:50 - Noon TTC Introduction to SmartDraw, A Presentation-Quality Graphic Creation Tool (Kerr) Track 1 Workshop
Noon-1:15 JUB Lunch - Tennessee Room
1:15-2:15 Concurrent Track Sessions
1:15-2:15 KUC 318 Using a Learning Management System to Facilitate Campus-Wide Discussions (S. Gray) Track 2 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 314 Train in Vain? The EduPunk Movement (Booth, Dye) Track 2 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 316 Collaborate, Engage, and Interact in Online Learning (Cowan, Gibson, Rich) Track 3 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 313 Moving Beyond Learning Objects - Video Interactive Learning Objects (Ahmad, Brown, Ley, Wiegand-Green) Track 1 Presentation
2:15-2:35 KUC 315 Break
2:35-4:45 Concurrent Track Sessions
2:35-3:35 KUC 318 Use Online Testing not for Testing but to Spur Assigned Reading and Discussion (Janossy) Track 3 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 314 Teaching and Learning as Textual Acts: Blogs, Dialogism, and the Practice of Writing (R.Gray) Track 2 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 316 Library iTour: Introducing the iPod Generation to the Academic Library (Caims, Carter) Track 1 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 313 Learning Space: Information Age is Out, Integration Age is In (Thoms) Track 1 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 318 Wikis, Bookmarks, and Blogs - Oh My! (Nicholson) Track 2 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 314 Faculty and Student Perception of a Hybrid Course Design (Carter, Carter, Mahan, Massello, Sitter) Track 1 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 316 Creating the Online Learning Environment: What Works and What Doesn't (Hoyer) Track 3 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 313 21st Century Videoconferencing
(Untch)		 Track 1 Presentation
2:35-4:45 Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
2:35-4:45 LRC Lab A RealeBooks - A Low Cost and Effective Way to Communicate with Students Both Online and in Person (Anderson) Track 1 Workshop
2:35-4:45 LRC Lab B Using Captivate for Software Demonstrations and Quiz Generation (H. Gray, Ouimette, Reese) Track 1 Workshop
2:35-4:45 TTC Instructional Design for Hybrid Course (Draude) Track 3 Workshop
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Poster Sessions
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Using an Online Learning Platform as an Advising Tool: A Pilor Test (Hemby) Poster
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Creating a Survey and Using it to Learn More About Your Students and Help Them Succeed in Your Class (Kontos) Poster
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Gender Differences in Student Perceptions of Effectiverness of Computer-Mediated-Communication Used for Collaboration (Donnell) Poster
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Faculty on Facebook: Confirm or Deny? (Sturgeon, Walker) Poster
7:00-9:00 Doubletree Featured Speaker: (Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins)

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Tuesday Location Event Track Session Type
7:30-8:15 KUC Lobby Continental Breakfast
8:15-9:30 KUC Theatre Featured Speaker: Accountability in Higher Education (Belle Wheelan)
9:30-9:50 KUC 315 Break
9:50-Noon Concurrent Track Sessions
9:50-10:50 KUC 318 Using Microsoft Flight Simulator X to Develop Decision-Making Skills in the Classroom (Beckman) Track 1 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 314 Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass: Adventures with Faculty in Social Media (Black, Nunaley) Track 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 316 Reinventing the Review: Using Wimba Classroom, SoftChalk, and Studymate as Exam Preparatory Tools( Grissom, Morton) Track 3 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 313 Confessions of an IT Poser:  Tools, Tricks, and Tips to Help Achieve Your Distance Education Goals (Daniels) Track 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 318 Using Digital Primary Sources in the Classroom and on Campus: The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program (Fry, Graham) Track 1 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 314 RSS Feeds and Mash-Ups: On the Way to Web 3.0 (Doll) Track 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 316 Tips for Successful Online Teaching (Kontos) Track 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 313 Web-Enhanced Lesson Frameworks for Elementary and Secondary Learners (Boulware) Track 3 Presentation
9:50-Noon Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
9:50-Noon LRC Lab B Wikis to Communicate (Marcus) Track 1 Workshop
9:50-Noon TTC Using Photoshop to Enhance Your Class: An Introduction (Niemiller & Cantrell) Track 1 Workshop
Noon-1:00 KUC Grill Lunch


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