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Full Day Event — May 14, 2012

Salons I & II, Student Commons, Monroe Campus

8:30 to 9:00am  Breakfast & Gathering

9:00 to 9:15am  Welcome — Dr. Beverly J. Warren, Provost

9:15 to 10:15  Keynote Speaker — Professor William Pelz

Technoheutagogy:  Creating an effective technology-enhanced, learner-directed online learning environment

10:15 to 12:00noon   1st Panel: Understanding Change: Making the Transition to  Teaching Online

Kia J. Bentley — Centrality of Social Presence in Online Teaching and Learning

Deborah Cowles — Courses Are Conversations

Marcus Messner — Teaching large lecture classes online: Reflections on engaging 200 students on Blackboard and Facebook

Jeff South — Online personas: Identity in the virtual classroom

12:00 to 1:00pm Lunch (provided for all registered participants)

1:00 to 3:00pm    2nd Panel: Effective Practice: Supporting Learning in the Online Environment

Jon Becker — Bringing a mashup of learning theories to bear on online learning: A critical reflection

Brendan Dwyer & Carrie LeCrom — Can you hear me now? Creating and maintaining an effective synchronous online learning environment

Mary Secret — Collaborative Learning in an Online Environment: Voices from Students

Deirdre Condit — Beyond “College in a Can”: Teaching with Integrity and the Problem of Online Academia

3:00 to 4:00   Closing Reflections     Terry Carter, Ed.D