RECAP 2011 Schedule
Thursday, May 12th
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7:45am to 9:00am |
Registration/Breakfast
Anderson Hall |
9:15am to 9:45am |
Welcome
Anderson Hall Room 103 |
10:00am to 11:00am
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11:15am to 12:15pm
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12:30pm to 1:45pm |
Lunch
Sykes Ballroom
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1:45pm to 3:00pm |
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3:15pm to 4:15pm
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4:30pm to 5:30pm
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5:45pm to 8:00pm |
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Friday, May 13th
Please choose one session per time slot.
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7:45am to 8:45am |
Registration/Breakfast
Anderson Hall |
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9:00am to 10:00am
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10:15am to 11:15am
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11:30am to 12:30pm
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12:30pm to 1:30pm |
Lunch
Anderson Hall
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Learning in the Age of Social Media
Anderson Room 25
Kehinde Roberts, student
West Chester University
Technology can impact the classroom while increasing the interaction between students and professors. This presentation will focus on the rising costs of education and how technology can be applied to lower the cost for students and professors.
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Using Mediasite in Distance Education: My Experiences in West Chester University's MBA Program
Anderson Room 4
Paul Rotenberry
West Chester University
West Chester University's MBA program recently began offering online classes. Faculty members were able to choose among multiple options to create online versions of their courses. Together with D2L, I chose Mediasite as the main system for delivering lectures. Hear about my firsthand experiences recording lectures and administering the course!
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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Being in Synchronous Time: Using WimbaLive Classroom in D2L
Anderson Room 19
Vicki McGinley and Michelle Fisher
Learn how to plan engaging interactive synchronous sessions and get the most out of the WimbaLive Class tool in D2L! Hear about the successes and pitfalls of WimbaLive, as well as best practices for facilitating successful synchronous class sessions. Also included are live demonstrations of the tips and shared archives of previous WimbaLive sessions.
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Tweet, Friend, Subscribe, Like...the Social Media Evolution
Anderson Room 17
Melissa Nejbauer
West Chester University
Social media doesn't talk the same way as television, radio, or print media. Those media only communicate in one direction. Have you ever had a conversation with an ad on television? Not likely. The goal of social media is to engage and interact. Discover how students are using social media, how you can join in the conversation, new trends of social networking, how big business is taking advantage, plus how to integrate social media into your marketing strategy and university goals.
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Interactive Dance Workshop
Anderson Room 1
Van Stiefel and Liz Staruch
This presentation addresses the joys and trials of the first WCU Interactive Dance Workshop. The WCU Interactive Dance Workshop is built around two courses: Computer Music in the Department of Music Theory/Composition and Improvised Dance in the Department of Theater/Dance. Students in computer design, "composed instruments," which are informed by, or actually triggered by, the gesture of the dancers. Teams of composers and dancers work together to create a performance piece, while exploring a variety of electronic sensors and learn to map sensor data to sound/music in visually and aurally compelling ways. Professors Van Stiefel (computer music) and Liz Staruch (dance) co-teach and are joined by guest artists Miro Dance Theater of Philadelphia.
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D2L e-Portfoliio
Anderson Room 2
Cory Gaber
Desire 2 Learn
This session will dive into the world of e-portfolio, Open your think tank, and explore some of the common scenarios that have led universities to using D2L's e-portfolio.
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CORAL - Collaborative Online Research and Learning
Anderson Room 25
Thomas Treadwell
Students- Maura Falkowski, Tara Harvery, Emily Holt, Brittany Jones, Kimberly Lock, Ruby Montero, Ellen Moritz, JoshTaylor, Erin Wingfield
West Chester University
CORAL has collected data for nearly twenty years, finding empirical evidence for successful implementation of technology in classroom settings. This presentation will specifically focus on the effectiveness of video conferencing in aiding cross-campus collaborative teams in successfully completing projects, while maintaining high levels of trust and cohesion.
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Bored Online Students? Using New Technologies to Transform Self-Study into an Engaged Classroom
Anderson Room 17
Daniel Burdick
Edinboro University
Experienced online teachers can often feel that, even with discussion boards, small group work, and online chats, their online courses resemble self-study. Can the new technologies available through PASSHE such as Equella, lecture capture, social networking, twitter, and m-learning help us turn our online classrooms into something more?
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Reflections from Service-Learning
Anderson Room 19
Junko Yamamoto
Slippery Rock University
This study examines how pre-service teachers enrolled in an instructional technology class, applied the course content and concepts when they taught technology to youths or senior citizens in the community through a course-embedded service-learning project. This study also shows the matching patterns between the participants' reflection and the literature review.
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ISEEK Open Forum
Anderson Room 4
Adel Barimani, Richard Epstein, James Fabrey, Kimberly Slattery, Jared Brown
Students: Justin Huntington, Matthew Dunwoody, Julia Friscia
West Chester University
Come and learn more about the WCU's Internet Safety and Ethics Education and Knowledge Institute (ISEEK). You will get an opportunity to meet committee members, discuss the mission of the Institute in detail, review resources available on their website and hear about upcoming events.
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Collaborating on a Virtual WCU
Anderson Room 1
Robert Fletcher with Larysa Nadolny
West Chester University
The "Collaborating on a Virtual WCU" project brought together participants from three university constituencies to develop and implement a virtual West Chester University on Second Life, a well-known online community that has become the virtual home to many innovative academic institutions around the world. This session will provide a background on the Virtual WCU project, conduct a tour of the WCU Second Life island, reflect on the challenges of using virtual spaces in higher education, and hopefully allow participants to explore the space themselves.
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D2L Accessibility
Anderson Room 2
Sandra Earl
Desire 2 Learn
An open a discussion on the challenges of online accessibility, and an in depth overview of usability as it relates to D2L.
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Guest Speaker- Richard Guerry – IROC
"The Course to Digital Consciousness"
Sykes Theatre
Award winning, Richard Guerry, Executive Director of IROC2 (Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communications) will provide you with a greater awareness of negative, irresponsible, and malicious digital behaviors and trends – beyond the common issues of sexting, cyber bullying and sextortion – and the method to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of cyber –crime, bullying or digital exploration. Richard will also be available to answer your questions following the presentation.
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How not to get arrested, disgusted, or face those Sunday afternoon emails from a blind student who can't get the assignment.
Anderson Room 25
Martin Patwell and Michelle Fisher
West Chester University
This session is about web-based options and accessibility, while addressing the legal and pedagogical reasons for design planning with "all" students in mind.
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Panel Discussion: Resources of the Electronic Classroom: A Student Perspective
Anderson Room 103
Douglas McConatha- Moderator, Student Panel: Stephanie Broadbelt, George Davis, Maggie Harris, Trevor Hosterman, Kris Jackson, Mike Ogoe, Kehinde Roberts, Thad Toole
With all of today's advancements in educational technology it is now more important than ever for the academic community to embrace student perspectives. In many cases, if not most, students are much more familiar with current technology than are faculty. Understanding how students are adapting and reacting to technological shifts in the classroom is paramount in maximizing the effectiveness of new educational platforms as they emerge. In this discussion a panel of graduate and undergraduate students will explore and evaluate how their educational experience has changed, for better or worse, over their academic careers. Emphasis will be placed on what they view as both positive and negative trends in their use of educational technology.
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A Virtual Classroom Built Upon Social Network Sites
Anderson Room 19
Han Liu
Shippensburg University
Join this session to see a demonstration of how to use HootCourse to create a virtual classroom space that enables the instructor to deliver instruction wherever the students virtually are. Through this program, students also have the chance to share their learning and resources, while everyone in the virtual class has the opportunity to be a teacher. Practical examples and audience participation are guaranteed during this presentation!
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The Course to Digital Consciousness
Sykes Theatre
Richard Guerry
IROC
A chance to ask questions of Richard Guerry and an opportunity for further discussion of his presentation.
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Pilot of Online Tutoring Services with SMARTHINKING
Anderson Room 1
Gerardina Kenney
CourtneyLloyd, Devon Kehler- student
West Chester University
Through a Technology: Beyond Borders project, the LARC tested the use of online tutoring as a supplement to face-to-face tutoring during the 2010-2011 academic year. SMARTHINKING offered an online tutoring pilot package for high volume math and science courses. Come to this session to hear how the program and SMARTHINKING worked for the students at WCU!
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D2L e-Portfoliio
Anderson Room 2
Cory Gaber
Desire 2 Learn
This session will dive into the world of e-portfolio, Open your think tank, and explore some of the common scenarios that have led universities to using D2L's e-portfolio.
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Connecting Online Students with Online Library Resources
Anderson Room 25
Jane Hutton
Rachel McMullin
Are you teaching an online course? Libraries provide resources and services that allow your students (and you) to access materials from home or a mobile device. Learn about new online products (streaming videos, research guides, and e-books), and how librarians can help your Google-dependent students locate and use academic sources.
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Social Bookmarking 101 with Diigo
Anderson Room 17
Michele Mislevy, Karen Jogan
Albright College
Did you ever need access to websites you have saved but later realized that they are stored on a different computer? Forget about storing websites in your browser! "Take it to the cloud" and use Diigo. This session will show you the advantages of being social with your bookmarks.
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A Hands-On Workshop Using the iPad
Anderson Room 19
Chris Penny, David Bolton, Jordan Schugar, Doug McConatha
West Chester University
See demonstrations and explore some suggested ways to incorporate the Apple iPad (I and II) into your classroom activities and pedagogical approaches. This hands-on session will allow you to experiment with apps and ideas that are part of the WCU ESP trial, which is still underway.
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ISEEK Accomplishments
Richard Epstein
West Chester University
West Chester University has created a center devoted to teaching the larger community about Internet security and ethics. This presentation will discuss some of the accomplishments of ISEEK during the past year. It will also devote some time to the presenter's introduction on security and ethics courses at WCU. We need to spread information related to Internet security and ethics to a broader audience. Come to this session to learn more!
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Privacy and RFID Chips
Anderson Room 4
Ayesha Begum, student
West Chester University
What is RFID technology? Learn about the pervasive use of the technology in our lives today and its privacy implications. After analyzing the privacy and security risks of this technology, solutions we can apply to help benefit from RFID while protecting our privacy will be discussed.
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OMG Txt a Lbrn = Gr8
Anderson Room 1
Stephen Martin
West Chester University
This presentation will discuss the experiment conducted to reach out to a targeted student population with texting services to the Library Reference desk. The goal was to apply mobile technologies in new ways to connect resources to students who have short, scholarly resource questions. The study focused on the use of CREDO. Results of the study will discuss the test of mobile devices, operating system, promotion, literature review, alternatives and recommendations.
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D2L Accessibility
Anderson Room 2
Sandra Earl
Desire 2 Learn
This session will provide an open discussion about the challenges of online accessibility, and an in depth overview of usability as it relates to D2L.
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Speaker - Doug McConatha, Professor of Sociology at West Chester University
"A Future for Technology in Higher Education"
Sykes Ballroom
Dr. McConatha, is the 2007 recipient of the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award for his use of technology in the classroom and a founding director of a successful for profit venture in distance education operating since 1995. Dr. McConatha will discuss a future for technology in Higher Education by drawing upon his own experience as a researcher, academic and entrepreneur in the field of learning technologies. His corporate for-profit ventures have informed much of his use of technology in the classroom. He has devoted himself to improving the quality of the classroom experience through technology but is also well aware of the "down side" of these trends. His presentation will address the integration of the newest trends in technology into the world of the Academy and how this may affect students, professors, administrators, politicians and parents.
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Technology Beyond Borders Performance: Jazz Fusion Ensemble
Sykes Ballroom
Marc Jacoby
Students: Joshua Bailey, Ryan Connors, Steve Di Virgilio, Jordan Franko, Tyler Hutta
West Chester University
A Performance Ensemble Utilizing Electronic Instruments seeks to create a new ensemble at West Chester University, comprised entirely of electric and electronic instruments. This ensemble will provide a performance outlet for West Chester University students who are looking to expand their musical experience beyond the traditional ensembles found in the School of Music.
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Discover Quizzing in D2L
Anderson Room 25
Regina Bobak
Bloomsburg University
This session will explore Desire2Learn's quiz function by highlighting its strengths and weaknesses as an online assessment tool. You'll discover strategies that increase quiz effectiveness and efficiency, lessen academic dishonesty and simplify grading.
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Making Statistics Come Alive in a Web Based Course
Anderson Room 17
Mohamed Benbourenane
California University
Learning statistics for non-majors is already a challenging task in a traditional face to face format. The challenge becomes even greater when the course is taught on the web. We will discuss the use of existing teaching, assessment tools, and statistical software to make learning statistics in a web-based format less intimidating, more hands-on, and interactive. A comparison of student outcomes in a traditional face-to-face and a web-based business statistics course will be presented.
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Audio-Visual Response to Student Writing: Differences in Degree, Differences in Kind
Anderson Room 1
Jeff Sommers
West Chester University
This session will demonstrate the use of audio-video response to student writing and will report on classroom research that suggests such commentary differs not only in degree, being more expansive and in-depth than written commentary, but also in kind, promoting alternative kinds of responses.
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Clarifying Course Skills with Comprehension Strategies
Anderson Room 4
Karen Tyler
Edinboro University
This session is designed to encourage online educators in utilizing effective reading strategies within an electronic learning environment in an effort to clarify course content for students. Participants will explore various strategies to assist in text comprehension, including Google Docs, book clubs, interactive prompts and collaborative PowerPoints.
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iPad Panel Discussion
Anderson Room 19
Douglas McConatha, Chris Penny, Jordan Schugar, David Bolton
Faculty Pilot Participants: Jennifer Bunk, John Elmore, John Helion, Anne Herzog, Marc Jacoby, Jane Kenney, Evan Leach, Peter Loedel, Ellen Newcombe, Van Stiefel
West Chester University
The faculty members who have been using the iPad as part of an eReader study on the WCU campus will demonstrate the applications that they have discovered to be useful in the classroom and in their professional and academic roles. Apps that are not seen as useful will also be discussed. The panel will also present and discuss the findings from the year-long study that is concluding this month.
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Engaging Students in Blended/Hybrid Courses
Anderson Room 2
Lisa Dise
West Chester University
This session examines how to build a D2L course that invites students to engage in the online component of blended/hybrid courses. This session will also discuss the challenges of engaging students in these types of courses.
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How Does Anonymity in a Discussion Board Affect Student Responses to Issues Related to Diversity?
Anderson Room 25
Susan Curtin
Adrienne Dixon
Edinboro University
Students in an on-line graduate class and a face to face graduate class participated in an asynchronous, threaded discussion board using the anonymous feature of the Desire2Learn platform. Students then responded anonymously to an open ended survey. Results of the survey will be shared during the presentation.
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Creating a Hybrid Course for In-Service Teachers with D2L
Anderson Room 17
Cate Crosby
West Chester University
Recently there has been a campus-wide movement to increase the number of distance education courses offered at West Chester University. This presentation highlights the grant-funded development of a hybrid course for in-service teachers being designed through D2L. This session will also include a time for interacting with the presenter.
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Photography, Social Media, and Teaching Writing:Prezi Meets "The Family of Man"
Anderson Room 19
Kuhio Walters – West Chester University
Mary McDermott – Delaware County Community College
In this session, we will discuss teaching writing with digital photography, namely, Edward Steichen's "The Family of Man". How we use social media to help students investigate art, culture, and communicate in new ways will be addressed. This is a conventional presentation, but the Q&A asks attendees for best practices for teaching with images.
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No More PreDRevisEdiProofing!: Technology and the Writing Process
Anderson Room 2
Michelle Blake
West Chester University
Despite our efforts to teach the stages of the writing process, too many students lump those stages into one as, "PreDRevisEdiProofing," instead of concurrently drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. This session will explore ways to use technology to conquer this, helping students understand how the writing process is central to good thinking and writing.
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Using Social Networks in Education
Anderson Room 1
Mary Braz, Ola Kopacz, Phil Thompsen
West Chester University
This presentation will discuss the results of a study on the use of the iPod Touch Mobile Lab and ConnectYard social networking integrator. Both of these programs are implemented in the classroom to enhance the learning experience and student engagement outside the classroom. Broader implications for technology in the classroom will also be discussed.
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A Closer Look at Video Conferencing Solutions
Anderson Room 4
Paul Gargiulo – West Chester University
Shelley Gross-Gray – Shippensburg University
This session will showcase the various web conferencing technologies that increase student involvement. The Pros and Cons of products like MediaSite, Adobe Connect, Skype, and Wimba will be under the microscope as we identify solutions for face-to-face, hybrid and distance courses.
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Blended Learning: Finding the Right Blend of Face-to-Face and Online Instruction
Anderson Room 25
Jane Kenney, Ellen Newcombe
West Chester University
This focus of this presentation is on how the presenters fine-tuned a blended learning or hybrid delivery approach in a large section of an undergraduate education course across three semesters. Participants will be asked to share their experiences with blended instruction.
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Grading with Turnitin's Grademark on D2L
Anderson Room 17
Larry Udell
West Chester University
Find out how to grade papers and essays online in D2L, Blackboard, or any online learning management system that includes Turnitin. Grademark offers several advantages, including automatic return of graded papers to students and automatic recording of grades in the gradebook of D2L.
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Emerging Mobile Technologies and Video Over IP
Anderson Room 19
JT Singh, William McGrory, Yuki Yamamoto
West Chester University
This session showcases some of the latest mobile computing devices and the evolving role of mobile computing in education. We also look at an end-to-end IP Video system for delivering secure video which works across all platforms.
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Social Media as a Pedagogical Tool: Actual Assignments to Use
Anderson Room 4
Kanan Sawyer, Ola Kopacz, L. Meghan Pierce
West Chester University
Social media and the millennial generation allow our students to put thoughts, ideas, and images in a public forum, often without understanding the impact and utility of these tools. Come discover actual classroom assignments that allow instructors to meet pedagogical goals while demonstrating the potential of social media.
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Course Trailers
Anderson Room 1
Michael Boyle
West Chester University
A common question that students ask their advisor is, "What is course X about?" Wouldn't it be nice if advisors could point students to a web page where they could watch "course trailers", short informative/promotional web videos, to get a better idea about the nature of a course? This presentation will share sample trailers and discuss the process of creating course trailers using portable digital audio/video production suites.
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Effective Uses of Blogs and Wikis
Anderson Room 2
George Banks
West Chester University
Are you interested in advancing your class discussions through D2L? Thanks to CampusPack External Learning Tools as well as discussion boards, faculty members can now create class blogs and journals to engage students in discussion and self-reflection. In this session, you will learn the basics to setting up a blog or journal in your D2L course, and different ways in which others have utilized this tool.
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