Conference Presentation Slides

Speakers at the WCET Annual Conference are invited to send their slides to Rachel Dammann to be posted on this site.  If there is not a speaker listed with a link, no slides were made available.

Wednesday, November 10, 2004
9:00 am- 5:50 pm

Preconference Symposium: Women, Leadership and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education

Agenda

Muriel Oaks

Hae Okimoto

Don Olcott

Pam Pease

Robbie Stell

1:00 pm-4:30 pm
Preconference Workshop I: All the Dumb Things You Were Afraid to Ask About Technology
 

Preconference Workshop II: Best Practices in Teaching Online

Kevin Lewis

Thursday, November 11, 2004

8:30 am-10:00 am

Opening Session: Distance Education, Increasing Opportunities

Jerry York

10:15 am-11:30 am

Design and Assessment: Impact on Students' Critical Thinking and Engagement

Gary Brown

 

Nomadic Technologies - Pervasive Applications and Resources for the Future

Sara Baber

 

Student Support/Tech Support - HelpDesks?

Susan Aldridge

Jill Stearns

 

Strengthening Library Support for Online Instruction

Terry Barksdale

Gordon Smith

Martin Konig-Bastiaan

  Corporate Session A: Colleges + PBS = Enhanced Learning
 

Showcase A: Retention, Completion & Student Success: Some Strategies

Farah Chase Dunn

11:45 am-1:00 pm

Around the World: Transcending Boundaries with E-Learning

Francisco Marmolejo

David Rich

1:15 pm-2:30 pm

Transitioning into the Digital Age - HDTV and More

Kris Freeland

Fred Hurst

Mary Beth Susman

 

Multi-Institutional Response to Online Student Services

Lori McNabb and Kristin Logan

 

Roadmap to Successful Transnational E-Learning

Maria Beebe

Matthew Mitchell

Neetha Ravjee

Henry Thairu

 

Managing Quality: Supporting Instruction and Scalability Despite Economic Duress

Mary Ellen Hrutka, Carol Lacey and George Self

  Corporate Session B: The Unified Digital Campus Realized
 

Showcase B: Technology Expenditures: Accounting for the Dollars

Tom Henderson

2:45 pm-4:00 pm

Increasing Access for Adult and E-Learners: A Strategy for All Regions?

Joe Watts

  The Journey of Assembling a Customized E-Learning Solution with Industry Partners
 

Distance Education and the Institution: Strategies on Making it into the Mainstream

Bill McCaughan

Don Norris

 

Research on Student Learning and Retention in Online Programs

Tom Peterman

 

Roundtable: Centralizing E-Learning Services at the State Level

Gary Langer and Lynette Olson

  Corporate Session C: Driving Strategic Outcomes with E-Learning: WebCT, Your Roadmap to Success
 

Showcase C: Faculty Issues: Assessment, Plagiarism & Learning Outcomes

Jeff Getchell

Friday, November 12, 2004

9:00 am-10:15 am

Accreditation Preparation: A Faculty Evaluation Model Based on WCET Best Practice Standards

Linda Passamaneck

 

Evaluating Distance Learning's Impact: Identifying Effective Models

Tatiana Bourlova

Barbara Keinath

 

Inter-Institutional Collaborations: How to Meet the Demand for High Quality, Cost-Effective, Online Programs

Nitza Hernandez and Sue Maes

 

From Portfolios to E-Portfolios

Trent Batson

Tom Lewis

Shelly Martin

 

Roundtable: Research Programs in E-Learning and Borderless Education

Svava Bjarnason

  Corporate Session D: Macromedia Education Solutions
 

Showcase D: Supporting Students: Orientation, Library Service, and Beyond

Terry Gaffney and Cindy Lawrence

Pam Weted

10:30 am-11:30 am

Expanding Your Course Offerings Effectively: The Case for Content Exchange

Stella Perez

 

Increasing Quality through Evaluation and Best Practices for Teaching Online

Jerry Christopherson

 

Statewide Networks - Common Issues, Different Solutions

Scott Horton, Rhoda Peer, and Sher Hruska

Mel Chastain and Hal Gardner

Sheri Prupis

  The Space Between Courses: Using Weblogs to Create E-Communities
 

Roundtable: Evolutions in Statewide Planning for eLearning

Kate Carey

 

WCET Pilot Project: AdjunctMatch

David Kendrich

  Corporate Session E: We Don't Make the Program. We Make the Program Better
 

Showcase E: Exploring Technology Applications: Some New Directions

Ritchie Boyd

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Academic Integrity and Digital Ethics

Kim Kelley

 

Alumni Survey Results from Distance vs. On-Campus Students: A Comparison

Janet Kendall

 

Services for Disabled Students: Challenges and Solutions at a Distance

Myk Garn

Janet McCann

 

Digital Learning Objects Repositories - Care and Feeding

Bruce Landon

  Corporate Session F: Supporting a High Quality E-Learning Experience
 

Showcase F: From the Classroom to E-Learning: Making the Transition

Gary Loving

2:15 pm-3:15 pm

Student Services Online: Lessons Learned from the WCET Audit Service

Pat Shea

 

Using Technology for Assessment Purposes

Lynette Krenelka

Karen Paulson

 

Distance Education Units: Why Are We Here?

Al Powell

  Mainstreaming Academic Technology: From "Ho-Hum" to "Ah-Hah!"
 

Cool Techniques for Engaging Learners

Jim Brazell

  Corporate Session G: Elluminate, Where Bright Ideas Meet
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Internet II -- Cool Applications and Intellectual Bandwidth
  Dealing with Diversity in Online Pedagogy
 

Accreditation and the Public Interest: A Dialogue

 

Roundtable: Acacia's Claims on Streaming Audio and Video: Patent Boom or Patent Bust?

Sharmila Basu Conger

Saturday, November 13, 2004

9:00 am-10:00 am

Virtual Learning for the Developing World

Asha Kanwar

Vivian Sinou

 

Overcoming the Challenges of Serving the Military Student: Local, National and International Perspectives

Linda Passamaneck

  Resources for Community Networking Applications of Universities and Colleges
 

EduTools: Practical Lessons in Selecting a Course and Learning Management System

Bruce Landon

  Corporate Session H: Dell University
 

Showcase H: Addressing the Future Now: Three Planning Approaches

Dennis Franz

Myk Garn

10:15 am-11:15 am

Clues to Improving Learning

Sallie Johnson

 

Faculty Adoption of Blended Learning

Sarah Donaldson

Renee Drabier

  Comparing Delivery Costs: Online vs. F2F
 

The Evolving Role of the College Telecourse Consortia

Laura Orsetti

 

Roundtable: ITALK - A Student View of Online Learning

David Cassiday

  Corporate Session I: CIDER
  Showcase I: Providing the Most Critical Student Services: Academic Advising

11:30 am-12:30 pm

Where is Higher Education Going and What is Pushing It?

Peter Smith

 

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