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Schedule at a Glance

Wednesday, November 01, 2006
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Preconference Workshop I: Achieving Quality
Preconference Workshop II: Making a Difference: Re-envisioning Student Services for Today's World
Preconference Workshop III: Networks Statewide and Beyond: Facing their Challenges, Expanding their Opportunities
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Beyond the Institution Common Interest Dinner
Emerging Technologies Common Interest Dinner
Faculty Focus Common Interest Dinner
Institutional Common Interest Dinner
International Common Interest Dinner
Student Focus Common Interest Dinner
 
Thursday, November 02, 2006
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. First Timer's Breakfast
Old Friends' Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Opening Session: A Wiki Wiki What?
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Distance Education: We're Melting, We're Melting!
A Social Authorship Model: Developing High-Quality Online Courses
Finding Creative Ways to Increase Retention and Success for Online Learners
Decision Academic: Student Services for Distance Learning
Step Away From the Keyboard: Experiential Learning at a Distance
Desire2Learn - Overview and Demonstration of Brand New Teaching and Learning Tools
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Thursday Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. The Right Tool for the Job: Technology Selection & Integration
SuperSize It: Engaging Students in LARGE Courses
Selecting and Training Adjunct Faculty for Online Instruction and Course Development
Rx for ADA Issues: Bring Your Problems!
Addressing Workplace Needs Via Online Education: Three States' Efforts
SMARTHINKING: Customer Service for Colleges: Offering AND Using Online Academic Support Services
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ePortfolios: Choosing and Implementing a Product that Meets Your Needs
The Power of Shifting Context: Becoming a Contextual Leader
Beyond Discussion: Community Building in the Classroom
Learning to Fly: Sharing our Worst Practices
Academic Support Services for Distance Learners
Next Gen E-Learning with Adobe Breeze: Individual Achievements, Enterprise Results
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Opening Reception and Member Displays
 
Friday, November 03, 2006
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Four-Year Institutions Caucus Breakfast
Two-Year Institutions Caucus Breakfast
Private Insitutions Caucus Breakfast
SHEEO/State Coordinating Caucus Breakfast
Nonprofit Caucus Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Walls Come Down, Walls Go Up: The State of Regulation of e-Learning in the US
Maximizing Your Internet Marketing Results
Supporting the First-Time Online Adult Learner
Energizing Faculty Development with Bells and Whistles
In-sourcing and Outsourcing Services - Win/Win
ConnectEd: Using Mass Notification for Recruiting, Retention, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. How Do You Know Who's There? Authentication Strategies for Distant Students
EduMetry - Rich-Feedback Grading for Learning: Student Success at West Hills College
Growing a Natural Resources Distance Learning Consortium
Accountability: The Latest (and Greatest) Challenge for Online Learning?
The Joy of Multimedia: Converging Technologies in Distance Learning
Visualization & Virtual Reality
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Awards Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Growth is Great - Managing It is Better!
Efficiency, Leverage, Leadership and Accountability
Improving Academic Quality through Peer Review Evaluation Systems
Non Academic Skills & Success: Can We Make a Difference for Students?
Web 2.0: Wikis, Blogs and Podcasting
WCET's WOW Awards: Innovations in Using Educational Technologies
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Moving Beyond the Innovators: Expanding the Use of Digital Resources in Undergraduate Education
What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?
Course Management Systems: Futures & Options
Forecasting the Future: The Academic Ecosystem in the Year 2020
E-Portfolios: Tools for Collaboration and Communication
WCET's WOW Awards: Innovations in Using Educational Technologies part 2
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday General Session: The Power to Know You're Making a Difference: Embracing Insight Initiatives
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Meeting of the 2006 & 2007 Planning Committees
 
Saturday, November 04, 2006
7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Collaboration between Higher Education and High School: Current Trends
Learning Assets: How Faculty Can Do It Together
Ensuring Quality Instruction in Online Classes
Games, Simulations, and Multimedia in E-Learning: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street?
Keeping Up With the Jones'
Online Classes and the ADA
Quality Matters to Faculty Development, Too!
Scalability of Online Courses: Let's Share Experiences
Securing Funding: Strategies for the Proposal Stage
Synchronous - Possibilities and Pitfalls
The Care and Feeding of Strategic Partnerships
Training and Support for Online Faculty: Online Of Course!
True or False? We Can Effectively Assess Online Learning
Who Should Create a "Consumer Reports" for the Online Student?
Web Resources: How Do You Help Students Evaluate Them?
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Helping Students Succeed in Cyberspace Classrooms
Utilizing Re-Usable Learning Objects in Building a Foundation for Online Programs
Digital Textbooks: A Model for the Future
Real World Tech: Emerging Technology in the Field
Exploring Non-Traditional Approaches to Degree Completion
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Course Exchange Modeling
In the Land of Whine or I Want my Money Back!
Social Computing Tools In Higher Education - Uses, Misuses, Abuses?
Aggregating the Aggregators
Student Services: Three Creative Outreach Efforts
The Spellings Report: What Does It Mean for Us?
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Closing Session: Under the Sea: Science in Real Time via the Internet
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