| Wednesday, November 07, 2007 |
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10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
CNN Studio Tour |
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1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Preconference Workshop I: You Can't Teach a Lab that Way! Or Can You? Adventures in Online Science Courses |
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Preconference Workshop II: The Tools of the Web 2.0 |
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Preconference Workshop III: Distance Learning Georgia Tech Style: Technology Tour |
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3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Preconference Break |
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6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Beyond the Institution Common Interest Dinner |
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Innovative Tools and Technology Common Interest Dinner |
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Institutional Policies and Practices Common Interest Dinner |
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Student Services Common Interest Dinner |
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Teaching and Learning Common Interest Dinner |
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| Thursday, November 08, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
First Timer's Breakfast |
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Old Friend's Breakfast |
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8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Notes from a Watchful Periphery: Presidents and Trustees in the Age of Learning |
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Opening Session: Making Good on the Promises |
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10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Creating a Cadre of Senior Leadership Champions for Online Learning |
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Out of this World: Virtual Learning Spaces |
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Practical Considerations for Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Online Classroom |
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Decision Academic: Using Student Services to Improve Recruitment, Retention and Graduation |
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Tired of Tests? Alternative Ideas for Monitoring Student Learning |
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Adjunct Faculty: From Recruitment to Retention |
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Innovative Student Services that Deliver Retention Results |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Preparing Students to Learn in the Online Environment |
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Course Design & Delivery: Emerging Tools to Help |
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Building Courses for Quality Educational Experiences |
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Next Generation Web Accessibility: Providing Solutions for System Change |
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Design for Student Success: Blended Learning Can Offer the Best of Both Worlds |
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Effectiveness, Efficiency, & Accountability |
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2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Myth Busters: The Truth about Time Requirements for Teaching Online |
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Social Software: The Gloves Are Off |
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E-Learning from the Corporate Perspective: Practice to Theory to Practice |
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Connect-ED for Mass Notification: Reach Your Entire Campus Community Using Text Messaging, Voice and Email in Just Minutes |
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A "Consumer Reports" for the Online Student |
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Managing for Innovation in Student Services |
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Astonish Me! Compelling Online Pedagogy |
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4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |
Opening Reception and Member Displays |
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| Friday, November 09, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
Four Year Institutions Caucus Breakfast |
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Two Year Caucus Breakfast |
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Private Institutions Caucus Breakfast |
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Governing / Coordinating Board Caucus Breakfast |
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Nonprofit Caucus Breakfast |
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9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Promoting a Global Learning Community through Open Courseware: A Roundtable Discussion about International Collaborations to Advance Open Courseware |
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The Once and Future LMS |
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Tools for Delivering Key Student Services to Online Learners |
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Adobe: Powering Engaging Learning Experiences |
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A New Accountability Model: Transparency by Design |
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Cashing in for E-Learning: What Works? |
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Reaching Out With Podcasts |
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New and Improved: A Tour of WCET's Updated Website |
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10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Connecting Student Reality to Online Coursework |
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Student Authentication: Do You Know Who is in Your Classroom? |
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Catching the Fast-Moving Online Learning Train |
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SMARTHINKING: How to Deliver Affordable Academic Support for All Students |
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Open Education Resources (OER): Present and Future |
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Open Source, Not Open Season |
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The Ins and Outs of Competency-Based Education |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Awards Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
How to be WOW'd |
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Mobility Means Never Having to Say You're Offline |
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Quality? Who Says? |
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Desire2Learn: Overview and Demonstration of Brand New Teaching and Learning Tools |
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Overcoming Challenges in a Virtual Environment |
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Reaching Out to Diverse Student Populations |
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Graduation Rates: Developing a Model for Non-Traditional Students |
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International Engagement through Online Learning |
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2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Without Borders: Managing Multi-Institution Collaborative Online Programs |
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A Need for Speed: Internet Bandwidth and Associated Computing Power |
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Models for Delivering Services using Web Conferencing |
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CUnet: Maximizing Your Internet Marketing Results |
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Fostering Authentic Discussions and Community in the Online Classroom |
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What's the WORST that Can Happen? |
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Dealing with Difficult Students |
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New and Improved: A Tour of WCET's Updated Website |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Friday Focus Session: Around the World: Technology Transforms Conventional Conceptions and Uses of Time |
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5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. |
Meeting of the 2007 and 2008 Conference Planning Committees |
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| Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
BofF Session: Plagiarism: Crime and Punishment |
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BofF Session: How to Form a Flock from Birds of a Different Feather. |
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BofF Session: Are you Being Served? |
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BofF Session: Shared Programs - It Really Can Be Win-Win |
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BofF Session: Developing a Collaborative eLearning Strategic Plan: Technology Centers, Community Colleges, Universities, Continuing Education, and Workforce Development |
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BofF Session: Setting Students for Success in Online classes: Is there Anything we can do? |
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BofF Session: Association for Biblical Higher Education |
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Birds of a Feather Breakfast |
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BofF Session: How to Breathe Life into Your Online Classroom |
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BofF Session: Opportunities for Online Consortia |
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BofF Session: Moving Courses Online: Are we Compromising Quality and Student Learning? |
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BofF Session: SecondLife : Will the Real John Smith Please Stand Up? |
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8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Streaming Along |
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Social Networking and Community Building in Today's World |
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Wimba: Pronto Me! IM & Voice Changing Online Communication across Blackboard & WebCT |
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Keeping the University Open Even if the Doors Close |
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Hey, What about Me?: Designing Online Courses that are ADA Compliant |
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Poster Session |
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Poster Session: Can a Computer Replace Human Scoring of Students' Free-Form Responses to Math Questions |
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Poster Session: Instructional Design and Systems Management Models for Hybrid Systems |
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Poster Session: Dotdoc to dotdot: Electronic portfolio prototype for assessing experiential learning |
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Poster Session: CALL: Reaching Out to Rural Students |
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Poster Session: Strategic Staff Development to Create Quality Online Courses |
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Poster Session: Online Survival Skills for Instructors |
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9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Protecting Our Country's Protectors: Distance Learning and the Military |
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Blogging, Live Audio and Asynch Text Discussion: A Winning Combination for Online Learning |
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Emergency Planning and Communication - Hype versus Reality |
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The Art of Facilitation: Teaching Faculty to Teach Online |
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Academic Analytics: Promise vs. Practice |
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11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
E-Learning and the Common Good |
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1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Bus Tour of Atlanta Sites |
