Instructional Technology Conference

 

"Engaging the Learner "
12th Annual
Instructional Technology Conference
April 1-3, 2007

Middle Tennessee State University

:: Proceedings
:: Track Sessions
:: Advisory Committee
:: Call for Proposals
:: Featured Speakers
:: Dates/Deadlines
:: Conference Agenda
:: Pre-Conference Workshops
:: Poster Sessions
:: Workshops
:: Registration Form
:: Payment Information
:: Hotel Accommodations
:: Travel/Directions
:: Exhibit Information
:: Previous Conferences
:: MTSU Homepage

 


Sunday, April 1, 2007
Time Location Event Track Session Type
1:00-4:00 CONCURRENT Pre-Conference Workshops
1:00-4:00 LRC Lab A Creating Automated Software Tutorials with Freeware (Caudill)   Pre-Conference Workshop
1:00-4:00 LRC Lab B Creating and Sustaining a Podcasting Infrastructure Using Direct Digital Recording and Text-to-Speech Software (Janossy)   Pre-Conference Workshop
6:00-8:00 Doubletree Registration, Welcome Reception, and Entertainment    
 
Monday, April 2, 2007
Time Location Event Track Session Type
7:30-Noon KUC Lobby Registration    
7:30-8:15 KUC Lobby Continental Breakfast    
8:15-9:30 KUC Theatre Featured Speaker: Change: The Constant of Modern Times (George Strawn)    
9:30-9:50 KUC 315 Break    
9:50-Noon Concurrent Track Sessions
9:50-10:50 KUC Theatre Collaboratively Building Innovative Instruction: Bringing High Performance Computing and Visualization Services to the Classroom (Janz, Kinley, Simkowski) 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 318 What Are the Digital Natives Doing Before They Get to College? Or How They Have Been Engaged Learners (Bennett) 1 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 314 Podcasting with the Apple's Intel-Based MacBook Pro (Burcham, Mehlhorn, Smartt) 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 316 Blending Online and Face-to-Face: A Hybrid Model Assures Both Quality Learning and "Real World" High School Classroom Experiences (Thornthwaite) 1 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 313 Assessing the Technology Literacy of Mississippi's Future Teachers: Findings from the Past Three Years (Mann) 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC Theatre Learning from your Learners: Designing Formal and Informal Learning Spaces (Brandt, Braxton, Cattier) 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 318 Ethical and Social Issues of Online Courses (Thoms) 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 314 WebCT to Moodle: A Smooth Transition (Carlisle, Gibson) 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 316 iTunes U: Small College, Small Budget, Big Dreams - What We Did and Why We Did It and Did It Help? (Burgamy, Stanko) 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 313 When in Rome: Teaching 21st Century Students Using 21st Century Tools (Smith) 1 Presentation
9:50-Noon Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
9:50-Noon LRC Lab B Developing a Blackboard Mathematics Course Using Course Compass - MML (Hagewood) 3 Workshop
9:50-Noon TTC Making Your Classrooms Click: Using Student Response Systems in Today's Classrooms (Whittenberg) 1 Workshop
Noon-1:15 JUB Lunch - Tennessee Room    
1:15-2:15 Special Interest Session
1:15-2:15 KUC Theatre The Convergence of Space, Time, and Technology (Patrick, Valenti) 3 Presentation
1:15-2:15 Concurrent Track Sessions
1:15-2:15 KUC 318 Enhancing Learning by Using Multi-Media in Teaching Variation in Standard English (Albakry) 2 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 314 Using the Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS) to Create an Integrated Nursing Curriculum (Moore, Whitledge) 2 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 316 An Examination of the Effects of Blogging in the Teaching of Writing in the High School Classroom (Kush, Roth) 1 Presentation
1:15-2:15 KUC 313 Let's Knock Down Some Classroom Walls and Build a Web-Based Learning, Interactive Multicultural Environment Among our Online Students (Kuzat) 3 Presentation
2:15-2:35 KUC 315 Break    
2:35-4:45 Concurrent Track Sessions
2:35-3:35 KUC Theatre A Brave New World: Engaging Students in Virtual Environments (Booth, Dye) 1 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 318 Online Success Seminars: Supporting the Distance Learner (Lea, Nunaley, Sparkman) 3 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 314 Be a Quicker Clicker Picker...and a Better One, Too (Newton, Paige, Raburn) 3 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 316 Facilitating Effective Educational Gaming in Your SMART Classroom (Bonham) 2 Presentation
2:35-3:35 KUC 313 Integrating the Seven Principles for Good Practice into Online Teaching (Kontos) 2 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC Theatre Podcasting: Tips for Teaching Online (Maxwell, Petty) 2 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 318 Enhancing Student Learning Through the Use of Social Software: Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting (Chastain) 1 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 314 Growing the New Technopolis from the Local Sandbox: A New Media Curriculum (Bradley) 3 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 316 Predicting Success in the Online Environment (Vanderpool) 1 Presentation
3:45-4:45 KUC 313 Social Annotation with the Explicator Firefox Extension (Fentress) 2 Presentation
2:35-4:45 Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
2:35-4:45 LRC Lab B Moving Beyond the Talk: Let the Games Begin (Conger, Gikas) 1 Workshop
2:35-4:45 Honors College A Case Study in New Classroom Design - The Advanced Classroom Technologies Lab (Draude) 3 Workshop
2:35-4:45 TTC Educational Podcasting (Kerr) 2 Workshop
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Poster Sessions    
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Using Technology to Enhance Student Understanding: Experiences from the Tennessee Governor's School for the Agricultural Sciences (Burcham, Mehlhorn, Smartt)   Poster Session
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Changing Approaches to Instruction: Instructional Media and Multimedia Design at ISU (Moore, Simkowski)   Poster Session
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Explaining Online Collaboration Patterns: Reasons College Students Give for High and Low Participation Rates (Anderson)   Poster Session
6:00-7:00 Doubletree IT Perspectives of Faculty and Student in Graduate Education (Schneider, Thurmond)   Poster Session
6:00-7:00 Doubletree Webcasting at Belmont University School of Nursing (Buckner, Hallmark)   Poster Session
6:00-7:00 Doubletree The Process of Evaluating an Online Program (Penney)   Poster Session
7:00-9:00 Doubletree Featured Speaker: Digital Game-Based Learning and the Future of Education: It's Not Just the Digital Natives Who are Getting Restless (Richard Van Eck)    

Tuesday, April 3, 2007
  Location Event Track Session Type
7:30-8:15 KUC Lobby Continental Breakfast    
8:15-9:30 KUC Theatre Featured Speaker: Engaging the Learner by Designing New Spaces (Ron Bleed)    
9:30-9:50 KUC 315 Break    
9:50-Noon Concurrent Track Sessions
9:50-10:50 KUC Theatre Truly Anytime, Anyplace Learning - Mobile Computing (Caudill) 3 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 322 Adding Pizzazz to Online Courses: Ways to Engage Students in an Asynchronous Learning Environment (Hunnicutt, Morton) 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 318 The Virtual Music Classroom (Johnson) 2 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 314 Don't Make Me Collaborate! (Bailey, Penney) 1 Presentation
9:50-10:50 KUC 316 What Barriers Still Exist for IT Integration by Higher Education Faculty and What Strategies Could Dispel Them? (Brinthaupt, Clayton, Draude) 3 Panel Discussion
9:50-10:50 KUC 313 Are the Skills Employers Want the Skills Colleges Should Be Teaching? (Paige) 1 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC Theatre Results of Podcast/Learning Materials Integration on Student Performance in an Introductory Information Technology Course (Janossy) 1 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 322 Matching People, Processes and Products: Supporting Different Learner Characteristics and Preferences in an Online Environment (Terrell) 1 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 318 Reinforcing Classroom Materials Through Video Lectures on Demand (Burcham, B. Darroch, C. Darroch, Mehlhorn, Smartt) 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 314 Strategy for Excellence: The Online Course Review Process (Adams, Blankenbeckler, Cook, Henriksen) 2 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 316 Graduate Students and the ePortfolio: Practical Strategies for Successful Implementation (Harber, Speer) 3 Presentation
11:00-Noon KUC 313 Techniques to Promote Collaborative Learning Technology Innovations with Limited Resources (Merchant, Wairatpanij) 2 Presentation
9:50-Noon Workshops - Limited Seating - Please obtain ticket from registration desk
9:50-Noon Honors College A Case Study in New Classroom Design - The Advanced Classroom Technologies Lab (Smith) 3 Workshop
Noon-1:00 KUC Grill Lunch    
         

 

 

 


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Murfreesboro, TN 37132
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