8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Pre-Symposium Quick Start Sessions:
- Session 1: Premier Elements
A quick introduction to using Premier Elements to edit video for online courses.
Brian Yuhnke , Academic Technology & Extended Learning
- Session 2: Photoshop Elements
A quick introduction to using Photoshop Elements to create graphics for online courses.
Adam Swietek & Jeremy Fulbright, Academic Technology & Extended
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Registration and Refreshments
9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Opening Remarks & Intro Video
Bob Tolsma, Academic Technology & Extended Learning
9:50 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Breakout / Concurrent Sessions:
Session 1: Top 10 ways to enhance your on-campus course with technology - using Blackboard
Teaching on campus, but curious about supplementing with a 24/7 area for students? Encourage a network of collaboration outside of class, by adding this virtual tool to the roster. This session covers the top techniques for using Blackboard to supplement your classroom teaching, saving you time and improving the learning for students.
Tim McMahon, Academic Technology & Extended Learning
Session 2: Top 10 ways to enhance your course with digital photography
Getting visuals into your online course is no more difficult that using your digital camera. Capture complex diagrams from a whiteboard, illustrate examples by showing pictures, and even create clipart with a standard digital camera.
James Wentworth, College of Arts & Media
Travis Chillemi, Center for Innovations in Teaching & Technology
Session 3: Top 10 student rants and raves
This student panel will relate their top 10 likes and dislikes from online courses. Get an unbiased look at online learning from the student’s perspective.
Moderator: Judith Coe, College of Arts and Media
10:55 a.m. - 11:50 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Multimedia Tool Demos
SSee demonstrations of the new Portable Tegrity system, Visual Communicator, and Macromedia's Captivate - tools you can use to quickly and easily add multimedia into your course.
Tim McMahon & Brian Yuhnke , Academic Technology & Extended Learning
Katica Jacob, Center for Innovations in Teaching & Technology
Session 2: Top ten ways to discourage cheating
How do you encourage academic honesty in an online course? This session shows you the simple techniques to help deal with issues of dishonesty.
Tom Cyr, Cooperative Assessment Project, CU System
Session 3: Top 10 free digital research and media resources for faculty
Do you wish you had time to explore the best resources for your online classes and your own research? Now, you've got time. Library faculty will offer you 10 routes for finding resources and media that will peak your students' interests. This session will include both how to find and use ever changing tools, and what to do if you're faced with limitations.
Gayle Bradbeer, Lorrie Evans Linda Tietjen, Auraria Library
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch and Keynote
"Distance Education is Disappearing"
From its marginalized and often vilified beginnings, distance learning is practically mainstream now, particularly to younger generations who have never lived in a world without it. The latest, greatest communication technologies are so pervasive that they become assumed and unremarkable, while their cultural disruptiveness is profoundly changing our learning, working and living.
Mary Beth Susman, Director of Education at Rocky Mountain PBS
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Top 10 ways to put personality in your courses
How can you light up an impersonal online environment with a human touch? These tips will show you how to bring personality online.
Jennifer Wade, School of Public Affairs
Session 2: Top 10 technologies to watch
As the old saying goes, "The only constant is change." How are technological changes affecting the learning landscape? What new tools are on the horizon that might change the way you teach? This session tries to look over the technology horizon and take a peek into the future.
Brian Yuhnke , Academic Technology & Extended Learning
Session 3: Top 10 Time saving tips teaching online
Learn easy and effective techniques for saving time in online courses. These quick tips will show you how to manage your courses more effectively and decrease your workload during the semester.
Joanna Dunlap, School of Education
2:35 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Closing Session
What's on the (near) Horizon. or should be.
We all know that in technology the future is soon upon us, and you might wonder what's on the horizon at CU Online? What's next on our technology roadmap for you to try out? What's our game plan for online courses and programs? See and hear what we've been up to, join in Q and A, give your advice and tell us (gently) what we should be doing. and where you'd like to help.
Bob Tolsma, Academic Technology & Extended Learning
And if you've lasted this long, turn in your evaluation and join us for the big prize giveaways!!!
