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8:00 - 9:00

Pre-Symposium Workshops/Hands on Labs:

Hands on Lab #1: How to improve your course with media
(King Center #113)
Jeremy Fulbright, CU Online & Rob Korotky, eCollege

In his one hour hands-on seminar, quick and easy techniques for creating a slideshow with audio in your course management system will be demonstrated. Time permitting, Rob will demonstrate how to create video introductions and vignettes using a web cam. Please note this session will focus on a narrow section of multimedia solutions without going into great depth. Written materials will be provided for further study.

Hands on Lab #2: Using Tegrity to stream over the web
(Tivoli #320c)
(Tegrity is is a multimedia device for e-learning content creation and delivery via web streaming)
Tim McMahon, CU Online & Doris Kimbrough, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The capabilities of Tegrity software to record audio, video, whiteboard and PowerPoint presentations into a ‘web-ready’ and ‘streaming capable’ file will be demonstrated. Examples of recorded lectures and other archived recordings will be shown, along with the current recording of the Symposium session. A brief discussion on how Tegrity can be used at CU Denver will be held, with questions addressed at the end of the session.

9:00

Register & Refreshments

9:10 - 9:15

Welcome & Announcements
      Georgia Lesh-Laurie, Chancellor

9:15 - 10:15

Faculty Panel:
Sharing best practices, creative ideas, and reflections about teaching online: What I did right/wrong, and what I wish I had done.
John Byrd, The Business School
Mark Goalstone, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Doug Krause, College of Arts and Media
Tanya Settles, School of Public Affairs

In this opening session, CU Denver faculty will share their experiences and knowledge about teaching online.

10:30 - 11:30

Faculty demonstrations of course content and design.

Session One: Examples of Online, Hybrid, and Supplemental courses
Judy Coe, College of Arts and Media
Debbie Kellogg, the Business School
Diana Wheat, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

This presentation will include demonstrations of online and hybrid courses developed by CU Denver faculty. See how other faculty have developed their courses - get tips, new ideas, and questions answered.

Session Two: Technology Tools:
Camtasia Studio, Mike Mannino, the Business School

The presentation will show the usage of Camtasia Studio to develop software tutorials for Microsoft Access in an online database management course. Camtasia Studio supports desktop development of software tutorials and other instructional material. Camtasia Studio captures and synchronizes screen images, mouse movement, and voice. Camtasia Studio also generates streaming output of the media files that play at low bandwidth as well as higher bandwidth.
Respondus, Roxanne Byrne, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, &
Tim McMahon, CU Online

Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that
can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard or eCollege.
Assessments can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from
one eLearning system to another. This demonstration will include creating and uploading
exams into eCollege and into Blackboard.
Advanced Tools/Techniques for Online Content Development, Marty Tessmer, Jenn Light, & Scott Grabinger, CITT

The Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (formerly TLT) has developed online self-study training programs for CU's University Leadership Development Institute (ULDI). They will show examples from that work that use Macromedia tools and techniques for creating custom, online, instructional content.

11:45 - 1:00

(Lunch) Student Panel:

Everything you wanted to know from your students but never got the chance to ask. Will include prepared questions solicited from faculty, and Q&A from the audience.
Moderator: Jan Watson, CU Online

In this panel discussion, current online students will answer prepared questions solicited from faculty as well as take questions from the audience regarding their experiences with online learning.

1:15 - 2:15

Breakout sessions:

• Session #1: Beyond text: Instructional design and multimedia in online courses:
  Rob Korotky, eCollege
  
  In his afternoon session, Rob will discuss several topics having to do with the pedagogy of media in online courses. Effective and non-effective uses will be highlighted and discussed, and technical concerns will be answered in Q&A. During the discussion several forms of Rich Media will be showcased, including streaming technologies, slideshow solutions and interactive animation (Flash).
• Session #2: What’s new at eCollege?
  Brett Frazier & Scott Anderberg, eCollege
  
  In this session, product developers from eCollege will review the newest feature
  enhancements to the eCollege learning platform. They will share some "tips and tricks" to help online faculty make better use of the eCollege online tools. At this
  session eCollege staff will also solicit input from faculty on existing features they
  would like to see changed/enhanced, and new features they would like to see
  developed.
• Session #3: Tegrity (repeat of beginning workshop).
  
  The capabilities of Tegrity software to record audio, video, whiteboard and PowerPoint presentations into a ‘web-ready’ and ‘streaming capable’ file will be demonstrated. Examples of recorded lectures and other archived recordings will be shown, along with the current recording of the Symposium session. A brief discussion on how Tegrity can be used at CU Denver will be held, with questions addressed at the end of the session.
• Session #4: Network with peers, disciplinary meetings.

2:30 -3:20

Breakout Sessions:

• Session #1: What’s new at CU Online?
  Bob Tolsma, CU Online
  
  This session will provide an overview of what has happened at CU Online this past year and changes that are in store for 2003-2004. It will offer faculty an opportunity to tell us directly what you would like to see on our priority list. Topics include organization changes, updates on Blackboard and other technologies, and faculty support issues. A status update on our data-based decision making project and preliminary data on FCQs, course completion, rank of online faculty, and other findings will be shared.
• Session #2: What’s new at eCollege? (repeat of 1:15 session)
  
  See above for description.
• Session #3: Network with peers, disciplinary meetings

3:20 Wrap-up - Evaluation:


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