J. Ana Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, University of Northern Iowa

COTF XI afternoon keynote panelist

Engaging the Online Learner: An Innovative Approach to Activity Driven E-Learning

This energetic workshop will offer specific ideas for developing activities that promote engaged learning. Participants will examine the phases of engagement for creating an effective online learning environment and discuss the adaptation and development of activities that match each phase. Examples of activities that can be adapted to fit various technology-enhanced instructional situations will be offered along with options for utilizing existing face-to-face strategies in online work. This session will encourage attendee participation and sharing of the group's experiences and best practices.

Sharon E. Smaldino, LD & Ruth G. Morgridge Endowed Chair in the College of Education, Northern Illinois University

COTF XI morning keynote

Integrating Technology: How to ASSURE Learning

This workshop is for faculty who wish to integrate technology into their teaching. They will examine a model to facilitate their planning process for integrating technology. Faculty will identify major challenges they face to integrating technology and will work as a group to develop solutions. (Participants are encouraged to bring course syllabi and examples of successful teaching materials and activities.)

C. Candace Chou, Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Instruction, University of St. Thomas

Multimedia Devlopment with eZediaQTI

Have you ever hoped to develop a multimedia project that includes text,graphic, audio, and video with a professional looking background without the knowledge of web authoring or html code? Have you attended several web authoring workshops and are still intimidated by the sophistication of these tools and not able to do much with them? Would you like to use a multimedia authoring program that allows you to drag and drop graphic and videos to any location of a Web page? Would you like to create a slide show that can run automatically on its own and allow interactive point-and-click at anytime? If your answers to all of the above questions are yes, this is the workshop for you. This workshop is designed to help those who want to put digital media into a QuickTime movie or web site without spending more than one hour in learning the tool and resources.

In this session, participants will learn how to use eZediaQTI's drag-and-drop technology to create online presentation, interactive movie, and web site. eZediaQTI is a new cross-platform multimedia authoring tool (and cheap $20 for educators) to create electronic portfolio, photo gallery, student project showcase, information kiosk, yearbook, and interactive instructional materials. To find out what eZediaQTI can do for educators, sign up for this workshop or check out the web site:
http://www.ezedia.com/products/eZediaQTI/showcase/

Aimee Houser, Instructional Technology Coordinator , College of St. Catherine

Tikiwiki in the Classroom

Course management systems now exist (Moodle, for one) that attempt to take more a pedagogical approach than a management approach. But the flexibility, seamlessness, and total experience an open source content management system (Tikiwiki) provides is a useful alternative for the instructor. It is not an easy program to get to know, however, so the program will also focus on how it works.

1. By nature of their development process and historical use, open source content management systems are not ready to use on an enterprise-level. But there are uses for the intrepid instructor who wants a total online solution for students to reflect, practice, and engage in a seamless way. Understanding Tikiwiki in this regard is the first goal.
   
2. As with most open source software, documentation on Tikiwiki's administration is not comprehensive what information exists is scattered or gleaned from forums. How to use and administer Tikiwiki is goal number two.

Melissa Luedtke, Assistant Professor in the School of Education, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Using technology to adapt coursework to diverse levels of learning

Technology is our friend as we look at adapting delivery of instruction and assessment to varied student ability levels. Through online instruction embedded in normal coursework, students can be shown both the “big picture” and the detailed steps necessary to complete a larger assignment or project. Faculty responses can be built into periodic checkpoints that offer students valuable feedback in a timely and individual fashion. The result? Final products show a higher level of student learning and accomplishment.

1. Participants will become familiar with a set of narrated PowerPoint online modules designed to improve course instruction through independent, user-friendly, course embedded assessment strategies and tools.
   
2. Participants will learn how to create narrated presentations to be used as a delivery tool for their own projects and assignments.
   

Cyndy Krey, Assistant Director for Academic Computing; Angela Stevermer, IT Support Intern; and Janet
Winsand, Academic Computing Consultant, College of St. Catherine

Technology Primer: What's Out There?

Join us for a "Technology Primer: What's Out There?" hands-on workshop offered by CSC's McGlynn Computer and Technology Center staff.

Topics and activities include the following classroom technology: using flash drives, creating PDFs, streaming powerpoints with Impatica, burning CDs & DVDs, creating audio clips, scanning text & graphics, using digital cameras (still, short clips, webcams, Zire72 PalmOne videos), and editing video with iMovie. We may even have time to test drive SonicFoundry's MediaSite webcasting setup. Our focus will be (as much as possible) on generic classroom technology--with an eye toward what may be out there on YOUR campus.

Fred Smiley, Professor of Education, Carthage College

PowerPoint as a Focal Point for Teachers

I am developing PowerPoint as a focus and operating point for students' and educators' needs including:

1. Portfolios
2. Activities and Games
3. Web Sites
4. Desktop Publishing

In this workshop you will learn how PowerPoint can become a more effective tool for educators and build a series of templates, documents, activities, and lessons for K-16 Special and General Education populations.