Conference Schedule
Classrooms of the Future:
Critical reflections on technology
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

University of St. Thomas
Schulze Hall, Downtown Minneapolis

Bus and parking information is available.


8:00-8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast in Schulze Hall First Floor Atrium
8:30-9:30
Welcome from Sam Levy, VP and CIO Information Resources and Technologies and Opening Keynote: Dr Stephen Brookfield in Schulze Hall Auditorium
Tracks: social software online media assessment collaboration

online interaction

research

new pedagogies new pedagogies Conversations
Rooms:
All are in Schulze Hall unless otherwise noted
301 302 314 315 316 407 421 420 419
9:45-10:45 Maybe the Revolution Won't Be Televised- Teaching Social Software
Martyn

Mimicking Podcasting in Course Management Software (Blackboard and D2L)
Miltenoff & Schnellert

Using Technology to Facilitate University-Wide Assessment
Gort
Team building with virtual teams
Swenson
Building expertise @ a distance
Ballard & Schubring

A Model for Measuring Online Course Quality
Schramm &
Sax Mabbott

[PPT]

Using Lesson Study to find the benefits of using Technology in the classroom
Bogner

Teaching Media & Methods
McNamara

[PPT]

Instructor Prepared Electronic Materials in the Foreign Language Classroom
Schons
Conversations with the Keynote: Dr. Stephen Brookfield
11:00-12:00

Blackboard, Blog, and Wiki: Online collaboration for in-class engagement
Lesniaski

Automated Classroom Videostreaming Pilot Program at the U of Minnesota
Gregory & Knowles

[PPT]

From pencils to pixels: course evaluations go from online pilot to production
Krajewski

[PDF]

Effective Development and Use of Virtual e-Learning Teams
Fleishacker & Sturdivant

[PPT]

The Anatomy Bowl: Student Competition and Cooperation
Jensen

Improving Precepting Self-efficacy and Role Knowledge Using an On-line Educational Program
Parsons

From one-way to two-way: Promoting student engagement through asynchronous collaboration
Larson

[URL]

Developing and using visualizations in Earth Science classrooms
Kirkby & Morin
 
12:00-1:00
Lunch in Food for Thought Cafeteria
2nd Floor Atrium
1:00-2:00
Featured Presentations

Using Current Brain Research to Create Engaging Classrooms
Barbara Elvecrog

Schulze Hall 301

An Overview of Critical Pedagogy and Related Concepts: Review, resources, and pragmatic tips
Brown

[URL]

Schulze Hall 315

A Heideggerian Critique of Course Management Systems: Wikis as an Alternative
Aimee Houser

Schulze Hall 316

Croquet: a toolkit for building synthetic worlds
Mark McCahill

Schulze Hall 127

 

2:15-3:15

workshops 2:15-3:45

Wiki.workshop: Ideas, use, and creation of wikis for education
Hokanson
(workshop)

Opus Hall (MOH) 111

Using Captivate to train instructors to teach online using WebCT Vista
Saunders & Schnell

Schulze Hall 301

Electronic Persona: Social Cues and Interaction with Technology
Adrian
(workshop)
[PPT]

Opus Hall (MOH) 105

Life and Death of a Journalism Laptop Program
Risdon

[PPT]

Schulze Hall 302

Humanizing the Online Learning Experience
Ballard, Harkins & Tomsyck

Schulze Hall 314

Powering Practice:
Evaluating, Disseminating, and Supporting Best Practices of Online Teaching
Greenhow

Schulze Hall 316

So Many Tools, So Little Time
Mongan-Rallis & Shannon
[URL]

Schulze Hall 407

Teaching Introductory Astronomy On-Line Using Mediasite
Flower & Krey

Schulze Hall 420