EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Instructional Design

Using Video Streaming and Podcasting to Design Rich-Media Online Courses

drupal — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:16:30 -0600

This session will cover lessons learned and best practices for creating highly interactive, student-centered, rich-media online courses with customizable and mobile learning using Mediasite video streaming and video and audio podcasting. It will include a tour of a course Web site, 10 principles for good practice for innovative online education, and a course design toolkit.

Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts: Personal Authoring Technologies Enrich Communication and Expression for You and Your Students

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:33 -0600

Personal authoring technologies have made it easier than ever for instructors and students to contribute their thoughts, experiences, and opinions to a global discourse. In addition, these technologies provide a rich opportunity for instructors to focus their students' attention on discipline-specific questions related to a single course or topic.

This seminar will give attendees valuable "face time" with blogs, wikis, and podcasts in order to critically assess their instructional value and creative potential, as well as the IT infrastructure required to support them. We will demonstrate the numerous technologies UW-Madison is using, discuss the pedagogical application and assessment of these technologies, present an overview of IT support challenges, and provide hands-on experiences with the production of blogs, wikis, and podcasts. The seminar will conclude with a discussion of other personal authoring technologies emerging on the educational horizon.

HumaniTech: Bridging Divides, Building Collaborations

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:33 -0600

HumaniTech links humanities and technology by combining the perspectives and skills of faculty and staff from both humanities and campus-wide resources to work across disciplines and lines that often divide the research university: research/teaching, central/local control, faculty/staff, traditionalists/innovators. HumaniTech focuses on collaboration where IT is essential to these bridge-building efforts rather than a goal in itself.

Welcome to the Social: Effective Use of Podcasting for Freshman Classes

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:33 -0600

Many of the motivations for podcasting a class take on a different light when dealing with a freshman course at 8:00 a.m. The presentation will highlight a portable and easy-to-use podcasting implementation and address some of the unique challenges of using podcasting for a freshman class.

Digital Storytelling to Enhance Faculty Development in Universal Design for Learning

drupal — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:17 -0600

This presentation will demonstrate discipline-specific case studies to enhance faculty development in universal design for learning. We will highlight California State University's EnACT project, which supports learning for 10,000 CSU students with disabilities, and MERLOT ELIXR, a faculty development collaboration across state systems and campuses for developing cases and shared teaching resources.

Creating Engaging Multimedia Course Content Using a Database-Driven Template

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:37 -0500

This presentation will demonstrate the use of a modular-based template that allows faculty to create database-driven, media-rich content for their courses. The initial project for which the template was created, the Shelley Project: Victor as Virtuoso, will be presented, as well as two subsequent projects.

Models for Collaborative Online Learning: Pedagogy, Design, and Epistemology

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:41 -0500

This session will examine models for collaborative learning evidenced within the context of an online Master of Educational Technology program. This session will examine models of online learning from pedagogical and instructional design perspectives and consider the epistemological implications of collaborative spaces for learning and knowledge production.

El Dorado and the DC-3: Scaling Emerging Technologies

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:49 -0500

The University of Central Florida created a successful systematic faculty and course development model, but the very success of this activity has made it difficult to modify the model to allow for the incorporation of viable emerging technologies. Come see how UCF is overcoming this challenge.

Verbal Immediacy: Effective Online Interactions

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:48 -0500

This session will describe the results of a study investigating the effect of visual and verbal immediacy cues on interaction, motivation, and learning in an undergraduate course delivered completely online. Implications for instructional design and teaching in a technology-mediated learning environment will be described.

What Do Faculty Do with Technology, Anyway? Preparing for Tomorrow's Technology with Pedagogical Efficacy

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:46 -0500

Although most institutions provide support for faculty member use of technology, they may not know exactly how technology is being implemented in teaching and learning environments. This practical seminar will help institutions determine the current state of their faculty's technology use, illustrate emerging instructional technologies, and provide strategies to help instructional designers and faculty design pedagogically effective activities and applications for the next generation of learning tools and students.