EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and E-Learning

Riding the 2.0 Wave (Successfully): A Strategy for Deploying Web 2.0 Technologies

drupal — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:18:51 -0600

Marist College's award-winning work with Web 2.0 applications has led to the development of an e-learning 2.0 strategy for the pedagogically based deployment of these technologies. We will present our strategy and lessons learned from recent implementations, including methodologies for controlling costs, enhancing learning, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

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.

Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:34 -0600

A challenge arises in making digital information and communication technologies accessible to indigenous communities. From digital preservation of cultural and historic artifacts to embedding culturally sensitive materials in academic courses, technology can become a double-edged sword: it can be deployed to obfuscate a critical analysis of how "communication" is understood as meaningful by First Nations themselves.

Online or Face-to-Face High-Enrollment Introductory Courses: What's the Right Blend?

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

This session will report on the results of an exploratory study meant to determine students' receptivity to a blended learning environment and its impact on academic performance. Unique was its focus on two sections of a large Introductory Psychology course (n=1,000), whose enrollees were mostly freshmen new to the university environment.

Defining the Digital Commons: Abstraction of Enterprise Services and Policies Through the Use of a Unified Web-Based User Interface

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

We discuss a methodology for abstracting enterprise services and the policies that dictate them through the use of a Web-based user interface. This establishes a unified tool for publication, storage, and recovery of files that streamlines training and support costs, facilitates innovation, and promotes the continued evolution of enterprise-level solutions.

Improving Distributed Education Through Research: Three Studies of E-Pedagogy

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

The demand for quality, effective online teaching environments is growing. Using three research studies (on social presence in distance learning, threaded discussion, and student technology usage), Academic Outreach proposed synchronous and asynchronous educational strategies to faculty and students in distributed/blended learning environments. Don't miss this opportunity to hear our results.

Intersecting Learner Characteristics and Technology Capabilities: Survey Development and Validation

drupal — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:19 -0600

This session will discuss the methods and preliminary results of the first and second steps of a three-step process for assessing a survey's validity. The survey of interest was designed to expand on McVay (2000, 2001) and Bernard et al. (2004), as well as examine learner characteristics and technology capabilities of online students.

Let's Get Visual! Integrating Concept Maps, Rich Media, Social Software, and the LMS into Teaching and Learning

drupal — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:56:46 -0500

Today’s students favor visuals and social computing tools, while instructors want to foster the development of deep, expert knowledge. Using concept maps connects student desires and instructor objectives. INHOLLAND University of Professional Education and the University of British Columbia have innovatively linked concept maps, rich media, and Web-based content.

At INHOLLAND University students learn in a visual and social online environment, using concept maps to engage in argumentation, writing, reflection, and brainstorming. Combinations of concept maps and rich media with a learning management system, wikis, and blogs help students create a unique yet structured viewpoint that retains a bird’s-eye view of complex ideas and concepts.

Instructors and staff from INHOLLAND, SURFdiensten, and UBC will discuss the process of choosing, implementing, and piloting a new concept mapping tool; demonstrate 10-plus practices and templates; and present tools in a hands-on manner.

Authentic Tasks and Assessments: The Keys to Effective E-Learning in Higher Education

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

Successful higher education e-learning environments exemplify clear alignment among seven factors: objectives, content, instructional design, learner tasks, instructor roles, technological affordances, and assessment. Objectives and assessment are commonly misaligned, but misalignments can be addressed using instructional designs focused on authentic tasks and assessments.

Creating an Online Course Development Process

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:34 -0500

Tacoma Community College has created an online course development process. The process is designed to support faculty by providing a clear timeline for course development, a discussion of what kind of training faculty will need to develop and teach online courses, the kind of support faculty will need, and online course development rubrics for quality assurance and peer review.