EDUCAUSE | Collaboration, Presentations/Speeches, and Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences

Inspiring Innovative Teaching Ideas Through the E-Teaching Collaborative

drupal — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:54:54 -0600

The E-Teaching Collaborative is an innovative, interdisciplinary team that provides faculty with one-stop access to support in electronic learning resources, technological tools, and educational methodology. This session will feature an interactive discussion of the ETC's collaborative processes and the unique technological solutions employed by the team.

The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges, 2009

drupal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:12:52 -0600

This fall, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative invites you to embark on a journey to map the top challenges in teaching and learning with technology. Attend this interactive session to learn from a panel of community experts about some of the top challenges on their campuses. Then, weigh in on the discussion, joining your peers in a high-energy brainstorming session to help develop a community inventory. Youll also have an opportunity to explore how you can contribute as we inaugurate this project centered on community engagement and sharing.

Research1: Developing an Online Community for the Sharing of Research

drupal — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:56:37 -0600

Research1 is an online community that allows researchers to collaborate with peers, share their work, and interact with the general public through project-related digital media, blogs, and forums. The presenter will describe the platform and invite members of the global research community to become involved in the initiative.

Asynchronous Synchronicity: Assuaging the Hordes!

drupal — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:19:10 -0600

In 2007, the University of Tennessee expanded its use of synchronous collaboration software beyond distance education to enhance on-campus classes. This presentation will detail actual classroom uses of the tool and outline how we implemented a plan for growth that included developing asynchronous online faculty training and modifying user support.

Wagnerpedia: Civic Engagement in a Web 2.0 Environment

drupal — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:38:52 -0600

Wagnerpedia is a dynamic public campus-wide workspace that offers students, faculty, staff, and the community at large a place to create ongoing collaborative content. This presentation will examine how the cohesive quality of Web 2.0 technology can be used to connect a college with its community.

Sustainable Faculty Technology Development to Facilitate a New University Culture

drupal — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:22:56 -0500

The Faculty Technology Integration Institute is the result of an interdepartmental collaboration to provide meaningful faculty development opportunities and sustainable innovation. This presentation will provide the results of case study research on the impact of this program on campus-wide change efforts at the University of South Florida Lakeland campus.
Additional contributor: Rosa Walsh, Faculty Services Administrator, University of South Florida

Engineering a Public Affairs Project

drupal — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:38:59 -0600

This session will describe a collaboration between two very different academic disciplines at Princeton University, the University Channel and CoBlitz, to deliver recordings of public events in academia to millions. The partners describe how a group of public policy schools teamed up with an engineering consortium to create this unique multimedia project.

A Collaborative Codesign Approach for Student-Centric Learning Commons

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

Since 2003, an interdisciplinary team of Swedish, Australian, and American researchers has developed and tested inclusive, transferable processes for collaborative planning and iterative assessment of learning commons initiatives. This session will illustrate essential process, outcome, and philosophy elements for producing student-generated insights on (re)design of campus learning spaces.

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.

An Initiative to Share Digital Repository Services for Liberal Arts Colleges

drupal — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:04:18 -0600

In January 2007, 13 geographically separated liberal arts colleges joined with the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) and the Longsight Group on an initiative for shared, managed, institutional repository services. The resulting collaboration promises to dramatically lower the barrier for entry into an emerging technology for smaller colleges.

Collaborators at the Gates of Troy: Extending E-Services at USC

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

This session will describe and explain the policy, practices, and technologies implemented at the University of Southern California to allow the extension of electronic services for learning, research, and collaboration to guests and colleagues at other higher education institutions.

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.

From Information Literacy to Scholarly Identity: Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Social Bookmarking

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:39 -0500

Collaborative research teaches students critical knowledge management skills, whether they are undergraduates learning the basics of Web research or advanced scholars defining their own knowledge domains. Faculty need practical examples and strategies to initiate social bookmarking activities. Case studies demonstrate how this has been accomplished in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Using Wikipedia to Reenvision the Term Paper

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:39 -0500

The structure of the traditional term paper can limit its educational value. To make the assignment more meaningful, students published their papers in Wikipedia. This session will examine how publishing for a large online community motivated students to do better work and deal with issues of voice, knowledge, and community.

A Collaborative Approach to Building Enterprise Portals: Perspectives from Coast to Coast

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

Nearly 100 institutions are working collaboratively to develop enterprise Web portals. Representatives from Merced College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Temple University, and University of Montana will discuss the consortium, its successes, and lessons learned in their attempt to implement enterprise portals at an affordable price.

Developing Collaborative Project Managers in IT

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

Hosted by UConn's IT PM Office and at least one other institution, we will share how to develop collaborative IT project managers. We will focus on changing from a traditional organization of technical project managers to an organization with well-rounded project managers who have additional leadership, administrative, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

Informal Team Collaboration: Forces Driving Advanced Learning Space Design

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

Net Generation students are here, laptops in hand, ready for wireless, multitasking. How do we accommodate them? We will focus on informal learning spaces and team collaboration, exploring issues, proposed solutions, and implementation considerations. We will look at, and demonstrate a solution from, research on ubiquitous computing and human-computer interaction to provide students with shared workspaces for team collaboration. We will also share the results of experiments and assessment efforts coordinated across several institutions including MIT and the University of Washington.

Achieving the Impossible Through Partnerships and Alliances

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:45 -0500

Partnerships and alliances leverage the talents of many to accomplish an important goal not otherwise achievable, or not achievable in a cost-effective way. Their formation and ongoing support, however, can be time-consuming, costly, and risky. This seminar will cover critical success factors in building successful partnerships and alliances and will present numerous case studies of such collaborations within higher education. Group exercises will be used to analyze the potential for success of collaborations under consideration and define strategies to reenergize existing ones. Participants are encouraged to bring specific cases on which they would like input.

Institutions as Allies in the Security Challenge

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:33 -0600

The Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing and Networking is proving that by banding together to leverage field-proven security practices, experienced operational staff, and the latest cybersecurity research, institutions can greatly strengthen their security programs. Learn about the benefits of this award-winning, state-wide approach and how to find your own allies.
WINNER: 2005 EDUCAUSE Award for Excellence in Information Technology Solutions.

Building a Collaborative Digital Preservation Network

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:32 -0600

This presentation will feature co-principal investigators of The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture as well as a representative of the Library of Congress. They will discuss the Library of Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and the first year (2004-2005) of the MetaArchive Collaborative Digital Preservation Network, which was formed under the auspices of the congressionally mandated NDIIPP program.

Sharing Learning Designs: Building the LAMS Community Web Site

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:30 -0600

Learning designs or "learning activity sequences" represent flows of collaborative activities that are authored and run by teachers. The Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) is an open-source system that allows easy creation and sharing of sequences. This presentation will describe implementation of the global community sharing Web site for LAMS sequences.

Providing Distance Learning with New Tools for the VT/WFU Biomedical Engineering and Science School

drupal — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:34:30 -0600

Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University School of Medicine collaborated to provide a state-of-the-art distance learning environment for the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences. This presentation will address students using multiple types of instructional technologies, network infrastructure solutions, and lessons learned in support of a joint degree program.

Collaboration at New Heights

drupal — Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:52:04 -0500

Providing support for teaching and learning in a decentralized environment is like scaling Mount Everest. At the University of Montana, a team was assembled to ascend the faculty development challenge equipped with collaboration, communication, and cooperation. From the current altitude, we see a landscape of high-quality faculty training and support.

Reaching Critical Mass: Liberal Arts Colleges Collaborating on Instructional Technology

drupal — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:00:29 -0500

Liberal arts colleges in the Midwest collaborate on technology for teaching through the Midwest Instructional Technology Center's integrated array of programs. MITC staff and representatives from member campuses who work together to develop joint projects and strengthen interinstitutional communities will show how the programs offer professional development for faculty members, technologists, and librarians.

2004 Annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE Update

drupal — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:57:34 -0500

Over the next few years, many campus IT organizations will be responding to accumulated unmet needs caused by the bust in public higher education funding. Making the college or university a truly real-time enterprise--fusing business and academic processes--will be the guiding ambition, and new tools for integration and collaboration will be the building blocks.

When E-Learning Goes Enterprise Wide

drupal — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:01:20 -0500

As e-learning at UBC has shifted from pilot to enterprise practice, an unprecedented need for ongoing communication and collaboration among disparate academic and administrative units and people was created. This presentation will discuss funding, organizational, and policy issues that have arisen, with emphasis on decentralized collaborative activity.

Plug into Learning: Advanced Broadband-Enabled Learning

drupal — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 16:01:10 -0600

The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning project brings together teachers, faculty, and students with researchers and developers from the private and public sectors to develop innovative next-generation educational models. This session will describe the project, highlighting interactive, adaptable learning models, dissemination of e-learning expertise, and sustainable interjurisdictional and interinstitutional collaboration.

A Collaborative Process-Oriented Approach to Online Course Development

drupal — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 15:44:27 -0600

New Mexico State University's Teaching Academy, in partnership with the Regional Educational Technology Assistance Program, provides distance education professional development for K-12 and university faculty. This presentation will describe the multistage collaborative process with a learner-centered approach used to create the Web-based Facilitating Online Teaching and Learning WebCT/Centra course.

The Central Florida Memory Project: Collaboration and Digitization

drupal — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:52:35 -0500

The Central Florida Memory digitization project is the result of a unique collaboration between the Orange County Regional History Center, the Orange County Library System, and the University of Central Florida Library. This partnership developed a Web site that presents selected digitized source materials from the three collections on the history of Central Florida.

Putting the "We" in "We Are Penn State!"

drupal — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:58:42 -0500

In 1994 Penn State University appointed a team to develop an interactive advising system to supplement student/adviser relationships. Over the years this initiative has evolved into a comprehensive, Web-based application called eLion (elion.psu.edu). This session will review how Penn State embraces a collaborative teamwork environment, which has been the key to eLion's success.

NITLE Progress Report: Building Collaborative Programs for Liberal Arts Colleges

drupal — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:18:49 -0500

NITLE comprises three regional centers and a coordinating organization for 80 national liberal arts colleges that are seeking to effectively use technology to enhance teaching, learning, scholarship, and information management. Presenters will discuss the best practices NITLE has developed for building interinstitutional collaborations in instructional technology.

Making IT Work: Enabling Collaboration Among Diverse University Faculty and Staff

drupal — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:50:47 -0500

Collaborations for bridging diverse universities with IT are filled with pitfalls. Presenters will describe human aspects of a project enabling student and faculty collaboration and discussion using teleconferencing, courseware, and online modules across majority and minority institutions. Problems are associated with cross-functional, cross-locational, and cross-cultural teams including staff and faculty.

Multicampus, High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for Research Support

drupal — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:48:54 -0600

The University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium is being developed to facilitate intercampus communication and bioinformatics research collaborations across the four campuses of the University of Missouri System. This presentation will discuss the background, strategic planning, and implementation of a high-performance computational infrastructure shared across a multicampus environment.

Statewide Collaboration Moves Pre-K-12 Learning into 21st Century

drupal — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:30:00 -0500

The state of Iowa continues its strong commitment to ensure that all Iowa residents have equal access to educational resources. The latest effort is a collaboration of educational entities of all kinds to build a 21st-century learning infrastructure. Presenters will discuss the project and the challenges they faced.

Lowering the Technology Barrier: Assigning Collaborative Web Projects

drupal — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:47:14 -0500

Six years of developing and evaluating course Web projects have produced a model for student-centered learning that is enhanced by technology without requiring advanced technical skills by either students or instructors. The underlying principles and factors for success for this approach will be discussed. Practical guidelines and support materials for the approach will be distributed.

Extreme Programming: Collaboration for Maximum Impact in Minimum Time

drupal — Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:02:45 -0500

Dartmouth College and University of Richmond will discuss experiences of client/vendor collaboration in the development of CollegeNet's R25 v3.0 event scheduling application. Presenters will highlight the benefits to their institutions and discuss extreme programming as a project methodology for improving client services, reducing development resources, and maximizing project success.

The Challenges of a Collaborative Degree Initiative

drupal — Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:36:47 -0500

Collaboration is today's buzzword when creating course content or delivering degrees at a distance. Four institutions have worked nearly two years on a cooperative applied arts associate's degree. Attendees of this session will learn how hard collaboration can be, where most of the barriers lie, and what strategies are required to be successful collaborators.

Curricular Collaboration with Technology

drupal — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:43:59 -0600

A three-year program fostering collaboration with technology among liberal arts colleges has created new opportunities for student learning and new approaches for faculty innovation with technology. The importance of discipline-based collaborative work and faculty-to-faculty contact will be reviewed. The details of the successes and failures in the program will be discussed in broad terms as principles applicable to a range of institutional missions.

SURFing New Waves: Dutch HE Shares and Gains, Working Together on Innovation

drupal — Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:31:09 -0600

What factors led to successful innovations in Dutch higher education (HE)? Are The Netherlands doing a better job integrating ICT possibilities and educational challenges? An evaluation of results, benefits, and lessons learned will provide an introduction to the SURF Education approach. SURF Education is a government-sponsored national collaborative organization in which all HE institutes in the Netherlands participate to improve the pace of innovation. Experiments with and implementations of new ways of education, as well as applied research, are funded on the condition of collaboration, knowledge sharing, professional management, and a structured dissemination approach.

Which Comes First: The Story of Information Technology Planning for New Campuses

drupal — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:51:08 -0600

Rice University is collaborating in the development of the International University of Bremen (IUB), the first private research university in Europe. Olin College is opening a brand new engineering college with a grant from the FW Olin Foundation. This "work-in-progress" presentation will focus on the challenges inherent in meeting the goals and deadlines of the multitude of tasks necessary to start up institution while incorporating collaborative relationships and responsibilities into the fabric of the institutions.