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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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Teaching Excellence Conference:
Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories

From the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511

Agenda - Monday, February 14, 2011

Session Time Session Details

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Online-Only Session:
Welcome and Online Conference Overview

  • Veronica Diaz, Associate Director, ELI, EDUCAUSE
  • Carie Page, Community Engagement Manager, Next Generation Learning Challenges, EDUCAUSE

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Meeting:
ELI Townhall Meeting

  • Malcolm B. Brown, Director of ELI, EDUCAUSE
  • Veronica Diaz, Associate Director, ELI, EDUCAUSE

11:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Online-Only Session:
Welcome and Online Conference Review

11:45 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Mobility with iPads Showcase: Evaluating the Impact of the iPad in the Collegiate Learning Community

  • Oliver Dreon, Assistant Professor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

12:10 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Mobility with iPads Showcase: iPad Apps for Active and Engaged Learning

  • Jennifer Sparrow, Director of Emerging Technologies and New Ventures, Virginia Tech

12:35 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Mobility with iPads Showcase: iPads in Action: The Future Is Reality-Everything Is at Our Students' Fingertips

  • Julie Knapp, Journalism Director, Scottsdale Community College

1:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

General Session:
Using Technology to Engage Students - Sponsored by Turning Technologies, An EDUCAUSE Bronze Partner

  • Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Dean of Applied Physics, Harvard University

2:20 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Follow-up interview and interactive question/answer session with general session speaker Eric Mazur, Harvard University

  • Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and Dean of Applied Physics, Harvard University
  • Session moderator: Veronica Diaz, Associate Director, ELI, EDUCAUSE

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Featured Session:
Open Education: Progress and Challenges

  • Richard G. Baraniuk, Professor, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engr, Rice University

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Featured Session:
The Problem of Learning in the Postcourse Era

  • Randall Bass, Assistant Provost, Georgetown University

5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

General Session:
The 2011 Horizon Report - Sponsored by SunGard Higher Education, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner

  • Malcolm B. Brown, Director of ELI, EDUCAUSE
  • Veronica Diaz, Associate Director, ELI, EDUCAUSE
  • Laurence F. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, The New Media Consortium (NMC)
  • Alan Levine, Vice President, NMC Community & CTO, The New Media Consortium (NMC)

6:30 p.m. - 6:40 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Wrap-Up

About EDUCAUSE

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Programs include professional development activities, applied research, teaching and learning initiatives, online information services, and administering the .edu domain of the internet. For more information about the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, visit http://www.educause.edu/eli.

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Information Technology and the Center for Teaching Excellence. For more information, please e-mail cte@sc.edu or call 803-777-8322.

Other important links:

Columbia, SC 29208 • 803-777-8322 • cte@sc.edu