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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 - Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Session Time Session Details

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Online-Only Session:
Welcome and Online Conference Review

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

General Session:
Openness, Learning Analytics, and Continuous Quality Improvement

  • David Wiley, Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University

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

Featured Session:
Design for Learning: Waiting for Superman vs. Empowering Superheroes

  • Diana Rhoten, Co-Founder & Managing Director, startl.org

11:00 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.

Online-Only Session:
Pre-session interview and interactive question/answer session with featured session speaker Thomas Angelo, La Trobe University

  • Thomas Angelo, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Centre, La Trobe University

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Featured Session:
Continuous Improvement in Teaching and Learning: The Open Learning Initiative

  • Candace Thille, Director, Open Learning Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University

12:35 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Open Learning Showcase: Kicking It Up a Notch: Facilitation as a Value Proposition in Open Learning

  • Christopher Sessums, Post Doctoral Associate, University of Florida

12:50 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Open Learning Showcase: Open Education and Citizenship

  • James Groom, Instructional Tech Spec, Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies, University of Mary Washington

1:05 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Open Learning Showcase: Open Source Matters for Lecture Capture and Rich Media

  • Adam Hochman, Project Manager, University of California, Berkeley

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Featured Session:
Gathering Evidence to Make an Impact: How Less Can Be More

  • Thomas Angelo, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Centre, La Trobe University

2:30 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Follow-up interview and interactive question/answer session with featured session speaker Candace Thille, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Candace Thille, Director, Open Learning Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Featured Session:
Blended Learning Designs: A Learning Science Perspective

  • Barbara Means, Director, Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International

4:15 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Learning Management System Showcase: From Community Source to Open Data: Leveraging the Sakai Community to Make Better Decisions

  • Steven Lonn, Research Fellow, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS, University of Delaware

4:35 p.m. - 4:55 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Learning Management System Showcase: A Story of Openness: The Transition from Blackboard Vista to Moodle

4:55 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Online-Only Session:
Lightning Round - Learning Management System Showcase: Web 2.0 Tools: Empowering Faculty to Move Beyond the LMS

  • Judith Repman, Professor, Georgia Southern University

5:15 p.m. - 5:30 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