Here are some of the sessions from the LTDC sponsored Central Teaching With Technology Conference, Solving Problems, Saving Time, which was held at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay on March 16, 2012: http://bit.ly/Hy05hm
The UW System Learning Technology Development Council is presenting a Central Regional Teaching with Technology Conference. The theme is “Solving Problems, Saving Time.”
The intended audience is for faculty and staff who teach or are involved in supporting instruction or supporting technology. The showcase will feature sessions that deal with using technology to solve instructional problems and to save time.
The conference is open to faculty and staff as from Green Bay, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Marinette, Fox Valley, Manitowoc, Sheboygan and Marathon County.
Where: UW Green Bay Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Winter Garden
When: March 16, 2012, 8:30 – 4:00
Solving Problems, Saving Time
Sessions are 35 minutes with 10 minutes for QA and 15 minutes between sections
| Time | Solving Problems
Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 206 |
Saving Time
Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 237 |
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| 9AM | Leif Nelson Learning Technology Center Manager UW Green Bay
“Academic Honesty Online” There are many technology tools that address academic dishonesty, from quiz event logs to anti-plagiarism software. This presentation will discuss the general concern of academic dishonesty, and how it is impacted by the Internet and online tools. |
Jennifer Buchholz & Mary Weber – Faculty at UW Oshkosh
“Innovations in Efficient and Robust Feedback” This session will introduce various software and hardware solutions to help instructors maximize their time developing and delivering robust feedback on student work. |
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| 10AM | Evelyn Li – Instructional Technologist and Lecturer UW Fox Valley
“What Roles Can Web 2.0 Play in a Classroom Full of Generation Z Kids” What is Web 2.0? What is Gen. Z? The presenter will answer these questions and cover the kind of tools/resources instructors can use in helping to manage projects and promote classroom collaboration. In addition, she’ll cover how use these tools to connect with students, share information and make learning fun and engaging. |
Patricia Fellows Instructional Technologist & Training Specialist University of Wisconsin Colleges & Extension
“Getting Your Email Under Control” This session will focus on 5 questions users can ask themselves when reading an email. These questions will help the user whittle away at those 1000’s of messages. Other tips will be covered as well. This is based on the David Allen method of organizing your life. |
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| 11AM | Keynote Room 208
Karyn Biasca “I confess. I’m a Technology Geek” “I have been for over twenty years. I’ve experimented with most of the computer based teaching technology that has been available on our campus. Many have proved invaluable for my work in the classroom. Others…not so much. During my presentation, I’ll relive my journey through educational technology with you. I’ll share what has helped me solve problems, what has saved me time, and a few things that just didn’t pan out the way I wanted them to. The presentation will include my experiences with D2L’s ePortfolio tool, and how my department uses it for program assessment.” |
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| noon | Lunch (provided) Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Winter Garden | ||
| 1PM | Christy Brazee Communication Faculty at UW Oshkosh
“Driving Student Engagement with the Team Consultation Project” Grounded in an action learning philosophy, the Team Consultation Project engages students in addressing real-world organizational problems they have encountered through the students’ concurrent learning and application of course content to those challenges. |
Karyn Biasca UW Stevens Point
“Saving Time on Program Assessment using D2L’s ePortfolio” Karyn Biasca will discuss how an ePortfolio can be used as a program assessment tool as well as a time-saver. |
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| 2PM | Steve Hill – Communication faculty UW-Stevens Point
“Solving Problems: Integrating Curriculum From the First Year.” Steve will discuss how the Division of Communication has used and will use ePortfolios to more strongly focus on learning outcomes, increase student awareness of the links between courses in their undergraduate careers, and improve the cohesiveness of academic tracks in the division. |
Pat Theyerl Applications trainer, help desk consultant, and student supervisor at UW Green Bay
“D2L Timesavers” Pat’s presentation will discuss D2L TIME SAVERS: to include copying course components from one semester to another; bulk uploading; creating groups in discussions; taking dropbox submissions offline; using date releases to allow preparation of the course when you have time; quizzes auto-export to grades; using links and/or release conditions for better flow of your course material; tips on creating a forum for ‘course questions’. |
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| 3PM | Terese Barta, Biology Faculty and Mary Mielke, Coordinator of the Teaching & learning Resource Network, UW-Stevens Point
“Student Cheating – are you ready for when it happens in your classroom?” Do you know what you will do if you catch a student cheating? The presenters will talk about perception versus the reality of what you may be able to do and how to be better prepared for when (not if) it happens. They will discuss old and new/online forms of cheating and finally, they will share strategies you can put in place to discourage it. |
Patricia Fellows Instructional Technologist & Training Specialist University of Wisconsin Colleges & Extension
“Increasing Productivity Through the Use of Mobile Devices” James will discuss how he has incorporated several iPad apps specifically designed for science and chemistry into his curriculum, including General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. While these apps are chemistry specific, the methods for which he uses them could be applied in other disciplines. Pat will discuss some productivity applications for faculty and an approach to introducing iPads in different disciplines. |
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The 2012 Southeast Regional Conference held at UW-Whitewater on January 11, 2012 was a success. A total of 86 attended, which included 16 speakers from UW Colleges, UW-Milwaukee, and UW-Whitewater.
A myriad of active learning best practices were shared in the use of interactive activities and games, student-created video, ePortfolio, social media, and mobile technology for teaching and learning. The keynote and sessions on mobile learning and planning for the future of education was given by Dr. Curtis Bonk, an expert on active learning. Many of the comments included that there was “tons of good information” and ideas that were “very valuable and thought provoking.”
Thank you to all of you who were able to attend the 2012 UW-System Southeast Regional Conference. We hope you found inspiration and information to help promote active learning.
A special thanks to the wonderful presenters, the conference committee, sponsors, and many others who worked behind the scenes to make this conference a success.
A list of presenters along with the schedule, session recordings, and session presentations are available at: http://geturl.uww.edu/18s
If you attended and still haven’t taken the survey, please provide feedback at: http://geturl.uww.edu/182
Conference Committee:
• Karen Skibba, Conference Planning Chair, UW-Whitewater
• Pat Eaton, UW-Parkside
• Karla Farrell, UW-Colleges
• Amy Mangrich, UW-Milwaukee
• Renee Pfeifer-Luckett, UW-Whitewater
Conference Sponsors:
• UW System Learning and Technology Development Council (LTDC)
• UW-Whitewater Learning Technology Center
• UW-Milwaukee Learning Technology Center
• UW-Parkside Learning Technology Center
• UW-Colleges Central IT
• UW-Whitewater College of Letters and Sciences
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Karen Skibba at skibbak@uww.edu.
UW Green Bay hosted the fall D2L Site admin and LTDC meetings this past Monday and Tuesday. Many great topics were discussed, ideas were shared, and networks were strengthened. I encourage anyone who attended these meetings to share your reflections in the comments area below this post. What new ideas will you bring back to your home campus? What did you learn? What was surprising? What was your favorite part of the meetings? Please share.
The UW System President’s Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning occurred in Madison, WI on April 14th and 15th. Thank you to all LTDC representatives, Learning Technology staff and UW System faculty/staff who presented, and to everyone who attended. It was a great event to showcase the great work that is going on in teaching and learning at UW campuses and for all to network in their areas of interest. Faculty members, LTDC and learning technology Colleagues from around UW System participated by presenting on various topics demonstrating the impact of teaching and learning. Below is a sampling of presentations made which demonstrate how technology affects learning in higher education.
A one-day system wide conference at UW-Whitewater
Sponsored by: UW-Whitewater The LEARN Center, UW-Madison Academic Technology, UW System Office of Professional and Instructional Development, and UW System Learning Technology Development Council.
February 11, 2011 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Hyland 4303
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: FEBRUARY 4, 2011
This conference features a teleconference with Jason Ohler, author of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity; and Digital Community, Digital Citizen. There will also be a panel discussion of UW System faculty members with significant experience in using digital stories and opportunities for the participants to share and learn with each other. There is no charge for the conference.
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. Registration and refreshment
9:30 a.m. Welcome and introduction to the workshop
10:00 a.m. Cyber presentation and discussion with Jason Ohler
Noon LUNCH
1:00 Panel discussion
2:15 Five Minute Showcase—campuses present on what they have done and are doing with digital storytelling
3:00-3:30 p.m. Workshop summary, conclusion, and discussion of next steps
To register for the conference, email Sally Lange at langes@uww.edu.
For Further Information: View Event Website
Edited Jan 25, 2011 for registration deadline and Further Info link
UPDATE: THE WORKSHOP “Best Practices for Teaching & Learning in SL” ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, NOV. 16 HAS BEEN MOVED TO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. IF YOU REGISTERED FOR THE NOV 16 WORKSHOP, YOU WILL NEED TO RE-REGISTER FOR EITHER THE DEC. 2 OR DEC 14 WORKSHOP. WE’RE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. CLICK THE REGISTER NOW LINK BELOW TO SIGN UP FOR A NEW DATE.
Are you an instructor interested in using Second Life in your course? Educators are consistently searching for ways to increase engagement, establish presence, and build learning community in their courses. They are also looking for technologies which facilitate active learning and engage a new generation of learners. A virtual world, Second Life, assists faculty in meeting these needs.
During the Fall 2010 semester the UW System Learning Technology Development Council is sponsoring 8 workshops on Second Life. The workshops are designed and scheduled to serve faculty at all skill levels and to provide a progression from beginner to “teaching with Second Life.” The workshops will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesdays or Thursdays and run for 90 minutes. The first 60 minutes are for instruction, with the last 30 minutes for Q & A, and extra one-to-one assistance with difficult topics. Note that Workshop 1, or equivalent knowledge (including having an avatar already) is required for participation in Workshops 2-4.
| Thur, Sept 23 | Workshop 1 – Getting Started with Second Life |
| Tues, Sept 28 | Workshop 2 – Inventory Management, Appearance & Profile |
| Tues, Oct 12 | Workshop 1 – Getting Started with Second Life |
| Thus, Oct 21 | Workshop 3 – Creating Your Virtual Environment |
| Thur, Nov 4 | Workshop 2 – Inventory Management, Appearance & Profile |
| Tues, Dec 14 | Workshop 4 – Best Practices for Teaching & Learning in SL |
| Thurs, Dec 2 | Workshop 4 – Best Practices for Teaching & Learning in SL |
| Tues, Dec 7 | Workshop 3 – Creating Your Virtual Environment |
Educators are consistently searching for ways to increase engagement, establish presence, and build learning community in their courses. They are also looking for technologies which facilitate active learning and engage a new generation of learners. A virtual world, Second Life, assists faculty in meeting these needs.
This workshop is for instructors that are familiar with virtual worlds and are interested in implementing Second Life in his or her course in the coming semesters. In this workshop, instructors will learn how to perform basic Second Life functions, such as navigating, teleporting, searching, and creating networks, and gather course materials and information that you can use in your own course. [Note that Workshop 1, or equivalent knowledge (including having an avatar already) is a pre-requisite for participation in Workshops 2-4. ]
In Second Life, you navigate through the environment by controlling a character, or a virtual representation of yourself called an avatar. This avatar can be your likeness, or it can be anything you want. Some people have avatars that are a different gender or race from themselves, while others are more extreme and have avatars that look like animals, dragons, or robots. In this learning activity, you will see and practice the steps involved in creating and saving a new look for your avatar that is modeled after the blockbuster film “Avatar”. You will also learn basic inventory management and learn how to edit your profile.
Do you know what a prim is? What kinds of settings should you consider in a group build? These questions and others will be answered in a beginners workshop around what it takes to build in Second Life. The same software that you use to interact with and communicate inside Second Life also comes with a suite of tools that can be used for creating virtual learning spaces.
This workshop will focus on general build terminology, a tour of the building tools Second Life provides, and the considerations you should keep in mind when embarking on your own build project or orchestrating an in-world classroom activity. Faculty and academic staff interested in learning more about the tools possible for creating virtual spaces will have an opportunity to experiment with the tools as well as walk away with a simple creation they could use to handout course information.
Second Life provides access to a network of information, organizations, people, cultures, and languages not easily available in RL, has the potential to increase retention through engaging and interactive activities, creates a status-leveling effect for students from diverse backgrounds, increases social presence by providing a 3-D environment that is media rich, and offers an immersive environment for experiential learning.
In Second Life students can participate in simulations and role-plays taking advantage of the 3-D immersive environment, students can exhibit their work for a small group of people or the entire world and receive feedback on their work, and students can take virtual field trips to meet various pedagogical needs like gather information, performing research, or practicing a skill (like a foreign language). Further, students and students can hold group meetings or give presentations using the voice and audio functions.
In this workshop, we will discuss pedagogical best practices in using Second Life and discuss the potential of Second Life to meet certain pedagogical needs effectively. Specifically, we will share Second Life orientations and learning activity templates.
A very nice description of the LTDC was written in a brochure for the UW System President’s Summit. It’s a good summary of who we are and what we do, and it is written in language that applies to those who are familiar with us as well as those who are not. Here is the text of that document:
We do instructional technology. We actively seek out new and emerging technologies and look for ways they can enhance the teaching and learning experience. We try things. We experiment. We look for innovative uses of existing technologies. Our passion is the teaching and learning process and our focus is technology.
We are experts at pedagogy, especially as it relates to technology. As much as we enjoy working with technology, it does not work for us unless it fills both a pedagogical need and the expectations of the faculty we work with. Our goal is to positively affect student learning outcomes with the effective use of technology.
We exist on every UW campus. The organizational structure and staffing of local Learning Technology Centers might vary but the essentials are there. On our individual campuses, we conduct training sessions on existing instructional technologies and promotional presentations on new and emerging ones. We work one on one with instructors and answer a myriad of questions. We guide instructors through technology projects. We actually like talking pedagogy and enjoy the challenges of an academic environment. All faculty have someone local who they can contact and work with.
We provide or are closely associated with the first line support and administration on your campus for Learn@UW, aka, Desire2Learn. We indirectly touch the academic lives of the vast majority of our students and about half of all our instructors.
We work together. Through the Curricular Redesign and Emerging Technology Grants, faculty PI and instructional technology experts collaborate on some very large multi-campus pilot projects, as well as smaller single campus pilot projects. Many of the instructional technologies so widely used today got their big boost in one of these projects.
We regularly present our findings at national and international conferences and organizations. We actively participate well beyond the boundaries of the state of Wisconsin.
Our current repertoire of instructional technologies include:
- Student Response Systems (Clickers)
- Digital Storytelling
- Podcasting
- Virtual World (Second Life)
- GIS (Geographic Information System)
- Lecture Capture
- Web Conferencing Tools
- Online and Hybrid Course Design
- Web 2.0 Technologies
- E-portfolio
- Rich Media
We welcome ideas from faculty. We want to hear your concerns and suggestions about how we together can transform higher education learning through the pedagogically sound integration of technology and instruction.
Connect with your campus Learning Technology Development Council Representative today!
Dr. William Bajjali, Department of Natural Sciences, UW-Superior, has been awarded an LTDC Emerging Technology Development Grant to offer a series ofonline workshops on GIS technologies and a face-to-face workshop on GPS technologies. The workshops are intended for faculty and staff in the natural and social sciences who would like to use GIS technologies or GPS technologies to develop teaching materials or to conduct research in their own disciplines.
The workshops will be held in April and May 2010 and are free to UW System faculty and staff. Online sessions will be archived and available online. See attached announcement for details.
Pre-registration is required by Friday, April 9 for any or all of the workshops. To register, send your name, e-mail address, the workshop title(s) you’re interested in, and preferred dates and times to: cetl@uwsuper.edu
The LTDC held its semi-annual – Spring Meeting as part of the ITMC meeting in Green Lake on April 20 and 21. We spent the two days with a diverse and jam packed agenda. Over 30 LTC professional staff from all UW campuses attended. We sincerely thank our OPID friends, LaVonne Cornell-Swanson and Donna Silver for joining us and reaching out for collaborative opportunities. After wading through the uncertain budget concerns, Tanya Joosten at UWM gave an excellent report on her ET grant project in Second Life. We did serious planning on the LTDC led projects in the coming year (more details forthcoming soon), shared on copyright issues with media, and online training options for faculty. Amy Mangrich led the discussion on media file handling and generated a lot in discussion on best practices. We even had relaxation Gigong exercises led by our OPID guest, Donna Silver.
Many thanks to the out-going executive committee members- Jim Jorstad and Carole Turner, and the leadership of Pat Fellows, chair, on many projects accomplished, and initiatives started.
As we move into the new year, we elected a new Exec Committee:
We are looking forward to new leadership taking the group through many challenges and exciting projects.
Lorna
Learning Technology Development Council 