Companion Concurrent Sessions

Authoring Assessment-Rich Learning Environments-A Faculty Development Tool to Drive Transformation

Monday, January 29, 2001
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SESS13

Donald P. Buckley, Professor of Biology & Director of Learning Technology, School of Health Science, Quinnipiac University

Paul R. Hagner, University of Hartford

This session is a companion concurrent session to the featured session, "Authoring assessment-rich learning environments - a faculty development tool to drive transformation," which described an approach used at University of Hartford. Attendees at this companion concurrent session will hear a brief presentation on an approach used by University of Central Florida that combines a formal workshop series and a faculty-mentoring-faculty initiative to help teachers transform their classes. Following the presentation attendees will compare and contrast the two approaches in how they can create a faculty engagement and support system that deeply integrates advanced educational technologies with aggressive curriculum-wide faculty development programs. Attendees will also discuss the way assessment can be integrated into the whole system, to leverage the role it can play in transforming teaching and learning. In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to make recommendations about how the NLII could support these efforts to engage and support faculty, and repurpose assessment as a driver for transformation.

Community: Fostering an Environment for Communication & Collaboration

Monday, January 29, 2001
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SESS01

Anne Archambault, Manager, Educational Multimedia Production, Technical University of British Columbia

Mark Schlager, Associate Director of Learning Communities, SRI International

Stephen Weimar, Vice President of Learning Partnerships, WebCT, A Blackboard Company

This companion concurrent session will follow up on the themes that emerged in the featured panel session, "Community: Fostering an Environment for Communication and Collaboration." The panelists and attendees will discuss their own experiences in creating, maintaining or using online communities, examine the barriers to success, and recommend ways in which the NLII can facilitate and support the community needs of its membership.

Making Instructional Technology Accessible and Usable with MERLOT

Monday, January 29, 2001
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SESS14

Gerard L. Hanley, Senior Director, Academic Technology Services / Executive Director, MERLOT, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Hae Okimoto, Director of Academic Technology Services, University of Hawaii

Cher Thomas, Director, Academic Technology Applications, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Timothy Tirrell, Academic Dean, Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College

Easy and free access to high quality, pedagogically sound, and usable online teaching-learning materials would enable a significant proportion of faculty to integrate instructional technology into their courses. The MERLOT web site (www.merlot.org) is designed to support the "other 80%" of the faculty who have significant constraints on their time and skills in developing instructional technology but want to use it in their students' learning. MERLOT provides training and education for faculty, faculty development personnel, and academic administrators to support the successful integration of technology into teaching and learning. Case studies of how systems and institutions of higher education are using MERLOT to support the "other 80%" will be presented along with lessons learned, current status, and future plans for MERLOT.

Partnering in the Learning Marketspace

Monday, January 29, 2001
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SESS02

Linda L. Baer, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Ann Hill Duin, Associate Vice President & Deputy CIO, University of Minnesota

Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota

Organized as a workshop, this companion concurrent session invites participants to apply the conceptual framework outlined in the featured session to a set of current partnerships. Participants will emerge with a toolkit for making decisions about partnering and designing appropriate strategies and structures for the partnership.

Readiness Topology

Monday, January 29, 2001
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. SESS08

Lev S. Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology Services/CIO, Case Western Reserve University

Diana G. Oblinger, Vice President, EDUCAUSE

This is a companion concurrent session to the morning's featured session, "Readiness Topology." This session will be facilitated by the NLII's Institutional Readiness Task Force chair, Lev Gonick, and the Chair of one of the READY (READiness InventorY) Project Team's content groups, Diana Oblinger. Attendees will participate in interactive demonstrations of the prototype for a web-based dynamic decision making tool, developed to help campuses evaluate the capacity of their respective institutions to use technology to accomplish institutional goals. Content areas and potential uses of the tool will be discussed, and attendees will be consulted as to the most helpful next steps that the NLII could take in helping campuses assess their readiness to undertake various technology initiatives.

ELI 2001 Annual Meeting		Companion Concurrent Sessions Authoring Assessment-Rich Learning Environments-A Faculty Development Tool to Drive Transformation Monday, January 29, 2001 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SESS13 Donald P. Buckley, Professor of Biology & Director of Learning Technology, School of Health Science, Quinnipiac University Paul R. Hagner, University of Hartford This session is a companion concurrent session to the featured session, "Authoring assessment-rich learning environments - a faculty development tool to drive transformation," which described an approach used at University of Hartford. Attendees at this companion concurrent session will hear a brief presentation on an approach used by University of Central Florida that combines a formal workshop series and a faculty-mentoring-faculty initiative to help teachers transform their classes. Following the presentation attendees will compare and contrast the two approaches in how they can create a faculty engagement and support system that deeply integrates advanced educational technologies with aggressive curriculum-wide faculty development programs. Attendees will also discuss the way assessment can be integrated into the whole system, to leverage the role it can play in transforming teaching and learning. In addition, attendees will have an opportunity to make recommendations about how the NLII could support these efforts to engage and support faculty, and repurpose assessment as a driver for transformation. Community: Fostering an Environment for Communication & Collaboration Monday, January 29, 2001 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SESS01 Anne Archambault, Manager, Educational Multimedia Production, Technical University of British Columbia Mark Schlager, Associate Director of Learning Communities, SRI International Stephen Weimar, Vice President of Learning Partnerships, WebCT, A Blackboard Company This companion concurrent session will follow up on the themes that emerged in the featured panel session, "Community: Fostering an Environment for Communication and Collaboration." The panelists and attendees will discuss their own experiences in creating, maintaining or using online communities, examine the barriers to success, and recommend ways in which the NLII can facilitate and support the community needs of its membership. Making Instructional Technology Accessible and Usable with MERLOT Monday, January 29, 2001 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. SESS14 Gerard L. Hanley, Senior Director, Academic Technology Services / Executive Director, MERLOT, California State University, Office of the Chancellor Hae Okimoto, Director of Academic Technology Services, University of Hawaii Cher Thomas, Director, Academic Technology Applications, California State University, Office of the Chancellor Timothy Tirrell, Academic Dean, Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College Easy and free access to high quality, pedagogically sound, and usable online teaching-learning materials would enable a significant proportion of faculty to integrate instructional technology into their courses. The MERLOT web site (www.merlot.org) is designed to support the "other 80%" of the faculty who have significant constraints on their time and skills in developing instructional technology but want to use it in their students' learning. MERLOT provides training and education for faculty, faculty development personnel, and academic administrators to support the successful integration of technology into teaching and learning. Case studies of how systems and institutions of higher education are using MERLOT to support the "other 80%" will be presented along with lessons learned, current status, and future plans for MERLOT. Partnering in the Learning Marketspace Monday, January 29, 2001 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. SESS02 Linda L. Baer, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Ann Hill Duin, Associate Vice President & Deputy CIO, University of Minnesota Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota Organized as a workshop, this companion concurrent session invites participants to apply the conceptual framework outlined in the featured session to a set of current partnerships. Participants will emerge with a toolkit for making decisions about partnering and designing appropriate strategies and structures for the partnership. Readiness Topology Monday, January 29, 2001 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. SESS08 Lev S. Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology Services/CIO, Case Western Reserve University Diana G. Oblinger, Vice President, EDUCAUSE This is a companion concurrent session to the morning's featured session, "Readiness Topology." This session will be facilitated by the NLII's Institutional Readiness Task Force chair, Lev Gonick, and the Chair of one of the READY (READiness InventorY) Project Team's content groups, Diana Oblinger. Attendees will participate in interactive demonstrations of the prototype for a web-based dynamic decision making tool, developed to help campuses evaluate the capacity of their respective institutions to use technology to accomplish institutional goals. Content areas and potential uses of the tool will be discussed, and attendees will be consulted as to the most helpful next steps that the NLII could take in helping campuses assess their readiness to undertake various technology initiatives.
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