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NERCOMP EVENT
Big Picture Instructional Technology: Models for Planning, Piloting, Promoting, and Partnering
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Within the broader scope of IT, the integration of technology and the field of instructional technology has gained tremendous ground over the past ten years. No one understands this better than the academic/educational technology director. Our classrooms are smart and becoming smarter, our staff are challenged to become competent in a widening array of technologies, and our resources are stretched to accommodate the proliferation of technology applications across the disciplines. Further complicating our task, we strive to hit moving targets as new technologies with academic promise rapidly emerge and evolve. This SIG was developed to facilitate a group of like-minded professionals toward an improved understanding of some of the most critical challenges inherent in this work. Each sub-topic (i.e. planning, piloting, promoting and partnering) will be approached from varied institutional perspectives; successful models for addressing these challenges will be offered for further consideration and to benefit the whole. Through active learning pedagogies, each workshop participant will be invited to enter into the conversation, to think carefully about each challenge as presented from a director's perspective, and to contribute professional insights to inform our collective understanding. Sample materials, templates, and additional resources will be provided to help facilitate this work at the home institution.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Sondra Smith of St. Lawrence University and Beth DuPont of Skidmore College
Date/Time:
Friday, September 19, 2008
9:00am - 3:15pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Murray-Aikens Dining Hall
2nd Floor
Saratoga Springs, NY
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Special instructions:
The event will be held in Murray-Aikens Dining Hall (#23), however the parking is on the other side of campus. Please park in the Zankel Lot, and if there are no spots there, park in the Falstaff's Lot. If you need a handicap parking space, you can park in the Jonsson Tower lot, directly behind Murray-Aikens Dining Hall.
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $92
Non-Members: $217
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Registration is closed for this event.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to nercomp@nercomp.org.
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Coffee
9:00am - 10:00am Planning
Speakers:
Nikki Reynolds, Director, Instructional Technology Support Services, Hamilton College
Beth Du Pont, Director, Academic Technologies, Skidmore College
Focus Question: How do we plan and manage technology support for multiple courses involving hundreds of students and dozens of faculty and varied technologies within the limitations of our instructional technology resources?
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:15am Piloting
Speakers:
Holly Morris-Kuentz, Director, Instructional and Research Technology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Nikki Reynolds, Director, Instructional Technology Support Services, Hamilton College
Focus Question: How can we effectively pilot new technologies while garnering necessary support across the IT division? How do we ensure accurate assessment of project feasibility and success?
11:15am – 12:15pm Promoting
Speakers:
Sondra Smith, Co-CIO, Information Technology, Director of Educational Technologies, St. Lawrence University
Beth Du Pont, Director, Academic Technologies, Skidmore College
Focus Question: How do we develop successful faculty technology development, drawing faculty willingly into the pedagogically purposeful integration of technology and furthering our academic mission?
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm – 2:15pm Partnering
Speakers:
Sondra Smith, Co-CIO, Information Technology, Director of Educational Technologies, St. Lawrence University
Holly Morris-Kuentz, Director, Instructional and Research Technology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Focus Question: Who are the key collaborators on our campuses for all of this work? How can we develop stronger working relationships, regardless of current circumstances?
2:15pm - 3:15pm Pulling It All Together: All Presenters
Focus Question: What are the critical measures of assessment for this work? How do we leverage data to make a continually compelling case for the value of the work, and to help garner necessary resources?
3:15pm End
Speaker:
Beth DuPont
Beth Du Pont is the Director of Academic Technologies, a division of Information Technology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. She received an MA in Instructional Design and Technology through the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership at The Ohio State University. Beth oversees the implementation and availability of instructional technology resources at the college and enjoys leading a team of instructional technologists who promote the use of varied technology resources to enhance classroom instruction. She has worked in Information Technology at Skidmore for 10 years and is passionate about the continuing evolution of instructional technology at the college.
Speaker:
Holly Morris-Kuentz
Holly Morris-Kuentz is the Director of Instructional and Research Technology in the office of Information and Technology Services at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. She has her M.ED. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Technology from Houston Baptist University, and eleven years experience in leading educational technology at the campus level. Holly has been at HWS since 2005 and oversees the delivery of instructional technology services to all HWS faculty, students and staff. This includes smart classroom design, working closely with faculty and students to integrate technology into coursework, conducting technology evaluations, and developing technology training programs.
Speaker:
Nikki Reynolds
Nikki Reynolds is Director of Instructional Technology Support Services at Hamilton College. As a member of the Information Technology Services department at Hamilton, Nikki is responsible for the planning and management of facilities and services that support the use of technology for teaching and learning across the curriculum. Nikki received her B.S in Architectural Studies from Washington State University, and her M.S. in Systems Science and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Binghamton University. Nikki has been working in the area of instructional support for 13
years.
Speaker:
Sondra Smith
Sondra Smith is a Co-CIO for Information Technology and Director of Educational Technologies at St. Lawrence University who intrinsically values the liberal arts learning experience and treasures the community that emerges as a result of teaching, learning, and working on a residential campus. She holds a M.S. in Instructional Technology from Potsdam College at SUNY. As an IT director at St. Lawrence since 2002, Sondra has been motivated by the challenges inherent in the pedagogically purposeful integration of technology in the liberal arts; and as a co-CIO since 2006, in developing and leading successful strategic planning and benchmarking efforts while working toward a highly collaborative and comprehensive IT assessment plan. Sondra represents the institution as the primary representative for EDUCAUSE, as a CLAC representative, as the NITLE liaison, and as a co-director for the NMC. Over the past three years, she has been especially energized by the tremendous collegial energy of the Upstate New York Technology Directors (UNYTD) for developing cross-campus collaborations and creating opportunities for lifelong learning as represented by this SIG.
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Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Courtyard by Marriott 11 Excelsior Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Please state that you are with NERCOMP and you will receive the reduced rate of $99. Call the hotel directly at: 866-210-9325.
The room block will be held until September 10, 2008.
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