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NERCOMP EVENT
Leveraging your LMS Investment
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Many institutions view their Learning Management Systems (LMS) as a mission critical teaching and learning solution. Participants who attend this SIG will learn how peer institutions in the Northeast are using their LMS solution for innovation in teaching, learning and community building. The focus is not vendor product specific, but more about making the most of your LMS investment. (e.g. ePortfolios, Class Site, Web 2.0 tools, Professional Development strategies, etc.)
Outcomes for the Day:
-Learn from institutions who are using their LMS in creative and innovative ways
-Exchange resource information to help you utilize your LMS more effectively
-Build collaborations among institutions using an LMS
-Network and make connections with colleagues
Workshop Organizer/Host: Andrea Pickles and Robin Robinson both of Framingham State College
Date/Time:
Thursday, April 08, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $130
Non-Members: $255
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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 – 9:15am Overview of the Day/ Leveraging your LMS
Speakers:
Andrea Pickles, Director of Academic Technology, Framingham State College
Robin Robinson, Director of Distance Education, Framingham State College
9:15am – 11:15am Faculty Professional Development Strategies
Horses Drinking: Encouraging Faculty Adoption of Moodle
Speaker: W. Lee Hisle, Vice-President for Information Services and Librarian of the College, Connecticut College
Having a great platform to support faculty begs for an effective method of encouraging their understanding of the tool and how to use it creatively. This session will cover several strategies to encourage faculty to drink from the Moodle trough.
Faculty Professional Development Strategies
Speaker: Gail Rankin, Director, Faculty Support Services, Salem State College
Professional development provides faculty the opportunity to see what’s possible and to try things out for themselves. It involves time to see how a tool/ program works and then experimentation to see how it fits into the curriculum. This method really works when it comes to implementing the technology into a class.
Just in Time Professional Development
Speaker: Ted Burke, Instructional Librarian, Dean College
Teachers receive continuous real time training as they to enhance their lessons utilizing this method. It’s not enough to give a teacher a crash course on how to use the LMS and expect them to be able to fully integrate it into their lessons. We need to be there to make sure a teacher is able to maximize the impact of the technology through a well developed lesson. We strongly believe in this method of supporting our teachers because they get the help they need when they need it.
Leveraging your LMS Investment
Speakers:
Janet Houser, Instructional Designer, Lesley University
Rebecca Petersen, Director, eLearning Resources and Professional Development, Lesley University
In response to rapid interest and growth in online and hybrid courses at Lesley, the University’s eLearning and Instructional Support (eLIS) group rapidly developed a suite of online professional development offerings available for all core and adjunct faculty. eLIS Director Rebecca Petersen and Instructional Designer Janet Houser will give an overview of the of the variety of self-paced and asynchronous courses and communities available through Lesley’s Blackboard LMS. Participants will get a chance to see live examples of course and community design and the common tools and features used in each.
11:15am – 11:30am Break
11:30am – 12:00pm Instructional Design Strategies/Curriculum Innovations
Using the LMS for Teaching and Learning
Speakers:
Kimberly Hall, Director, Instructional Technology Group, Emerson College
Peter Hess, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technology Group, Emerson College
See how Emerson College faculty have been creatively using the assignment, assessment, and quiz tools to accomplish specific teaching and learning goals. We¹ll also look at a sample site for overall design and animation that has proven to make a difference with student learning.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm Extending the Use Beyond Teaching and Learning (Class sites)
Mo’ Moodle: Applications Beyond Teaching and Learning
Speaker: W. Lee Hisle, Vice-President for Information Services and Librarian of the College, Connecticut College
Moodle is an excellent tool to support college activities beyond teaching and learning. This session will present some of these other uses with discussion about how to support them.
Beyond the Course: Using a CMS for Collaboration, Informal Learning and Communication Across Campus
Speaker: Linda Beith, Director of Instructional Design, Roger Williams University
Although Roger Williams faculty and students have benefited from the use of a course management system to enhance teaching and learning, other members of the campus community have also discovered innovative ways of using the application to improve productivity and increase collaboration and communication. I’ll briefly describe some of the applications of our traditional “course technologies” that have emerged at our University.
Strange New World - Expanding the LMS Beyond the Classroom
Speakers:
Marie-Pierre Huguet, PhD, Senior Course Developer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Theresa Sommer, Web Learning Consultant/System Administrator, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
This session will provide an overview of 3 or 4 creative ways in which Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is utilizing the Learning Management System (LMS) beyond course curriculum. The discussion will include the following:
- problem faced
- initial approach to try to “fix” the problem
- innovative way the LMS was put into action to solve the problem
- results of the approach we took
- where applicable, the next steps.
2:00pm – 3:00pm Enhancing the Learning Platform with Web 2.0 or Other Tools
Speakers:
Ted Burke, Instructional Librarian, Dean College
Eric LePage, Director of Computing Support Services, Bridgewater State College
Gail Rankin, Director, Faculty Support Services, Salem State College
From Audacity-created podcasts to YouTube video content to wikis, there are many ways you can take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies to take your class beyond the “walls” of your learning management system. Discover best practices used at Bridgewater State, Dean College, and Salem State to better engage students, facilitate collaboration, and invigorate your LMS course environment.
3:00pm Evaluations and End
Speaker:
Eric LePage
Eric LePage is the Director of Computing Support Services (CSS) at Bridgewater State College. CSS provides technology support and services for Faculty, Staff, and Students through two HelpDesk Support Centers and the Teaching and Technology Center, a resource center for Faculty who are integrating technology into their teaching and research projects. Eric holds a Master of Education degree in Instructional Technology, and teaches Management, Communications, Public Administration, and Instructional Technology undergraduate and graduate courses at Bridgewater State.
Speaker:
Janet Houser
Janet Houser is an Instructional Designer at Lesley University where she designs and teaches faculty development seminars in online course design. She works closely with faculty to promote interactive elearning through the integration of Web 2.0 tools. Janet holds an M.A. in History from the University of Washington and a graduate certificate in Instructional Technology from San Diego State University and has taught hybrid and online History courses at Lesley University and the College of Southern Maryland.
Speaker:
Kimberly Hall
Kimberly Hall is the director of the Instructional Technology Group at Emerson College. She has over 15 years combined experience with teaching, administrative work, and educational technology and instructional design in higher education. Her work includes a variety of projects within the arts, humanities, social sciences, health sciences, and education. She has also designed, developed, and evaluated instructional technology products for the National Park Service, GTE Internetworking, the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and has taught ESL in Japan. She holds an M.A. in History and an M.A. in Educational Technology from San Diego State University, and holds a Ph.D. in Law, Policy and Society from Northeastern University.
Speaker:
Linda Beith
Linda Beith became the Director of Instructional Design in the Academic Affairs division at Roger Williams University in January 2009. She has spent almost 20 years over five different institutions involved with teaching and learning in higher education, specifically in the area of faculty development. In addition to supporting faculty initiatives, she also has an interest in alternative delivery methods of instruction and has been teaching online since 2001 in the graduate program for instructional design at UMass Online. Her educational background includes a doctorate in instructional design from Capella University in Minnesota ; a Master’s degree in instructional design from University of Massachusetts at Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. Linda’s doctoral dissertation is on hybrid faculty learning communities and the whole area of informal learning is an ongoing interest. In addition to learning communities, additional interests include distance teaching and learning, emerging technologies, interactive learning strategies and instructional technology and design. Conference presentations have included utilizing mobile technologies to enhance teaching and learning, faculty learning communities, utilizing games to foster interactivity, effective use of course management systems and using a range of instructional technologies.
Speaker:
Marie-Pierre Huguet
Marie-Pierre Huguet has been a course developer at Rensselaer since 2001. As such, she has been providing support and guidance in instructional design and instructional technologies to Rensselaer faculty who either seek to integrate emerging technologies into their face-to-face classroom, or teach Web-based or blended/hybrid courses. Dr. Huguet received her Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University at Albany. For the past eight years, both at Rensselaer and SUNY Albany, she has been involved in several research projects that have looked at the impact of Web-based technology in education. Dr. Huguet’s primary areas of interest for research and practice include instructional design, Web-based design, integration of Web-based technology, and faculty adoption of emerging technologies.
Speaker:
Peter Hess
Peter Hess is an Instructional Designer with the Instructional Technology Group at Emerson College. He has also worked facilitating faculty members use of instructional technology at Brandeis and MIT. Peter was an organizer of, and remains active in, the Education Technology Group, a NERCOMP constituency group. He has been chair of the reading committee of the
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment track for the NERCOMP annual conference and is a member of the NERCOMP SIGMasters group.
Speaker:
Rebecca Petersen
Rebecca Petersen is the Director of eLearning Resources and Professional Development at Lesley University. In this role she evaluates emerging technologies and Web 2.0 tools for inclusion in web-enhanced, hybrid, and online courses. Rebecca provides oversight of faculty professional development for the adoption of Web 2.0 tools, web-enhanced course design, and the myLesley (Blackboard) course environment. She is also involved in the pilot design for Lesley’s new ePortfolio/ eAssessment platform and is an online instructor in the School of Education. Rebecca holds an Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in American History from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Speaker:
Ted Burke
Ted Burke works as the Instructional Librarian at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. Duties include Information Literacy instruction to students, as well as Instructional Design and LMS training for faculty. Ted also instructs faculty in the use of classroom technology and works in the IT Dept providing audio services for major college events. Dean College was a BlackBoard school prior to switching to Moodle in the fall of 2008. Ted headed the transition to Moodle and currently serves as one of the college’s site administrators for the Moodle installation.
Speaker:
Theresa Sommer
Theresa Sommer is a System Administrator and a Web Learning Consultant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In these roles she provides technical support for Windows and MAC operating systems; faculty, staff and student training, development and administration for the Learning Management system. She has over 30 years experience in technology and received her AAS degree in 2000 from Adirondack Community College and her Learning Management Specialist certificate in 2006. She is actively pursuing her certification for Microsoft Office and Linux.
Speaker:
W. Lee Hisle
W. Lee Hisle was appointed Vice President for Information Services and Librarian of the College at Connecticut College in January 2000. As CIO, he oversees all libraries, instructional technology, administrative systems, networks, and telecommunications. Prior to his appointment in 2000, he served as Associate Vice President of Learning Resources Services and Faculty Development for the Austin Community College District in Austin, Texas.
Active in professional associations, he is a past President of the Association of College and Research Libraries and was the Chair of the Tenth ACRL National Conference. He is a past-Chair of the ALA Nominating Committee and currently serves on the ALA Committee on Legislation. He has served on the North East Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) Board of Directors and was Chair of the 2003 NERCOMP Annual Conference. As Chair of the NELINET Board of Directors, he supported the merger with Lyrasis, Inc. in 2009, and now serves on the Lyrasis Board.
His research interests include effective management of merged information services organizations, the library-as-place, and the future of higher education and libraries, especially as related to the impact of technology on the academy.
Lee received his B.A. from Berea College in Kentucky, his M.S.L.S. from the University of Kentucky, and his Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
Related Media Files:
Emerson_LMS_SIG.pdf
audacityBurke.pdf
Just-In-Time TrainingBurke.pdf
LMS Beith 4-10.pdf
Lesley_Leveraging_LMS.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Sheraton Norwood, the conference location.
To make reservations contact the Sheraton Norwood at 781-769-7900 and request the "NERCOMP Room Block".
The room block for April 8, will be released on March 18, 2010. Standard queen guest rooms are available for $130 per night.
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