7:30am - 9:00am   Registration and Coffee

9:00am - 9:15am   Introductions

9:15am - 10:00am   The Learning Loop: A Strategy for Continuous, Data-Based Improvement in Learning Design (Bryant University)
Speaker:  Bonnie Budd, Director of Online Learning, Bryant University

The Learning Loop process was introduced to our faculty, administrators, and students to gather, analyze, and use weekly feedback on our online learning experiences. 

10:00am - 10:45am   Meet Them Where They Are: Data Collection Techniques that Work
Speakers:
Gillian Bell, Project Manager, Academic Technology, Brown University
Melissa Kane, Instructional Designer, Brown University
Maggie Regan, Instructional Designer, Brown University

After failed attempts with online surveys and social media outreach, we found a formula to successfully reach students. We tied our method of data collection to the questions we wanted to answer. Now that we have data, how do we help others understand it?

10:45am - 11:00am   Break

11:00am - 11:45am   Building Collaborative Partnerships for Assessment Implementations
Speakers:
Stacy Cohen, Instructional Technologist, Framingham State University

In the Fall of 2017, the Education Technology Office (ETO) at Framingham State University led an initiative to deliver a university-wide assessment solution as part of a larger LMS review process. Choosing the platform relied on faculty authored use cases to ensure the technology platform met the assessment needs on campus. After the dust settled and the ink was dry on the vendor contract, the plan was to pilot the solution with a single department with a simple need. What transpired was a very different outcome. In this presentation, Framingham State shares the experience of implementing an assessment solution for the College of Education, and the lessons we learned in the process. 

11:45am - 12:45pm   Lunch

12:45pm - 1:00pm   Midday Check-in 

1:00pm – 2:45pm   Hands-on Session: Harvesting Data using R

Facilitators: 
Stephen Gaughan,  Dartmouth College
Jing Qi, LMS Specialist, Dartmouth College

A hands-on session using RStudio (an open-source software for data analysis) to merge and reshape data: identify faculty/courses that used LMS extensively to facilitate a successful LMS transition.

2:45pm - 3:00pm   Wrap-up

3:00pm   End