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

9:00am – 9:10am Welcome and Introductions

9:10am – 10:05am The Digital Design Studio at Tisch Library: Evolution of a Learning Space
Speakers: 
Thom Cox, Manager of Library Information Technology Services, Tisch Library, Tufts University
Bryan Revis, Digital Media Technologist, Tisch Library, Tufts University

The Digital Design Studio (DDS), housed within Tisch Library at Tufts University, is a collaborative learning space for the creation of course-related multimedia projects including video, audio, imaging, and web publishing. In this presentation you will hear about the challenges we have faced in supporting a dynamic, media and software-intensive lab (and how we have endeavored to meet them), opportunities, early successes, impact on the campus, and lessons learned.

10:05am - 10:20am Break

10:20am – 11:15am Bentley's Learning and Technology Sandbox
Speakers:
Mark Frydenberg, Senior Lecturer of CIS and Director of CIS Sandbox, Bentley University
Margarita Alicia Saez, Manager of Operations, the Academic Technology Center, the Library, and Online Learning , Bentley University

A fresh coat of paint and new furniture were the obvious external changes to Bentley’s former CIS Lab when renovated in 2011. More difficult than changing room’s outward appearance was changing the perceptions of what happens inside. The facility had a reputation of being a place where only students who needed help would go, and the role of assistants who worked there was limited to tutoring and maintaining equipment. Rebranded as the CIS Sandbox, the presenters will share the process of rethinking and renovating the space, along with how social media tools create a virtual presence that enhances the physical space to create a virtual presence, encouraging student learning in person and online.

11:15am – 12:10pm New Technology Spaces at UNH
Speakers: David Blezard, Academic Computing Systems Manager, University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire has just opened a new business school building that has a great deal of technology, but many changes from the traditional environments. Gone are the public computer labs or computer-per-seat classrooms. Instead new kinds of student spaces and classrooms are offering new ways to teach and for students to interact. In addition, UNH is in the midst of a review of the traditional public Student Computing Cluster environments. We will share some of our process and discoveries about our current environment and what that means for our future directions.

12:10pm – 1:10pm Lunch

1:10pm – 2:05pm The Specialized Classroom - High Performance Lab at Union College
Speaker: Jim Strohecker, Manager of Classroom Technology Services, Union College

Union College recently improved several labs on campus including a high performance lab in the new Wold Engineering and Science Center. 

2:05pm – 2:15pm Break

2:15pm – 3:00pm Group Activity: Design your Learning Space

3:00pm – 3:30pm Reflections, Q& A and Adjourn