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

9:00am – 9:30am Introductions, Organization, Overview of Topics and Issues

9:30am – 10:15am Embracing the New Teaching Paradigm
Speakers:
Jay Rozgonyi, Director of Academic Computing, Fairfield University
Debbie Whalley, Manager of Academic Computing Support, Fairfield University

First Steps of a Real Rollout Everywhere you look - online, in print, and at conferences - people are talking about BYOD, new classroom designs, and active learning. But how do you begin to actually do it all? This session will highlight how, at Fairfield University, the process is starting with a two-pronged approach: first, by beginning to move faculty and students away from a dependence on hardware-based computer classrooms and labs through the combination of BYOD and cloud-based virtualization; and second, by creating a new “collaborative classroom” that emphasizes flexible furniture, easy-to-use technology, and focused support.

10:15am – 11:00am Change is…good? AppleTV’s, iPads, and Cloud Services
Speaker: Adam Hauerwas, Faculty Support & Integration Specialist, Providence College

Our faculty, staff, and students have newer tech in their homes than we do in our classrooms, and come to expect things like wireless video, tablet computing, or “data anywhere” like DropBox. As service providers, we not only need to stay current with these technologies but be willing to take risks and adopt pilot programs to try new things. Providence College went through both pilot and implementation of wireless video in classrooms using AppleTV’s, and is piloting Office 365 for cloud services and VDI for certain applications. Post-PC era? Nah – but a “PC-plus” era for sure.

11:00am - 11:15am Break

11:15am - 12:00pm Group Spaces - Our Work and Students Work
Speaker: David Blezard, Senior IT Manager, Academic Technology, University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire has experimented with trying to create the not too hold (too expensive or complicated) and not too cool (under-utilized) spaces for student group work. We will share how we have come to where we our today with our current group work spaces that incorporate a large shared display, installed computer, laptop connections, and a control system. As of this Fall, we will have 35 of these spaces in 3 different buildings, and the in case of one college, these have replaced the traditional computer lab. Student groups, though, do not always use spaces as we anticipate. In Spring 2014, we collected data on exactly how students where using these spaces, and we will be able to share our findings and how these will impact how we move ahead with designing our next set of collaborative areas for students.

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 1:30pm Organization for “unconference” Type Sessions
Determine topic areas of interest, breakup into groups

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout topics - session 1

2:15pm - 3:00pm Breakout topics - session 2

3:00pm - 3:30pm Wrap up. Share conclusions, resources, etc.

3:30pm End