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

9:00am – 9:15am Welcome
Speaker: Brian Remigio, Director of User Services Desktop Support, Fairfield University

9:15am – 10:15am Do-It-Yourself Mobile Usability at Yale
Speaker: Lou Rinaldi, Acting Manager, Instructional System Design, Yale University

One of the biggest challenges of shifting to a "Mobile First" application design strategy in a higher education environment is that many institutional systems predate this paradigm. At Yale University, the primary learning management system has existed since 2005 and supports thousands of frequent users across the faculty, student and staff populations. The daunting task of retrofitting the LMS for mobile consumption fell to a team called the Center for Media and Instructional Innovation. With no formal usability training, but plenty of gritty do-it-yourself determination, the team set about conducting a large-scale usability study and gathered feedback to inform its mobile development efforts. Come learn about the process we successfully used and the positive outcomes we achieved.

10:15am - 10:30am Break

10:30am – 11:30am Mobile Devices: When Does the Support Stop?
Speaker: Bill Murphy, Technology Center Manager, Quinnipiac University

With the proliferation of mobile devices over the past few years, schools have had to change their support models to meet the needs of the student and staff population. How far do you support the devices though without causing damage to the support organization? This presentation will describe how QU is supporting these devices and to what extent.

11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm – 1:30pm Moving Your Faculty to Mobile: Practical Ways to Make Technology Easier for Both of You
Speaker: Jay Rozgonyi, Director of Academic Computing, Fairfield University

You know that mobile is the wave of the future, and your students surely know it, too. But faculty - well, some of them may be lagging a little behind. In this presentation, Fairfield University’s Director of Academic Computing will demonstrate some surefire ways to get faculty excited about the possibilities of using iPads, smartphones, Kindle Fires, and more, to engage students and to make your software and hardware support responsibilities easier!

1:30pm – 1:45 Break

1:45pm – 2:45 Mobile Technology for Lifelong Learning
Speaker: Karl Hakkarainen, Technology Adviser, Worcester Institute for Senior Education at Assumption College

Increasingly, senior citizens are relying on tablets and smartphones for life and learning. BYOD, accessibility, document collaboration, video conferencing, and MOOCs, and mobile security are all present in adult and senior education programs in ways that are both familiar and unexpected. We'll discuss ways to make the mobile educational experience a great one for students and support staff alike.

2:45pm – 3:00pm Wrap up and End