Program Schedule
1:00 – 5:00 PM Wednesday, May 21st
Hands-on Computer Labs providing instruction on educational games and software
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Thursday, May 22nd
Keynote address from a nationally recognized expert in the field of e-learning
One-hour concurrent sessions featuring eleven tracks and 44 presentations
2008 Presentation Categories
The half-day tutorials on May 21st and one-hour sessions on May 22nd will focus on the following categories. Examples for each category are included.
Assessing and Managing Digital Content
♦ Digital library systems and collections ♦ Online text books ♦ Library 2.0
♦ Taxonomies and folksonomies - the new way of searching ♦ Multi-media searching
Digital Content: Creation
♦ Web 2.0 publishing tools (blogs, wikis, YouTube) ♦ 3D animation/modeling
♦ Consumer as content creator ♦ Creating objects in Second Life ♦ Multi-media production
e-Learning Technologies and Trends
♦ Next generation course management systems ♦ Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning
♦ New mobile technologies ♦ Open Source technologies (i.e., Moodle)
Effective e-Curriculum Design
♦ New models for teaching next generation students ♦ Locating shareable content
♦ Curriculum design implications for engaging the next generation students
e-Accreditation, e-Assessment and e-Learning Outcomes
♦ How to assess the quality and effectiveness of online learning
♦ Need for greater institutional accountability ♦ Learning outcomes & rubric development
e-Administrative and Student Services
♦ Online recruitment & tutoring services ♦ On-line advising tools/strategies
♦ Data privacy and student info ♦ Student relations management software
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