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Friday, April 24
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Check-in by 5:00pm |
Hotel Check-in; Pick up Conference Materials at Hotel
Hampton Inn
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6:00pm, Hotel Lobby for pickup
6:30pm, Seating for Dinner at Centre College |
Meet in Hotel Lobby for Van Pickup
Opening Dinner, Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
· Welcome from Centre College Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College,
Dr. Stephanie Fabritius
· Presentation, Mark Dahl, Lewis and Clark College
“The Gathering Storm: How Cloud Computing will Blow Away Existing Assumptions in Higher Ed Information Services”
· Dinner
· Campus Reports: A representative from each campus should present a 2-3 minute overview of the kinds of activities, challenges, and projects taking place on your campus (now and over the past year)
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Saturday, April 25 |
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8:00am |
Meet in Hotel Lobby for Van Pickup
Hampton Inn
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8:30 - 9:00 |
Centre College
Vahlkamp Theater, Crounse Hall
Opening Meeting: “Building Collaborative Relationships: Collaboration and Integration”
Welcome: Keeta Holmes, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Centre College
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9:00 –10:15
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Single Sign-on with a Campus Portal
Todd Watson, Southwestern University
Small school paying for a large commercial portal, then ditching the service a year later and doing the big-school (uPortal) open-source approach. The challenge of bringing together nearly a dozen different
applications (commercial AND open-source) to all work nicely within the portal framework. Big project with small staff, but a large success.
Followed by a discussion of portal experiences and integrating services into one environment easily accessible to a campus community. |
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Crounse 302
Technical Implementation and Support for Real-time videoconferencing
Discussion Moderator: Jami Powell, Centre College
1. Permanent installations vs mobile solutions
2. Training issues
3. Roles for supporting the communication: Who sets up? Who assists? Who trains?
Project Topic:
Event Streaming (Athletics and other Campus Events) |
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Crounse 313
Projects and How Videoconferencing can be used in Instruction and Library Services
Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
1. Examples of campus projects involving videoconferencing: best practices, potential areas of problems
2. Working with faculty; support roles
3. Delivering instruction via real-time video streaming
4. Video-based Reference Chat services
ProjectTopics:
· Chat and Reference Support Tools using Meebo and Jing (Lesley Jackson, Centre College)
· Free Tools: MIV, Dim Dim, Elluminate, etc
· Commercial Products: VBrick, Internet2, Polycom/Tandberg
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Morning Break – Hallway, Crounse Hall, Third Floor
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10:30 - 12:00
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Virtualization
Discussion Moderator: Shane Wilson, Centre College
Vendor Presentation, Jeff Propps, VMWare Practice Manager, Software Information Systems, “Virtual Desktops Leveraging VMWare View 3”
Campus Example, Todd Watson, Southwestern University, "Virtual Storage in a Mixed Platform Environment."
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Crounse 302
Lecture and Content Capture: “Course Capture as a Mechanism to Support Student Achievement”
Discussion Moderator: Jami Powell, Centre College
Presentation, Michael McAlister, Tegrity
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Library Computing Lab (Library Basement), Crounse Hall
Creating Instructional Materials: a Hands-on Workshop
Workshop leaders: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
Session participants will learn how to create web-based multimedia-enhanced instructional materials for training, course material preparation, and helpdesk applications. We'll explore commercial products that allow you to easily create video and flash-based instructional materials that incorporate a variety of materials.
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Crounse 313
The Online Media Center, from Dream to Reality
Discussion Moderator: Candace Bonnett, Centre College
Presentation by Joe Wack and Rose Ann Hicks, Rhodes College
Followed by a discussion about other video delivery system technologies on other campuses
1. Best practices delivering instructional materials and courses via video
2. Examples of how multimedia files are best distributed and accessed
3. Working with faculty and students
4. Best practices for release forms and copyright
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch, Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
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1:00 – 1:30 |
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Collaboration: Tools and Strategies for supporting collaborative environments
Focus: Online written collaboration
Presentation, Chester Andrews, Oberlin College, "Google Apps for Education: Cloudy or Partly Cloudy?"
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1:30 – 2:15
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Network and Helpdesk:
Discussion Moderator: Art Moore, Centre College
· Using Google Apps in Helpdesk Projects (Tanya Pfeffer)
· Discussion of other Helpdesk Operations
· LDAP/Authentication/User Account Setup Discussion
· Security
· Offsite storage
· Enterprise Deployment
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Crounse 313
Applications of Software as a Service (SaaS): Instructional Environment
Discussion Moderator: Candace Bonnett, Centre College
Session participants will explore the use of web-based applications and compare web-based applications with traditional software applications used in supporting group and team collaborations.
· Campus examples
· Campus Roles
· Best practices (Policies and Procedures)
· Pitfalls to watch for
· Training concerns
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Crounse 315
Web 2.0 Applications and the Future of the Learning Management System (LMS)
Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
· LMS applications vs Moodle/Blackboard tools for Written Collaboration
· Moodle Pilots and Other LMS Pilots
· Third-Party Apps for LMS systems: Highlighted Product, Wimba
· Discussion: How do Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 applications impact LMS deployment?
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Crounse 302
Applications of Saas: Library services
Discussion Moderator: Carrie Frey, Centre College
Discussion on how Google Apps are or can be used in Library services |
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2:15 – 2:45 |
Crounse 301
Collaboration: Tools and Strategies for supporting collaborative environments
Focus: Web 2.0 Technologies
Wiki and Blogs: Deployment, Usage, Training
Presentation: William Anderson, Atlassian’s Confluence as an Enterprise Wiki Solution
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2:45 – 3:30
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Web 2.0 Technology Support: Server side
Discussion Moderator: Luke Hatcher, Centre College
LDAP/Authentication/
User Account Setup
Security
Enterprise solutions Deployment
Training and User Support
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Crounse 313
Web 2.0 and the Library
Discussion Moderator: Lesley Jackson, Centre College
Wikis, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other Social Networking sites
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Crounse 302
Web 2.0 in Academic Technology:
Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
Presenters
· Jason Alley and Courtney Bentley (Lafayette), "Using individual and course blogs in English and American Studies"
Followed by a discussion about project ideas, best practices, support roles, and measures for success
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Crounse 315
Classroom Technologies that support Group Collaborative Work
Discussion Moderator: Jami Powell, Centre College
Annotation technologies
Interaction devices (clickers, cell phones): Shared Experiences / Comparisons of different systems
Software solutions for fostering in-class collaborations (Insight, DyKnow)
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3:30– 3:40 |
Mid-Afternoon Break: Crounse Hall, 3rd Floor
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3:40 –4:40
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Network Management Tools
Discussion Moderators: Shane Wilson, Centre College, and Todd Watson, Southwestern University
· PowerShell
· Virtualization
· Other topics, as requested, by network admins attending
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Crounse 302
Mac Support
Discussion Leader: Rohit Ohri, Centre College
Campus Examples Shared by: Tanya Pfeffer, Macalester College
Best practices for supporting Macs and Mac-users campus-wide
Making Mac support effortless; group discussion on how to handle challenges and issues preventing effortless support
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Crounse 313
Helpdesk
Presenter: Seth Thompson “MS System Center”
Followed by a discussion of methods of software deployment and remote support
· Virtualized Desktop Support
· Remote Software Deployment
· Remote desktop support |
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Crounse 315
Marketing Services
Discussion Leader: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
· Best practices in marketing your services
· Digital signage and information kiosks
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Crounse 316
How to manage a student-run service for campus constituents
Discussion Leader: Candace Bonnett, Centre College
This session will discuss how the CTL department at Centre College provides additional services to
faculty, staff and students with the assistance of student workers. We will present how this student-run service has emerged over the past 3 years. We will also show the results of a student worker survey which gave valuable information on what they liked and didn’t like as a result from running this additional service.
Topics: training, creating instructional materials, testing the students on technology, motivating student workers, and marketing this service to the campus constituents. |
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4:45 – 6:00
(Choose a session) |
Crounse 301
Use and Support of Mobile Devices (Smartphones and Netbooks) in Library Services
Discussion Moderator: Art Moore, Centre College
Presentation: Jacob Hill and Kyle Jones, Elmhurst College |
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Crounse 302
Space Design and Planning Discussion
Jami Powell, Centre College, Workshop Leader
Session participants will collectively plan for 2 types of learning spaces confined by defined parameters
Space 1: Interactive Classroom that supports active learning pedagogy
Space 2: Collaborative Group Study/Workspace in a Library
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Crounse 313
Green Initiatives in Computing
Presentation, Gerald Lukey, Lenovo
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Crounse 316
Digital Archives / DSpace Discussion
Discussion Moderator, Bob Glass, Centre College
An informal discussion of digital archive solutions, including experiences using and implementing DSpace |
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6:00 |
Depart for Hampton Inn
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6:45 |
Leave for Beaumont Inn
Dinner, Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, KY
Each campus group should share 1 project they would like to implement on their campus; 2 topics will be chosen to be discussed and planned the next morning in a group setting.
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Sunday, April 26th |
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8:30 |
Checkout of hotel; Van pickup
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9:00 – 9:45 |
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Planning Session
Two campus groups will plan to implement their project together with the help of other colleagues around the room to help guide the planning process. Each project should incorporate input from a variety of perspectives: network/infrastructure, helpdesk, library, and instructional technology
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9:45 – 10:30 |
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Integration: Support Services, Organizational Structures, and Delivering Services
Discussion Moderator: Stan Campbell, Director of the Library, Centre College
Presentation: Carrie Schulz, Rollins College
“Methodologies to build partnerships between IT and Library staff that entail Faculty projects” |
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Vahlkamp Theater, Crounse Hall
Centers for Teaching and Learning: Models, Best Practices, Services
Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
Session participants will discuss the varying models of CTL centers that have been developed on campuses, what services they offer, and how such centers are managed and staffed
· Student support for technology-enhanced assignments
· Faculty development
· Instructional design support
· Academic Technology Support
· Writing Center, Advising Services, Tutoring |
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10:30 – 10:45 |
Mid-morning Break
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10:45 – 11:30 |
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Information Commons Center Planning: How do we get to the point of physically building the centers?
Discussion Moderator: Carrie Schulz, Rollins College
A discussion about planning for Information Commons within Libraries with an emphasis on the kinds of considerations and challenges campuses face when designing an active center |
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Crounse 301
Network and Helpdesk
Tips, Tricks, and Tools
· Rohit Ohri, Centre College “GetDropbox.com”
· Todd Watson, Southwestern University, “Static IP management tool, Useradmin: menu-driven Tool, Nagios, and RRDTool/MRTG”
· Other Volunteers?
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Crounse 302
Digital Storytelling
Presentation, Hiroyo Saito, Haverford College
"Digital Storytelling using VoiceThread in Foreign Language Classes”
Followed by a discussion of other tools used on various campuses to support multimedia assignments and projects.
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Retreat Overview and Discussion of Themes
Conference Evaluation
Door Prize Drawing: You must be present to win
Lunch provided in boxes
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