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A Zoom link will be sent one week prior to the conference via the email address provided on the registration form.
The presentation sessions will be recorded and made available to QMo members after the conclusion of the conference.
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Megan VanBuskirk
Megan VanBuskirk
Director of Quality Assurance, Holistic Learning Solutions
Assistant Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Megan VanBuskirk serves as the Director of Quality Assurance at Holistic Learning Solutions and an assistant faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. She is currently pursuing an EdD in entrepreneurial leadership, focusing on the integration of social justice and systems thinking to address educational inequities. With 17 years of experience in curriculum design, instruction, and educational innovation, Megan brings expertise in strategic planning and institutional growth. Her work emphasizes balancing business sustainability with social impact, ensuring that educational initiatives empower learners to become leaders in their careers and communities.
Beyond the Buzz: Leveraging GenAI to Foster Engagement, Inclusivity, and Integrity
Beyond the Buzz: Leveraging GenAI to Foster Engagement, Inclusivity, and Integrity
9:10 - 10:00 am
9:10 - 10:00 am
Ethical GenAI Integrated Assignment
Ethical GenAI Integrated Cultural Writing Assignment
Program to Course Module Alignment
Psychology 101 Course Map Alignment Review
Discover how to integrate generative AI (GenAI) tools into your online course design to enhance learner engagement, foster inclusivity, and uphold academic integrity. This session will provide practice strategies for aligning objectives with assessments, incorporating GenAI into learning activities, and ensuring ethical AI use. Prepare your students for future success with transparent, AI-enhanced learning experiences that meet institutional policies.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
identify innovative ways to leverage GenAI in the online course design process to enhance engagement.
develop assessment plans aligned with program, course, and module objectives, incorporating GenAI tools.
integrate GenAI into assessments and activities to promote experiential learning and inclusivity.
apply transparent, ethical practices to support academic integrity and AI policy compliance.
Bethany Simunich
Bethany Simunich
Vice President of Innovation and Research, Quality Matters
Dr. Bethany Simunich is the Vice President of Innovation and Research at Quality Matters, an educational non-profit dedicated to quality online learning at all levels of education. In this role, Dr. Simunich leads efforts to help institutions, faculty, and staff make data-driven, research-based decisions to implement quality assurance best practices and promote online student success. In her 20+ years in higher education, she has held faculty roles for both in-person and online teaching, and also worked in educational technology, instructional design, and faculty development for online learning. As an online learning administrator, she has created and managed instructional design processes and teams, led faculty development for online teaching, and served in leadership and consulting roles for institutional, state, and national efforts for online quality assurance. Dr. Simunich is also co-Director of the CHLOE Project (Changing Landscape of Online Education), which presents the unique perspective of senior leaders in online learning from U.S. higher education institutions, and co-author of High-Impact Design for Online Courses (HIDOC), which presents an instructional design model purpose-built for the unique considerations of online learning modalities.
High-Impact Design for Online Courses (HIDOC): The course design model purpose-built for online learning
High-Impact Design for Online Courses (HIDOC): The course design model purpose-built for online learning
10:10 - 11:00 am
10:10 - 11:00 am
Bethany's BONUS documents:
Design Doc: Learner Analysis
Annotated Development Doc: ASSIGNMENT PROMPTS
HIDOC: Sample questions for student feedback surveys
High-Impact Design for Online Courses (HIDOC) advances existing design models and frameworks by presenting a holistic, robust 8-step process purpose-built for online modalities. Developed specifically to attend to the unique considerations and constraints of online education, HIDOC reflects best practices for supporting online learners, attending to digital accessibility, creating a well-organized web-based layout, using technology to support learning and interaction, elevating online presence, and creating online community. We'll walk you through the steps, showcase additional resources from the HIDOC book, and share free design documents that will help you begin or improve the quality of your online course.
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
identify the eight steps in the HIDOC design process, and describe how the model attends to the unique needs of online learners, instructors, and designers; and
explain how to use the companion resources, such as the Design and Development Docs, to begin or improve the design of their course.
Dr. Diana Dell
Dr. Diana Dell
Director of Educational Technology, College of Education, Missouri Baptist University
Dr. Diana Dell is an instructional technologist with more than 40 years of experience in K-12 education and higher education. She is passionate about improving learning using cutting-edge, engaging technology. Her background encompasses K-12 teaching, staff development, instructional support, instructional design, educational web publishing, edtech consulting, online teaching, and serving as a chair on dissertation committees.
Dr. Dell will be facilitating the following three presentations:
Dr. Robert Cole
Dr. Robert Cole
Program Director, Reinert Center, St. Louis University
Robert joined the Reinert Center staff in 2019 after serving as a faculty member in the School of Education for 19 years. He has more than 30 years of experience teaching elementary, middle, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate students. He has taught technology integration, curriculum and instruction, and instructional design in higher education, and still teaches undergraduates in an adjunct capacity.
Generative AI: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How it Works
Generative AI: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How it Works
11:10 - 11:30 am
11:10 - 11:30 am
During this presentation, we will explore the differences between various AI technologies. We will think about generative AI and how we use it in our various settings and some of the things we may want to consider when we do. Finally, we will think through how generative AI works from a non-computer science perspective.
Jonam Wang
Jonam Wang
Jonam Wang has been working as an instructional designer in higher education for almost a decade, most recently at Missouri Baptist University. In addition, he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at Saint Louis University.
NotebookLM
NotebookLM
11:30 - 11:45 am
11:30 - 11:45 am
In this session, we'll explore how Google NotebookLM can enhance instructional design and academic research. Participants will learn how to use this tool to organize, synthesize, and understand complex information efficiently. Whether you're designing courses or conducting research, this session will equip you with practical skills to effectively integrate AI into your workflow.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to use Google NotebookLM to complete one instructional design or research task, such as generating a course outline or summarizing complex content.
Jerol Enoch
Jerol Enoch
Jerol Enoch holds a Ph.D. in education with a focus on teaching with technology and teaching and learning processes. With more than 30 years in academia, he has been a teacher, a teacher trainer, a program coordinator, and an instructional designer, teaching in the United States and overseas. In his current role as instructional designer, he helps faculty with thoughtful, purposeful, and deliberate course design that makes the most of current trends in educational technology. Much of that current interest has been in the ethical implementation of AI for education, while maintaining a focus on achieving measurable learning outcomes and meeting the needs of today's student population.
What's New and Upcoming in the World of AI
What's New and Upcoming in the World of AI
11:45 - 12:10 pm
11:45 - 12:10 pm
Let's look at current trends in AI and some tools that might be helpful to educators in a new AI-powered world. Objectives for this session include:
an overview of changes in the world of AI over the past few months and where that seems to be leading us, and
a discussion highlighting some of the latest AI tools and how to use them in your discipline.
Wrap-Up and Prizes
Wrap-Up and Prizes
12:10 pm
12:10 pm
Following the last session, Dr. Dell will have a charge to all attendees and then we'll have a random drawing for 10 $20 Amazon gift cards and the grand prize of a copy of the HIDOC book, co-authored by Dr. Simunich.
Links to the presentation recordings and slide decks will be provided on this page
a few days after the conclusion of the conference.
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