Summary of Sessions
by Laura Sederberg

Sessions	Presenter(s)/Sponsor(s)	Comments	Links
WebCT Institutes	Dan Volchok Attending: Tom Maher, Diane Goldstein, Matt Christian, Marilyn Francis, Catie Gynn, Al Bogle, Bart Collins, Dan Volchok, Michelle Lamberson, Laura Sederberg	User WebCT Listserv; update Institutes Web pages from form ECP - self-evaluation process included as part of the application. Bar is raised every year. Paper to be written. Deadline: January 30th. Institutes will help review, after screened by Maisie and David (late Feb/Mar). Email Charlotte Dowd: pre-conference workshop on designing webct courses with ROI; idea for Poster Session with ROI. Email Dan re: ASTD conference/presentation Identify each of our leadership areas.	http://www.webct.com/institutes/ Listserv: mailto:institutes@webct.com Michelle Lamberson Univ. of Alberta, http://www.webct.ubc.ca
Large Course Redesign: Balancing Quality/Efficiency	Jon Mott, Brigham Young University	$2 million on 10 courses, about $200,000 per course customized vs $2,000 using Bb. Received a PEW Grant, 50 thousand students affected. Looked at 4 courses redesigned, reducing face-to-face time. Predictors of Success or Failure: Dept. committment is essential (deans, chairs & faculty) Sound Instructional Design Culture of Continuous Improvement Tools/Infrastructure Stability Effective collaboration- team approach Sustainability Suggestions: Course sequences, rather than individual courses Programs New models (pedagogy) Close working relationship with IT	http://cid.byu.edu/mott
ProPort Webfolio System "Implementation, Curriculum & Assessment"	Paul Gathercoal, Cal Lutheran	Goal of Authentic Assessment Levels of Maturation paper is online "Mentoring leading toward mastery" "Webfolios will be the next great innovation in education" "Paradigm shift will move us to student-centered teaching & learning" 7 Principles of Assessment: Focus on Learning Provide equal opportunity Make sure scholarship is recognized Recognize limitations Be supportive of relationships Students are active participants in assessments Report assessments in a meaningful way This courseware allows for professors to read assignments and reply with edit capabilities and comments. Data can be exported as .txt file. A lot of data is collected and usable.	http://www.dock.net/gathercoal/profport/ educause2003 Tool has built-in WYSIWYG editor Database to fill in Taxonomy Competencies Assignment-help Resources 2002 Knowledge Triangle
Assessment Techniques for Online Courses	Jean A. Derco, University of Tennessee Julie K. Little, University of Tennessee	Novice to Expert Matrix Pre-course survey dictates which quadrant students fall into. Use the Matrix to help determine the assessment techniques to use for online courses. Form groups to help equalize strengths/weaknesses. One could use a rubric on top of the matrix. Novice Content Novice Technology Novice Content Expert Technology Expert Content Novice Technology Expert Content Expert Technology Some lessons are: Analytic Memo (pairs) Word Journal Annotated Portfolio	http://itc.utk.edu/assessment/educause03
Blackboard, Hands-On	Kuzmich	Communication tools, student view try-out
Poster Sessions	Lamberson
Redistributed Learning: Integrating Distance Learning Resources with Multiple Instruction Sites	Chris Mason, Eric Sakai Community College in Vermont	Combined catalogues for 12 learning centers, merged libraries and curriculum, all managed and delivered via Blackboard. Shared resources: Training & Tutorials both online and on-ground Videoconferencing links all learning centers Hybrid courses used Math Lab available online to help all students from 76 classes; 15 math topics; 1050 students; separate discussions per topic; Virtual classroom per topic (like our chat/whiteboard combo); learning objects; companion web sites Technical is the easy part
Panel on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing: Looking for Win / Win Solutions	Charles Phelps, Provost, Univ. of Rochester Cary Sherman, Sr. Ex. VP, Recording Industry Ass. of America Graham Spanier, Pres. Pennsylvania State University Jack Valenti, Pres. & CEO, Motion Picture Assoc. of America Mara Liasson-moderator, NPR	New business models need to emerge. Phelps and Spanier are on a committee to work on educational perspectives of legal issues around copyright issues. Spanier is working on a deal with vendors to increase student technology fees in exchange for download-ability of music.
Learning, Teaching & Leading Excellence in Leadership Award Winner	Polley McClure, VP of IT, Cornell University Prof of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology	Learned from parents: Love of learning Sense that she was an active agent in the world Lessons learned: Trust Put relationships first Make it fun You need 3-way vision Never take your eyes off your partner (objective) Do your job, let them do theirs Communicate We learn best with positive rewards Mistakes are YOUR fault Prizes are theirs	Find out what rewards are wanted. Reward at the time of the action. Reward problem-solving Reciprocity creates "win-win"
Multipronged Approach to Assessment and Evaluation of Instructional Technology	Pauline Cheong, Annenberg School of Communication Chris Gianos, Marshall School of Business John Kazlauskas, Rossier School of Education Richard M. Lacy, University of Southern California	Toward a learning paradigm (5 things) Foundational Force of CMS Transformational Experience for Faculty Learner-Centered Design & Practices Assessment & Evaluation Institutional Change Taking jumbo course of 270 students, convert to smaller sections of 40-65 each meeting every other week face-to-face, lectures, assignments and self-assessments moved online, students given the choice of blended format or traditional face-to-face. Survey results about why students take online courses, 67% choose due to the scheduling flexibility; results say there is more student to faculty contact in online version. 96% of students liked the immediate grading feature. Faculty are not restructuring their course for Bb system. Suggestion to train faculty on shifting paradigm. To be most effective instructors need to change how they teach for online.
WebCT PowerLinks Software Development Kits (SDKs)	WebCT - Kimberly Voltero, Chloe Morrow, John Respondus - David Smetters, President Univ. of Alberta - Susan Stein, Team Lead, E-Learning Services Purdue University - Cory Seliger, System Architect	Vista 2.1 - Open Systems (not Open Source) Endeavor & Reading List Direct ePortfolio (Nuventive & OSPI) Web Collections Learning Module (Dreamweaver) Respondus Virtual Archive (HorizonLive) Turnitin.com (iParadigms) Settings Management options within WebCT for PowerLinks (Sys. Admin) Deploys application bridge, unlimited; XML interfaces 2004 First Quarter Vista 3.0 Web community will be created to assist each other/developers - idea for "exemplary programming" like Open Source. Microsoft Office is creating "Send to WebCT" publishing capabilities; Word first, then PowerPoint and Excel PowerLinks	See handouts and online, http://www.webct.com/vistadevnet/ Univ of Alberta: Students recruitment, self-enroll in course for chats, info Purdue: 4 different campuses with different SIS systems, directory systems, API framework - buffer to VISTA, uses J2EE standard Niki of New South Wales, Australia using with PeopleSoft with Vista Univ. of IL using multiple CMS
CSU WebCT Meeting	Anthony Cyplik	Progress Reports: Northridge - Cathy, share survey, perl script for PeopleSoft interface (4.1) Cal Poly Pomona - Lona, WebCT and Bb - managing both, share viewlets San Marcos - Garrett, share training materials and student orientation course and video, (4.1) Chico - Laura, share ROI, volunteer to help lead this users group, share our prep for Vista Day Share training, tutorials, job aids with each other.	http://www.webct.com/csu/ CSU, Northridge having a Tech Faire 15+ institutions are using Vista
Authority of Consensus: Next Generation CMS	Colleen Carmean, ASU - West Patricia McGee, University of Texas, San Antonio Vicki Suter, NLII Ali Jafari, Indiana University	Conceptual Framework - Learner centered principles for deeper learning Accidental pedagogy vs deeper learning Two focii: Existing container, standardization, accidental pedagogy, vs. deeper learning Focus Session looked at CMS vendors Workgroup comprised of four areas: - Conceptual Framework (Pat McGee) - Useage Scenarios (Jean Kreis) - Inter-Institutional Issues (Ron Bleed) - Intra-Institutional Issues (Malcolm Brown) Key Theme: Knowledge & Learning Management Systems Discussion about features, needs, desires and requirements of CMS. They are looking for chapters for their book, "Course Management Systems for Learning: Future Designs."	http://www.educause.edu/nlii/keythemes/ See Web site and report with list of features wanted in future LMS/CMS Book Objectives: To describe current practices and standards of the CMS To examine the CMS practices that effectively support learning within CMS To review researcfh-based implications for the design of an effective, learning-centered CMS To illustrate the functional requirements and learning designs that should be inherent in CMS learning environments To speculate on a true, next generation of CMS

Laura Sederberg
November 12, 2003