7:30 – 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Session

Developing, Facilitating and Assessing Engaging Courses

Hip Technologies & Far-Out Ideas for Research and Education

Breaking Barriers in E-Learning Policy & Funding

Libraries & Digital Education – Resources Services, and Collaborations

New Partnerships & Collaborations

8:30 – 9:30

Using Humor to Enhance Online Instruction

Mark Shatz, Ohio University Zanesville

The Integration of Technology and Distance Learning in the 21st Century Learner

Marianne Vakalis, Franklin University

Show Me the Money! Strategies and Tips for Getting Tech Grants

Mary Hricko, Kent State University Geauga

Can Today’s Library and Today’s IT Organization Co-create Tomorrow’s Learning Infrastructure

Steve Acker, Ohio State University

We’re Making the Path by Walking:  The OLN Learning Communities Initiative

Sheryl Hansen, Panel Moderator

OLN

9:30 – 10:00

Vendor Exhibits

10:00 – 11:00

Enhancing the First-year Experience: Building Information Fluency Skills through Embedded Learning Activities

Robert Cotter, Xavier University

eFolios on a Shoestring Budget: Using Data Driven Web Applications

Mary Tipton, Kent State University

Achieving Section 508 Compliance in a University Setting

William Beasley, Cleveland State University

Data sets and Statistical Repositories for Teaching and Research

Barbara Drew, Kent State University

Growing Gardens, Communities and Minds With Digital Nutrients

Dennis Taylor, Hiram College

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 12:15

That's Edutainment: How Sinclair Community College Created a Soap Opera to Teach Online Students about Consumer Law

Nadine Ballard, Sinclair Community College

Exploring Mars through EventSCOPE

Ron McCloskey, Carnegie Mellon University

The Future of Distance Learning – an OLN Task Force Report

Tom Erney, Columbus State Community College

Thinking Outside the Box: A Case Study Using E-Learning Technology to Instruct Large Populations

Robert Withers, Miami University

Successful Distance Learning Through University – Corporate Partnerships

Jim Rauch, University of Cincinnati

12:15 – 12:45

Lunch

12:45 – 2:00

Keynote Presentation: Howard Rheingold

2:00 – 3:00

e-Aging: Using Technology and New Community Partnerships to Revitalize the Gerontology Curriculum

Valerie Brown,  Cuyahoga Community College

Open-Source Student-Oriented Tools to Enhance the Science Educational Environment

Michael Lee, Kent State University

Collaborating on Graduate Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

Effective ERes: Teaching Writing Online

Danielle Clarke, Ohio Wesleyan University

Leveraging Library Resources: The University of Akron Model for Academic – Corporate Partnering

Jo Ann Calzonetti, University of Akron

3:00 – 3:30

Vendor Exhibits

3:30 – 4:30

Developing an Online Course in General Pharmacology

Gopi Tejwani, Ohio State University

Free, Cheap and Easy Online Tools to Support Classroom Instruction

Shelly Marshall, Kent State University Geauga

Plagiarism, Pirates & Hackers:  How Do We Educate Students on Ethical Computer Use?

Barbara Belle, University of Dayton

Meeting the Library Needs of Virtual Early Childhood Education Students

Cheryl Ghosh, University of Cincinnati

7:30 – 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Session

Developing, Facilitating and Assessing Engaging Courses

Hip Technologies & Far-Out Ideas for Research and Education

Developing, Facilitating and Assessing Engaging Courses

Libraries & Digital Education – Resources Services, and Collaborations

New Partnerships & Collaborations

8:30 – 9:30

Improving Curriculum Quality by Design

Rob Wood,

Franklin University

An Exercise in Hard Choices: Using Online Technology to Engage in Long Distance Group Decision Making

Evangeline Varonis, University of Akron

Application of Text to Speech Technology in Design and Development of Presentations

Hojjat Mehri, Youngstown State University

The “Teachable Moment” in the Digital Reference Environment: A Road Map to New Public Services in the Information Commons

Jane Duffy, Ohio State University

Engaging to Enrich Learning: A Learning Objects Collaboration

Marcia Deddens, University of Cincinnati

9:30 – 10:00

Vendor Exhibits

10:00 – 11:00

Bible Lands and Lifeways: Developing a Blended Course

Paul Pennington, Cincinnati Bible College

Modeling as an Interactive Learning Environment: Using Technology to Unlock Nature’s Secrets

Robert Panoff, Shodor Education Foundation

Working collaboratively to provide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) access and training

Michael Howser, Miami University

The Library and Your Blackboard Course: On and Off Campus

Sherri Saines, Ohio University

Extending Our Landscape for Learning: Distance Outreach to Secondary Students

Holly Harris Bane, University of Akron

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 12:15

E 4 Me, An Introduction to E-Learning for Ohioans

George Steele, Ohio Learning Network

Walk in Learning: Meeting the on-going technology gap in a learning community

James Callahan

Miami University

Virtual Office Hours: Tutoring Distance Students in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics

Steven Myers, University of Akron

Learning Objects and Library Instruction: Facilitating Collaboration, Integration and Assessment of Information Literacy in the Classroom

Karen Diaz, Ohio State University

Making a Difference in K12 Math and Science: Collaboration is the Key to No Child Left Behind

Chuck Allport, Cedarville University

12:15 – 1:30

Lunch

Keynote Presentation: The Ohio Commons for Digital Education (Ohio Learning Network, OhioLINK, Ohio Supercomputer Center/OARnet)

1:30 – 2:30

New Horizons in American Higher Education

John Hirschbuhl, University of Akron

Computational Science at the Undergraduate Curriculum

Ignatios Vakalis, Capital University

Turning a Regular (face-to-face) course into a more engaging blended (hybrid) course

Jian Sun, University of Rio Grande

Numeracy Across the Curriculum: New Opportunities in the Digital Age

Aaron Shrimplin, Miami University

Learning Community Realities: Building the OSTEP Technology

Evan Straub, Ohio State University

2:30 – 3:00

Vendor Exhibits

3:00 – 4:00

Four Years of Teaching A Hybrid Discipline-Specific Writing Course

Susan Sarnoff, Ohio University

Whaddya think? Free

survey software sounds good

Todd Slater

Muskingum Area Technical College

Instructional Modules to Enhance College Teaching

Albert Ingram, Kent State University

Create an Online Course Reading List Using EBSCO page Composer

Penelope Pearson, Ohio State University

Digital Language and Literacy: An Educational Technology Assistance Program

Kristine Blair, Bowling Green State University

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