Tuesday, May 16, 2006

University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

8:00-8:30

Registration in Combs Hall Lobby

Registration and Continental Breakfast.

8:30-9:45

Combs 139
Conference Welcome, Plenary Panel Discusion

Conference Welcome
Dr. Meta Braymer, Dean of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies
Dr. Rosemary Barra, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Mr. R. F. “Chip” German, Jr., Vice President for Information Technologies and CIO

Panel Discussion: “A Conversation about Blogging at UMW”
Ernie Ackerman, Teresa Coffman, Leanna Giancarlo, Steve Greenlaw, Jeff McClurken, Tim O’Donnell, John Pearce, Anand Rao, Marcel Rotter, Gregg Stull

9:45-10:00

Break

10:00 - 11:15

Combs 139
Plenary Session: “Gaming and Education”
Rachel Smith, New Media Consortium

11:15-11:30

Break

11:30-12:30

Concurrent Session

Presentation Session A - Combs 139

• Marcel Rotter (UMW), “One Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Incorporation of Electronic Images in the Foreign Language Classroom” Co-presenters: Andy Revelos, Lauren Shaw (UMW).
• Gerald Royce (UMW), “Modern Tools in Astronomy“
• Scott Ligon (UMW), “Digital Fine Art: Implications, Applications, and Apprehensions“

Presentation Session B - Combs 237

• Sara More (UMW), “Waking Up PowerPoint Lectures (And Your Students) Using Classroom Presenter“
• Jeff McClurken (UMW), “Teaching with Tablets“
• John Pearce (UMW), “Preserving the Past with Tools of the Future“

12:30-1:30

Lunch and Poster Sessions
Combs Hall Lobby

• Angela Gosetti-Murrayjohn (UMW), “Homer, Live!“
• Evelyne Godfrey (UMW), “Early Metal Microstructure Archive (EMMA)“
• Jeff Edmunds (UMW), “Freeware for Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems“
• Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (UMW), “Conference Tool Sandbox”

1:30-2:45

Concurrent Session

Panel Discussion - Combs 237

• Carolyn Parsons and Jami Bryan (UMW), “Embarking on the Digital Pathway - A Digital Asset Management System for Campus Collections“

Presentation Session - Combs 139

• Craig Naylor (UMW), “The UMW Electronic Music Studio: A Laboratory-Based Approach to Teaching“
• Gregg Stull (UMW), “Cracking the Narrative—Discovering Community, Encountering Self“
• Anand Rao (UMW), “Filmmaking, Small-Group Decision-Making, and Life: What I Learned in 48 Hours“

Presentation Session - Combs 111

• Robert Rycroft (UMW), “Clickers in the Classroom: How to Get the Most Out of Personal Response Pads“
• Steven Greenlaw (UMW), “Blogging as a Teaching and Research Tool“
• David MacEwen (UMW), “Software Solves Scheduling Snags“
• Timothy O’Donnell (UMW), “The Case for Blogging: Experiences from the National Debate Tournament“

2:45-3:00

Break

3:00 - 4:15

Combs 349
Plenary Workshop/demonstration:”What can Higher Education Repositories Learn from Flickr?”
Cyprien Lomas, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative scholar-in-residence

4:15-4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:45

Combs 139
Plenary Workshop/Demonstration: “Blogging for Beginners & Getting Started with Podcasting”
Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn & Gardner Campbell
UMW Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

8:00-8:30

Registration in Combs Hall Lobby

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:45

Concurrent Session

Presentation Session - Combs 139

• Patrick Gosetti-MurrayJohn (UMW), “Writing Redux: Class Discoveries About Writing With XML“
• Paul Fallon (UMW), “Exploring Unicode to Teach the Writing Systems of the World“
• Lee Carleton (University of Richmond), “‘Miranda’: An Experiment in Hypertext“
• Jeff Edmunds (UMW), “Using MATLAB to teach Multivariable Calculus“

Panel Discussion - Combs 237

• Ernie Ackermann, Mara Scanlon, David MacEwen, Gregg Stull, Steve Greenlaw (UMW), “What’s a Wiki For?“

9:45-10:00

Break

10:00 - 11:15

Faculty Academy Keynote Address: “21st Century Literacy”
Jon Udell, Infoworld Magazine

11:15-11:30

Break

11:30 - 12:30

Concurrent Session

Panel Discussion - Combs 139

• Angela Gosetti-Murrayjohn, Marie McAllister, Marjorie Och, Marcel Rotter (UMW), “State of the Art: The First Year of ARTstor at UMW” Panel facilitator: Martha Burtis (UMW)

Presentation Session - Combs 237

• Raul Chavez-Negrete (UMW), “To Blend or not to Blend: Design, Results, and Comparison of a Hybrid versus a Traditional Residential Graduate Course in Project Management“
• Teresa Kennedy (UMW), “Data Integration: Portfolio, Media Authoring, Assessment“
• Gail Brooks (UMW), “Experiences using Electronic Portfolios for Learning” Copresenters: Lisa Ames, Cheryl Hawkinson-Melkun, Teresa Coffman and Sharon Teabo (UMW)

Presentation Session - Combs 111

• Kevin McCluskey (UMW), “Developing a Discipline-Specific Information Literacy Module for Students in the Department of Theatre and Dance“
• Timothy O’Donnell (UMW), “Arguendoclass.com: The Scoop on the Inter-University Online Debate Classroom“
• Mara Scanlon (UMW), “Wikiphobia: Entry on the Long Poem“

12:30-1:30

Combs 139
Luncheon Plenary Presentation: “A Fantastico Expedition: Massive Web Innovation on $6.95 a Month”
UMW Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies

1:30-2:45

Plenary Panel Discussion
“What is Web 2.0?”
Jon Udell, Rachel Smith, and Cyprien Lomas

2:45-3:00

Break

3:00 - 4:15

Combs 139
Plenary Presentation: “Assembling Information in the Sciences”
Cyprien Lomas, Educause Learning Initiative Scholar-In-Residence

4:15-4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Combs 349
Workshop/Demonstration: “Pachyderm: A Multimedia Authoring Environment”
Rachel Smith, New Media Consortium

5:30

Wine and Cheese Reception

Sidewalk outside Combs Hall (if inclement weather, Combs Hall Foyer)