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Pittsburgh Blackboard
User’s Group Conference - March 7 and 8, 2005
Carlow University, AJ
Palumbo Hall
Conference Agenda
March 7 – Monday
8:00
– 8:45am |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast |
8:00am
– 3pm |
Vendor
Exhibits Open |
9:00
– 9:15am |
Welcome
Session |
VIEW |
9:15
– 10:00am |
Opening
Session
Blackboard: Enabling
Communities of Practice
Presented by: Adrian
Alleyne, Blackboard Inc. |
10:00
– 10:50am |
Session
1: Choose One
Track 1: Organizing a Course Before it Gets to Blackboard
Presented by: Sharon
Miller, Mount Aloysius College
Track 2: The Blackboard
Academic Suite: The Power of the Blackboard Content System
Presented by: Lara
Oerter, Blackboard Inc.
Track 3: One Blackboard,
Three Courses: The Clinical Year Site for Physician Assistant Students
Presented by: Martha
Petersen, Bridget Calhoun & Deborah Opacic, Duquesne University
Vendor: Franklin
Interiors
Evolving Educational
Environments
Presented by: Garry
Pyles & Mark DeNapoli |
11:00
– 11:50am |
Session
2: Choose One
Track 1: Blackboard Courses in Life Sciences has Enhanced Student Learning
Presented by: Dr.
Leelavati Murthy,
Community College
of Allegheny County
Track 2: Using
Technology to Introduce Students to Campus Technology Resources
Presented by: Nola
Coulson & Karen Sturgeon, Carlow University
Track 3: Building Course Content with Course Cartridges: A Lesson in Trial and Error
Presented by: Dr.
Stephanie Etter, Mount Aloysius College
Vendor: Smart
Ed. Services
Integration of
the SMART Board and Blackboard for Creating and Sharing Information
Presented by: Dr.
Raymond T. Heipp |
12:00 – 1:00pm |
Lunch
Sponsored by SoftChalk |
12:00
– 1:00pm |
Group
Update with the Vice President of Blackboard Client Support Services
for User Group Representatives
Presented by: Craig
Chanoff, Blackboard Inc. |
1:00
– 1:50pm |
Session
3: Choose One
Track 1: Integrating
Technology in Academic Advising
Presented by: Denise
King, Carlow University
Track 2: Bells,
Whistles, Chirps and Quacks: Making Technology Instructional and
Accessible for Faculty
Presented by: David
Holzemer, University of Pittsburgh
Track 3: Easing
the Transition from Synchronous to Asynchronous Distance Learning
Through Collaboration
Presented by: Dr.
Joan Such Lockhart & Ruth Newberry,
Duquesne University
Vendor: SoftChalk
Creating and Sharing
Learning Objects
Presented by: Bob
Godwin-Jones |
2:00
– 2:50pm |
Session
4: Choose One
Track 1: Formative & Summative Evaluation of MLIS FastTrack Program
Presented by: Dr.
Barbara Frey & Dr. Sue Alman, University of Pittsburgh
Track 2: Blackboard Learning System: From Pilot Program to Powerful Enterprise Platform
Presented by: Susan
Summerlin, Blackboard, Inc.
Track 3: Cost-Benefit Assessment of BB5 in Marketing Research Instruction
Presented by: Dr.
Conway Lackman, Duquesne University
Vendor: Q-MultiMedia
The
Best E-Learning Tools are for Techies, and Other Monstrous Myths
Presented by: Amanda
Burlingham |
March 8 – Tuesday
9:00
– 10:00am |
Registration & Continental
Breakfast |
9:00am
– 3pm |
Vendor
Exhibits Open |
10:00
– 10:50am |
Session
1: Choose One
Track 1: Promoting
Global Understanding Through International Distance Education Experiences
Presented by: Dr.
Susan O’Rourke, Marie Martin & Joseph Martin,
Carlow University
Track 2: Total
Quality in Distance Education: A Goal for Every Campus
Presented by: Dr.
Tim Wilson, Point Park University
Track 3: Benefits
of Blackboard in Overcoming Barriers to Cooperative Learning When
Preparing Students for a Nursing Certification Exam
Presented by: Dr.
Carl Ross & Donna Falcone, Duquesne University
Track 4: Blackboard
Transaction System
Blackboard’s
Product Strategy and Vision
Presented by: Greg
Baker, Blackboard
Inc.
Vendor: Tegrity
Improving Academic
Performance with a Study System Including Instructional Archiving
and Electronic Handwritten Notes
Presented by: Michael
L. Mathews & Mel Rosso-Llopart |
11:00
– 11:50am |
Session
2: Choose One
Track 1: Breaking
Through the Browser Barrier - Developing Online Content for How
People REALLY use the Web
Presented by: Deborah
Ayers, Butler County Community College
Track 2: Using Blackboard to Facilitate Information and Computer Literacy Across
the Disciplines
Presented by: Kathryn
Fowler, Duquesne University
Session 2: Choose
One
Track 3: Giving
Voice: Adult Women Returning to CollegeTake On a Discussion
Board (Panel Discussion)
Presented by: Dr.
Coralyn McCauley, Student Presenters: Shannon Britton, Pamela Mackey,
Krystal Moreno, Keona Parham,
Carlow University
Track 4: Blackboard
Transaction System
Roundtable Discussion:
Issues
Facing Today’s One Card Programs
Moderated
by: Karen Sturgeon, Carlow University
Vendor: Elluminate
Elluminate Adds
Synchronous Learning to Blackboard
Presented by: John
Lowe |
12:00 –
1:00pm |
Lunch
Sponsored by Tegrity |
1:00
– 1:50pm |
Session
3: Choose One
Track 1: Features
of the Blackboard Gradebook
Presented by: Mark
Vehec, Duquesne University
Track 2: Using
Blackboard for Staff Training (Hands-on Session)
Presented by: Diane
Jacobs,
Community College
of Allegheny County
Track 3: 8 Strategies
(Plus Yours) for Active Learning
Presented by: Dr.
Barbara Frey, University of Pittsburgh
Track 4: Blackboard
Transaction System
Roundtable Discussion:
Blackboard’s
New Community System
Moderated
by: Michele Neyers, Blackboard Inc.
Vendor: Horizon
Wimba
Humanize your
Blackboard Courses with Horizon Wimba
Presented by: Mark
Bevenour |
2:00
– 2:50pm |
Closing
Session |
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