FITSI 2003 Session Summaries
Effective College Teaching: Best Practices for Instructional Design
Presenter: Dr. Robert Reiser, Professor of Instructional Systems, Florida State University
Whether you are using technology or sticking to traditional teaching methods, careful planning that follows a systematic process is necessary to enhance student learning. Share experiences, suggestions, and best practices for designing and evaluating your teaching with a leader in the field of instructional design.
Technology Decisions that Work
Presenters: Mark Demyanovich/Joanne Adams/Laurie Trufant, CIS Academic Technology
Choosing wisely from the seemingly endless array of instructional technology tools can be a daunting task. This session provides an overview of key technologies and examines a decision-making process for their proper selection.
Wrap-Up
We have set aside time at the end of the day on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday to allow you to reflect on what you have learned and discuss its potential impact on your teaching.
Introduction to Team Activity
Work with your colleagues in small groups throughout the week to design and develop a presentation that illustrates key concepts you have learned from the FITSI sessions. These team projects will be presented on the last day of the Institute.
Teaching with Technology: Bringing the Immigrants Over
Presenters:
Mike Giordano, CIS Academic Technology
Bob Barcelona, Recreation Policy & Management
Digitization of traditional course materials can help transform your classroom. But moving materials from paper to digital format is only part of the challenge. Today’s sessions explore how digital materials can support student-centered learning and present an overview of best practices.
Technology Tool Rotations
What is the best way to scan an article? How can you digitize existing photographs or slides? What are the possibilities of digital audio? Find out at these hands-on sessions, where you’ll have an opportunity to work with the experts.
I. Scanning Basics for Print and Web
Presenters: Doug Prince/Lisa Nugent/Bev Conway, CIS Academic Technology
This workshop covers hardware and software that prepare images for print or Web delivery. Examine basic issues and best practices, including resolution, image size, file formats, and color management.
II. Digitizing Text for Online Delivery
Presenter: Joe Danahy, CIS Academic Technology
Scanning and digitizing text is easy—but it does take some practice. Learn best practices and gain hands-on experience preparing files for online delivery using PDF, HTML, and OCR software.
III. Digital Audio—Identifying Sound Practices
Presenters: David Blezard/Tim Griffin, CIS Academic Technology
There’s more to digital audio than just playing music on your computer. Learn how to digitize and store audio files so they can be edited, enhanced, and used in creative ways to support course materials.
Storytelling, Supercomputers, and Five Cups of Tea
Presenter: Andy Dolph, CIS Academic Technology
An amusing and off-beat exploration of the power of technology to tell stories.
Team Working Session I
Work with your colleagues in small groups throughout the week to design and develop a presentation that illustrates key concepts you have learned from the FITSI sessions. These team projects will be presented on the last day of the Institute.
Team Working Session 2
Work with your colleagues in small groups throughout the week to design and develop a presentation that illustrates key concepts you have learned from the FITSI sessions. These team projects will be presented on the last day of the Institute.
Collaboration Techniques and Technologies
Collaboration is recognized as one of the seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education. Today’s events focus on that principle and explore strategies that promote productive collaborations.
Facilitating Online Collaboration
Presenter: Joanne Adams, CIS Academic Technology
When online collaboration is skillfully structured and facilitated, it promotes student-centered learning. Examine tools and techniques that encourage these productive interactions, and experience the process from both the facilitator and student perspective.
Videoconference: Coaching Online Discussions--Promoting Student-to-Student Interactions
Presenter: Dr. Peggy Ertmer, Associate Professor of Educational Technology, Purdue University
Collaboration among online learners does not develop easily. Instructors must thoughtfully facilitate these interactions to engage students in meaningful conversations. Consider a variety of techniques for initating, sustaining, and concluding meaningful collaborations.
eTAP—Harnessing the Power of Students
Presenters: Laurie Trufant/Mike Giordano, CIS Academic Technology
Alternative Delivery Strategies
Presenters:
Diana Keck Scovill, CIS Academic Technology
Phil Hammond, College of Life Science & Agriculture
MaryAnne Lustgraaf, Adjunct Instructor, University of Minnesota-Crookston
Experience the LearnLinc classroom and videoconferencing techniques through interactive hands-on activities. Immerse yourself in a live classroom and observe first-hand the dynamics of a non-traditional teaching environment.
Feedback: Traffic Control on a Two-Way Street
Feedback has been identified as a key principle in successful undergraduate education. Today’s sessions explore strategies and techniques that promote feedback both inside and outside the traditional classroom.
Knowing What They Know: Feedback Inside the Classroom
Presenters: Marshall White/Denise Littlefield, CIS Academic Technology
Peer instruction incorporates live feedback into traditional classroom environments. Using eInstruction, an electronic student response system, explore techniques for integrating live student feedback into classroom activities and analyze how this feedback can make your classroom more student-centered.
Videoconference: Keeping Up With the e-Joneses
Presenters: Dr. Vernon Burton, Professor of History and Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana
Technology-enabled courses make students active participants in learning, rather than passive observers. Learn how the RiverWeb classroom model provides a blueprint for content development and best practices for technology-enhanced pedagogy. http://riverweb.cet.uiuc.edu/
Promoting Reflection & Understanding: Feedback Outside the Classroom
Presenters: Laurie Trufant/Denise Littlefield, CIS Academic Technology
Feedback is a two-way street that should be kept open to traffic both in and out of class. Learn how technology can support constructive dialog with your students outside the classroom, promote reflection, and encourage a contextual application of knowledge.
ATL Laptop Sessions
Work with your college’s Academic Technology Liaison (ATL) to set up your new laptop. Log in, explore your new computer, and test its many features—al in a wireless networked environment.
Team Working Session III
Work with your colleagues in small groups throughout the week to design and develop a presentation that illustrates key concepts you have learned from the FITSI sessions. These team projects will be presented on the last day of the Institute.
Faculty Group Presentations
Moderator: Terri Winters
Share your team projects with your colleagues. Discuss the development process you followed, and examine some guidelines and best practices for multimedia presentations.
Partly Sunny with Great Potential: A Forecast for Educational Technology
Presenter: Dr. Phillip Long, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
What is the forecast for educational technologies? Which programs, projects, tools, and pedagogies seem promising? Join a leader in the field for an inside look at what’s happening at MIT and beyond.
The Near Future of Classroom Technology
Presenters:
Marshall White/Tim Griffin/David Blezard, CIS Academic Technology
Phil Hammond, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Have you ever wondered what the classroom of the future may look like? Explore four classroom technologies of the future: remote projection, portable computing, spontaneous image capture, and alternative storage devices.