Program

12-1 p.m. - Registration, Online Faculty Photos and Refreshments - Foyer

12-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m.- Exemplary Course Demonstrations Open House - I-130

1-2 p.m. - Keynote Address by Frank L. Christ - I-101A

2-2:30 p.m. - Online Panels - Remote Possibilities by Martin Dare - I-101A

2-2:30 p.m. - Demonstration of Online Faculty Evaluation System by Dan Vaught - I-122

2-2:30 p.m. - Content Design - Home Page Organization by Viju Kulkarni - I-124

2:30-3:00 p.m. - Captivate Software - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words or How to Captivate your Students by Diana Martini - I-127

2-3:00 p.m. - The Role of Home Lab Kits in Online Science Courses by Peter Jeschofnig - I-123

2-3:00 p.m. - Dog Day Fridays - Reaching Out to Students in Cyberspace by Billie Williams - I-125

3-3:30 p.m. - Storyboard to Podcast by Dwayne Gergens - I-101A

3-3:30 p.m. - Improving WebCT Vista 4 Gradekeeping Using Excel by Hank Beaver - I-122

3-4 p.m. - Interactivity and Learning Styles by Lisa M. Lane - I-123

3-4 p.m. - Breeze Presenter - A Fresh "Breeze" Blows Through Online Instruction by Dave Giberson - I-124

3-4 p.m. - Online Library Resources for Distance Education - Beyond Google by Jean Smith, Alison Steinberg, Sandra Pesce - I-125

4-4:30 p.m. - Storyboard to Podcast by Dwayne Gergens- I-101A

4-4:30 p.m. - Improving WebCT Campus Edition Gradekeeping Using Excel by Hank Beaver - I-122

4-5 p.m.- Putting Counseling Online by Bonnie Peters - I-123

4-5 p.m. - Top Ten Tips for Making Your Course Accessible to All Students by Debra Wright-Howard - I-127

Frank L. Christ, PhD, will kick off the event with a keynote presentation Empowering Faculty to Empower Student Learning
Professor Emeritus, CSU - Long Beach - Visiting Scholar, University of Texas/Austin
Frank has been actively involved with learning assistance for the past 30 years. He was the founder and past coordinator (1972-1990) of the award-winning Learning Assistance Support System at CSU Long Beach. His early editorial contributions included guest editor and contributor to the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Learning Assistance series (1981) and founding columnist (1981-87) of the Journal of Developmental Education "Techtalk" Series. He is also the co-developer and content editor of LSCHE, the web portal for learning support center resources. His latest publications are 100 Things Every Online Student Ought to Know , Revised Edition (Cambridge Stratford Publishing, 2007) and Online Student Skills and Strategies Handbook (Allyn & Bacon, 2005). He has taught online graduate courses in learning support centers and in teaching and facilitating college learning skills. He has presented workshops on faculty support for online students at tech conferences such as Syllabus, TechEd, and California Virtual Campus. He also has presented workshops on integrating learner support in Blackboard and WebCT courses.

Martin Dare - Online Panels, A Remote Possibility
Adjunct Faculty, San Diego City College
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. Expanded guest lecture possibilities afforded by online format
2.. Novel instruction techniques appropriate to format.
3. If never used before, practical skills to employ "chat" or "Lecture Hall."

Dan Vaught - Demonstration of Online Faculty Evaluation System
Programmer Analyst, SDCCD Web Support Group
See a preview of the new system for online faculty evaluation currently being piloted this Spring.

Viju C. Kulkarni, PhD - Course Design - Home Page Organization
Adjunct Faculty, Mesa/City College
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. Online teaching is effective in educating students about their choices and responsibilities. It is fun and exciting to interact with students around the clock.
2. Online teaching is challenging but offers boundless opportunities to be creative and interact with students.
3. Online teaching offers freedom, flexibility to balance our personal life with professional responsibilities--best of both worlds.

Diana Martini - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words or How to Captivate your Students
Adjunct Faculty, Mesa/Miramar College
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. Gain familiarity with utilities available in Captivate.
2. Practice basic story-boarding to use to implement Captivate.
3. Experience a "completed" (they are never truly completed--you can always tweak to improve) Captivate "movie" demo.

Peter Jeschofnig, PhD with a special introduction by Fred Garces, Chemistry Professor, Miramar College
The Role of Home Lab Kits in Online Science Courses
Professor and Science Department Chair at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colorado
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. How lab kits allow science departments to meet their objective of aligning the online course as closely as possible to its brick and mortar version.
2. How our lab kits spark a unique element of discovery into the course and forces online students to become more creative in solving problems.
3. Why students favor doing labs online versus on campus. Students are more attentive to discussions of problems and solutions that arise through the discussion forums, are better able to relate those discussions to their lab work, and to better understand what they experienced while performing lab work.

Billie Williams - Dog Day Fridays - Reaching Out to Students in Cyberspace
Adjunct Faculty, City College
Roundtable Discussion for faculty to gather and discuss their ideas.
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. Basic tips for student retention.
2. Sharing of ideas for student motivation.
3. Connections with other online faculty for continued inspiration and support.

Dwayne Gergens, PhD - Storyboard to Podcast
Professor of Chemistry, Mesa College
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. How does podcasting affect student learning and retention? Teacher preparation?
2. What are effective storytelling strategies to be used to enhance critical reading/thinking skills of students.
3. Podcasting basics from an educator's perspective.

Hank Beaver - Improving WebCT Campus Edition Gradekeeping Using Excel
Learning Center Specialist/Online Faculty Mentor/Online Instructor
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. The steps involved in importing Excel files into WebCT.
2. The steps involved in exporting the WebCT "Manage Students" table into Excel.
3. That grade calculation in WebCT can be substantially improved via the power of a spreadsheet.

Hank Beaver - Improving WebCT Vista 4 Gradekeeping Using Excel
Learning Center Specialist/Online Faculty Mentor/Online Instructor
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. The steps involved in importing Excel files into Vista.
2. The steps involved in exporting grade book columns from Vista into Excel.
3. That grade calculation in Vista can be substantially improved via the power of a spreadsheet.

Lisa M. Lane - Interactivity and Learning Styles
History Instructor, MiraCosta College
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. The varied learning styles of students.
2. Technologies that students find most engaging.
3. Ways to incorporate these technologies into an online environment.

Dave Giberson, PhD - A Fresh "Breeze" Blows Through Online Instruction
Instructional Design Coordinator, SDCCD Online Learning Pathways
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. An appreciation of the value of multimedia learning objects in online instruction.
2. An understanding of the capabilities of the Breeze Presenter system.
3. An overview of the content creation and publishing process.

Jean Smith, Alison Steinberg (Mesa College Librarians), and Sandra Pesce (City College Librarian)
Online Library Resources for Distance Education - Beyond Google
What three things will attendees learn from this session?
1. What subscription-based electronic resources are available through the college libraries.
2. How does off-campus access to these resources work.
3. How can faculty link to these resources from course web pages.

Bonnie Peters - Putting Counseling Online
Counselor, City College
What three specific things will attendees learn from this session?
1. How faculty refer students for online counseling.
2. How counseling online can be just as effective as face to face.
3. How necessary online counseling is to online students.

Debra Wright-Howard, EdD - Top Ten Tips for Making Your Course Accessible to All Students
Access Technology Specialist/Online Faculty, City College
What three specific things will attendees learn from this session?
1. How accessibility applies to the online teaching and learning environment.
2. The common challenges faced by online instructors to meet accessibility compliance.
3. Solutions to working with .doc, .ppt., .pdt and other file formats for accessibility and usability.