February
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STAR Symposium Presentation Schedule
| Conference Schedule | Session Title |
| Welcome and Logistics
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM |
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| Keynote Speaker 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM |
Keynote: Promoting More Good Learning: What Can Teachers Do?
Dr. L. Dee Fink |
| Concurrent Sessions (50 minutes) 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM |
Gamifying your online course using D2L Brightspace tools Carrie Miller, Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Using SoftChalk™ Cloud to Create Digital Lessons for Online Learners Claudia Pragman, Patricia Nelson, Aaron Deris & Kristie Campana, Minnesota State University, Mankato |
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| The Essence of Presence: Strategies for Online Courses Darcy Turner, Saint Paul College |
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| Break (15 minutes) | |
| Concurrent Sessions (50 minutes) 11:05 AM – 11:55 AM |
Video, The New Paper Norb Thomes, Winona State University |
| Online Collaboration versus Isolation-Interactivity Makes the Difference Roseann Wolak, Saint Cloud State University |
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| Tech Challenged? No Worries! Your Students Can Lead the Way! Mary Anderson, Winona State University |
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| Lunch Break 11:50 AM – 12:45 PM |
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| Concurrent Sessions (25 minutes) 12:45 PM – 1:10 PM |
Using Flipped Classroom Design to Facilitate Communications and Mental Illness Response Module in Law Enforcement Classes Patricia Nelson, Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| Fascinating Online Discussions: A Few Practical Applications of Draves’ “Advanced Teaching Online” Bill Joyce, Bemidji State University |
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| A new twist on an old favorite: Evernote and BuildFire = Engaging capstone projects Joan Sax-Bendix, Winona State University |
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| Break (10 minutes) | |
| Concurrent Sessions (25 minutes) 1:20 PM – 1:45 PM |
Creating a Learning Environment That Promotes Student Engagement in an Online Course Stacey Rosenberg, Southern New Hampshire University |
| The Structured Debate: Increasing Student Engagement Jane Carducci, Winona State University |
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| Leveraging Technology in the Socratic Graduate Classroom
Jason Kaufman, Minnesota State University, Mankato |
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| Break (10 minutes) | |
| Concurrent Sessions (50 minutes) 1:55 PM – 2:45 PM |
The D2L Brightspace Learning Object Repository (LOR): What is it and how can I use it? Deb McManimon & J.C. Turner, Riverland Community College |
| Creating Engaging Recorded Lectures
Robin O’Callaghan, Winona State University |
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| Using Web Conferencing Tools for More than Online Teaching Patrick Paulson, Winona State University |
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| Break (15 minutes) | |
| Featured Speaker 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM |
Creating Community: Building a Learning Community from Classrooms to the Cloud
Bethany Simunich, Kent State University |
| Wrap-up and Evaluation 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM |
Date & Time: Friday, February 19, 2016 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (CST)
Location: Wherever you are! This is a virtual conference. Join from your computer or mobile device.
Cost: $50 to attend sessions all day. Register here!
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