| 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 |
The Essence of Presence: Strategies for Online Courses
Darcy Turner, Saint Paul College |
| 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 |
Tech Challenged? No Worries! Your Students Can Lead the Way!
Mary Anderson, Winona State University |
Lunch Break
11:50 AM – 12:45 PM |
|
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 |
A new twist on an old favorite: Evernote and BuildFire = Engaging capstone projects
Joan Sax-Bendix, Winona State University |
| 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 |
| Leveraging Technology in the Socratic Graduate Classroom
Jason Kaufman, Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| 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 |
Using Web Conferencing Tools for More than Online Teaching
Patrick Paulson, Winona State University |
| 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 |
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Previously known as Ignite, D2L Brighstpace connection to Minnesota organizes an event tomorrow. Here is the full schedule. Among award nominated librarians from SCSU (you can read our post on library widgets here), SCSU representatives will hold two presentation sessions as well: Faculty Migration From Text-Based To Media-Rich Content: Crowdsourcing The Meaningful Application Of LMS (Brightspace) Quizzes, by Plamen Miltenoff and Marion Judish and Be Widget-Wise: Fast-Track Your Students to Academic Information by Melissa Prescott and Cindy Gruwell .