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Online Educator Symposium 2008
This one-day event is for all distance educators. Three concurrent tracks will be featured:
- Dare to Share – Learn from current TWU distance educators. Presenters will select one element of their online course to share with other faculty.
- Distance Initiatives – Updates on current and planned online initiatives at TWU.
- Teaching and Learning – Information on techniques for the distance course.
Date: August 21, 2008
Times: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Online: The Journey from Resistance (kicking and screaming) to Surrender (experimenting, learning, and liking it)
Dr. Karen Dunlap, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
This presentation will examine Dr. Dunlap’s initial experience transitioning between the face-to-face classroom pedagogy, which she knows and is comfortable with, to the pedagogy required for success in the digital classroom, of which she is a novice. Dr. Dunlap will share her experiences (both good and bad!) about her journey thus far, addressing the following topics:
- Conceptualizing the learning experience for digital learners
- Building the Course
- Preparing herself to take on the experience
- Unforeseen quagmires
- Recommendations
PowerPoint Presentation 
OES08_Dunlap.pdf
Self-Actualization and E-learning: Addressing the Perceived Needs of Faculty Who Teach Online
Dr. Jody Oomen-Early, Assistant Professor, Health Studies
Dr. Lynda Murphy, Director, Distance Education
Speakers will present the findings of their qualitative study investigating university faculty’s perceived barriers to teaching online and strategies for “the university village” to address them. The results have been showcased in Faculty Focus, Academic Leader, and The International Journal of E-learning and resulted in the development of a Hierarchy of Needs for Online Instructors. Implications for practice as well as suggestions for enhancing the “self actualization” of online faculty will be discussed.
PowerPoint Presentation OES08_Oomen-Murphy.pdf
Persistent Linking from Library Databases
Ms. Stephany Compton, Librarian, Distance Education
Persistent Links are a direct connection from the articles you need for your class, to the full-text, online articles in the library databases. This presentation will give an overview of the benefits of linking online, full-text articles directly into an online course from the library databases. Examples will be provided from the main databases.
PowerPoint Presentation Coming Soon!
Strategies for Using Blogs and Wikis in an Online Course
Dr. Jane Grassley, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Ms. Robin Bartoletti, Instructional Design Specialist, Lifelong Learning
This presentation will demonstrate the use of blogs and wikis in a graduate nursing course to promote student collaboration in group projects. These tools are also used for peer review of writing, global concept reinforcement and student reflection of practicum experiences. Examples from a Blackboard course will be included.
PowerPoint Presentation OES08_Grassley-Bartoletti.pdf
Handout OES08_Grassley-Bartoletti_Handout.pdf
E-portfolio Design in TaskStream and Beyond: Meeting the Needs for Programs, Faculty and Students
Ms. Tracey Mac Gowan, Instructional Design Specialist, Lifelong Learning
E-portfolio – nice catch word but how do I build one, use one, or assess one? This presentation will focus on the role of design and how it may contribute or detract from achieving specific outcomes or data from e-portfolios. Elements of design, alignment of products, standards and outcomes for student e-portfolios will be explored. Come learn more about the tool, TaskStream and the whys and hows of e-portfolios.
PowerPoint Presentation OES08_MacGowan.pdf
TaskStream
Distance Education Fees for Administrators
Mr. Mike Simmons, Assistant Vice President, Lifelong Learning
Dr. Lynda Murphy, Director, Distance Education
During the spring 2008 semester, the TWU Board of Regents revised the policy on collecting distance education fees, and the Distance Learning Advisory Group (DLAG) was asked to recommend updates and revisions to the remaining DE policies and procedures. The presenters will discuss these updates, especially those concerning DE fee expenditures. This session is intended for departmental chairs, deans, program coordinators and others who are responsible for establishing budgets for DE programs/courses.
Systems Thinking as a Model for Educating Students to benefit from Distance Education Methodology: Are students prepared to learn online?
Dr. Gerald Goodman, Associate Professor, Health Care Administration-Houston
Given the many pluses of distance education, are we as faculty spending enough time training students in how to best learn in a distance education format? Are we so engaged in better ways to navigate our course sites and to use the latest technology tool, that we have lost sight of the cultural impact from the adoption of information technology on the organization itself, and in the case of education, on faculty and students? This presentation will be framed around a discussion of distance learning technology and methodology and the core competencies that are required for the student if they are to benefit from both distance learning methodology of teaching and the course technical content itself.
PowerPoint Presentation OES08_Goodman.pdf
Using Blackboard as a Departmental Tool for Administrators and Faculty
Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng, Professor and Director, School of Library and Information Studies
This presentation will focus on the use of Blackboard for faculty communication, for preserving institutional memory of the department and for facilitating departmental work by faculty.
Quality Matters™ at TWU
Dr. Keith Restine, Associate Director, Distance Education
Ms. Alli Peterson, Senior Instructional Design Specialist, Lifelong Learning
This presentation will give a closer look at the Quality Matters program, the QM rubric and how DE Instructional Design is using the tool to assist online faculty with course design.
PowerPoint Presentation OES08_Restine-Peterson.pdf
TWU Focus on Plagiarism
Moderator: Mr. Mike Simmons, Lifelong Learning
Ms. Connie Maxwell, Library
Dr. Russ Greer, English, Speech & Foreign Languages
Dr. Monica Mendez-Grant, Student Life
Ms. Teresa McDaniel, Information Technology Committee
Dr. Jeff Robb, Academic Integrity Committee
This panel discussion will cover faculty considerations, student resources and possible tools to use for plagiarism detection. These are issues under consideration at TWU.
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