2009 Canadian e-Learning Conference Program

Day 1: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17

  • 7:30 A.M. – 8:50 A.M.
Registration Continental Breakfast Networking/Vendors and Exhbitors
Student Union Building (SUB) 2nd Floor Breakfast Served in Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom Exhibits in Student Union Building (SUB) Partyroom
  • 9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.
Conference Opening Student Union Building (SUB) Auditorium, 1st Floor
  • 9:15 A.M. – 10:20 A.M.
Keynote: Barbara Ganley Student Union Building (SUB) Auditorium, 1st Floor
  • 10:15 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.
Networking/Refreshment/Vendors and Exhibitors Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom/Partyroom
  • 11:00 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.
Track Sessions (AM) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, (IKBLC)

LEARNING & TEACHING

RM. 155: The Classroom Without Walls in the Global Village: Linking Ghanian and Canadian Students in the Virtual Classroom (Paper Jam)

RM. 185: Aunt Bella was a Taxi Dancer: e-Portfolio Artifacts and the Personalization of Learning (Paper Jam)

RM. 301, Lillooet Room: Harnessing Academic Analysis as a New Approach to Course Evaluation (1.5 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

OPEN, CONNECTED, & SOCIAL

RM. 182: Breaking Out of the CMS: Civilizing the Open Internet Frontier for Learning (Panel Discussion)

RM. 302, Dodson Room: Creating an Animated Tutorial for the Online Classroom Using an Open Source Software (1.5 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

EXTENDING THE CMS

RM. 260: The Virtual Learning Lodge: A Framework Under Construction (Paper Jam)

RESEARCH

RM. 261: Net-Gen? Not so Much: Investigating Claims of the “New” Learner (Paper Jam)

  • 11:50 A.M. – 12:35 P.M.
Track Sessions (AM) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC)

LEARNING & TEACHING

RM. 182: Life Can Get Easier! (Collaboratory)

RM. 185: Use of Needs Assessment for the Evaluation of Online Education in Higher Education (Paper Jam)

RM. 301, Lillooet Room: Harnessing Academic Analysis as a New Approach to Course Evaluation continued… (1.5 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

OPEN, CONNECTED, & SOCIAL

RM. 260: Personal Learning Environments: What Do Students Think? (Panel Discussion)

RM. 261: Not Lost in Translation 😉 (Collaboratory)

RM. 302, Dodson Room: Creating an Animated Tutorial for the Online Classroom Using an Open Source Software continued… (1.5 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

EXTENDING THE CMS

TAG RM. 222: Blackboard Product Focus Group (Collaboratory)

RESEARCH

RM. 155: Are Students Learning About Learning, When Using Technology? (Paper Jam)

  • 12:40 P.M. – 1:55 P.M.
Networking Lunch/Poster Sessions/Vendors and Exhibitors Student Union Building (SUB) Partyroom

LEARNING & TEACHING

Easy  Assessment and Grading of Student Writing with the TurnItIn Powerlink in Bb Vista

Troubleshooting Tool for Web Applications

What Do Students Want? A Technology Needs Assessment

A Novel Approach for the Implementation of e-Learning in Automotive Apprenticeship

Educational Gaming for Serious Learning in an Undergraduate Medical Program

Is that Past Present?An Example of Digital Humanities

An In-Depth Look at Officer Training: Investigative Skills Education Program

Classroom in the Field

Bringing Digital Stories to Life with Caricatures & Images

OPEN, CONNECTED, & SOCIAL

BCNET

Health Sciences Online: An Extraordinary Opportunity for the Democratization of Health Sciences Knowledge

EXTENDING THE CMS

Moodle Automation & Streamlining Synchronization

RESEARCH

Accessibility & Equality in Online Learning Environments: Instructional Technology Use fo Students with Learning Disabilities

“I’ve Now Realized the Vital Importance of Being [Usable]” (Wilde, 1895): A Usability Analysis of Moodle

The Design and Integration of a Novel Online Problem-Based Learning Resource to Enhance Undergraduate Medical Education

  • 2:00 P.M. – 2:55 P.M.
Track Sessions (PM) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC)

LEARNING & TEACHING

RM. 155: Choosing an e-Portfolio Tool: Wading Through a Sea of Choices (Paper Jam)

RM. 261: E-PRENTICE: e-Learning for Trades Training in BC (Panel Discussion)

OPEN, CONNECTED, & SOCIAL

RM. 260: From “Thought Graffiti” to “Nods on the Side”: Using Web Annotation to Advance Online Dialogue (Collaboratory)

RM. 301, Lillooet Room: Narrate Your Work: An Introduction to Blogging (2 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

EXTENDING THE CMS

RM. 185: Empowering Students: Incorporating Library Resources in the CMS (Paper Jam)

RM. 302, Dodson Room: Hands-On with Wimba Classroom (2 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

RESEARCH

RM. 182: Overcoming the Limitations of “Course Evaluation Surveys”: How CMS Tracking Data Can Inform Teaching Practice and Course Design (Paper Jam)

  • 3:05 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Track Sessions (PM) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC)

LEARNING & TEACHING

RM. 260: Going the Distance with Distributed Medical Education in BC (Panel Discussion)

OPEN, CONNECTED, & SOCIAL

RM. 261: Second Life for Educators – A Framework for Entering Virtual Worlds (Paper Jam)

RM. 301, Lillooet Room: Narrate Your Work: An Introduction to Blogging continued… (2 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

EXTENDING THE CMS

RM. 182: Semantics Web, NLP, and the Ontology of e-Learning Objects (Paper Jam)

RM. 185: Let’s Get Together! (Collaboratory)

RM. 302, Dodson Room: Hands-On with Wimba Classroom continued… (2 hrs. Hands-On Workshop)

RESEARCH

RM. 155: Art in the Age of Networked Learning (Paper Jam)

  • 4:05 P.M. – 5:25 P.M.

Free Time

  • 5:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
Conference Dinner: ETUG 15th Anniversary Dinner Student Union Building (SUB) Ballroom

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