TTIX is proud to host the following sessions in 2009! Scheduling and other session page features coming soon.
Wikis For Educators (and Educators For Wikis)
This 2-part session introduces participants to the popular Web 2.0 collaborative tool, the wiki. After we’ve discussed how wikis may be useful to educators, we’ll have a full hour of hands-on activity setting up your own free wiki, and learning to edit, cultivate, and maintain it. http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/wikis-for-educators-and-educators-for-wikis/
More about this session...Hunting, Gathering, and Growing Open Educational Resources
This presentation will (1) introduce the open education movement and, specifically, open educational resources; (2) explain work done to identify and match OER to Open High School of Utah curriculum needs; (3) describe implications and recommend directions for instructional designers and teachers interested in working with and creating OER.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/open-educational-resources/
More about this session...Circle Discussions
This year we’ve set aside time for round-table discussions just before lunch on Day 2. These discussions will focus on a topic chose in advance. Here are the currently planned topic tables: Cheating in distance or online education (moderated by John Krutsch) Copyright, intellectual property, Creative Commons (moderated by Janel Mitchell) Course design and development (moderated by Jared [...]http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/round-table-discussions/
More about this session...Engaged or Enraged? Courting the online learner with lessons learned from video gaming
Let's face it: most "academic" video games are just lame. But there are important lessons to be learned from the video gaming industry to engage students in learning. PracticeZone.org is putting some of these concepts to work to teach General Chemistry online. http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/engaged-or-enraged-courting-the-online-learner-with-lessons-learned-from-video-gaming/
More about this session...Service Learning at a Distance: Engaging Online Learners in Applying Their Knowledge and Skills to Help Others
One of the challenges of teaching an online course is to get students involved with the content beyond simply reading and discussing it. When students are separated from the instructor and each other by distance and time, how can they be effectively guided in arranging, participating in, and completing service-learning experiences? The presenter will share instructional strategies he has utilized to rise above such challenges.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/service-learning-at-a-distance-engaging-online-learners-in-applying-their-knowledge-and-skills-to-help-others/
More about this session...Increasing Student Engagement in Distance Learning Courses
Student engagement is critical for retention and success, especially in distance learning settings, where students have little or no face-to-face contact with their classmates and instructors. In this presentation, we will explore student retention theory and how it can inform distance learning practices to promote student engagement and success. Participants will share favorite tools for promoting engagement with one another as part of the session.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/increasing-student-engagement-in-distance-learning-courses/
More about this session...Educational Tools: a collaborative effort for a diversifying nation
Collaboration between different disciplines, age groups, genders, ethnicities is a must when creating a program that appeals to the demographics emerging in our education system. Building educational tools which do not recognize our differences and similarities are incomplete tools when providing a full education to a young audience.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/educational-tools-a-collaborative-effort-for-a-diversifying-nation/
More about this session...Build your Audience like a Virus
Learn how one small professional development program has taken advantage of free and low-cost Web 2.0 and text messaging technologies to keep in touch with our core participants, reach out to previously untapped audiences and expand our “viral marketing” efforts.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/build-your-audience-like-a-virus/
More about this session...Engagement of students in creation and maintenance of dynamic course materials
Course materials can be very hard to maintain in a dynamic field such as computer science where technologies make major changes in time periods as small as a few months. This session teaches attendees how they can employ Wiki technology and engage students to not only keep documents up to date but to also adapt them to learning styles and changing demographics.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/engagement-of-students-in-creation-and-maintenance-of-dynamic-course-materials/
More about this session...Context-specific Instructional Design in Higher Education
“Concepts, theories and models have an ecology, a context within which they function. Importing a theory or model from a significantly different context, without attention to contextual differences, violates this ecology, and subsequently results in inefficient solutions to instructional problems.” We are ID practitioners creating an Instructional System of Design (ISD) for higher education. We will share with you what we have developed and then break into a workshop and a focus group.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/context-specific-instructional-design-in-higher-education/
More about this session...21st Century Online Learning Environment
Instructors consider personal interaction to be the most valuable element of the teaching and learning process. This presentation will demonstrate how the 21st century online learning environment allows faculty and students to build relationships by combining state-of-the-art interactive technologies such as voice, video, application sharing, polling, and whiteboarding, with traditional best practices of instruction. http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/21st-online-learning-environment/
More about this session...Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom
We begin our presentation with an overview of Google Tools and the benefits of using them in your classroom. We will also discuss the pros and cons of using Google Tools. We will discuss methods to increase student access to information, decrease workloads, and create collaborative opportunities. The second part of this presentation will present a hands-on session that will help you work with the tools. We will cover Google Docs, Reader, Sites, and Calendar.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/web-20-tools-in-the-classroom/
More about this session...The Not So National Treasure Hunt
The purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative online educational program at Purdue University Calumet School of Nursing that enhances the initiatives and probabilities of nurses pursing advanced practice education to be more likely to achieve their goals. The program was made possible by an Advanced Education Nursing Grant through the Division of Nursing (DN) Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/the-not-so-national-treasure-hunt-part-i/
More about this session...The use of Open Educational Resources by Tecnologico de Monterrey faculty
Presenting the research results of the adoption and implementation by Tecnologico de Monterrey College Faculty of Open Educational Resources (OERs) through the use and help of the Knowledge Hub search engine initiative created and managed by this institution (http://khub.itesm.mx/) in 2008. The purpose of this paper presentation will comment on the best practices used by professors on incorporating and implementing Open Educational Resources available at the World Wide Web within their college courses (http://www.itesm.edu/)(http://www.ruv.itesm.mx/).http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/the-use-of-open-educational-resources-oers-by-tecnologico-de-monterrey-faculty-through-its-knowledge-hub-search-engine-initiative-in-mexico-and-world-wide-best-practices/
More about this session...Using Online Homework in Traditional College Math Classes or How to Grade 45,000 Homework Problems and Still Keep Smiling
Online homework systems are becoming more advanced and available to the mathematics educators. These systems offer many potential advantages to instructors. I recently conducted an experimental study which compared the effectiveness of using online homework versus textbook homework in a traditional face-to-face college algebra class. The results of this study and other like it will be reported in an effort to help others determine if incorporating an online homework system would be beneficial.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/using-online-homework-in-traditional-college-math-classes-or-how-to-grade-45000-homework-problems-and-still-keep-smiling/
More about this session...Design Practices that Engage and Motivate At-Risk Students
Utilizing Web 2.0+ and collaborative practices, this session will provide K-16 educators and trainers with the means to engage and motivate their "alternative" students - touching on all learning styles while remaining within curriculum guidelines. (This proposal has a 2nd day, hands-on session.)http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/design-practices-that-engage-and-motivate-at-risk-students/
More about this session...Augmented Field Trips – You CAN Take It With You
New software gives us the ability to link instructional content to a geographic location. This allows us to present additional information to learners based on their current location. This presentation will demonstrate a game designed for elementary school children to do in conjunction with a typical field trip. We will discuss the design and development of the game, as well as a hands-on demonstration of how to create your own augmented field trip.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/augmented-field-trips-you-can-take-it-with-you/
More about this session...Engaging Computer Activities for ESL Learners
This session will explore computer-based activities that appeal to all learners, but that use language that is simple enough for beginning or intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL) learners to enjoy or to create. Activities are designed to teach both English language and computer skills. We will cover skills developed through (1) accessible Web 2.0 tools, (2) serious gaming, and (3) computer applications, such as Word, Excel and Power Point.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/engaging-computer-activities-for-esl-learners/
More about this session...Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works
This is an introduction to the book "Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works." Within the framework of research-based instructional strategies, seven wide-ranging categories of educational technology are applied: • Word Processing Applications • Spreadsheet Software • Organizing and Brainstorming Software • Multimedia • Data Collection Tools • Web Resources • Communication Software (Web 2.0) After a brief overview, participants will try out some of the latest applications beyond those found in the book.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/using-technology-with-classroom-instruction-that-works/
More about this session...Designing with Design Layers
Whether they realize it or not, designers create instructional designs that are layered. Designers in many fields have realized this and taken advantage of it to improve the sophistication of their designs and the speed with which they produce them. This presentation describes a theory of design layers and explains how instructional designers can apply the theory. http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/designing-with-design-layers/
More about this session...Building a Loosely Coupled Gradebook
An update on BYU's efforts to develop a "loosely coupled gradebook" to serve as a central data collection and communication tool for teachers and learners.http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/building-a-loosely-coupled-gradebook/
More about this session...Grow Your Personal Learning Environment with Web 2.0
This session is a full-day pre-conference workshop. Pre-registration is required. Presenters Jared Stein http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org Chris Lott http://chrislott.org Scott Leslie http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/ Session Wiki The session wiki stores participant’s blog and other social media accounts, and links to some useful services and examples: http://chrisl.wikispaces.com/ttix Intro to PLE Slides The slides used in the first hour of the workshop, which introduce Web 2.0 and PLEs, are [...]http://ttix.org/archives/2009-sessions/ple/
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