Conference Schedule
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
- 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM: Other: Registration Desk Hours
- 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Group Discussion: Academic Leadership Forum (Invitation only)
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM: Other: Forging the Future Preconference Workshop
- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM: Other: Break
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Other: Morning Beverage Break
- 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Other: Morning Beverage Break
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Group Discussion: Student Retention CIG Meeting
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Group Discussion: Beyond the LMS CIG
- 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Other: Beverage Break
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Group Discussion: Academic Integrity and Student Authentication
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Other: Recognition Reception for WCET Leadership
- 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM: Activity: Group Dinners
- 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM: Activity: Wednesday Historic Ghost and City Tour
- 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM: Activity: Smackdown 2.0 Orientation
Thursday, October 27, 2011
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM: Other: Registration Desk Hours
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Activity: First Timer's Breakfast
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Activity: Old Friend's Breakfast
- 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM: General Session: What's Ahead for Higher Education?
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: Adrift No Longer
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: Cheating 101
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: From Zero to 90: Lessons Learned Building a Portal
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: How Online Faculty Improve Student Learning
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: Mapping Learning Outcomes
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Other: Poster Sessions and Beverage Break
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: Showcasing the Online Learning Experience
- 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM: Poster Session: Online Public Speaking Course
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: A Cougar, Roadrunner, and a Titan...
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Hands-On Lab Session: Get Your Online Student Feedback into GEAR
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Group Discussion: Learning Analytics: Effective Practices
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Online Faculty Evaluation Evolution
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Online Higher Ed.: Positioning Community Colleges
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Changing Context for Student Ethical Behavior
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Exploring New Options for Academic Self-Publishing
- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: General Session: The Shifting Sands of Accreditation
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Hands-On Lab Session: Can You See It?
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: Data Driven in Everyday Education
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: Evaluating Online Course Quality
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: NANSLO: Working Together Internationally
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: New and Improved Student Services
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: Opening New Frontiers: Providing Rural Access
- 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Panel: High Quality Online Institutions that Scale
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: Showcasing the Online Learning Experience
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: Adrift No Longer
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: Cheating 101
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: From Zero to 90: Lessons Learned Building a Portal
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: How Online Faculty Improve Student Learning
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: Mapping Learning Outcomes
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Other: Poster Sessions and Beverage Break
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM: Poster Session: Online Public Speaking Course
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Assuring Quality in Online Course Development
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: It's Not Just Student Services Support
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Online Adjunct Faculty Training Project Outcomes
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Orchestration and Improvisation
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Building Classroom Memories
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Helping Students with 24/7 Online Tutoring
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Breaking New Ground: Introducing PAR
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Panel: Pearson OpenClass LMS
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Activity: Opening Reception and Meet and Greet
Friday, October 28, 2011
- 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Other: Registration Desk Hours
- 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM: General Session: The Tip of the Iceberg
- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM: Other: Break
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: A University at the Crossroads
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: Emerging Best Practices: Faculty Workload
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: Joys, Tears, and Settling
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: Using Online Supplemental Instruction
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Group Discussion: What's Your Academic Tech. Ecosystem Look Like
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: TAACCCT: Don’t Take it for GRANT-ed
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: State Authorization – One Year Later
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: 3 Million Course Records Walk into an IRB Meeting
- 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Panel: A University at the Crossroads
- 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM: Activity: Beverage Break
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Building Student Success
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Creating Collaborative Connections
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Learning Assessment Systems That Work! A Follow-up
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: Passport to Course Development
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Roundtable Session: Using Analytics to Increase Student Success
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Other: Conference Program Meeting: Open to All
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Panel: A New Way to Count the Beans
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Group Discussion: Digital Approaches to Developmental Mathematics
- 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM: General Session: WCET Awards Lunch
- 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM: Other: Break
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Approaches to Assessing Students
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Roundtable Session: Strategies for Increasing Faculty Engagement
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Embedded Librarians and Faculty Collaborate
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: State Authorization 101
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Touching the Future: iPads in College Curriculum
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Videoconferencing: Passé or in Vogue?
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Increasing Access and Affordability
- 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM: Panel: Mapping the Landscape for Online Education
- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Other: Refreshment Break
- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM: Other: Refreshment Break
- 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM: Activity: WCET Smackdown 2.0
- 6:15 PM - 9:00 PM: Activity: Friday Historic Ghost and City Tour
- 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Activity: Friday Night Hockey Outing
Saturday, October 29, 2011
- 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM: Other: Registration Desk Hours
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Conference Program Meeting: Open to All
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Emerging Technology - Friend or Foe?
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Exploring E-learning Techniques and Best Practices
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Mobile Strategy Engages Non-Traditional Students
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: To Be Free or Not to Be Free, That Is the Question
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Funding and Marketing Models for Online Ed.
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Buzz Breakfast Topics: Student Retention Issues in CA Comm. Colleges
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Other: Steering Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)
- 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Group Discussion: e-Learning Consortia CIG Meeting
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Other: Morning Break
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Group Discussion: The Role of Quality Assurance in Online Education
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Roundtable Session: Return, Restart, and Finish
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Group Discussion: Welcome to the Emerging World of Social Teaching
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Group Discussion: Challenges and Successes in Faculty Development
- 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM: Other: Forging the Future Closing Session
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Other: Beverage Break
- 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: General Session: Innovation in Pursuit of Education Excellence
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Activity: Denver Art Museum Tour
NOTE: Schedule is subject to change.
