Concurrent Sessions 1 Monday, April 30, 2012 10 - United States ...

Presented by: Stella Porto (UMUC) and Christoph Meier (Institut für Wirtschaftspädagogik, Universität
St.Gallen)
Constituency: HE/COR/INT
Quality management in education has moved from margin to mainstream. Authentic methods of quality assurance are a
focus of institutions offering online programs. This presentation discusses the European Foundation for Management
Development certificate for teChnology-Enhanced Learning (EFMD-CEL) aimed at continual improvement of
educational programs that include a significant e-learning component.
Salon G
Harnessing the Power of an LMS to Improve Student Outcomes
Presented by: Shawntel Landry and Alan Sloan (American College of Education)
Constituency: HE
This session focuses on ways an institution of higher learning can harness the power of a learning management system
(LMS) to align curriculum to assessment and to generate a storehouse of assessment data that can be used to demonstrate
mastery of student learning outcomes and to inform continuous improvement.
Grand Suites 1
A Mobile Kit for Lightweight Capture and Conferencing
Presented by: Duncan McBogg and Chris Evans (University of Colorado Boulder)
Constituency: K-12/HE/TEL
This session will detail the benefits and drawbacks associated with the implementation of highly mobile USB-based A/V
capture devices intended to enhance the mobility, usability and quality of software-based lecture capture and web
collaboration tools. For more information about the hardware design associated with this session, please visit:
http://oit.colorado.edu/blogs/at/field-kit-capture-and-conferencing.
Grand Suites 2
Seamlessly Embedded: Mainstreaming Integrated Academic Support for Students and Faculty
Presented by: Andie DiMarco (Berkeley College Online)
Constituency: HE/COR/GOV
As greater numbers of learners arrive at college in need of developmental support, our Academic Support Center uses a
collaborative model that embeds staff in first-year online coursework, allowing authentically contextualized support
services for both faculty and students, and bringing academic support services into the mainstream of the educational
community. This session will provide participants the opportunity to interact and engage with a variety of embedded
workshop content, and will offer a forum for brainstorming ways to adopt Berkeley College Online’s integrated support
model for use in other schools and organizations.
Broadway 1
Best Practices in Distance Education through Differentiated Instruction
Presented by: Jodie Winship (The University of West Alabama)
Constituency: K-12/HE
This study emphasizes the importance of developing online programs that are tailored to the individual needs of the
student. It accentuates the need to correlate online pedagogy with the individual strengths of the student and the student's
motivation for enrollment in an online program. Join us to learn more!
Broadway 2
Improving Courses Across an Online Program: A Design-Based Approach
Presented by: Karen Swan, Leonard Bogle, and Scott Day (University of Illinois Springfield)
Constituency: HE