Curriculum Innovation and E-Learning

Making It Count: Census Applications in the Classroom

Wednesday, May 7, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Forum - Room 44

Amy Edwards

The applications for census data are widespread among the disciplines. This session will show users how they can easily utilize data from the Census and other data sources for research and classroom applications.

Digital Media Creation

Wednesday, May 7, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Studio - Room 42

Mike McClure and John LeComte

Find out how to create audio and video digital files as well as computer screen captures using Camtasia. Attendees will test out digital audio recorders for the audio files and learn how you can use free audio software to edit music or voice files. For video, you’ll see how Windows Movie Maker can manipulate your video file. And if it’s a computer you’re using, see how Camtasia can change the way you’re training. This session will include hands-on experiences.

Promoting Original Work Using Plagiarism Detection Software

Wednesday, May 7, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Ryan Allen

How and why are your students plagiarizing their papers? What can a busy instructor like yourself do about it? Come to this informative session and learn some tricks of the trade, prevention strategies, and sign up for Turnitin.com – a simple online plagiarism detection service the University of Dayton subscribes to. TurnItIn can detect the slightest use of plagiarized material by comparing submitted papers with previously submitted papers in its database, the Internet, as well as many periodicals and journals.

Lotus Sametime Web Conferencing: Meet the World Without Ever Leaving Your Desk

Wednesday, May 7, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

Forum - Room 44

Shawna Collins

This presentation will provide an overview of the tools and features of IBM Lotus Sametime, the University of Dayton’s tool for synchronous distance communication and collaboration. For one-on-one or team collaborations, even online classes, Sametime provides a powerful way for live-sharing and exchanging of information.

Lotus Notes 8: What’s New?

Wednesday, May 7, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

Studio - Room 42

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

Participants will gain an overview of the newest client version of Lotus Notes and get an in-depth look at some of the new features. Check out the new "Filtering" tool and the greatly improved "I-Notes" (Web based Lotus Notes).

Electronic Textbooks for Students and Faculty

Wednesday, May 7, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

David Wright and Bro. Dan Klco

Electronic textbooks (eTexts) offer a powerful new way of supporting student learning while also making significant cost savings for students. eTexts also impact faculty by providing a new teaching approach. Whether accessed online inside or outside the classroom, an eText not only provides the basic content of a print edition of a book, but for many disciplines there are additional supplements such as digital multimedia, interactive exercises and various assessments. We will describe the BIO101 pilot eText project during this session to help illustrate our efforts at exploring eTexts to improve student learning while also lowering the costs to students.

Video Conferencing at UD: Discover the Possibilities

Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Forum - Room 44

Shawna Collins

What are the uses for video conferencing? How can I bring experts into my classroom? Can I interview a candidate for a job at UD? What are the pros and cons of video conferencing? Do I have to use a special room or special equipment? How is video conferencing different from Webinars, Web conferencing, Second Life or instant messaging? We'll show you all the possibilities, discuss costs involved, and show you how video conferencing is already being used at UD.

Previewing Windows Vista

Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Studio - Room 42

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

Participants will learn about Microsoft’s new Operating System – Windows Vista. Gadgets, gizmos and new features of Vista will all be discussed. Check out a wonderful new "Magic Folder" and other ways to keep your paperless world more organized.

Microsoft OneNote for Note-Taking and Research

Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

David Wright

Bundled in the Microsoft Office 2007 suite for Windows PC computers, a new program called “OneNote” is available to faculty, students and staff. This is a powerful note-taking and research-centric tool. Although its best features target Tablet PC users, OneNote will work very well on any PC. OneNote can help keep loosely-organized notes, Web links, various pieces of media and sketches in a convenient folder-hierarchy that would be familiar to scholars. For Tablet PC users the notes and annotations made with the digital pen can make the PC seem like the perfect electrified pad of paper. OneNote provides a great opportunity for students and faculty to be innovative in learning, teaching and scholarship.

Introducing the Long-Term Successor to WebCT: Isidore arrives at UD

Wednesday, May 7, 1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Forum - Room 44

Ryan Allen / Matt Mize

This session will introduce UD's new learning management system. The new system, powered by Sakai VLE will be phased-in over several semesters and will eventually replace WebCT. Topics to be explored include: the system and its features, a comparison to WebCT, as well as the University’s migration strategy and timeline.

Table of Content, Indices, and Citations in Word 2007

Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Forum - Room 44

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

In this hands-on session participants will learn best practices for creating professional documents that facilitate creation of an automated table of contents, index entries, and citations.

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Studio - Room 42

Ryan Allen and Matt Mize

You’ve no doubt heard about ”Web 2.0” in the last few years, but what exactly is it? In this presentation session you’ll learn that it’s much more than a buzz word. In fact, it’s a major shift in the way we use the Internet. We’re not just viewers anymore; we’re participators on the Web. There are many great Web 2.0 tools that we’ll take a look at but the session will focus on the educational uses of Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, and RSS feeds. Attendees will leave this session with new ideas to leverage the Web into fun and fresh learning approaches.

Clickers: Using a Student Response System

Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Heidi Gauder

No longer must instructors wait until exam day to see how much their students have learned. This interactive program will introduce attendees to student response systems (SRSs), also known as clickers. This session will discuss the benefits and costs of SRSs, describe the library's pilot program with SRSs, and demonstrate their ease of use through interactive questioning of the audience.

Google Scholar: Ready for Prime Time?

Wednesday, May 7, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Forum - Room 44

Jack O'Gorman

Google Scholar, available in Beta mode since November 2004, advertises itself as a simple tool for searching for scholarly literature. What is it, does it live up to its hype, and what should its role be in academic research? How widespread is its use by students and faculty on the UD campus? How should it be positioned vis-à-vis subscription databases when teaching research skills to undergraduates? This session demonstrates how Google Scholar works and discusses some of the issues surrounding its use in the classroom.

Podcasting at UD with iTunes U

Wednesday, May 7, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Studio - Room 42

John LeComte and Ryan Allen

Have you ever heard the word ”Podcast” and wondered what it was all about? Are you looking for a new way to connect with your students and strengthen their learning experience? iTunes U, a free service hosted by Apple, is designed to easily enable schools to manage and deliver a broad range of portable audio, video, and PDF content to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the public through the familiar iTunes interface.

The Banner Unified Digital Campus

Wednesday, May 7, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Tom Weckesser

This session will provide a high level overview of the Banner Suite of administrative systems that UD is implementing over the next 3 years. This system will replace our existing Student, Finance, and Human Resource systems with one integrated product. Discussion topics will include the implementation timeline, component systems, and some of the benefits that UD will realize as part of this project.

Making It Count: Census Applications in the Classroom

Thursday, May 8, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Forum - Room 44

Amy Edwards

The applications for census data are widespread among the disciplines. This session will show users how they can easily utilize data from the Census and other data sources for research and classroom applications.

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Thursday, May 8, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Studio - Room 42

Ryan Allen and Matt Mize

You’ve no doubt heard about ”Web 2.0” in the last few years, but what exactly is it? In this presentation session you’ll learn that it’s much more than a buzz word. In fact, it’s a major shift in the way we use the Internet. We’re not just viewers anymore; we’re participators on the Web. There are many great Web 2.0 tools that we’ll take a look at but the session will focus on the educational uses of Blogs, Wikis, Social Bookmarking, and RSS feeds. Attendees will leave this session with new ideas to leverage the Web into fun and fresh learning approaches.

Using a Mac in a Windows World

Thursday, May 8, 9:00 AM-10:00 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Shawna Collins

The session will focus on what's new with Macs, interoperability issues between Office on Windows PCs and Office on Macs, options for running Windows on a Mac and accessing Novell network resources from your Mac. Audience input will help guide the topics in this session.

Internet Addiction: Are College Students at Risk?

Thursday, May 8, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

Forum - Room 44

Yemi Mahoney

What is Internet addiction? How can it impact our students? These are just a few of the issues that will be discussed during this presentation. It is indisputable that the use of technology has profoundly affected higher education and will continue to do so. While the benefits of technology use on campuses have been well-documented, little research has been done on the negative effects. Developmental challenges in conjunction with environmental factors could make college students vulnerable to Internet addiction. With the increasing use of technology on college camuses, it is imperative for educators to examine the potential harmful effects of Internet abuse.

Previewing Windows Vista

Thursday, May 8, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

Studio - Room 42

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

Participants will learn about Microsoft’s new Operating System – Windows Vista. Gadgets, gizmos and new features of Vista will all be discussed. Check out a wonderful new "Magic Folder" and other ways to keep your paperless world more organized.

UD Film Institute

Thursday, May 8, 10:15 AM-10:50 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

John LeComte

Lights, camera, action! To save classroom time, faculty at UD are showing films for their students to watch on the UD closed circuit cable system. Hear from an instructor utilizing the service, and find out how you can too! Copyright issues will also be addressed in this presentation session.

The Banner Unified Digital Campus

Thursday, May 8, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Forum - Room 44

Tom Weckesser

This session will provide a high level overview of the Banner Suite of administrative systems that UD is implementing over the next 3 years. This system will replace our existing Student, Finance, and Human Resource systems with one integrated product. Discussion topics will include the implementation timeline, component systems, and some of the benefits that UD will realize as part of this project.

Lotus Notes 8: What’s New?

Thursday, May 8, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Studio - Room 42

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

Participants will gain an overview of the newest client version of Lotus Notes and get an in-depth look at some of the new features. Check out the new "Filtering" tool and the greatly improved "I-Notes" (Web based Lotus Notes).

Gaming for Dummies

Thursday, May 8, 11:00 AM-11:30 AM

TeamSpace - Room 20

John LeComte and Matt Mize

Still playing Pacman? If you're stuck in the 80's and need to know how and what your students are playing while back in their room, then you'll find out in this session. Exercise your thumbs because you're going to use them as you finally figure out how to play video games just like your students.

Introducing the Long-Term Successor to WebCT: Isidore arrives at UD

Thursday, May 8, 1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Forum - Room 44

Ryan Allen / Matt Mize

This session will introduce UD's new learning management system. The new system, powered by Sakai VLE will be phased-in over several semesters and will eventually replace WebCT. Topics to be explored include: the system and its features, a comparison to WebCT, as well as the University’s migration strategy and timeline.

Video Conferencing at UD: Discover the Possibilities

Thursday, May 8, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Forum - Room 44

Shawna Collins / Bob Stricker

What are the uses for video conferencing? How can I bring experts into my classroom? Can I interview a candidate for a job at UD? What are the pros and cons of video conferencing? Do I have to use a special room or special equipment? How is video conferencing different from Webinars, Web conferencing, Second Life or instant messaging? We'll show you all the possibilities, discuss costs involved, and show you how video conferencing is already being used at UD.

Digital Media Creation

Thursday, May 8, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Studio - Room 42

John LeComte and Mike McClure

Find out how to create audio and video digital files as well as computer screen captures using Camtasia. Attendees will test out digital audio recorders for the audio files and learn how you can use free audio software to edit music or voice files. For video, you’ll see how Windows Movie Maker can manipulate your video file. And if it’s a computer you’re using, see how Camtasia can change the way you’re training. This session will include hands-on experiences.

Google Books: Read All About It!

Thursday, May 8, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Hector Escobar

Learn how to access free full text for public domain books, reproduced from publisher-provided text or from selected university and large public library systems. Also learn how to access reviews, location information, references, and much more from Google's interface.

Summarizing Data-Pivot Tables, Filters, and other Advanced techniques in Excel 2007

Thursday, May 8, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Forum - Room 44

Mary Jo Barrows and Mike McClure

If you need to summarize data, this is the course for you. Participants will learn how to group and summarize large data sets with Pivot Tables. Pivot tables let you "pivot" information around different grouping and summarizing options. They allow you to create a concise snapshot from large data sets. You will also learn how to create a Pivot Chart. Have your own data? You’ll be able to work with it in this session.

Podcasting at UD with iTunes U

Thursday, May 8, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

Studio - Room 42

John LeComte and Ryan Allen

Have you ever heard the word ”Podcast” and wondered what it was all about? Are you looking for a new way to connect with your students and strengthen their learning experience? iTunes U, a free service hosted by Apple, is designed to easily enable schools to manage and deliver a broad range of portable audio, video, and PDF content to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the public through the familiar iTunes interface.

Clickers: Using a Student Response System

Thursday, May 8, 3:15 PM-4:15 PM

TeamSpace - Room 20

Heidi Gauder

No longer must instructors wait until exam day to see how much their students have learned. This interactive program will introduce attendees to student response systems (SRSs), also known as clickers. This session will discuss the benefits and costs of SRSs, describe the library's pilot program with SRSs, and demonstrate their ease of use through interactive questioning of the audience.