Thursday, March 6, 2008

8:00-8:30

Pre-session Elders' Blessing (Optional)

8:30-9:15

Roundtable Discussions 

9:15-10:15

Chris Lott, Disruptive Technologist, Moving Targets in Halls of Mirrors

10:15-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Round-Robin session:

Attend Three, 15 Minute Sessions within One hour!

Round One

Todd Zakrajesek- Readily Available Resources and Tips for Better Teaching and Learning

Barbara Millis - Translating Theory to Practice: Translating Theory to Practice: Using group and learning and engagement.

Chris Lott & Carol Gering - Blogging Quickstart

Round Two

Barbara Vacarr - The Wisdom of Experience

Gretchen Bersch- A Cultural Activity

Nick Holton - Service Learning on a Shoestring: Projects that can be done with little or no money.

Round Three

Chris Lott - Visit a Virtual World

Beth Kersey (UAF Human Services faculty) - Strategies for Authentic Learning

Ron Illingworth (Development Education UAF faculty)- What Developmental Education Can do for Your Students.

11:30-Noon

Elders' Reflections

Noon-1:15

Lunch and Special Alaskan Welcoming Remarks

1:15-2:15

Breakout sessions series #2

Barbara Millis - Using Online Classroom Assessment for Prior Learning, Deep Conceptional Knowledge and Metacognition.

Valerie Gifford and Britton Niles (UAF Ph.D. graduate students of psychology) - Telebehavioral Health: An innovative approach for behavioral health service delivery for rural Alaska

Patrick Scott - Case Processing in Human Services: The Role of Individual, Professional and Organizational Attributes

 Mary Ann Sens: Creating Distance Learning Partnerships with Health Providers and Universities for Training Health Professionals: Case study of Distance Learning for CLS (Clinical Laboratory Services, Medical Technology) and Histotechnology initiated at the University of North Dakota 

2:15-2:45

Bob Parr: And the beat goes on...

2:45-3:00

Break

3:00-3:50

Breakout sessions series #3

Mary Ellen Cooper (Georgia) - What's all the Hype about  Skype?: Two way learning

Rosellen Rosich and Sheila Wright - Insights into Aging: Culture and Intergenerational Perspectives

Chris Lott - Conversations, Evaluations, & Situations

Joy Morrison (UAF Faculty Development) - An Overview of Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS)

Gretchen Bersch - Spotlight on Active Learning

4:00-4:45

Ron and Marji Illingworth (Developmental Education UAF faculty) Paper presentation - Distance Delivery Report: A Report from the Trenches.

4:45-5:00

Reflections from our Elders

5:00-5:45

Poster Session

7:00-8:30

Fine dining and food for thought: After dining with friends and colleagues, a series of 5 favorite tools-of-the-trade will be presented by members from our esteemed institute presenters as a complimentary adjunct to dessert. Reservations and separate dinner fees are required for this optional event.