Involvement

2008-2009 Distance Education Annual Report / Involvement

"I learned a great  deal from Alli Peterson’s QM offering and the pedagogical presentations by Keith Restine and Tracy McGowan. Jake McBee has been a key player in ramping up the technical aspects of my online teaching.  I ran into a blog problem over the holiday weekend - emailed him about it.  I emailed the students that the blog would not be working correctly until Tuesday or Wednesday.  On Sunday, I opened my email to respond to students, and found a note from Jake saying that he had fixed the problem for me.  Such assistance is priceless.  As you know, things always seem to go wrong in the evening or the weekend." ~ Sally Schultz, Ph.D., Department of Occupational Therapy

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On-Campus Involvement
Conferences
Conference Presentations
Memberships

On-Campus Involvement

• Dr. Mike Simmons - Information Technology Committee
• Dr. Lynda Murphy - Curriculum Committee, Faculty Center Advisory Council, Assessment Committee and Undergraduate Council

Conferences

• Texas Blackboard Users Group, Houston, TX - October  2008
• Educause 2008 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL - October 2008
• 14th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, Orlando, FL - November 2008
• Connectivism and Connective Knowledge Online Conference and Course, Online - November 2008
• Educause Learning Initiative, Orlando, FL - January 2009
• Texas Distance Learning Association Conference, Corpus Christi, TX - April 2009
• Sloan-C Workshop on Blended Learning and Higher Education, Chicago, IL - April 2009
• University of Texas 2009 Assessment Institute, Austin, TX – June 2009
• Quality Matters Conference, Baltimore, MD - June 2009
• Sloan-C Emerging Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA - June 2009
• Texas Faculty Development Network Conference, The Woodlands, TX - June 2009
• Distance Learning Administration Conference, St. Simons Island, GA - June 2009
• National Education Computing Conference, Washington DC - June/July 2009
• Blackboard World, Washington DC - July 2009
• Annual Distance Teaching and Learning Conference, Madison, WI - August 2009

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Conference Presentations

• Dr. Mike Simmons
  • Presentation - "Using Learner Readiness to Improve Online Student Retention;" Distance Learning Administration Conference; Co-presented with Dr. Mac Adkins, eLearning Toolbox.com & Ray Mercer, Columbus Technical College; St. Simon’s Island, Georgia - June 2009
• Dr. Keith Restine
  • Presentation - "Designing a Faculty Development System with Teaching in Mind;" Texas Blackboard Users Group; Co-presented with Jake McBee; Houston, TX - October 2008
  • Presentation - "Instructional Design for Non-Traditional Learners: Extending Learning Mileage;" Texas Distance Learning Association Conference; Co-presented with Tracey Mac Gowan; Corpus Christi, TX - April 2009
• Alli Peterson
  • Presentation - "Using Standard Blackboard Features in Non-Standard Ways;" Texas Blackboard Users Group; Houston, TX - October 2008
  • Panel Presentation - "Using QM as a Faculty Development Tool;" Inaugural Quality Matters Conference, “Achieving Quality through Collaboration;" Baltimore, MD - June 2009
  • Poster Presentation - "Developing Online Faculty: It is About the Teaching, Not the Tool;" Bb World 2009; Washington DC - July 2009
• Heidi Ashbaugh
  • Presentation - "Pedagogical Use of Web 2.0 Technologies: Using Wikis, Blogs, and Podcasting with a Purpose;" Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning; Orlando, FL - November 2008
  • ePoster Presentation - “Designing an Adult Library User Course Using Adult Pedagogy;” Annual Distance Teaching and Learning Conference in Madison, WI - August 2009
• Jake McBee
  • Presentation - "Designing a Faculty Development System with Teaching in Mind;" Texas Blackboard Users Group; Co-presented with Dr. Keith Restine; Houston, TX - October 2008
  • Presentation - "Copyright and the Classroom;" Region XI; Ft. Worth, TX;  Co-presented with Stephany Compton - October 2008
  • Presentation - "Fair Use - Copyright and Web 2.0 - What do I do?;" Texas Distance Learning Association Conference; Co-presented with Stephany Compton; Corpus Christi, TX - April 2009
• Tracey Mac Gowan
  • Presentation - "Making Your Presence Felt: Using Blackboard to Increase Instructor Presence;" Texas Blackboard Users Group; Co-presented with Robin Bartoletti; Houston, TX - October 2008
  • Presentation - "Connecting Students, Faculty and Department Virtually;" Texas Blackboard Users Group; Co-presented with Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng; Houston, TX - October 2008
  • Presentation - "Building a Story: Creating Presence, Place, and Engagement Online;" Texas Distance Learning Association Conference; Corpus Christi, TX - April 2009
  • Presentation - "Instructional Design for Non-Traditional Learners: Extending Learning Mileage;" Texas Distance Learning Association Conference; Co-presented with Dr. Keith Restine; Corpus Christi, TX - April 2009

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Memberships

Members of the Distance Education Unit and Texas Woman's University as an institution are members of the following groups: