KENTUCKY
CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 12 - 13
HIGH PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
HOSTED BY WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
WELCOME
from the 2015 Kentucky Convergence
Conference Committee
Welcome to the 2015 Kentucky Convergence Conference
(KYCC) hosted by Western Kentucky University at the Knicely
Conference Center in Bowling Green, KY. This year’s theme
is High Performance in Higher Education, capitalizing on the
spirit of high performance manufacturing found in the south
central Kentucky region. Just as engineers and designers modify
and develop technologies to push boundaries of automotive
performance, KYCC attendees are pushing boundaries in higher
education. The KYCC showcases exemplary practices occurring
throughout Kentucky.
The conference committee would like to thank everyone that
submitted a proposal to present at this year’s conference. The
variety of presentations focused on information technology,
instructional design, libraries, and teaching with technology
virtually guarantees you will leave with new ideas, new
perspectives, and new tools to support innovation at your
institution.
The conference committee would also like to thank our
corporate sponsors. They help make this event possible. Their
generous donations of funds, promotional items, and time help
make this event the premier technology conference for and by
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Kentucky postsecondary professionals. Please stop by the sponsor
booths and attend a session by one of our partners.
KYCC 2015 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Thank you again for your attendance and support of KYCC 2015!
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
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Western Kentucky University: John Bowers, Julie Uranis, Julie
Taylor, Jennifer Joe
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education: Bob Johnson,
Enid Wohlstein
Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and
Universities: Steve Dooley
Eastern Kentucky University: Cristina Tofan
Kentucky Community & Technical College System: Paige
Brooks-Jeffiers
Morehead State University: Jeff Highley
Murray State University: Hal Rice
Northern Kentucky University: Lori McMillin
University of Kentucky: Brett McDaniel
University of Louisville: Aimee Greene
Center for Rural Development: Larry Combs
(additional registration required)
LMS Admin Meeting 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
112 Knicely
Lunch
LMS & ID Groups
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
163A Knicely
LMS Admin Meeting
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
112 Knicely
ID Group Meeting 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
163B Knicely
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
GET SOCIAL!
Conference Hashtag: #KYCC2015
Conference Lanyrd: lanyrd.com/2015/kyconverge
Please tweet #KYCC2015 before, during, and after Convergence!
Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Ballroom
Keynote
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Ballroom
Concurrent #1
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Networking Break
11:30 a.m. - Noon
Knicely West Lobby
Concurrent #2
12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Ballroom
Concurrent #3
1:45 - 2:30 p.m.
Concurrent #4
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.
Networking Break
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Knicely West Lobby
Concurrent #5
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Reception
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Ballroom
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KYCC 2015 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Ballroom
CIO Forum
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Ballroom
Concurrent #6
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Networking Break
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
Knicely West Lobby
Concurrent #7
KEYNOTE BIO
POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS: UNDER THE
HOOD SESSIONS
(additional registration required)
Distance Learning 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
110 Knicely Board Room
Libraries
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
WKU Main Campus
DR. BRYAN ALEXANDER
Bryan Alexander is a futurist, researcher, writer,
speaker, consultant, and teacher, working in the field
of how technology transforms education.
Visit Bryan Alexander’s web site, bryanalexander.org.
(transportation provided)
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Ballroom
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
>> Breakfast | 8:00 - 9:00 AM
>> Keynote Address | 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Halfway Into the Future
Bryan Alexander – Ballroom
A time traveler from 1990 would find many strange
developments in today’s higher education. They would
marvel at the large web presence each campus has, and
wonder about faculty blogs, students on social media,
the growing age of students, and the massive growth
in online learning. They would be gobsmacked by the
campus of 2030, when higher education has been
transformed even more radically.
In this keynote, we explore our position half-way into
the future. We consider technologies already starting
to reshape teaching and research, including mobile
devices, gaming, the open movement, and the rise of
automation. We also address non-technological forces
likely to change educational technology, such as new
certification methods and the growing dominance of
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health care. How much of this new American campus
can we glimpse in 2015?
>> Concurrent Session #1 | 10:45 - 11:30 AM
Breakout Session for Bryan Alexander
Bryan Alexander – Room 208 I & J
Follow-up session to our Kentucky Convergence
Conference 2015 keynote address.
Library Remix: the Pop Culture Video Mash-up as an
Instructional Aid in First-year Library Orientations
Robert Campbell and Helen Bischoff, Transylvania
University – 138 Auditorium
Pop culture has made its way into innovative teaching
both inside and outside of the library as a way to
engage students, prompt discussion, and initiate critical
thinking. In this session, we will discuss the process of
incorporating pop culture tools, especially the video
mash-up, into library orientations for incoming students.
We will also share activities, discussion questions,
and approaches to using pop culture teaching tools to
facilitate more energized, dynamic interactions with
students who are new to the academic library.
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Attract, Engage and Enroll - Marketing a MOOC
Tyler Gayheart and Galen Stone, University of Kentucky –
Room 113
With many institutions offering open online courses,
certificates, and specializations, fulfillment of enrollment
goals has become the central focus. A greater need
exists for universities to promote, market, and
communicate with prospective students in open course
offerings using both traditional and innovative digital
communication techniques.
Engaging Students with Augmented Reality
Paige Brooks-Jeffiers and Bruce Gover, KCTCS –
Room 163B
Having trouble engaging your students? Join us to learn
about augmented reality and how it might be just the
thing you need to grab students’ attention and get them
talking!
Customizing the User Experience in Computer Labs
Garrett Wheatley, Brett Shewcraft, and Jack Smith,
Murray State University – Room 163C
When a student sits down in a computer lab to do work,
how can we remove as many barriers and frustrations as
possible so that they can be productive with their time?
In this panel session, we’ll discuss different methods
of configuring an image for both public access and
classroom computer labs, keeping the user experience
in mind. Specifically, we will touch on using Sysprep,
mandatory profiles, and GPO settings, or a combination
of those, and how they assist with automatic
configuration and customization of the user experience.
We’ll also take feedback from the audience regarding
their use of these and other methods of configuration
and customization.
Quick and Easy Tips for Improving the Accessibility of
Online Materials
Beth Case, University of Louisville – Room 163A
Most faculty and instructional designers know they
need to make their online materials accessible to
students with disabilities. But do you know how? This
presentation will walk you through some very simple
and quick techniques you can use to improve the
accessibility of your documents. This workshop will
focus on Microsoft Word documents, while touching on
PDFs, PowerPoint, audio, and video files.
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Enhancing Online Courses with Camtasia and Snagit
Dave McCollom, Customer Success Manager,
TechSmith – Room 112
Now that online programs are more prevalent, quality
interaction matters more than ever. In this session you
will learn how you can use Snagit and Camtasia to create
short videos that will help you engage students on a
deeper level in online courses. This session will include
demonstrations of:
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Using video to provide clear and actionable
feedback to students
Supplementing lecture content with personalized
videos
Creating tours of your course website (or LMS page)
to help better acclimate students and avoid “how do
I find…” questions
And more!
>> Networking Break | 11:30 AM - Noon | West Lobby
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>> Concurrent Session #2 | 12:00 - 12:45 PM
Drive-by Requests… Driving You Nuts? Get Out of Email
and Into a Bona Fide Ticket-tracking System... Spiceworks!
Eddy Arnold and Tracy Ballinger, University of Louisville –
Room 112
If you are keeping track of support issues through email,
or worse sticky-notes, you need a ticketing system! The
Delphi Center at UofL has been tracking all support
requests for Blackboard for the last three years. We will
be discussing our experiences and help you get started.
Strategies for Improving the Quality of Online Discussions
Anthony Pina and Heather Merrifield, Sullivan University,
John Curry, Morehead State University – Room 163B
Although online discussion forums play a critical role
in most online and blended/hybrid courses, research
shows that they tend to be undervalued by students.
Why is this so and what can we do about it? Come
join us on a journey to spruce up and spice up online
discussion forums, including how to avoid common
mistakes and strategies for using online discussion
forums to support multiple learning outcomes.
Combining Faculty, Instructional Design, and Library
Services to Provide Students a Framework for Information
Evaluation.
Linda Leake and Samantha McClellan, University of
Louisville – Room 163C
The creation of the course-embedded Critical Thinking &
Information Evaluation Module series resulted from the
need for undergraduate students to start their academic
careers with a framework for evaluating information.
Pulling from the Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework
and focusing abstract information literacy concepts on
the commonly-used resources of Wikipedia, Google, and
scholarly journal articles, the presenters will delve into
module creation to implementation of these modules
and discuss the logistics of this process to guide other
faculty-librarian-instruction designer collaborations.
Knowledge-Centered Support: Why Bother?
Kaliegh Belda, Western Kentucky University – Room 113
This presentation’s goal is to provide an understanding
of Knowledge-Centered Support, provide initial steps for
starting a Knowledge Base, and provide resources for
help with starting a Knowledge Base. The presentation
is derived from the WKU IT Helpdesk’s experiences and
challenges that we overcame when implementing our
own Knowledge Base.
Creating Interactive Self-Check Opportunities to Engage
Learners
Hannah Digges Elliott, Andrew Swanson, and Hannah
Page, Western Kentucky University – 138 Auditorium
This session will discuss the creation of interactive
self-check opportunities to engage students in an
on-demand environment. Focus will be placed on the
design and development process of the “Conversations
with...Philosophers” series.
#Libraries: Engaging the Community and Managing Social
Media Outlets through the Hootsuite Dashboard
Shaden Melky, Crystal Bowling, and Katie King, Western
Kentucky University – Room 163A
Through engagement activities and hashtags WKU
Libraries has increased followers, likes, and views. The
implementation of Hootsuite has allowed us to track
and view our return on investment by generating a
customized, user friendly analytics report.
Powering the Student Lifecycle with Adobe’s Three Clouds
Ryan Dietz, Solutions Consultant Adobe Education –
Room 208 I & J
An institution is like a machine, many different parts
in motion, all with the goal of creating a unique
educational experience and producing society’s
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next leaders. Most people are familiar with Adobe
Photoshop, but did you know Adobe is also a leader
in forms processing, e-signatures, and digital asset
management? In this session, we will showcase Adobe’s
three clouds, Creative, Marketing, and Document, to
paint a picture of how your university can speed up
administrative processes, become more efficient, and
teach students industry skills that make them better
engaged and more employable.
>> Lunch | 12:45 - 1:45 PM
>> Concurrent Session #3 | 1:45 - 2:30 PM
The Changing of a Mind-Set: Guidelines for Designing
Continuing Professional Development and Workplace
Training Courses
Alicia Pennington, Western Kentucky University –
Room 208 I & J
Instructional Designers in higher education are familiar
with designing high quality college credit courses.
Although they might not be familiar with designing
continuing professional development or workplace
training courses the knowledge and skills used for
college-credit courses easily transfer. This session will
provide a set of guidelines one instructional designer
uses to design and develop high quality, effective
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continuing professional development and workplace
training courses.
Using Technology to Accommodate, Differentiate, and
Grade SWD for Academic Success
Jamie Mahoney, Murray State University – Room 163A
Students With Disabilities (SWD) have difficulties being
academically successful in the areas of reading, writing,
and mathematical concepts. Technology resolves these
content area problems for individualized differentiated
accommodations for SWD. Using QR codes, plickers,
ScreencastOmatic, etc. can give teachers tools to assist
SWD in these areas.
Simplified Course Scheduling with Visual Schedule Builder
Kimberly Barger Haydon, KCTCS – Room 112
Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) is the iPhone of course
scheduling - it just works. VSB is a tool that allows
students and advisors to create a course schedule in a
fraction of the usual time. In this session, you will get
hands-on experience using VSB and see how easy it can
be to help students create a great course schedule.
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Beyond PowerPoint: Moving Your Course From the
Chalkboard to SoftChalk
Aimee Greene and Larry Michalczyk, University of
Louisville – Room 163B
This session shares the story of how one team of social
work faculty at the University of Louisville partnered
with the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning to
make the transition from traditional teaching methods
by using SoftChalk Create. The presenters will share
examples from the course and information on how to
get started with SoftChalk.
Are Students and Faculty On the Same Digital Page? A
Comparison of Expectations in Online Classes
Shannon Eastep and John Huss, Northern Kentucky
University – 138 Auditorium
How do student and faculty perceptions and
expectations compare in online learning? Three surveys
over a 2-3 year span have been conducted by John Huss
and Shannon Eastep from NKU to help us answer these
questions. Online students were surveyed in the fall
of 2012 and again in the spring of 2014. Then, in the
fall of 2014, online faculty were asked the same survey
questions. Faculty answers were then compared to
student answers to the same questions to determine if
they are operating on the same “digital page”.
The QWILT Difference
Brandon Dick, Murray State University – Room 163C
Overcoming bandwidth challenges (limited budget,
availability, utilization, etc.) through the use of a caching
solution.
A/V Collaboration of the Future (and Now)
Marc Joos and Keith Stengl, SKC, Ken Snare, Planar –
Room 113
As one of the largest audio-visual integrators in North
America, SKC has been partnering with our customers
since 1986. Because of this experience, we realize
that universities are tasked with finding new ways to
engage students and faculty through A/V technology
trends of tomorrow while meeting the demands of now.
Learn more about these latest trends and technologies
that are emerging. Additionally, find out how SKC will
work with you to design, build, and manage the A/V
requirements in your environment.
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>> Concurrent Session #4 | 2:45 - 3:30 PM
Dashboard: The Collaborative Synergy of Data
Consolidation with Workflow Integration, An In House
Solution
Steven Kirtley and Stefanie Keown, Western Kentucky
University – 138 Auditorium
How our Instructional Technologist team has integrated
data collection and workflow into one system.
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Cigars and Literacy
Raphael Jackson, Kentucky State University – Room 163A
In modern western academia, oral literacy is often
overlooked in favor of textual literacy. Although there
is no significant learning advantages that one form of
dissemination shares over the other, preference for text
based dissemination presents a particular challenge
when we consider how text book accessibility is being
restricted by astronomical price increases. Academic
Librarians can make use of low powered FM stations
or internet radio in order to increase student access to
required texts. In addition to increasing accessibility, this
format can also serve to revitalize classroom intellectual
participation and campus community life by reaching
students with their preferred means of technology.
Teaching Multimedia with Free Tools
Jim Lindsey, Western Kentucky University – Room 113
Students love doing hands-on work with multimedia
- images, audio, video and Web sites. Unfortunately,
software to do such work so can be costly and difficult to
install. This hands-on presentation will show participants
free tools for editing images, audio, video, and Website
creation, as well as how to incorporate them into their
computer literacy courses. Most of the tools that will be
shown are Web-based; students only need an Internet
connection to use them. Since the session is short,
hyperlinks to tutorial videos, sample assignments, and
grading rubrics will be made available to participants.
Playing Fetch in the Intelligent Fabric at KCTCS
Matt Varney, KCTCS – Room 208 I & J
With the explosion of enterprise content in Office
365, the age-old struggles with trying to find what you
know you need, what you just worked on, and what
you don’t even yet know about are certainly real.
This presentation illustrates how KCTCS is using the
unprecedented abilities of Delve and the Office Graph
search service to have the right information fetched for
faculty, staff, and students.
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The Embedded Personal Librarian Approach to Providing
Library Services via a Course Management System
Anthony Paganelli, Western Kentucky University –
Room 112
Based on the Personal Librarian concept, the Online
Embedded Personal Librarian is an outreach program
to help provide students and faculty with unique
online library services. By embedding within a course
management system, librarians will have the ability
to learn more about the subject matter and offer new
outreach library services. The concept is an excellent
opportunity for librarians to create a strong relationship
with faculty.
Universal Design: Collaborating with Campus Partners for
Accessibility
Beth Case, University of Louisville – Room 163B
Recent lawsuits have focused attention on the
importance of accessible online courses. Although
often perceived as the role of the disability office, the
responsibility for accessible online courses also falls on
the shoulders of faculty and instructional designers. In
this presentation, you will learn about Universal Design,
how to be proactive, and how to collaborate with others
on campus to provide the best experience possible for
online students with disabilities.
Blackboard’s New Learning Experience
Kelly Hamilton, Strategic Account Executive &
Carey Smouse, Customer Success Advocate – Room 163C
Last year, Blackboard began sharing the philosophy
behind the New Learning Experience. This year, we
have seen the results of that work begin to materialize.
Join us for an overview of the latest developments in
Blackboard’s teaching and learning technologies and
gain insight into what is planned for the coming year and
beyond. Client input is driving the development of Learn
9.1, Learn SaaS, Collaborate, and the mobile experience
through new persona-oriented apps—in this session,
we’ll explore the landscape ahead.
>> Networking Break | 3:30 - 4:00 PM | West Lobby
>> Concurrent Session #5 | 4:00 - 4:45 PM
A New Wave: Sustaining Institutional Buy-in for Distance
Learning Initiatives
Michael Strawser, Eric Satterly, and Shawn Apostel,
Bellarmine University – 138 Auditorium
The 21st century learner wants to go beyond solely
content comprehension and instead desires a level
of engagement with and application of knowledge.
Distance delivery presents a wide range of instructional
possibilities ranging from interactive activities and
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learning objects to more frequent testing. A recent
survey indicated that 7.1 million students, 33.5% of
the student population, report having taken at least
one online course. In spite of the continuous rise in
popularity of distance learning initiatives, administrators
and faculty continue to struggle with a host of
challenges. An institution can, and should, engage the
entire university population in an effort to gain and
sustain organizational buy-in in an effort to maximize
resources available for distance education.
Makerspaces and the STEAM Initiative
Anthony Paganelli and Andrea Paganelli, Western
Kentucky University – Room 163B
Due to Core Curriculum Standards and the STEM and
STEAM Initiative, educators are searching for innovative
tools to meet educational needs. Makerspaces offer an
outstanding perspective in teaching interdisciplinary
studies. A wonderful example is the Future of Music
Makerspace, which introduces participants to basic
musicianship. By studying music, students will learn
various other disciplines while collaborating and
accomplishing a common goal.
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Hybridizing History: Strategically Merging Virtual
Experiences with Interpersonal Encounters to Facilitate
Multimodal Learning
Helen Turner, University of Kentucky – Room 163A
Modifying traditional chronological and lecture-based
delivery, a History and Theory of Interior Environments
course embraces technology as a vehicle for expressing
and transmitting information. A hybrid paradigm of
virtual and physical experiences ensures meaningful
learning through multimodal means of expression to
help students better understand how design history
and theory influences the built environment. This active
means of delivery and feedback has the potential for
attracting and informing students of various interests
and learning styles, while making history relevant by
engaging enthusiasm for technology.
Recruiter: Deployment, Integration and Other Advanced
Features
Jonathan Barrett, Murray State University – Room 113
Last year Murray State University deployed Ellucian’s
Recruiter system to process all incoming student
applications. To properly integrate with the Murray State
ERP system a thorough understanding and configuration
of the Recruiter system was required. By working
with Ellucian, as well as custom development by the
University, an acceptable way to connect data from
various campus ERP sources was created. Advice on
deploying the Recruiter system was developed as much
was learned from the roll out, custom integration, and
the University shift to online applications. By moving
all application processing into Recruiter, a university
can use the Recruiter analytics and reporting, as well as
control the form of data for all incoming students in the
future.
Just the FAX Ma’am. FAX in the Digital Voice World
Bill Ramsay, Berea College – Room 163C
Berea College has implemented an IP phone system and
moved to a digital SIP connection to the public phone
network. Fax machines do not fit in to this environment.
We will review the approaches we have tried and
discuss issues surrounding alternative fax services
including requirements, cost, international coverage,
administration, and security. Finally we will demonstrate
the alternative fax solution we have implemented.
current available technologies such as scanning, digital
repositories, and creative cataloging techniques, access
to unique and rare materials are being opened to the
scholarly community by information professionals.
These one-of-a- kind materials can then greatly enhance
online and traditional classroom teaching.
Enhancing the Learning Experience with Technology
Michael Patrick, Mirazon – Room 112
Using technology in learning continues to advance
at warp speed. With so many options for local and
distance learning, how do we effectively communicate
and share ideas? Michael Patrick of Mirazon will present
just a few of the multitudes of connectivity options
available to students and teachers in and out of the
classroom.
Opening Doors: Creating Access to Special Collection
Libraries for All
Nancy Richey and Joseph Shankweiler, Western Kentucky
University – Room 208 I & J
Our digital environment has created an ever-growing
user interest in accessing special collections libraries
and their intellectual treasures remotely. By using
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
>> Breakfast | 8:00 - 9:00 AM
>> Keynote Address | 9:00 - 10:15 AM
Kentucky Higher Education CIO Forum
Hosted by Gordon Johnson, Chief Information
Technology Officer, Western Kentucky University –
Ballroom
Chief Information Officers from several public and
private colleges and universities will talk, in a panel
format, about strategies and operations of information
technology in higher education in Kentucky.
The CIO Forum was a very popular event at the 2014
Convergence Conference, and we are looking forward to
another interesting and energetic exchange of ideas in
2015.
Scheduled to participate:
• Paul Czarapata, Kentucky Community and
Technical College System
• Keith Fowlkes, Centre College
• Gordon Johnson, Western Kentucky University
• Eric Satterly, Bellarmine University
• Keith Weber, Murray State University
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Let Me In! A Discussion about FERPA Challenges and
Student Credentials
Cassidy Palmer, David Jeffress, and Mary C. Dawn,
Murray State University – 138 Auditorium
Self-created student accounts are the holy grail for
any university’s online community, but even with the
best identity management protocol in place, selfcreation that complies with FERPA guidelines can be
an impossibility. Join Murray State, Northern Kentucky
and Western Kentucky University as we discuss how we
disperse credentials, avoid FERPA violations and serve
student needs.
E-books: What Your Librarian Wants You to Know
Billie Anne Gebb, Frontier Nursing University, Sonja Eads
and Mary T. Hunstman, KCTCS – Room 163C
Electronic books have been an important part of the
digital revolution. However, most librarians remain
less than enthusiastic about their adoption. Problems
with access models and pricing have made it difficult to
fully embrace this resource. Faculty and student users
continue to want more electronic access, though, and
on multiple platforms, including mobile. Librarians must
face these challenges head on to continue providing
resources that their patrons want and need.
Maximizing Content Creation on your Mac
Eduardo Trujillo and Justin Bertsch, Northern Kentucky
University – Room 113
There are many tools on a Mac that facilitate the
creation of content for a course. This session will focus
on quickly creating audio and visual content with the
built-in tools on a Mac. We will also briefly discuss
Keynote, Pages, Garageband, iMovie, and iBook Author.
Competencies? But this is Academia! A Development Plan
for a Competency
Juliana Ortolani, Hannah Digges Elliott, Anne Honaker,
and Alicia Pennington, Western Kentucky University –
Room 163B
How our instructional design team partnered with
an academic faculty group to design and develop
competency based courses for a self-paced, online,
bachelor’s completion program.
State of the Wireless
LaMarr Baucom and Duane Dycus, Murray State
University – Room 208 I & J
We will discuss all things wireless for network engineers,
security personnel, and management, challenges,
trends, and security of deploying and managing wireless
networks in higher education.
Animation: Bringing Your Course to Life
Beth Case, University of Louisville – Room 163A
Animation and comic strips can be created and used in
even the most serious courses to illustrate a concept,
create a simulation, or create a video when using live
performers is not feasible. In this presentation, you will
learn about some simple (and free) tools to make your
own animation and comic strips, as well as discover how
to use them to enhance your own courses.
>> Networking Break | 11:15 - 11:45 AM | West Lobby
>> Concurrent Session #7 | 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
2 Factor Authentication - What are we waiting for?
Brian Purcell and Duane Dycus, Murray State University –
Room 163C
A general discussion of where institutions are currently
using 2 factor authentication, leading into discussions of
what the barriers are to using it everywhere.
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Online Collaboration Can Work: Using Cloud-based Tools to
Manage Online Group Work
Meredith Singleton, Northern Kentucky University –
Room 163B
Based on project management best practices, this
session guides faculty through creating impactful teambased projects that exceed course learning outcomes
and balance guidance with autonomy.
Using Interactive Technology to Light a Fire Under Your
Students for Active Engagement and Effective Assessment
Sydney Beckman, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan
School of Law – 138 Auditorium
This interactive presentation will illustrate how a
technological solution can be used in the classroom
setting to increase engagement, promote 100%
participation among the class, and, as a result,
increase learning. This generation of learners is used
to constantly being “plugged in” with iPods, tablets,
laptops, and smartphones. The conference’s participants
will see how interactive technology can tap into this
familiarity students have with technology and promote
even the quietest of students to become actively
involved in the classroom dialogue.
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Engaging Millennials Through Innovative Teaching
Rebekah Radtke, University of Kentucky – Room 163A
The workshop will cover broadly the technologies that
millennials use frequently and how the participants
might incorporate them into current teaching practice. It
will allow those with minimal experience in technology
to develop grounding in the pedagogy of teaching
with technology with the millennial mindset. The
methodology used to facilitate this session will be highly
interactive. Organized thematically, each subject will
be introduced through a brief introduction followed by
a demonstration of how to use the technology. Active
learning will be encouraged though activities responding
to the experiences of those present.
a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). This
presentation will focus on both our internal auditing
efforts and the challenges of obtaining accurate vendor
documentation.
>> Lunch | 12:30 - 1:30 PM
>> Under the Hood Sessions | 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Ensuring ADA Compliance for Library Databases
Shaden Melky and Laura DeLancey, Western Kentucky
University – Room 113
Electronic library content must be accessible to
students with disabilities, however many institutions
have focused on accessibility of physical facilities
without considering the requirements for online
information. Western Kentucky University developed a
required, automated program to audit WKU Libraries’
electronic content including, the website and library
database vendors. Additionally, WKU began requesting
documentation of accessibility features in the form of
POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS
UNDER THE HOOD SESSIONS
>> WKU Distance Learning | 1:30 - 3:30 PM
110 Knicely Board Room
This afternoon post-conference session features the
WKU’s Distance Learning Team. Participants will learn
more about the DL team’s programs for faculty training,
the logistics of non-term based courses (the operations
supporting WKU’s new competency-based degree
program), and how the DL team handles accessibility in
online courses.
>> WKU Libraries | 1:30 - 3:30 PM
WKU Main Campus (transportation provided)
KYCC2015
This afternoon post-conference session features the
WKU Libraries faculty and staff. Participants will learn
more about how WKU evaluates ADA accessibility in
online databases, provides technology support through
the Library Systems Office, as well as WKU’s approach to
open access institutional repositories.
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SILVER LEVEL
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DMD Data Systems Inc.
SKC Communications & Planar Systems
GovConnection
Techsmith Corporation
Microsoft
Pearson
Prosys Information Systems
GOLD LEVEL
Blackboard, Inc.
SHI International Inc.
SIS, LLC.
Tandem Solutions
PLATINUM LEVEL
Pomeroy
Turning Technologies, LLC.
Visual Schedule Builder
VMWare
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208G, H, I, J, combined with hallway 37 x 74 ft = 2740 sq ft.
201 East Lobby, 32 x 106 ft = 3,400 sq ft,
209 Open Court Yard, 40 x 57 ft. = 2,250 sq ft.
KNICELY CENTER LAYOUT
175
163A
Classroom
Conf. Room
163B
Stage
Auditorium
Loading
Dock
Large Conference Room
209
Open Courtyard
Kitchen
163C
Classroom
138
Business Center
113
112
Classroom Classroom
124
123
122
Vending Machines
121
208J
208F
118 117
116
119
Computer
Lab
Board Room
103
Knicely East Lobby
132
133
134 135
136
104
Covered Walk
DELO
AVP’s
Office
Knicely
West
Lobby
208H
208C
208B
208A
208G
Exhibit Area
201
Covered
Drive
105
Front Entrance
Knicely
East
Entrance
21
208D
130
Regency Room
Conference Center Office
208E
208I
110
Exhibit Area
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