iTRAC 2013
Workshop Descriptions
Presentation Title and Presenter
Improving the Learning Experience through Design
Dr. Linda Merillat
Director, Center for Online Learning and Academic
Technology
Friends University
Where Knowing is Going: What it Means to Know
Stuff in the Digital Age
Dr. Michael Austin
Provost and VP, Academic Affairs
Newman University
Five Easy Pieces that will Make You the Toast of
Your Online Class
Larry Carver
Adjunct Faculty Member of Technology Studies
Fort Hays State University
Using Technology to Train Adjuncts Near and Far
Gail Cullen
Faculty
Southwestern College Professional Studies
Excited – E-Learning Features in Modern Language
Acquisition
Rhonda Westerhaus
Pratt Community College
Preparing for the Future; Common Core
Assessments and Your Technology Needs….
Mike Belcher
Americas Education Strategy Manager
HP/AOS
Presentation Description
This workshop introduces a new online tool that can be used to guide
faculty to creating richer, more interactive learning experiences.
Session, Time and Location
Session 1A
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
The rise of the Internet over the past decade has fundamentally
reconfigured the role of knowledge in our society. Like other major
advances in information technology—such as the written alphabet, the
book, the printing press, and the library—the Internet demands changes in
how we teach and how we learn. In this presentation, Dr. Austin will briefly
survey the transformation of "knowledge" from "an awareness facts" (the
technology of the book), to "an understanding of how to find facts" (the
technology of the library), and finally to "the ability to synthesize useful
information from an overabundance of facts" (the technology of the
Internet). He will discuss concrete ways that teachers and educational
institutions should respond to the eventual migration of nearly all knowable
information to the Internet.
This workshop will show how online instructors can use 5 easy applications
that will make their online class more effective in faculty/student
communication. These 5 easy pieces will help instructors increase contact
with, and feedback to, distance students, without creating an excessive time
commitment for the instructor.
Session 1B
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Southwestern College relies on adjunct faculty for teaching undergraduate
and graduate courses. It is important that all faculty are prepared to teach
online, accelerated courses via Blackboard. Learn how Southwestern
College trains all faculty through its online program.
Session 1D
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
This workshop features an overview of a German 101 in both Blackboard
and eCollge platforms. E-learning features will be sampled and their
implications discussed.
Session 1E
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
In this session we’ll discuss the current Smarter Balanced Assessment
guidelines and technology requirements and present the recently
announced HP ElitePad 900, the “best of both worlds” Education tablet.
You’ll walk away with a better understanding of what these requirements
mean to you as well as a list of the key questions your schools will need to
ask to ensure you’re prepared in 2014 and beyond.
Session 1F
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 1C
9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
The Friendship Connection: How IT and ID&T
Work Together when Deploying Tablet Technology
on Campus
Monica Stewart
Instructional Designer
Wichita Area Technical College
Blayne Beham
Senior Systems Engineer
Wichita Area Technical College
Moodle Your Noodle!
Kim Dhority
Director, Instructional Design Center
Flint Hills Technical College
Let’s Discuss Online Discussions!
Dr. Cathy Heffernan
Director of Instructional Technology and Online
Summer School
McPherson College
Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom
Dr. Anna Catterson
Neosho County Community College
Maximize Your Potential: Get Better Use from the
LMS Tools You Already Have
Solutions Engineer
BlackBoard
Using the iPad in the Lab!
Ron Ragon
Instructional Designer
Wichita Area Technical College
Lance Rudman, and James Hall
Faculty
Wichita Area Technical College
Articulate Storyline
Steve Harmon
Vice President of Outreach Programs
Flint Hills Technical College
Building Online Faculty Communities
Planning and leveraging a deployment plan when implementing new
technologies on a campus wide scale is important to the success of the
initiative. Hear about the struggles and triumphs of deploying iPads across
campus for faculty, staff and student use from the perspective of the
Instructional Designer and IT Engineer who made mobile technology a
reality on campus. These “experts” will also be available to answer
questions and provide discussion about why mobile technology is in high
demand on college campus and how it should be made available.
Session 2A
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Moodle is an open-source learning management system. In this workshop
attendees will learn how to use Moodle and the resources that are available
inside Moodle. Attendees will also learn how to use outside sources with
this system.
Session 2B
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 2D
I have yet to meet anyone who teaches at the undergraduate level (myself
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
included) who is wild about the results of their online discussion forums, yet
(Location TBA)
I’m committed to discovering the secret to forum success. To that end,
you’re invited to join a face-to-face discussion about the issues. We’ll start
with a brief review of promising best practices found in the literature
(handout provided); then we’ll open up the discussion and engage in some
collaborative problem-solving. Newbies to experts: All are welcome.
Session 2E
Web 2.0 tools for the learning environment, both online and face-to-face.
Learn how to take your current instructional materials and convert them into 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
an interactive, dynamic learning environment where collaboration and “real”
analytical skills take place. Also…learn how to give your student’s a
PURPOSE to come to class, create instruction that is meaningful and will
retain students semester to semester.
With the ever-changing functionality of your online teaching toolset, it is easy toSession 2F
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
get stuck using the same minimal set of functionality year after year. In this
(Location TBA)
workshop, we’ll talk about how easy it is to get more out of the tools and features
that you already have at your fingertips.
Participants will learn to properly drill holes and install fasteners in a small
aluminum project while viewing ITL instructions, demonstrations and helpful
hints on their portable devices and on large screens in the Aerostructures
lab. (This session is limited to 30 particpants)
Session 3A
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Attendees will learn the basic use of Articulate Storyline. This presentation
will show the basics of setting up an Articulate Storyline video.
Session 3B
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
With many institutions using adjunct faculty, particularly when the adjuncts
Session 3C
Ilana Xinos
Faculty
Southwestern College Professional Studies
Secure Testing in the Virtual Classroom: Is It Even
Possible?
William Artz
Educational Technology/Instructional Design –
School of Community Affairs
Wichita State University
Implementing a new Learning Management
System: Trials and Tribulations of Change
Dr. Renea Gernant and Holly Andrews
Cloud County Community College
Innovations to Save Students Money and Lower
Institution Operational Costs
Dr. Mark Sarver
Chief Executive Officer
eduKan
Everything’s Adding Up! Delivering Math In an
Online World.
Richard Nelson & Jay Castor
Washburn Tech
Aeronautical Technology from Flight to UAS
Dr. Kurt Barnhart
Aviation Department Head and Executive Director
of the Applied Aviation Research Center
K-State Salina
are online faculty, the ability to create community can be challenging.
Southwestern College uses Blackboard tools that have allowed the College
to create an environment that is flexible, keeps conversations alive and
interact, and is easy to use, attributes that are essential to have faculty
engagement. This presentation, delivered remotely, shows how community
can be built.
How is it even possible to ensure a secure testing environment in the virtual
classroom? Aside from the many different software programs available “to
prevent cheating,” are there other options? With software, webcam, and
instructional design technologies one is able to parlay these items together
in such a way that greatly enhances testing security for those of us teaching
at the leading edge of distance education.
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Implementing a new Learning Management System: Trials and
Tribulations of Change. This workshop addresses considerations to make
when consider a change in Learning Management Systems, reviews what
the presenters have learned in the process of changing systems, and
discusses what the process has taught them about online course
conversion, course quality and instructor training needs
Session 3E
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Dr. Sarver will share the successes they have had at eduKan in the areas of
lowering operational costs and saving students money with (1) Project
Aristotle: digital books (embedded content), analytics tracking for course
engagement, (2) their newly developed English Language Learner AA
degree for native-Spanish students integrating the language lessons within
the content to save money and time while getting a degree starting in
Spanish and ending in English language mastery and an AA degree and (3)
their use of biometrics for student identity proofing for academic integrity
and reduction of on-site proctoring fees. All of these programs have been
trialed, tested and implemented at eduKan since 2011 and are part of their
consortium’s innovation program to use technology to further advance costeffective, learning opportunities for students.
To meet the needs of distance learning for their mathematics program,
Washburn Tech developed two systems for online delivery. This workshop
will illustrate their solutions for interactive classes via live webcam using
Adobe Connect, and pre-recorded lessons with an ELMO Document
Camera.
Session 3F
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
A presentation of the opportunities available to work as part of our national
air transportation system. Session will focus on aviation flight, aircraft
maintenance, airport management, unmanned aerial systems, avionics and
more!
Session 4A
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 3D
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 3G
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
(Location TBA)
Technology Without Tears
Dr. Dona Gibson and Dr. Rick Gibson
Faculty
Friends University
“You Didn’t Build That”: Intellectual Property, Fair
Use, and the Creative Commons Movement
Dr. Bruce Clary
Associate Professor of English
McPherson College
Composition: From Classroom to Cloud
Jamie Hibbs and Julie Kratt
Cowley County Community College
Developing Micro-Learning Simulations for Mobile
Devices
Brandon Andrews
Chief Creative Officer
NexLearn
MOOC Lite: Using Ideas from MOOCs to Transform
Courses
Arthur Smith and Susane Gruning
Faculty
Southwestern College Professional Studies
Session 4B
In the age of BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology), even the most tech
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
savvy instructors sometimes find themselves overwhelmed with the
(Location TBA)
notebooks, netbooks, i-pads, and smartphones that show up for class.
These resources coupled with the myriad of operating systems and software
programs available can make teaching with technology difficult. Atomic
Learning is a solution that can redirect the focus of any course from trouble
shooting to teaching.
Session 4D
Multimedia projects are legitimate alternatives to more traditional
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
assignments such as papers and oral presentations. But, anxious about
(Location TBA)
copyright infringement, many faculty hesitate to permit projects that will
incorporate images, audio, and video accessed on the Web. In fact, the
principle of fair use provides relatively generous rights for the use of
copyrighted material in the academic setting. Working under the protection
of fair use, however, heightens rather than diminishes faculty's responsibility
to teach students about the legal and ethical boundaries prescribing the use
of copyrighted material; the security of the educational setting can reinforce
students' already careless, cut-and-paste attitudes. Faculty should also
work toward a longer-term solution to our broken copyright system by
teaching the collective nature of the creative process and by adopting and
practicing the share-and-share-alike philosophy of Creative Commons.
Participants in this session will learn how Fair Use applies to our students'
multimedia projects; where we and our students can find Creative
Commons-licensed media; and why, as educators, we should endorse and
enthusiastically participate in the Creative Commons movement.
This workshop will address the teaching continuum—from the techno-phobic toSession 4E
the technofabulous! Whether you want to add a writing assignment to a non- 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
composition class, hope to supplement your face-to-face composition course (Location TBA)
with new online activities, or teach a fully online writing course, come
prepared to learn and to share!
Although simulations are universally regarded as a highly effective way to
teach, they have been slow to find a home on mobile devices. The high
interactivity, large student commitment and long run times typically
associated with simulations do not fit into the mobile world where the ideas
of "augmentation" and "just in time" rule.
We will discuss how combining mobile devices with Micro-Learning
Simulations and the concepts of Spaced Learning create a perfect learning
scenario. A scenario in which simulations are readily available and student
retention is dramatically increased.
MOOCs have changed expectations for online courses. Students have seen
high production values, quality teaching, and a sense of the “live” course,
and all for free. Learn how Southwestern College has adapted some of the
MOOC ideas to change how students learn in an online course.
Session 4F
2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 5A
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Cloud Computing at NCAT-Replacing Local
Computers with Microsoft Terminal Services
Randy Roebuck
Executive Director of Technology
Wichita Area Technical College
What’s an Online Student Want?
Dr. Gina Marx
Director of Graduate Education
Newman University
Opening the Lines
of Communication
with Students
Tina Oelke
Neosho County
Community College
Using the iPad in the Lab!
Ron Ragon
Instructional Designer
Wichita Area Technical College
Lance Rudman, and James Hall
Faculty
Wichita Area Technical College
This workshop demonstrates the different types of terminal services offered
to all WATC students and faculty as well as the efficiency gains to the IT
Department from this low cost approach. The workshop will also
demonstrate how these terminal services perform on Apple iPads.
Session 5B
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Join Dr. Gina Marx, Director of the Graduate Education Department at
Newman University, as she shares her study of instructor and student
perceptions of care in online education, and answers the question "what is
caring in a virtual world"? Gina will then lead participants in some easy
technology applications that meet criteria of what students considered
instructor caring. Bring your laptop for this "learn by doing" session!
This session will include best practices to ensure students feel welcomed
and included in the online community. Tina is an accomplished online
instructor and will present how to transform the student's online experience
into an interactive online learning and sharing opportunity. Specifically, tips
on how to successfully facilitate a classroom discussion in an online
environment will be presented. Blogs and forum discussions are also
excellent enhancements in face-to-face, web-enhanced and hybrid classes.
Participants will learn to properly drill holes and install fasteners in a small
aluminum project while viewing ITL instructions, demonstrations and helpful
hints on their portable devices and on large screens in the Aerostructures
lab. (This session is limited to 30 particpants)
Session 5C
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 5D
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)
Session 5E
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
(Location TBA)