Students Giving You the Silent Treatment?

Topic:	Students Giving You the Silent Treatment?
Recording date:	Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:00 pm
	Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Panelist Information:
Duration:	50 minutes
Description:	Students Giving You the Silent Treatment? A webinar event unveils how one University of Michigan professor increased class participation by 66% through the power of active learning. December 13, 2012 at 2 PM EST (US) Picture this . . . a large lecture hall where one professor stands in front of hundreds of students lecturing. Most of the students are looking at laptops or mobile devices. At first glance, it appears that they aren’t paying attention. This lecture hall is at the University of Michigan and the professor is Dr. Perry Samson, founder of LectureTools, the newest addition to the Echo360 Active Learning Platform. And while the students appear to be distracted by technology, they are actually doing something not quite visible to the naked eye. They are participating. In the age of active learning, interaction is the name of the game. According to Dr. Samson, “if you give students the opportunity to participate they will”. Join us for this complimentary event to learn how the Active Learning Platform: -Engages and energizes today’s social student by leveraging mobile devices to ask confidential questions during class, take personal notes, and collaborate with other students -Provides instructors and teaching assistants with the opportunity to respond globally to popular questions during class -Measures learning as it happens and provides insights into student comprehension -Enables the 12 benefits of Active Learning like the flipped classroom, distance learning and MOOCs Get ready to interact! During this 60-minute session we’ll take a tour of LectureTools and you’ll be able to interact with Dr. Samson as a “student”. Then we’ll flip into the faculty view for real-time feedback and assessment on how the session is going. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Instructional Technologists and Designers, Faculty, Deans and Academic Administrators, and CIOs Follow the event on Twitter at #activelearning before, during and after event. Register below! SPEAKER: Dr. Perry Samson, Head of Teaching Innovation, Echo360 Perry Samson is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan. He holds an Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship at the University of Michigan in recognition of “outstanding contributions to undergraduate education” and is the recipient of one of the inaugural “Teaching Innovation Awards” at the University of Michigan. In 2010 he was named "Distinguished Professor of the Year" in the State of Michigan. Perry presently serves as Head of Teaching Innovation at Echo360. MODERATOR: Jason Aubrey, Product Manager, Echo360

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Blended Learning Best in Class: Making a Difference with Distance Learning

Whether it’s a student needing some summer course credits, a soldier serving the nation in Afghanistan, or a working parent trying to finish her degree, The University of Toledo strives to make learning personal for its students. Ten thousand students from Ohio and abroad benefit from the instruction they receive from UT Online. Designated “Best Practices in Student Services” by the Ohio Learning Network, UT Online created Learning Ventures, a team built to bring the best blended learning experience to the diverse student population.

Join members of the Learning Ventures team, Claire Stuve, Educational Technologist, and DiAnne Masztak, Student Support and Military Liaison, as they discuss:

Increasing enrollments and gaining more revenues in support of University goals
Supporting state residents actively deployed in the military through a tuition-free program
Leveraging blended learning technologies to deliver courses
Establishing best practices in order to create a sense of community for distance students
Growing a distance program to over 400 course offerings and 100% participation by faculty

Who Will Want to Attend: Instructional and Educational Technologists, Distance Learning Instructors, Distance Learning Program Deans and Directors

Collaborate before, during and after the event on Twitter, using the live event tweet #givedistance

This webinar is sponsored by Echo360 and hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education. All content presented during the event is provided by Echo360.

Moderator

Dr. Michael Zastrocky, Executive Director, The Leadership Board for CIO's in Higher Education

Dr. Michael Zastrocky is a consultant in higher education and Executive Director of The Leadership Board for CIO’s in higher education. Dr. Zastrocky examines and analyzes emerging higher education IT trends and assesses the implications of those trends on educational institutions globally. He also examines higher education management issues and how institutions can effectively and efficiently manage their organizations. He recently retired as Managing Vice President, Education Research Leader and Research Director for Academic Strategies at Gartner Inc, the world’s largest information technology research and advisory services organization.

Before joining Gartner, he served as a faculty member at several universities, assistant dean, chief information officer, vice president of CAUSE (the international association for managing and using information resources in higher education, now EDUCAUSE), and vice president of the Kaludis Consulting Group. He has a bachelor’s degree from Regis University in mathematics, a master’s degree in education administration from the University of Denver, and a doctor of education degree in technology and mathematics education from the University of Northern Colorado.

Speaker

Claire Stuve, M.A., Educational Technologist, University of Toledo

Using her keen sense of creativity, Claire loves helping faculty enhance their teaching through the use of educational technologies. Claire creates video tutorials, assists faculty with lecture capture and blended learning solutions, and conducts regular web conferencing meetings. Claire has a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Oakland University and a Master of Arts in Instructional Technology from Saginaw Valley State University. She is currently working on her Doctorate in Curriculum and Educational Media at The University of Toledo.

DiAnne Masztak, Student Support & Military Liaison, University of Toledo

DiAnne Masztak manages and administers The University of Toledo’s Eileen Burg Military Scholarship, which significantly lightens the financial burden for active military. She helps students navigate the GoArmyEd.com site to apply for Federal Tuition Assistance and keeps official records for those on active duty. DiAnne enjoys assisting current and potential students weave through academic bureaucracy as quickly and efficiently as possible. When the student no longer needs her help, she knows she’s done her job.

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From the Dean's Desk: Building a Blended Learning Program from the Ground Up

Top Middle East Institution Reviews the Impact of Lecture Capture on Teaching and Learning on a New Degree Program

Dulles, VA – December 7, 2011 – Echo360, the global leader in campus-wide blended learning and lecture capture solutions, is hosting a complimentary webinar featuring Qatar University on December 13, 2011 at 10:00AM EST, 6:00PM AST. The webinar, called From the Dean’s Desk: Building a Blended Learning Program from the Ground Up, features the program’s dean, Dr. Peter Jewesson, and leading lecture capture analyst, Alan Greenberg of Wainhouse Research.

In order to educate highly qualified pharmacists, Dr. Jewesson employed blended learning technology to meet the country’s growing demand for medical experts. Join us as he shares how the program became the first and only pharmacy degree program in the country. The webinar is a unique opportunity to examine the inner workings of an elite Middle Eastern institution and promises to offer an enlightening experience to those considering blended learning solutions.
Webinar topics include:

How lecture capture is being used to raise the bar for instructional quality
How the blended learning technology complements cultural standards
How policies on peer mentoring and faculty review take on a whole new
slant on this almost paperless campus
How educational technology can help inspire transparency and openness
in the midst of the Arab Spring

Registration for the webinar is now open and available at http://tinyurl.com/7obdl8s.

Chief information officers, deans, department heads and education technologists are encouraged to attend and share opinions over Twitter at #Qatarweb and @echo360. Questions and comments will be collected during the live event.

About Qatar University
Qatar University (QU) is the national institution of higher education in Qatar. It provides high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare competent graduates, destined to shape the future of Qatar. The university community has diverse and committed faculty who teach and conduct research, which address relevant local and regional challenges, advance knowledge, and contribute actively to the needs and aspirations of society.

About Echo360
As a global leader in blended learning and lecture capture solutions, Echo360 helps higher education institutions keep pace with modern students’ learning needs through products that digitally record and upload learning content. Echo360 has been recognized with a Product Line Strategy of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan and named a Visionary Vendor in Educational Technology by IT research firm Basex. Echo360’s products facilitate better instruction, lower costs and enrich learning experiences by enabling students to easily access and share multimedia content. Through Echo360’s platform, students can replay recorded sessions and review course information online at their convenience and across various devices. More than 500 colleges and universities in 29 countries use Echo360’s solution.

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