Janet Holland, Ph.D.
Take content, creativity, and active collaboration to the next level in the classroom with the new VoiceThread web-based technology. VoiceThread is a...
Robert Gibson
Emporia State University recently adopted LearningObjects CampusPack Fusion (CampusPack 4) to support wikis, blogs, journals, podcasts, and personal...
Keith Krieger
Sharing resources from the web can be time consuming to compile, annotate, and distribute. Diigo, a social bookmarking application allows teachers...
Adam Holden & Seth Dimbert
This session describes the lessons learned from a case study of a high school language arts class that has been taught as a digital hybrid. Learn...
Mark D. Porcaro
Google has made available a number of collaborative tools that can assist with teaching in the classroom. With these tools you can help students...
Desiree DePriest, Ph.D.
The emergence of augmented reality technology in the form of interactive games has produced a valuable tool for education. The “Live” communal nature...
Cheryl Steele
Courseload's innovative approach to the online evolution of print to digital provides a unique opportunity for students, instructors and institutions...
R.E. Moore
R. E. will present observations and results based on seven years experience of using ALEKS (Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces)for on-line...
Jeffrey Mills
Inspired by “choose your fate” books where the reader assumes the role of the main character and makes decisions throughout the story, Jeff Mills...
Linda Merillat
As technology continues to impact how faculty members teach, it becomes important to continually update our views and perspectives on the teaching...
David J. Swisher
The growing popularity and availability of eBooks and various e-reader and tablet devices sends a strong signal that moving toward digital textbooks...
Marziah Karch
Do you own or are you considering an Android phone, like the Droid, the Nexus One, or the EVO? Come to this session to learn a few tips on getting...
Marvel Gentry Davis, Angela Glascock, Thom Tate
Corporations, government entities and educational institutions use Kaplan’s Rapid eLearning development tools to develop highly engaging internal...
Wichita Area Technical College
Wichita Area Technical College is in the process of embarking on a new adventure in online learning. Innovative Technology for Learning (ITL) is web...
Robert Beach
High school and college are quite different. Students with disabilities have even more to consider when making the transition. This session will look...
Roberta Sheahan
The open-source suite OpenOffice, is more than a free set of tools, a Microsoft wannabe. This powerful program has little-known capabilities that are...
Michael Robertson, Keith Geekie
This session will discuss how to integrate Turnitin with Angel for student submission of writing assignments. The session will focus on how the...
Jonathan Bacon
In this session you'll be introduced to the concept of Pecha Kucha (pe-chak-cha); the Japanese inspired rapid fire presentation mode with each...
George Waters
Even though adults are driven to learn by more immediate needs, presenting technical content in a creative and fun way is often proven to enhance...
Jana Craig Hare, Marilyn Ault, Doug Adams, Dave Scherrer
This session highlights the design process used to create The Evidence Game, an NSF-funded project to increase middle school science students’...
Hong Wang, Grace Zhou, Angela Walters, Kathleen Ward
The 2011 Horizon Report has identified mobile learning as one of the five trends that will be adopted within one year or less. Mobile learning is...
Davy Jones
Special Interest Group - Game-Based Learning
Michelle Moore
Are you looking to use Moodle for more than presentations and handouts? Would you like to move beyond assignments, quizzes, and discussion forums?...
Jeanette Brooks - Articulate, Tracy Newman - JCCC
Extend the usability and shelf-life of your course lectures and other teaching resources with rapid e-learning! In this presentation, you'll learn...
Kathryn Barker
Many instructors are responsible for developing their course content for online students. Yet most instructors aren't web designers and may be...
Robert Beach
This session will show the basics of creating documents in Word that are accessible for all and can be converted in to other formats (such as PDF and...
Roger Von Holzen, Darla Runyon, Dr. Jon Rickman
Over the past several years, online classes have been slowly delving into the realm of eTextbooks, primarily motivated by cost and delivery issues....
Shalin Hai-Jew
K-State is building a digital entomology lab to supplement its online and face-to-face entomology, agriculture, and horticulture courses. This...
Anibal Pacheco
In this interactive session participants will see live demonstrations of several Open Source applications that can be used to create engaging...
Dr. Robert Allen Moody
According the 2011 Horizon Report, teacher preparation programs are only just beginning to fold digital media literacy skills into coursework for...
Shalin Hai-Jew
This overview will address the state of academic publishing related to issues of information technologies and e-learning. The presenter will review...
Dr. Tim Murphy
This session focuses on how video games might be incorporated into the curriculum of courses on ethics. Using work by philosopher Martha Nussbaum as...
Sandy Valenti
Save, access, and share documents, links, and other content using a variety of cloud storage options, including DropBox, MobileMe, and others.
Ben Schwarz, Shelley Constant & Michael Pruneau
Blackboard works with our clients to develop and implement technology that improves every aspect of education. We enable clients to engage more...
Dr. Michael Thompson and Krista Carter, M.Ed.
Inherently fascinating, learning games and virtual worlds can bring realistic and engaging learning opportunities to your courses. Games bring the...
Leslie J. Reynard, Ph.D. and Sarah E. Ubel, J.D., Ph.D.
Thoughts became "things" when the first stone-carver incised the image of his prey on the wall of a cave. But it was not until the invention of...
Barry J. Bailey
Mobile devices have created an environment where information is personal, on demand, and instant. As the information hub of an institution, it is up...
Steve Saltzberg - SoftChalk
Choosing the right software for creating online content can make (or break) an eLearning program. This session will provide an overview of SoftChalk...
Jim Van Horn
More and more courses are being added to the repository of Open CourseWare (OCW). Online course developers and instructors need to understand the...
Jeff Kosko
Using case studies and Best Practices, this session will show you the many benefits of using clickers in your classroom.
Mr. Shannon Meisenheimer
Ensuring your user’s operating system and software configuration are compatible with your LMS is integral to a positive and successful user...
Jenell Williams, Ketty Reppert, Ken Guan
The design and function of social networking sites around the world can give us insight into the cultures where they originate. Special attention...
Ben Ward and Marziah Karch
Ever wanted to build an instructional game for your class, but were not quite sure how to go about it? Or do you just love games and would jump at a...
Mark Sarver PhD & Jeff Maynard
The federal HEOA of 2008 specifies that an institution offering distance education courses must establish that students registering in DE courses are...
Dr. Joel Lundstrom
After attending a conference a few years ago, I was inspired to make my online classes more engaging and incorporate game components into my courses...
David Green, Desire2Learn Incorporated
New tools now make it easier to design, launch and expand your online programs. With dashboards, analytics and more, hear how you can enrich the...
Michael Thompson
Blended learning courses make better use of time and space on campuses today. By combining the best of face-to-face instruction with online learning...
Jenell Williams
Evoke, a game sponsored by World Bank Institute and designed by Jane McGonigal calls itself a "10-week crash course in changing the world." This...
Meg McGranaghan & Linda Wapelhorst
Does Quality Matter? We think it does and we know you do too. That is why you are here at the conference! Come see some of the tools Butler Community...
Lisa Lund
This presentation and discussion will show how to incorporate the use of technology, specifically Web 2.0 tools, into the classroom in order to...
Bob Epp & Keith Krieger
Learn how to create compelling, interactive documents using Adobe's InDesign CS4.
Dan Spurgin
This session focuses on the amazing work of the KHAN Academy (http://www.khanacademy.org). This free online resource will be used to demonstrate and...
Rob Toe, Rob Gibson
Capturing lectures or presentations to add to an online class is becoming increasingly necessary. This session will demonstrate Panopto’s affordable...
Aaron Sumner
This special interest group is for SIDLIT attendees who are responsible for developing and supporting web-based applications for their institutions....
Kathy Tally, Educational Technologist, MS
Quality Matters is an Inter-Institutional Organization for quality assurance in online learning which uses a continuous improvement model for...
Huiming Lu and Ben Ward
Want to make your presentation more visual? Want your materials to have more impact? Looking for a way to put more life in your teaching than what...
Dr. Robert Allen Moody
Online instructors spend more time designing, planning, facilitating, and mentoring than their counterparts in traditional face-to-face classrooms....
Hattie Williams
Complex is out. POSH is in. POSH is Plain Old Semantic HTML. Using POSH combined with great CSS provides you with the great flexibility when...
Dennis King
Smartphone identity and applications aren't just for large institutions. To address several university initiatives, Fort Hays State University (FHSU...
Suzanne Rees - Tegrity, Inc. , Dr. Brenda Frieden - Pittsburg State University
There are many vendors who offer lecture capture. Come listen to one institution’s journey into the world of class capture, how they defined their...
Julie Rorabaugh
Learn how to make a “Virtual" YOU! During this session, you will create one or more “avatars” (a graphical image that represents a person, as on the...
Joanne Grason - Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media brings over 25 years of educational experience creating high quality video for classroom, individual, and distance learning use. Our...
Daniel Spurgin
This session will be part presentation and part discussion. In the world of educational technology, we continually hear about the latest...
Lina Metlevskiene
Because of student and faculty demand, lecture and content capturing has become an imperative in higher education. This presentation will discuss how...
Tracy Newman
Many of you may be familiar with the concept of hybrid courses, which move much of the lecture content out of the classroom. These courses usually...
Zachary Zahringer
Online education and advancements in streaming content has brought rise to new and powerful ways to deliver class content but also new challenges for...
Members of the KC REACHE Technology Subcommittee - Kathryn Barker, Instructional Designer, Metropolitan Community College; Jon Johnson, Instructional Designer, Park University; Ed Lovitt, Director of Distance Learning, Johnson County Community College; Stuart Murphy, Online Education Coordinator, Washburn University; Susan Stuart, Director of Online Education Services, Kansas City Kansas Community College
This presentation was given at this year's KC REACHE Board meeting by the Technology Subcommittee to address concerns our members have regarding...
Ketty Reppert
In response to rapid increases in student numbers, the English Language Program at Kansas State University adapted a pencil and paper orientation for...
Jenell Williams and Lina Metlevskiene
Because of differences in language and culture, international students encounter many barriers to successful learning experiences in online learning...
Aaron Sumner
Gamification uses game mechanics to increase engagement in non-game activities. In this session we'll look at gamification from an introductory...
Erin Walker-Anderson
Moodlerooms is committed to creating a more effective and engaging education community by providing educators and learners across the globe with...
Cheri Adams
Cell phones. They're everywhere, including your classroom. Learn how one "Techie Teacher" has turned a potential distraction into a robust classroom...
Eddie Andreo, Larry Carver, Keith Krieger, Meg McGranaghan, Julie Rorabaugh
Using the Pecha Kucha approach (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) this rapid fire session includes several presenters sharing information on cloud...
Jozenia Colorado
Increasing audience interactivity is often a challenge in various instructional environments. For face-to-face classes, many instructors have...
Cheryl Steele - Pearson Learning Solutions
Pearson LearningStudio is a comprehensive, flexible and fully supported environment for personalized online learning in higher education. Learn how...
Michael Thompson
The Higher Education Opportunity Act has created a lot of concern and discussion of the costly and complex changes required in the e-learning...
Dr. Michael Thompson and Krista Carter, M.Ed.
It's been said, “everyone has a story to tell.” Stories have been used for centuries to entertain, enlighten and educate individuals and groups. The...
Robert Gibson
Mobile is the rage! Are you interested in learning what's required to build a mobile app for iPads and iPhones? This session will discuss the...
Diane Kerr
Discover how to create a 21st Century Learning Environment to bridge the technology gap and create interactive learning opportunities for your...
Lisa Clark & Jen Minarik
CafeScribe is a digital textbook platform that offers a full world of reading, studying, connecting and getting inspired. It provides students with...
Laura Filla
This SIG will discuss instructional design concerns including LMS challenges, best practices, new technologies, and standards
Vince Miller
Special Interest Group - Augmented Reality
Deborah Taylor
Smart Pens have been around for several years, but now they are more affordable and readily available for instructors as well as students. This...
Brian Almanza and Ruben Noguera
This presentation focuses on how Kansas City Kansas Community College Online Education Services has used standard LMS tools to enhance support for...
Lyle Britt
Students are digitally connected. Keep them connected in your course with eInstruction's Classroom Performance Systems, ExamView and the MOBI....
Shelley Constant - Wimba, Inc.
Whether the goal is to improve student engagement, increase administrative efficiency, or enhance security by bolstering disaster preparedness plans...
Anibal Pacheco
In this interactive session participants will obtain a deeper understanding of how to use the Calibre e-Book Management System. Calibre is a FREE...
Mark Jarvis
Bereft of brilliance? Borrow. Join Mark Jarvis in a show and tell discussion of his teaching techniques, plus some directions to find the best to...
Bruce Sergeant, Jacob Jackson
Video and multimedia are everywhere in education and training but how do you know if you are using it effectively? This session explores production...
David Antonacci and Jameson Watkins
The presentation will take a look at how on KU-Med Center turns lecture capture into valuable audio and video podcasts for students via iTunes U. You...
Carine Ullom
Special Interest Group - E-Textbooks
Linda Jameson
More and more students with Autism Spectrum Disorders are being taught in regular and online classrooms, so instructors need to understand the...
Nate Bunnyfield, Rosemary Talab, Hattie Williams,Jenell Williams
Nate Bunnyfield - Posterous is a leading blogging platform with some fantastic social media integration. We will explore basic "lifestreaming" (...
Meg McGranaghan
Butler Community College purchased and distributed 10 Pulse Pens to math, science and nursing faculty in the Spring 2010 semester. Students were...
Larry Carver
Let's face it, most of us work in a world dominated by PC's and Microsoft. But there are a lot of applications developed for Mac's only that are easy...
Larry A. Carver
This presentation will introduce five applications that can enhance a face-2-face or online classroom by improving content delivery and assignments....
Lissa Lord
Together, as a research network, we will update the 2009 presentation "Web 2.0 & Academic Research & 10 Tools" and the 2008 presentation "...
Jozenia Colorado
Confused about social media? Not sure why or how to use it? This session will put the Social Media Explosion into perspective with social media...
Shalin Hai-Jew
Complex instructional design projects typically have quite a few team members, principal investigators (PIs) who have to uphold grant requirements,...
Aaron Sumner
Ning has recently announced plans to discontinue its free service, requiring network creators to pay for service or leave Ning altogether. In this...
Chuck Coopman - Sonic Foundry
Academic institutions that consider making class content available online in a rich media format are likely to encounter faculty resistance - for a...
Dr. Linda Davis-Stephens
Blending Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces—Considering the Source of Resources
By Dr. Linda Davis-Stephens
Colby Community College
SIDLIT August...
Rajesh Singh and Yvonne Ballester
With the dual challenge of online learning and an increasing emphasis on student projects involving teamwork, it is becoming critical for faculty to...
Nancy Rubin
Join Learning Objects Product Education Specialist, Dr. Nancy Rubin, for ideas on using social learning in the classroom and beyond. With Campus Pack...
Brian Retzlaff
Classroom technology changes quickly. This session will show the new developments in interactive technologies. Student success and engagement will be...
Rob Ayres
Sprint and academic technologists at a number of universities are partnering to explore how the latest 4G wireless technologies and open mobile...
Malcolm B. Brown, PhD
Wondering what's new in mobiles, electronic books, learning analytics and other emerging technology areas? Join Malcolm Brown of the EDUCAUSE...
Vincent Miller, Barry Bailey, Marziah Karch, Grace Zhou
Using the Pecha Kucha approach (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) this rapid fire session includes several presenters sharing information on...
Clint McDuffie
With leaner budgets and continuous growth in online education, Dimdim offers a free opportunity to create a virtual meeting environment. Operating in...
Jeff Maynard - Biometric Signature ID
Biometric Signature ID offers a unique signature/gesture biometric and identity proofing technology that provides the following advantages to current...
Sharon E. Nastav
By utilizing SoftChalk and uploading to your exisiting web space at the college you can create interactive and even fun ways to engage your students...
Roger Von Holzen - KCREACHE , Darla Runyon
This session will explore utilizing the 40 elements under the eight standards of Quality Matters as the basis for building effective online courses...
Barry Bailey
Special Interest Group - Mobiles
Meg McGranaghan & Linda Wapelhorst
Do you know how I can . . . ? "Oh, yes, if I can just remember the site!" How often does someone ask you such a question – or you have a question of...
Angela A. Walters
Self & peer assessment has a significant role in student skill development and learning as well as increasing student interaction in an online...
Davy Jones
Have you chosen a theme for your ANGEL course? If the default theme is all you need, this presentation is not for you. Learn tips on how to adjust...
Amy Yan
This hands-on workshop will be held in a computer lab equipped with PCs running the newest Microsoft Operating system Windows 7. It is designed to...
Roberta Sheahan
This presentation will detail tips on listening, and responding to students and instructors. The highlights will include a demonstration of...
Ed Lovitt
What are your institutional future plans with your LMS?
Ben Hudson
AOS will present a brief overview of server virtualization and have experts on hand to discuss how to virtualize the Online Course Management systems...
Shalin Hai-Jew
Human perceptual systems—for sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell (and maybe even embodied proprioception)—may offer some guidelines for how to...
Tess Di Filippo - Hawkes Learning Systems
The need for and use of technology has become increasingly prevalent in Mathematics courses. But with all the software options available, it can be...
Jonathan Bacon
Budgets are tight, no one can afford to buy what you can get free. As educators, we want the best, most innovative tools but we want it all for free...
Hattie Williams
Materials are now posted at
http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/instructional_design/posh/
Jonathan Bacon
The PBS Digital Nation special raises a host of questions about the benefits and risks of the wired society we’ve become: How is the Internet and...
Hattie Williams
Speedy Sessions are great for people who only have a limited amount time for internal development. I run them at my office. (I created them.) They...
Michael Schwind, Rob Ervin, Michael Stewart
This presentation will provide a step-by-step multimedia demonstration of the eLearning design and development process by following the transition of...
Mark Swails
This session will explain the basics of copyright and fair use for distance education and face to face teaching through common real-world scenarios...
Tim Sears
This session will be both a discussion and demonstration of accessibility issues of the hybrid course materials that often come prepackaged with a...
Rajesh Singh & Yvonne Ballester
The constantly changing nature of online education challenges instructors to overcome such obstacles as students' feelings of isolation, absence of...
Estelita Young - Epsilen, Dennis King and Dan Kulmala - Fort Hays State University
As online programs continue to grow in popularity, institutions are challenged with finding ways to engage and retain students in the virtual...
Jackie Specht from MeetingOne
The Adobe Connect platform offers powerful tools for online collaboration and e-learning. Learn how Adobe Connect 8 can provide an engaging learning...
