WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009

8:30-9:00: Lobby and Atrium

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by the Department of Information Technology

9:00-9:30: University Hall

Conference Welcome

• Mr. Jerry Slezak, Acting Director, Teaching and Learning Technologies
• Dr. Nina Mikhalevsky, Acting Provost
• Dr. Khalil Yazdi, Vice President for Information Technology and Institutional Research and CIO

9:30-10:45 Various Locations

Panel Discussion in B210
Convener: Steve Greenlaw

• Fairytales about Cooking with Monsters & Math: Blogging in the Freshman Seminar
  Jim Groom, Maya Mathur, Kelli Slunt, Leanna Giancarlo, and Debra Hydorn (UMW)
  

Panel Discussion in B122
Convener: Marcel Rotter

• Digital Resources and Global Studies: Working Projects
  Susan Fernsebner, Joseph Calpin, Alexandra deGraffenreid, Steven Harris (UMW)
  

Presentation Session in B115
Convener: Robert Rycroft

• Architecture and Place: Contextualizing Buildings Through Virtual Travel
  Joseph Dreiss (Art & Art History)
• Designing and Implementing a Drupal: Can a Biology Geek and a Computer Geek Begin to Think Alike?
  Alan Griffith (Biological Sciences), Patrick Murray-John (DTLT)
• Teaching “Introduction to Logic” On Line
  Craig Vasey (Classics, Philosophy, & Religion)

10:45-11:00: Lobby and Atrium

Break

11:00-12:30: University Hall

Faculty Academy Keynote Address

• Cultural Agoraphobia: What Universities Need to Know About Our Bias Against Openness
  Dr. James Boyle (Duke University Law School)

Special thanks to our Keynote Sponsor the UMW Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning.

12:30-2:00: University Hall, Lobby, and Atrium

Lunch sponsored by the UMW Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning

Mock Debate

• Is the CMS Dead?
  Jim Groom (DTLT) and John St. Clair (Distance and Blended Learning)
  Moderator: Tim O’Donnell (English, Linguistics, and Communications)

2:00-3:15: University Hall

Plenary Presentation

• Engaging the New Classroom Conversation
  Cole Camplese (Pennsylvania State University)
  Sponsored by the Office of the Provost

3:15-3:30: Lobby and Atrium

Break

3:30-4:45: Various Locations

Panel Discussion in B210
Convener: Claudia Emerson

• Foreign Language 2.0: How technology has altered the ways we teach and learn language, literature and culture
  Elizabeth Lewis, Brooke Donaldson, Jeremy Larochelle, Marcel Rotter (UMW)

Panel Discussion in B122
Convener: George Brett

• A Domain of One’s Own
  Jim Groom, Jeff McClurken, Sue Fernsebner, Brad Efford, Serena Epstein (UMW)

Presentation Session in B115
Convener: Holly Schiffrin

• There’s a Librarian in My CMS!
  Paul Boger, Jami Bryan (UMW Libraries)
• Enhancing and Enriching Learning: Blogs, Drupal and the Great Monster Mash-Up in First-Year Seminar
  Leanna Giancarlo (Chemistry)
• Whose Tube Is It, Anyway? Using a Web Site/Blog for Student Oral Presentations
  John Morello (English, Linguistics, & Communications)

Workshop in B124

• Creating a Personal Learning Network for Yourself and Your Students
  Laura Blankenship (Emerging Technologies Consulting)
  Seating limited; Please register at the front desk.

4:45-6:00: Atrium Balcony

Wine and Cheese Reception
Sponsored by the Department of Information Technology

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009

8:30-9:00: Lobby and Atrium

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by the Department of Information Technology

9:00-10:15: University Hall

Plenary Presentation

• If Any Moron Can Write a Blog, Then All Blogs are Written by Morons, Right?
  Laura Blankenship (Emerging Technologies Consulting)Sponsored by the Office of the Provost

10:15-10:30: Lobby and Atrium

Break

10:30-11:30: Various Locations

Panel Discussion in B210
Convener: John St. Clair

• Blogging Panel
  Jim Groom, Donald Rallis, Melina Patterson, Jami Bryan (UMW)

Presentation Session in B122
Convener: Jeff McClurken

• Best Practices in Undergraduate Science & Economics Education
  Steve Greenlaw (Economics)
• “How I Use Drupal to Roll My Own LMS,” or “Eight Reasons why Drupal is Better than WordPress”
  Zach Whalen (English, Linguistics, & Communications)
• A More Thoughtful Teaching Center
  Leslie Madsen-Brooks (University of California, Davis)

11:30-11:45: Lobby and Atrium

Break

11:45-12:45: Various Locations

Presentation Session in B115
Convener: Jeremy Boggs

• We Were All A-twitter’: Micro-Blogging at UMW
  Anand Rao (English, Linguistics, & Communications)
  
• Old Dog, New Tricks: General Linguistics in the Age of New Media
  Spencer Cosmos (English, Linguistics, & Communications)

Presentation Session in B122
Convener: Suzanne Sumner

• Report on a Successful (and Enjoyable) On-line Learning Experience
  Debra Hydorn (Mathematics)
• Technology-Enabled Activities to Enhance Reflection
  John St. Clair (Distance & Blended Learning)
• Profiling eLearning Website Feature Preferences: An Empirical Study
  Mukesh Srivastava (Computer Information Systems)

Presentation Session in B210
Convener: Ernie Ackermann

• Academic Perils of Teaching Students
  David Hyland-Wood (Computer Science)
• Online Meeting Toolbox
  George Meadows (Education), Jim Groom (DTLT)
• A Next-Generation Degree Planning System
  Stephen Davies (Computer Science)

12:45-2:00: Lobby, Atrium and University Hall

Lunch sponsored by the UMW Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning

Deck Wars

Sign up to compete at the registration desk or by speaking to anyone with a “Staff” flag on their nametag!

2:00-3:15: Various Locations

Presentation Session in B210
Convener: Lisa Ames

• Enhanced, Blended, and Hybrid Learning — What I Picked Up In Illinois
  Nabil Al-Tikriti (History & American Studies)
• A Class Exhibit : Individual Work toward a Common Online Exhibit
  Jeff McClurken (History & American Studies)
• Teaching the On-Line Literary Journals Class, the Next Generation and Why I Bought a 1958 Mercury Excelsior Letterpress
  Claudia Emerson (English, Linguistics & Communications)
  
• Pentop Computers: Educational Applications
  George Meadows (Education)

Presentation Session in B122
Convener: Sally Gilfillian

• Teaching as Modeling Disciplinary Practice
  Steve Greenlaw (Economics)
• Altering Reality: Teaching About and With ARGs
  Zach Whalen (English, Linguistics & Communications)
• Preparing to Use Peer Instruction in Teaching Principles of Microeconomics
  Robert Rycroft (Economics)
• Microlectures and Student Learning
  Marie McAllister (English, Linguistics & Communications)

Workshop in B124

• Course Redesign, Redesigned
  Cole Camplese (Pennsylvania State University)
  Seating limited; Please register at the front desk.

3:15-3:30: Lobby and Atrium

Break

3:30-4:00: University Hall

Conference Wrap-Up

4:00-5:00: Various Locations

Workshop in B124

• A Domain of Your Own
  Jim Groom (DTLT)

Workshop in B123

• Opening Up UMW
  Patrick Murray-John (DTLT)

Presentation in B122

• What Does a New Media Buffet Look Like?
  Andy Rush (DTLT)

Thank you for joining us at Faculty Academy 2009! We look forward to seeing you in 2010!