Lightning Sessions |
Presenters will distill and present a topic in 10 minutes or less with a maximum of 10 slides; a variation of Pecha Kucha, this fast-paced, concise style of presentation is a conference favorite. There will be three concurrent rooms of four Lightning Sessions each with Q&A at the end of all sessions. |
Lightning Sessions, Thursday, August 9, 4:00-5:30 pm
Round 1, 4:00-5:00 pm
L-1 Six things I wish I knew when I started
Jocelyn Vande Velde, Director of Education & Sales Training, Johnson Health Tech, Inc.
L-2 Tweeting the lesson: Social media curation in an online curriculum
Richard Edwards, Lead Instructional Designer, Ball State University
L-3 Universal design for learning: Creating an inclusive virtual learning environment
Ruth Best, Academic Dean of Instructional Design & Faculty Development, The College of Westchester
L-4 Games are for learning
Tahnja Wilson, Instructional Designer/Project Coordinator for ASU Online, Arizona State University
L-5 Modeling spiritual formation in distance education
Benjamin Forrest, Instructional Designer, Liberty University
L-6 Top 10 tips for teaching online
Laura Schwarz, Assistant Professor in Nursing, Minnesota State University-Mankato
Round 2, 4:20-5:10 pm
L-7 Preparing faculty to facilitate web conferencing sessions
Tim Walker, Manager, Instructional Technology & Research Support, Loyola University Chicago
L-8 Lessons learned from developing a case-based course
Eileen Horn, Instructional Designer, CEOEL, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Change to program:
L-9 The 5 Ws and 1 H of a WebQuest
Nancyruth Leibold, Assistant Professor in Nursing, Minnesota State University-Mankato
L-10 Four steps for designing successful discussion topics
Alicia Pigg, Course Review Specialist, Online Campus, Columbia College
L-11 The virtual toolbox: Accelerating students' mastery of complex concepts
Amie Dragoo, Senior Lecturer, Edgewood College
Round 3, 4:40-5:30 pm
L-12 Capturing quality distance video on the fly
James Tobin, Distance Video Technician Manager, Institute for Software Research Carnegie Mellon University
L-13 Teach how to figure out tricky texts in any language
Alan Ng, Director of Outreach Technology, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
L-14 Customized media object examples and how they enhance course content
Robert Haley, Senior Media Producer, Office of Distance Education, Boston University
L-15 Handling complexities of game-based learning
Jamaica Bracken, Business Development Manager, Harbinger Knowledge Products, Inc.
L-16 An overview to providing accessible videos using free tools
Ravi Patel, Instructional Designer, Penn State University





