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Thursday
ES - Educator Showcase ET - Emerging Technologies
PD - Professional Development HO - Hands-On Session
MA - Management and Administration RE - Research
RT - Roundtable Discussion TL - Teaching and Learning
VS - Vendor Showcase  
 
8-9:05 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
Presenters
Supplemental
Presentation
Materials
RT
 A Comparative Study of Internet and Traditional Courses Dr. Barbara S. Rives
RT
 Keeping Students in Class Online: Successful Internet Retention Strategies Dr. Dawn L. Elmore-McCrary, Gloria Pimentel

(32KB PDF)
RT
 Hinson-Hazelwood Exemptions for Distance Education Programs: Who Pays the Bills? Dr. Elizabeth Tebeaux
RT
 Best Practices for Videoconferencing Dr. John Knue
RT
 Get on Board: Surf at the Head of the Pack Dr. Kevin Eason, Marta Hubbard, Patrick Pluscht, Jenny Jopling
RT
 Characteristics of Learners in an Online Instructional Technology Master’s Program Dr. Nancy Maushak, Ms. Hsi-chih Wang
RT
 Life as a MITC: How Do We Do It? Dr. Sandy Frieden
RT
 The Effects of Instructor Presence on Asynchronous Online Discussion Chaohua Ou, Trudy Ledoux
RT
 Dropping-out of Online "Societies": The Importance of Communication Modes from Students' Perceptions Brett J. Millan

(370KB PDF)
RT
 The Effect of Distance Learning on Student Self-Efficacy David Vroonland, Rodney Bertram
RT
 WebCT Campus Edition: Questions and Solutions by Colleagues for Colleagues JC Odom, Brian Shoemaker
RT
 Beyond Borders: Penetrating the World Education Market Rob Gilmour
RT
 Supporting the Needs of the Deaf Community During Video Teleconferences Thomas G. Baggs
RT
 Recruitment: If You Build It, Will They Come? Lisa M Schlieker
RT
 Learning Objects in Distance Education: Developing a Content Repository Nita Schiro
RT
 Intercultural Communication in Online Courses: Preliminary Findings Yakut Gazi, Karen L. Murphy

(330KB PDF)
     
9:05-10:25 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
Presenters
ES
 Marketing and Math Dr. Gopala "GG" Ganesh
ES
 Next Generation On-line 3D Graphical Distributed Learning Environments Dr. Greg Jones
ES
 A Color Palette for Colorblindness in High Enrollment Internet Classes Dr. Priscilla Connors, Gagan Sarkaria
ES
 Meet "Web Critter": Orienting Students Online to an Online Program Gayla Wright

(467KB PDF)
ES
 Learning Anatomy and Physiology in a Distance Learning Class - Mission Possible Dr. Samita Ghoshal
ES
 Empower Online Education With Visual Presentation Dr. Youmei Liu
ES
 From Frankenstein to Tom Cruise: Building Your Own LMS David Wissore, Dr. Ruth McAdams
ES
 The Global MBA Online Program at UT Dallas George Barnes, Darren Crone, Qin Fang

(51KB PDF)
ES
 The Access Grid Project Wayne Pecena
ES
 Click and Go Streaming Video: Using Digital Video to Enhance Instruction Debrah Harman, Michelle Weeks
ES
 Importance of Extra Credit Projects for Distance Learning Students Natalia Fofanova

(458KB PDF)
ES
 2-Minute Tutorials: Employee Training In Two Minutes Carol J. Henrichs
ES
 Master of Industrial Distribution Online Degree Program Lisa M Schlieker
ES
 Chemistry Online Dr. John McBride
ES
 Trigger Visuals as Online Discussion Starters Dr. Lauren Cifuentes
ES
 Breaking the Bonds of Courseware: Efficient Course Building Regardless of Platform Gideon Davis
ES
 The Alternative Teacher Certification Program Online Dr. Carolyn Awalt
ES
 Diving Into Speech Communication Debi Blankenship
ES
 Library Education at the Desktop Dr. Phil Turner
     
9:35-10:25 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
Presenters
ET
 PDA Distribution in a Web-Based Public Health Informatics Course Joe M. Williams

(675KB PDF)
TL
 Innovative Uses of Video-Conferencing for Providing Instruction for Alternative Certification Dr. Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Dr. Joyce Rademacher, Dr. Jane Pemberton
TL
 Care and Feeding of Graduate Students in an Online Master’s Program Dr. Mary Bold, Dr. Lillian Chenoweth, Dr. Joyce Armstrong
TL
 Engaging and Retaining Online Graduate Students: Lessons Learned Nancy Small
     
10:40-11:30 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
Presenters
ET
 Digital Broadcasting: A Powerful New Distance Learning Resource Dr. Poldi Tschirch, Dr. Deanna Collingwood, Elanor Latimer

(811KB PDF)
ET
 Integrating Open Source Software Into the Online Learning Environment Brian Koontz
PD
 Preparing Instructors for the Vista eClassroom Greg Waldrop, Rachel Boyd, Emelyn Stalnaker

(156KB PDF)
MA
 San Antonio College Best Practices and New Directions: "E-College And Beyond" Helen Torres, Dr. Charlotte Wolf
TL
 Palette-Pleasing Pages: Making
Color and Type Choices to Enhance
the Learning Experience 		Jane Himmel

(869KB PDF)
TL
 Distance Learning: Birds of a Feather Forum Marci Powell, Vicki Allen, Jonathan Giesen

(42KB PDF)
TL
 Online Courseware in Causal and Statistical Reasoning Dr. Bruce R. Niebuhr, UT Medical

(41KB PDF)
TL
 Discussion Boards in Face-to-Face Instruction: Enhancing Collaborative Learning Dr. James Curts
ET
 Do You Suffer From NTS (New Toy Syndrome)? George Barnes, Darren Crone, Qin Fang

(392KB PDF)
   
11:45-12:35 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Presenters
ET
 An Online Template for Creating Interactive Web-Based Clinical Cases Dr. Robert K. Bulik, Dr. Gurjeet S. Shoker, Darren S. Burns

(462KB PDF)
PD
 Habits of Distance Educators Laura Johannsen
MA
 The Impact of Technology Integration on Student Learning Dr. Ann Gundy, Tom Clark

(655KB PDF)
MA
 What To Do When You Can't Find Waves...Or Resources Marta Hubbard, Dr. Barbara Breier

(412KB PDF)
TL
 Good Grief - Not Again! Fighting Plagiarism in Distance Learning Dr. John A. Glover, Maricela Garcia

(180KB PDF)
TL
 Active Collaborative Learning in a Text Based Online Learning Environment Dr. Tom Richards
TL
 Distance Learning and Lamar Consolidated I.S.D.: One Year Later Kenneth Conn, Steve Hickman, Tina Lang, Michael Kearns

(1..5MB PDF)
TL
 The Garden of Discussion Forums: Encouraging Collaborative Learning Diane Glowacki
TL
 Can You Hear Me Now? Let’s Share Resources Gail Weatherly, Tammy Hoskings, Leon Young
     
Program Chair
Candace Schaefer