Texas Blackboard Users Group 2011 Conference Program

Texas Blackboard Users Group 2011 Conference Program

Day	Time	Activity
	8:00-2:00	Registration at UT Dallas
	8:00-9:00	Breakfast for Morning Sessions
	9:00-12:00	Morning Pre-conferences
	12:00-1:00	Lunch for Pre-conference Attendees
	1:00-4:00	Afternoon Pre-conferences
	4:30-6:00	Registration at Hyatt
	5:30-7:30	Exhibit Hall Opening and Reception

Day	Time	Activity
	8:00-5:00	Registration
	8:00-9:50	Conference Opening Keynote Product Roadmap for Blackboard Learn Brad Koch, Director, Product Management This session will provide insight into the product roadmap for Blackboard Learn, including Course Delivery, Content Management, and Outcomes Assessment products. We’ll give a little insight into our Service Pack strategy as well as what’s coming in Service Pack 8 and beyond. You will also learn how Blackboard is preparing its products for emerging trends in education - mobile learning, the application of social media to learning, online collaboration, and the re-emergence of eBook offerings from major publishers.
	10:00-5:00	Exhibit Hall Open
		Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Vendor
	10:00-10:50	Selecting an LMS: Finding Happiness in an Arranged Marriage Yakut Gazi, TAMU Central Texas	The Protests Weren't on the Picket Line: Digital Activism in a Hybrid Course Diann Maurer, TWU	Morphing Blackboard from a Content Repository to a Multi-use Web Site Elaine Sanders, UTSA	Creating Your Own Forms for Easy Data Collecting Ken Craver, Tyler Jr. College	How Does Social Media Improve Learning Outcomes? Sophie Alstrom, ConnectYard
	11:00-11:50	To Migrate or Not to Migrate, That is the Question Yakut Gazi, TAMU Central Texas	Quotas, Limits, and People Who Use Them Scott Dillingham, UT Tyler	Attitudes of College Faculty Members Toward Using an LMS Fahad Abanmy, King Saud University	Small Things Brought Together: The Pedagogy and Practice of Online Faculty Development Leslie Lindsey, TWU	Using Multimedia in Blackboard to Drive Student Engagement Meytal Burstein, Kaltura
	12:00-1:45	Lunch and Keynote Power to the Pupae- A Transformational Experience Alan Sowards Professor, Elementary Education, Stephen F. Austin State University The Rest of the Story…” How help, a lot of encouragement and hard work transformed a skeptical science professor into using new tools and strategies to create an on-line course that uses inquiry instruction and modeling to teach a difficult subject area?
	2:00-2:50	Deciding on a New LMS: An Inclusive RFP and Decision-making Process Rhonda Blackburn, B&B Consulting Christine Salmon, UT Dallas	Course Creation and Training: Learning to Fly Staci Taylor, McLennon Community College	Improving Communications Online and in the Classroom Mayra Collins, UTSA	A Look at Wimba Classroom from All Sides Valeria Shapko, TWU	Creating Media-Rich Learning Environments for Your Students Jan Minarik, Follett Higher Education Group
	3:00-3:50	Blackboard Learn 9.1 Upgrade Planning Ortiz Sergio, TAMU Kingsville	Digging for Buried Treasure in User Education Mary Dziorny, UT Dallas	Managing Uber Students in an Online Course Loraine Diekmann, Texas Wesleyan University	Establishing Collaboration Opportunities in Your Online Class Credence Baker, Tarleton State University	How to Integrate Relevant, Engaging Digital Media into Classrooms with NBC Learn Eric Zack, NBC Learn
	4:00-4:50	General Session Introducing Blackboard Analytics for Learn Jim Chalex, Director, Product Management This session will provide an overview of a new product currently in development – Blackboard Analytics for Learn – that will provide users with various reporting and analytics capabilities that leverage the wealth of data latent in Blackboard Learn. Some examples of the solutions to be discussed include understanding the ROI of Learn deployments by aggregating tool and content usage and trends across departments and over time, and how course design and online student activity can impact retention, grades, and student learning outcomes.
	5:30-9:00	Dinner at the Butterfly House at Texas Discovery Gardens dinner, tours, and music/dancing
Day	Time	Room 1	Room 2	Room 3	Room 4	Vendor
	8:00-8:50	Breakfast
	9:00-12:00	Exhibit Hall Open
	9:00-9:50	When Upgrades Go BAD (terribly, horribly wrong) Jean Mankoff, TWU	Expanding Access to Supplemental Instruction Though Online Tools Joseph Rudledge, UTPA	Enhancing Student Success in Online Classes Marwin Britto, Lone Star College	Reducing Cheating During Online Tests Scott Shiffer, Dallas Baptist University	McGraw-Hill + Blackboard: The Best of Both Worlds Angie Smajstrla, McGraw-Hill
	10:00-10:50	Transition to 9.1 - Our Experience George Walters, Southwestern Assembly of God University	Herding Cats aka Training Faculty Catherine Dutton, TWU	Expanding Your F2F Course Using Blackboard Rhonda Blackburn, B&B Consulting	Putting Resources in Reach Using Self-Enrolled Courses Abigail Gamble, Baylor University	Open More Doors. Close the Achievement Gap: Blackboard Developmental Education Chuck Payntger, Blackboard Developmental Education
	11:00-11:50	A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words Laura Osborne, SFA	Develop 21st Century Communication Skills in Blackboard 9.1 Cynthia Johnson, TWU	Understanding Assessment Reports in Blackboard: What Does It All Mean? Diana Amis, UTSA	ID Diary - A Story Dealing with Online Faculty Jake McBee, Dallas TeleLearning	Upgrade Success Strategies - Upgrading to Blackboard Learn 9.1 David Gibson & Carrie Singer, Blackboard
	12:00-1:30	Lunch and Closing Keynote Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt Crossroads Consulting Authors of: Assessing the Online Learner: Resources and Strategies for Faculty, Building Online Learning Communities, Collaborating Online and The Virtual Student.