Campus Technology Conference, Boston, 2008

This conference, Campus Technology, has been very enlightening. The sessions I attended today were inspiring and well worth the trip.

Let me begin...

July 29, 2008

Morning Keynote:

A New American University for Next Gen Learners

Presenter: Adrian Sannier of Arizona State University.
His main points were Access....Excellence...Impact.

He mentioned a book, The Creation of the Future by Frank H. Rhoades which sounds like a good read.

He (the presenter) said we need to move from:

1. Context to Core
2. Cattle-Car to 1:1
3. Cop to Concierge
4. Physical to Digital
5. Traditional to Hybrid

Other books he mentioned:

Does It Matter? by Nicholas G. Carr
The Big Switch by Nicholas G. Carr

"The future is mobile."

Words he coined:
Prune Concentrate: prune your website; concentrate on developing the high traffic web pages.

Morning Sessions:

The Carolinas Virtual World Consortium: Exploring Virtual and 3D Worlds

Presenters: Steven Bronack & Richard Riedl, Appalachian State University and James Witte, Clemson University

Using Second Life in Higher Education

Presenter: Sarah Robbins, Ball State University

Poster Sessions:

Thinking Outside the Box: Using Mediasite to Engage Faculty and Extend University Outreach

Presenter: Jim Jorstad, University of Wisconsin-LaCross

The Next-Gen Classroom: A Flexible, Student-Centered Active Learning Space

Presenter: Steve Fitzgerald, Universith of Minnesota

A Course-Wide Blog at Harvard to Foster Discussions and Debates in a Large Moral Reasoning Undergraduate Course

Presenter: Daniel Jamous, Harvard University
http://icg.fas.harvard.edu > Teaching with Technology > Best Practices Essays

Afternoon Session:

10 Web 2.0 Tech-Enhanced Strategies to Engage Your Learners

Presenter: Bethany Bovard, New Mexico State University
Applications she talked about:
Azooca (free) http://www.azoocacapture.com
Voki http://www.voki.com
Skype
Clustr Maps

Her Resources: http://www.protopage.com/tektrekker
Her Wiki: http://techtrekker.pbwiki.com