Educational Technologies (ET@MO)
A division of the Office of the Provost | University of Missouri
TeAchnology! Conference
March 8 & 9, 2011 in Memorial Union
The TeAchnology! Conference has discussions, training, showcases and concurrent sessions on how to effectively incorporate various educational technologies into your teaching at Mizzou. The variety of topics will provide valuable information to instructors from all disciplines, and with any level of technological expertise. Instructors with minimal technology experience will especially benefit.
Keynote Address, March 8 at 9:00 am
"Creating Blended Courses to Improve Student Learning"
Dr. Ike Shibley, Penn State Berks
Blended learning (or hybrid learning) synergizes the strongest features of face-to-face and online teaching, creating a uniquely rich learning experience. And the benefits are not only pedagogical … there are some practical advantages to blended learning, as well. Dr. Ike Shibley will show you how blended-learning courses can produce benefits for faculty, students and institutions alike.
Ike Shibley is associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Berks, a small four-year college within the Penn State system. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from East Carolina University. Between undergraduate and graduate school he spent four years in the Navy where he taught nuclear physics and radiation safety.
He now teaches a variety of chemistry courses as well as philosophy of science and nutrition. He teaches courses in a multitude of formats including traditional (face-to-face), web-enhanced, blended, and on-line. He has won both local and university-wide awards for his teaching. His recent scholarly work has been focused on hybrid learning. He and a colleague designed a general chemistry course using a blended model that has increased student success in the course (enrolled students receiving a “C” or better) from about 50% to over 70%. Every section taught in the past five years at Penn State Berks has been taught using this format.
Ike has helped redesign the second half of general chemistry, organic chemistry I and II, and nutrition. He has most recently developed a fully online one-semester organic chemistry course. An article on the general chemistry redesign will be published shortly and Ike is currently co-writing a more detailed manuscript on the project.
Keynote Address, March 8 at 3:00 pm
"Stretching the Edges of Technology-Enhanced Teaching: From Tinkering to Tottering to Totally Extreme Learning"
Dr. Curtis Bonk, Indiana University
Some insist. Some resist. Others persist. Such is state of online learning today. But what is highly resistible for some is often passionately irresistible for others. Many are content to tinker with blended forms of learning. They dip their toes into the technology change movement by embedding shared online videos, simulations, timelines, collaborative groups, and open access articles in their courses. Others enter deeper waters and push toward the edges of what is possible. Their classes are teeter-tottering on the brink of transformation. It is time to stretch toward the edges of learning from those of us tinkering on the shores to those whose learning approaches are tottering in new directions and even landing in totally extreme or alien lands. This talk will showcase examples from all three worlds - the world of the tinkerer, the totterer, and the totally extreme. Which world will you find yourself?
Curt Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University and President of CourseShare. Drawing on his background as a corporate controller, CPA, educational psychologist, and instructional technologist, Bonk offers unique insights into the intersection of business, education, psychology, and technology.
A well-known authority on emerging technologies for learning, Bonk reflects on his speaking experiences around the world in his popular blog, TravelinEdMan. He has coauthored several widely used technology books, including The World is Open, Empowering Online Learning, The Handbook of Blended Learning, and Electronic Collaborators.
