PEDAGOGY USING TECHNOLOGY DAY

UMBC Technology Center

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

April 11, 2003

Register: Please register by noon on April 4, 2003. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. If you have any questions, please contact Parvathi Narayan at 301-445-1940.

Directions to the UMBC Technology Center

Suggested objective of the day:

To create a network of faculty members already inclined toward and experienced in instructional technology applications who will assist in developing discipline-specific workshops for the sharing of best practices with their colleagues. This initial meeting is intended to build interest in subsequent smaller seminars, within discipline, geared toward pedagogy using technology.

Agenda

9:00 - 9:20 a.m. Breakfast

9:20 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome

9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Case Studies

Dr. Gloria Holland, Executive Director, CIAT, Towson University 

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Merlot Presentation

Dr. Tim Tirrell, MERLOT Project Director (VCCS)

Dr. William Paquette, MERLOT History Editor (VCCS)

Merlot Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. UMBC Faculty Panel

12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Lunch

Sponsored by the RWD Foundation

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Steve Gilbert

Steve is the President of the TLT Group (Teaching and Learning with Technology)

1:30 - 2:30p.m. Silicon Chalk Presentation

Murray Goldberg, President and CEO

Silicon Chalk has developed some innovative classroom technology

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 - 3:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions:

Click on link for questions we will explore in the breakout sessions.

• Planning by interest area: Arts & Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, Social Sciences & Business, Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty Support
• Sharing Course Objects
• UMBC Demo of Blackboard 6

3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Wrap-up