e-Teaching Symposium

Our first e-Teaching Symposium of the fall semester was held on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

Streaming files of the symposium are available:

• Blended and Online Resources: Enhancing the Learning Experience

Event Title: Blended and Online Resources: Enhancing the Learning Experience

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Time: 11a.m. - 1 p.m. (brown bag lunch)

Location:
Student Center East, Room 329 (Cardinal Room)
750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60607

Symposium Overview

"I'd like to get started developing a blended course. How do I get started?"

"Who do I contact if I need to get copyright clearance on a video clip I'm using?"

"What technology will enable me to best incorporate group learning in my online or blended course?"

Answers to these and other questions about resources available to you in support of online and blended learning will be shared at the first e-Teaching Symposium of the 2008/2009 academic year. As part of the UIC Online effort, the e-Teaching symposium will focus on the UIC resources that are available to UIC faculty, adjunct instructors and teaching assistants who are designing and teaching technology-enhanced, blended and online courses. This symposium will highlight resources such as technology ­ what is available and who can support you, the library, and instructional design.

Following a panel presentation including members of External Education, the Instructional Technology Lab (ITL) and the Library, Professor John Hagedorn from the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice, will showcase his blended course, which was converted from a traditional classroom course. You will learn how his course was developed as well as what challenges he faced and successes he realized.

Additionally this symposium will introduce a community of practice of online and blended educators at UIC.

About the Presenters:

Anne France

Anne France leads the Instructional Design team at External Education in the School of Continuing Studies. Anne recently joined UIC after working as a designer and developer for Cardean University. She has been working with faculty and design teams to build online learning experiences for more than seven years. She holds a Masters of Education in Instructional Leadership from UIC. She is happily married with three adorable boys.

Ed Garay

Ed Garay is one of UIC's Assistant Directors for Academic Computing and Director of the ACCC Instructional Technology Lab (ITL). Sound pedagogical use of teaching and learning technology is his passion, on campus.   Ed's professional interests also include mobile computing, ubiquitous learning, state-of-the-art communication and collaboration technology, inc. Web 2.0, social networking and social learning, and their application in higher education. He is a proud UIC alumnus.

John Hagedorn

John Hagedorn is Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice at UIC. He has been doing research on gangs and violence for more then 25 years. His latest book, A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture ( University of Minnesota Press ) argues that gangs aren't going away no matter what we do. 

He has increasingly turned to the web as a means to disseminate "research not stereotypes" on gangs.  His website, gangresearch.net averages  2 million hits per month. He has been teaching blended classes on "the history of violence" and "gangs and the media" at UIC for three years.  He has turned his attention to understanding the pedagogical advantages of online education.  He is married with five kids and a dog. He lives in Milwaukee .

Pia Hunter

Pia M. Hunter led the Library task force charged to implement electronic course reserves and make required readings available online and more easily accessible to all UIC students. Starting with one course in 2001, electronic reserves (ERes) are now used in over 1100 courses by about 700 instructors. She has successfully led the development, implementation and improvement of reserve services to UIC faculty and students. She provides electronic reserve instruction and support for students and academic departments university-wide.

Karin Riggs

Karin Riggs is the technologist in the Office of External Education. She provides technical support to instructors and students. She is currently enrolled in the Masters of Education in Instructional Leadership program here at UIC. She lives in Oak Park and is a mom to a first grader and preschooler.

Contact
For further details regarding this event, please contact External Education at (312) 355-0423 or by e-mail at externaledu@uic.edu.