Spring 2009 Conference

Friday, May 29, 2009
“Connecting The .Edus:
Using Technology To Connect With Our Students”
5 sites in VT, NH, MA, RI, and CT
Keynote speaker
Peter Doolittle,
Educational Psychology, Virginia Tech

Conference Program
Conference Agenda
Keynote Speaker
Registration Form
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Accommodation and Directions

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

New England Faculty Development Consortium
& The Ocean State Higher Education
Advanced Network

Spring 2009 CONFERENCE

“Connecting The .edus:
Using Technology To Connect
With Our Students”

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Peter Doolittle

Friday, May 29, 2009
This year OSHEAN and NEFDC will be venturing forth into our first virtual conference (in hope that we can save our members some drive time) and show how a regional conference can be held synchronously with local active participation through technology. The conference will be held at five different sites across New England and connected via video conferencing for our plenary presentation. The sites will be:

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
A complete program will be available shortly.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Peter Doolittle

Dr. Doolittle teaches Constructivism and Education, Multimedia Cognition and College Teaching as an Associate Professor in the Department of Learning Science and Technology. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award for the School of Education in 2008, the Excellence in Graduate Student Advising Award for the College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences in 2007, and the Certificate of Teaching Excellence for the College of Human Resources and Education in 2004. He has also had the opportunity to teach educational psychology in Mexico, Ireland and Malawi.
His research is focused on learning in multimedia environments, with specific emphasis on the role of working memory, and he has been published in the Journal on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, British Journal of Educational Technology, Theory and Research in Social Education, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. He is also currently the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Research on Cyber Behavior.

CONFERENCE AGENDA:
(at each site)

8:30 - 9:00         Conference Registration
9:00 - 9:15         Welcome, Introductions (Teleconferenced)
9:15 – 11:15       Interactive Keynote Presentation (Teleconferenced) Dr. Peter Doolittle
11:15 – 11:30     BREAK
11:30 – 12:30    Session I: Workshops/Interactive Discussions
12:30 - 1:30       LUNCH (Provided)
1:30 - 2:30         Session II: Workshops/Interactive Discussions
2:30 – 2:45        Break
2:45 – 3:30        Closing session (Teleconferenced)

Workshops: Hands-on Workshops (120 minutes): Computer lab-based interactive sessions that encourage participant involvement through hands-on use of a technology. These sessions will be scheduled in a computer lab and be held in two 1 hour sessions.
Interactive discussions (60 minutes): Interactive sessions that present new ideas about using technology in an academic environment and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of those systems. These sessions will be scheduled in a classroom.

A complete listing of presentations will be available shortly.
For additional conference information, contact: tthibodeau@neit.edu

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Participation will be limited. Advanced registration recommended.
No refunds; substitute registrations accepted.
Early Registration (postmarked by April 29)
Members: $75.00 Non-members: $110.00 Students: $35.00
General Registration (postmarked after April 29)
Members: $95.00 Non-members: $130.00 Students: $35.00
Register online at http://www.nefdc.org or print our mail in registration form here.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND DIRECTIONS:

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA