Agenda

All training sessions are offered on first come, first serve basis; no registration is required for sessions. Dress is casual for all events.

Directions to all campus meeting rooms and off-campus locations will be provided to registrants.


Presentation schedule


All sessions will be held in the Library Technology Building
No Registration for session required

Monday, April 14 - Training Day (Library Technology Building)

8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. - Registration & Breakfast (Lobby of Library Technology Bldg)

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Colloquium Opening Remarks - Sony Hall

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - Blackboard Training on New Features in 8.0 - Sony Hall

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - Remote Proctor Training – Room 160

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Blackboard Best Practices - Room 138

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - eCourse Redesign Information - Room 128B

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. - Mid-morning Break - Break Area

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Blackboard Training on New Features in 8.0 - Sony Hall

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Remote Proctor Training – Room 160

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Blackboard Best Practices – Room 138

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Quality Assessment/Instructional Design - Room 128B

12:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch - Harrison Room- Malone Hall

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - Blackboard Training on New Features in 8.0 - Room 138

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - Remote Proctor Training - Room 160

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - Quality Assessment/Instructional Design – Room 128B

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - Wimba Presentation - Sony Hall

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. - eCourse Redesign Information – Michelin

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Mid-Afternoon Break - Michelin Conference Room

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. - Wimba Presentation- Sony Hall

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. - Dean/Dept. Chair Meetings with Instructors

• College of Communication & Fine Arts – Rm. 160
• Sorrell College of Business – Rm. 138
• College of Arts and Science – Rm. 128B
• College of Health and Human Services - Rm. 201
• College of Education – Michelin

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. - Meet and Greet Social Hour – Harrison Room

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. - Optional Event Offered by the Dothan Campus -

John Woodham Memorial Lecture - Sony Hall Dr. Gary Mullen, Professor of Entomology, Auburn University. This lecture will talk about the prints of Philip Henry Gosse. Dr. Mullen will talk about Gosse's depictions of Alabama's insects, plants, as well as his artwork.


Tuesday, April 15 - Communication Sessions (Landmark Park)

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Communication Speaker

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - Breakout Sessions

11:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Best Practices for Online Education/Quality Matters

3:00 - Dismiss for extended break before Dinner and fun-filled night of celebration

6:30 – 10:00 - Dinner and Band

Since alcoholic beverages will be available during the evening events, transportation will be provided to and from Landmark by Troy University buses. The buses will be begin to pick up at each hotel around 6:00 p.m. and will deliver attendees back approximately 9:45 p.m.

Directions to Landmark Park (also see map included within the program):

Follow US- 231 S. until you reach the intersection of Ross Clark Circle

Turn LEFT on Ross Clark Circle and follow 2.2 miles

Turn LEFT on US-431 and follow 2.8 miles

Turn LEFT on Landmark Dr. (Look for Landmark Park signs)


Wednesday, April 16 – Presentations and Vendor Displays (Library Technology Building)

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast - Break Area

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks – Dr. Hal Fulmer

9:00 – 10:15 - Morning Presentations – Session I

• Institutional Review Board Workshop: What you need to know – Rm. 160
• Assessing Across the Curriculum - Rm. 138
• Roundtable on the ABC's of Online Student Excuses - Rm. 128B
• Cengage True Outcomes – Rm. Michelin
• Pearson Education MyEconLab - Sony Hall

10:15 – 10:30 - Break

10:30 – 11:45 - Morning Presentations – Session II

• Academic Dishonesty - What Do Troy Faculty Have to Say? - Rm. 160
• Teaching with Technology: Enhancing Effectiveness in the Classroom and Online – Rm. 138
• Cengage True Outcomes - Michelin
• Pearson Education MyMathLab - Rm. 128B
• McGraw-Hill Higher Education - Your Online Learning Partner – Sony Hall

11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. - Lunch - Harrison Room – Malone Hall

1:30 – 2:45 Afternoon Presentations - Session III

• Mentoring – A Sample of One - Rm. 160
• Media Content Library for Online Courses - Rm. Michelin
• A Study of Troy's E-Campus Test Strategies: Comparison of Proctored and Non-Proctored Exams - Rm. 128B
• Pearson Education Mastering Bio/Chemistry - Sony Hall
• Academic Integrity: "You mean 'cut and paste' is plagiarism?" - Rm. 138

2:45 – 3:00 - Break

3:00 – 4:15 - Afternoon Presentations – Session IV

• An Evaluation of Assessments Used in a Public Policy Course: Comparison of In-class versus On-line Student Performance - Rm. Michelin
• Pearson MyLabs - Rm. 128B
• Hybrid Course Design Rm. 138
• Guidance to Enhance Online Student to Instructor Email Communication - Rm. 160
• McGraw-Hill Higher Education - Your Online Learning Partner - Sony Hall

5:00 p.m. - BBQ Dinner at Gayle Nelson’s Home in Headland, AL. - Optional (Caravan will leave Dothan Campus after final session. Directions to her home is also provided in the program)


Thursday, April 17 - Presentations and Vendor Displays (Library Technology Building)

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast– Break Area 9:00 – 10:15 - Morning Presentations – Session I

• Student Participation in Online Chat Sessions - Rm. 160
• Getting Familiar with Your Library - Rm. 138
• Tips & Tricks for Online Instructors – Rm. Michelin
• This Isn't Charlie Brown's Teacher's Classroom - Rm. 128B
• Academic Regulations Pertaining to Grades/Student Services - Sony Hall

10:15 – 10:30 - Morning Break – Break Area

10:30 – 11:45 - Morning Presentations – Session II

• Are Electronic Textbooks the Next Wave in Online Learning? – Rm. 160
• Making Research Methods Relevant in an e-Campus Environment - Rm. 138
• The Changing Face of Education - Distance Learning & The Military - Rm. 128B
• Structured eCourse Delivery : The experience of economics and QM - Michelin
• Criminal Justice – CourseConnect - Sony Hall

11:45 - Conference Dismissed

(Attendees have been invited to eat lunch at the Heritage Week Festivities on the Dothan Campus)