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| 8:30 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast and sign-in (sponsored by eInstruction) |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | Opening remarks |
| 9:20 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. | Keynote presentation and Q&A |
| 10:45 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | 11:45 a.m. | Faculty Showcase |
| 11:45 a.m. | 12:45 p.m. | Lunch, and recognition of the 2008 Assessment Fellows (sponsored by eInstruction) |
| 12:45 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | Poster session (sponsored by the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education) |
| 2:30 p.m. | 3:15 p.m. | Breakout sessions |
| 3:15 p.m. | 4:30 p.m. | Panel discussion, wrap-up session, closing remarks |
Gardner Campbell is Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University, where he also serves as an Assoc. Professor of Literature and Media in the Honors College. Prior to coming to Baylor, Gardner was a Professor of English at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he taught literature of the English Renaissance, film studies, new media studies, and writing.
Gardner has worked in teaching and learning technologies for over a decade and a half, at Baylor University, the University of Mary Washington, and the University of Richmond. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative and the Information Fluency Advisory Board of the University of Central Florida. He has served on the Electronic Campus of Virginia (2003-2008, chair 2005-2007), and the Virginia Learning Technology Advisory Committee. He is also a Fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute, class of 2005.
In addition, he is a very prolific and influential blogger: http://www.gardnercampbell.net
Henry Ford understood that the automobile was not simply a faster horse. Orville and Wilbur Wright didn't waste their time building a wing-flapping machine, but instead built a powered kite. Nikolai Tesla didn't think of radio as wireless telegraphy, but called it "transmission of intelligence." Artist Bill Viola notes that Tesla "saw something that others didn't."
A host of visionaries over decades of thought and writing have tried to see what others didn't when it comes to high-speed and networked computing. How did they arrive at these insights? What can we learn about the imaginative leaps required of all of us in higher education? How can we awaken and strengthen our own digital imaginations?
This presentation will consider these questions inductively, by scanning the horizon of Web 2.0 and beyond to infer the imaginative leaps that have brought us to this moment, and deductively, by looking at the life of J. C. R. Licklider, the father of the Internet. Along the way, I will argue four theses: 1) it is no accident that a psychoacoustician invented the Internet, 2) it is no accident that a great teacher and colleague invented the Internet, 3) it is no accident a manager with an overflowing in-box invented the Internet, and 4) it is no accident that the Internet is what he invented.
The morning session will continue with a UD Faculty Showcase from 11-11:45 a.m. Three 15-minute presentations will add a local touch to Gardner's keynote address by spotlighting innovative and effective teaching and learning experiences.
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| 11:00 a.m. | 11:15 a.m. | Problem-Based Learning (Mark Serva) |
| 11:15 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | Clickers (David Wilson) |
| 11:30 a.m. | 11:45 a.m. | First Year Experience Portfolios (Kathleen Pusecker) |
Want to know more about podcasting, virtual worlds, active learning, coursecasting, learning objects or distance education? Then the afternoon events should satisfy your curiosity.
The technology-enhanced poster session will take place in the Gallery and the Alumni Lounge from 12:45 to 2:30 p.m. and will be open to the public. Twenty-two faculty members and staff from all around the UD community will share their teaching and learning experience with the attendees.
After the poster session, attendees will break out into several groups to discuss different topics. Some topics are pre-determined, while others might emerge spontanously. These sessions will fuel the panel discussion, which will be moderated by our guest speaker, Gardner Campbell.
Below is a list of the topics that are already assigned:
If you want to know more or wish to get involved, contact Mathieu Plourde, WFI09 Event Coordinator, mathieu@udel.edu.
The institute is co-sponsored by the University of Delaware Library, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education, Office of Educational Assessment, UD Online, Office of Service Learning, Office of Educational Technology, Undergraduate Research Program, Student Multimedia Design Center, University Media Services, and IT-User Services.
2009 Winter Faculty Institute