CTD 2012 Session Descriptions

KEYNOTE:  Google and the Cloud  (listen to the podcast)
John MacDonald, Sr. Enterprise Account Executive, Google Inc.

Google Apps for Education is coming to the University of Windsor and there is much to talk about when it comes to Google and the cloud.  John MacDonald's keynote address will include the rise of the use of cloud computing, how cloud computing is helping to enable innovation, collaboration and enhance service and why implementing cloud solutions can enhance security and maintain privacy.
 

1.    Open Data: Implications for Teaching and Research  (listen to the podcast)
Presenters:
Kristi Thompson, Leddy Library

The Government of Canada's open data pilot has been online for a year and now houses thousands of datasets. Organizations ranging from the City of Windsor to the World Bank are joining the open data movement. Come learn about the possibilities open data opens up for researchers, teachers and learners.

2.    Academic Integrity Goes Digital  (listen to the podcast)
Presenters:
Danielle Istl, Academic Integrity, Student and international Affairs
Peter Freele, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Welcome to the Merlot Elixr initiative and the wealth of material available to assist instructors in their teaching.  University of Windsor was involved in producing Academic Integrity Digital Case Stories for the Merlot Elixr initiative, a repository discipline-specific multimedia stories that provide real-life experiences of exemplary teaching strategies.”  Professors share their approaches to supporting academic integrity through digital stories using video footage of the classroom experience and faculty/student interviews.

3.    Collaboration in a digital world: Introducing Blackboard Collaborate virtual classroom and office
Presenters:
Nick Baker, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Laurie Freeman-Gibb, Faculty of Nursing
Maureen Gowing, Odette School of Business

Effective use of technology is essential to modern universities. It is now possible to meet, collaborate and even teach using online technologies such as the University’s new Blackboard Collaborate virtual classroom and office. This session introduces the tool and provides examples of how it is being used across campus.

4.    Google Apps for Teaching and Learning
Presenters:
Candace Nast, GATA Network
Richard Kenny, student, Information Technology Services

The Google Apps suite of tools are helpful for collaborating, organizing, helping your students learn, and getting things done. This session will introduce you to a few of the basics of Google Docs (including wordprocessing, spreadsheets and forms), Google Reader and Google Plus, and how you might use these tools in research and the classroom.

5.    Scholarly Communications and Digital Technologies  (listen to the podcast)
Presenters:
Joan Dalton, Leddy Library
Mita Williams, Leddy Library
Dave Johnston, Leddy Library

This panel discussion will touch on Open Access, Creative Commons, Digital Textbooks, Institutional Repositories and other issues resulting from the impact of digital technologies on the landscape of Scholarly Communications.

6.    Survey says! What you told us about CLEW
Presenters:
Nick Baker, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Lorie Stolarchuk, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Daniel Edelstein, Leddy Library
Erika Kustra, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Robyn Nease, Office of Institutional Analysis

The 2011 CLEW Survey had a strong response from across the campus and provided a large amount of very useful feedback on the system and its use. This session aims to share the results of the survey with the community, including major implications and recommendations for teaching practice and future developments.

7.    Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Services & Access  (listen to the podcast)
Presenter:
Darrel Laurendeau, Educational Technologies, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Did you know that the Centre for Teaching and Learning provides videoconferencing, AV in and outside the classroom, photography, videography, sound and broadcast studios, and teaching consultations?  Let us introduce you to the services CTL offers, how to access them, and who to contact for more help.

8.    A Mobile Strategy the UWindsor Way  (listen to the podcast)
Presenters:
John Powell, Web Development, Public Affairs and Communications
Nick Keren, IT Services

Introducing University of Windsor's mobile app for students.  The future of the web is in mobility and the future begins at this session. We'll demo the app that will both provide information to students on what is happening on campus and provide a framework for adding additional services in the future as more services move to mobile platforms.  We'll also share steps of planning the Mobility project, lessons learned, and some insight into what lies ahead for University of Windsor mobility.

9.    How to get videos to CLEW or a website. A user's perspective.
Presenters:
Jonathan Sinasac, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Graham Fawcett, Centre for Teaching and Learning
Joanne Ramsay, Odette School of Business
Maureen Gowing, Odette School of Business
Lorie Stolarchuk, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Videos are an exceptionally effective teaching resource, both in the classroom and online.  Participants will learn how to upload video/audio content to their course sites and the Web using the Uwindsor's streaming service.  Participants will have the opportunity to discuss best practices with faculty who already use this teaching tool.

10.    Using Technology in Student Recruitment  (listen to the podcast)
Presenters:
Dave Bussière, Assistant Vice-President,Records and Admissions, and Associate Professor, Marketing
John Powell, Web Development, Public Affairs and Communications

How is technology supporting student recruitment?  The challenges and opportunities in recruitment will be explored during this session and will include discussion on the importance of capturing prospective student contact information, the future students’ mobile site, data integration for strategic planning, QR codes, social media strategy, and the new virtual campus tour.     

11.    SpeechWeb & Adobe Captivate - Towards a Revolution in Education  (listen to the podcast)
Presenter:
Dr. Richard Frost, School of Computer Science

Few voice applications are available on the web. One reason is that speech technology is difficult to integrate into web-based applications. To overcome this, Richard Frost and his students have developed “SpeechWeb” software that allows non-experts to create speech applications and deploy them on the web in minutes. In addition to a live demonstration, Richard will also discuss a video of a Speechweb session which he created using the captivate software which is being used in Computer Science to capture lectures for student revision and for distance offerings.

12.    Centre for Engineering and Innovation (CEI): Live Building
Presenters:
Kevin Stelzer, B+H Architects
Roberto Muscedere, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Erika Kustra, Centre for Teaching and Learning