Clinic 1: Gain Control:  Managing Online Sources with Google Reader, Wikispaces, and RSS Feeds
Instructors: Joanne Riley, Library; George Hart, Library
Description: A hands-on session on using Google Reader, Wikispaces, and RSS feeds.

Time: 10:10am-11:00am
Location: Center for Library Instruction, 4th Floor

Presentation 2:  Getting Started: Teaching a Web-Enhanced or Online Course using  Blackboard Vista
Presenters: Andrea Leverentz, Sociology ; Ninian Stein, EEOS
Description:  New faculty users of Blackboard Vista will show their online course sites, describe how they got started and how they’ve been using their sites in their teaching.


Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: P2, Lower Level

Clinic 2: Working with Blackboard Vista
Instructors: Ray Melcher and Robert Rissie; Instructional Support
Description: A hands-on session in which faculty will be shown how to set up a course site in Blackboard Vista.

Time: 10:10am-11:00am
Location: P1, Lower Level

Presentation 3: Reaching Auditory Learners, iTunes U, Podcasting and Audio Publishing
Presenters: Brian White, Biology;  John Mazzarella,  IT Media Center staff
Description: A professor will describe the role that audiofiles play in an introductory Biology course and the ways in which they impact learning;  An IT staff member will show what’s possible with podcasts and describe the university’s connection with ITunes U.



Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: Media Group Viewing Room

Clinic 3: Podcasting and Audio Publishing
Instructors: Brian White, Biology; John Mazzarella, IT Media Center
Description: A hands-on session in which participants will be shown how to create podcasts and use audio-editing programs such as Audacity.

Time: 10:10am-11:00am
Location: Media Center, 3rd Floor

Presentation 4: Engaging Learners in Working from Activities to Concepts- How Technology Can Help.
Presenters: Arthur Eisenkraft, COSMIC (Center of Science and Mathematics in Context), and Curriculum and Instruction
Description: This presentation will show how active learning with technology-based tools can support students’ conceptual understanding.

Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: P3, Lower Level

No Clinic 4

Presentation 5: Providing Web-Enhanced Support for Student Learning through Online Tutoring
Presenters: Cynthia Jahn, Academic Support; Anthony Petruzzi, Writing Profiency Office;  Kathleen Polley, Nursing; Susan Mraz, Spanish, and Mary Simone, IT Media Center
Description: A presentation of the work of the online tutoring project offered through Academic Support, the Writing Proficiency Office, Nursing, and  Spanish.


Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: Conference Room, Lower Level

Clinic 5: Conferencing and Application Sharing with Wimba
Presenters: Anthony Petruzzi, Writing Profiency Office; Gerard Teichman,Tutor
Description: A hands-on session on using Wimba for conferencing and working with students online.

Time: 10:10am-11:00am
Location: P4, Lower Level

Presentation 6: Reaching International Audiences Online
Presenters: Adugna Lemi, Economics; Malcolm Smuts, History; Jorgelina Abbate, Curriculum and Instruction
Description: Faculty will discuss their approaches to creating online collaborations internationally—Adugna Lemi, using email with graduate students in Ethiopia, Malcolm Smuts, creating a website for collaboration among Renaissance Court scholars, and  Jorgelina Abbate, using a wiki to support her work with teachers in Santa Domingo. The website for Malcolm Smuts’s Court Studies project can be found at www.courtstudies.org .

Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: Blue Lab , 3rd Floor

Clinic 6: Developing Your UMB Faculty Website
Presenters: Theresa Nelson-Miller, IT; Ellie Kutz, IT Faculty Liaison
Description: This hands-on session will help faculty get started in putting rich content onto their UMB webpages.

Time: 10:10am-11:00am
Location: Blue Lab , 3rd Floor

Presentation 7: Game-Based Teaching
Presenters: Janna Jackson, Curriculum and Instruction, of Education
Description: An overview of current research on learning through games, with examples of ways in which videogames are being used in teaching

Time: 9:30am-10:00am
Location: P3, Lower Level

No Clinic 7

Presentation 9: Enhancing Writing & Discussion with Wikis and Blogs
Presenters: Laurie Marks, English; Varghese George, Management; Louise Penner, English
Description: Laurie Marks will show how her students post and respond to student writing with a wiki;  Varghese George will demonstrate his students’ use of a blog for their class preparation;  Louise Penner will show how wikis can be used for student presentations. Laurie Marks created her wiki with pbwiki at www.pbwiki.com .

Time: 12:50pm-1:20pm
Location: White Lab, 3rd Floor

Clinic 9: Working with Wikis.
Presenters: Ellie Kutz, English; Jessica Downa, IT Media Center; Laurie Marks, English
Description: A hands-on session to help participants create a wiki or blog.

Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm
Location: White Lab, 3rd Floor

Presentation 10: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
Presenters: Mary Hopper, Instructional Design
Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the ways in which virtual reality environments such as Second Life can support teaching and learning.


Time: 12:50pm-1:20pm
Location: Blue Lab, 3rd Floor

Clinic 10: Entering Second Life
Presenters: Mary Hopper, Instructional Design; Gene Shwalb; LMS IT; Apostolos Koutropoulos, Library
Description: A hands-on session in which participants can explore the virtual world of Second Life




Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm
Location: Blue Lab, 3rd Floor

Presentation 11: Creating Historical Context with Mapping
Presenters: Malcolm Smuts, History;  Cheryl Nixon, English; Frank Herron, Communication Studies;
Description: Malcolm Smuts and Cheryl Nixon will show the maps they have created for a teaching website on Politics, Literary Culture, and Theatrical Media in London, 1625-1725, allowing students to compare 17th century and present-day London and they’ll discuss the ways in which this work supports their interdisciplinary teaching. Frank Herron will show the narration and interactive tour that his students created for the Dorchester Historical Society.The Historical London website developed by Malcolm Smuts and Cheryl Nixon can be found at www.london.umb.edu .


Time: 12:50pm-1:20pm
Location: P1, Lower Level

Clinic 11: Working with Maps and Mash-Up Tools
Presenters: Lisa Link, IT; Irene Yukhananov IT;LMS, Christian deTorres; Mass Media Editor-in-Chief
Description: A hands-on session on how to work with maps and create “mashups” that allow manipulation, labeling and linking.

Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm
Location: P1, Lower Level

Presentation 12 : Reaching all Learners: Making Courses Accessible in Online Environments.
Presenters: Valerie Haven
Description: A demonstration of using accessibility features in Blackboard Vista and Wimba (hosting synchronous, voiced, online sessions).

Time: 12:50pm-1:20pm
Location: P3, Lower Level

No Clinic 12

Presentation 13: Using e-Portfolio for Assessment
Presenters: Mary Brady, Steve Ribisi, Janna Jackson, Brenda D'Alotto
Description: Faculty will show how eportfolio tools can support the assessment of student learning in courses and programs.

Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm
Location: P3, Lower Level

No Clinic 13

Presentation 14: The Educational Context for Open Courseware
Presenters: Dan Carchidi and Yvonne Ng; The Open Course Project, MIT
Description: An overview of the impetus to develop open courseware and its effect at MIT and nationally

Time: 12:50pm-1:20pm
Location: P2, Lower Level

Presentation 15: Sharing Your Course with the Public and Using Open Source Tools
Presenters: Leslie Sullivan, Nursing; Brian White, Biology; Catalin Zara, Math; Marietta Schwartz, Chemistry.
Description: UMB faculty who have made their courses public through the Open Course Ware project will share what they’ve done and why they participated. The UMB Open Course Ware site: UMB OCW site (http://ocw.umb.edu)


Time: 1:30pm-2:20pm
Location: P2, Lower Level

No Clinic 15