Schedule of Events

The first ComETS Symposium was held on April 14, 2009. View videos of most symposium presentations here.

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm Keynote: George Siemens, University of Manitoba
"The Impact of Connectivism and Networked Learning"
Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm break
2:30 pm - 3:55 pm Affinity groups, 1226 Howe Hall
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Podcasting/Videoconferencing, with facilitators Sree Nilakanta and Mike Wilson
3:00 pm - 3:25 pm Clickers, with facilitators Brian Hornbuckle and Lesya Hassall
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm LE/CMS, with facilitators Loren Zachary and Allan Schmidt
2:30 pm - 3:55 pm Lightning Strikes
Ten minute presentations on interesting technologies and strategies people are using in their areas.
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Clicker questions as a set, Hornbuckle, 1246 Howe Hall
Social Bookmarking, Kramer, 1252 Howe Hall
Using Technology to Facilitate Team Learning, Bender, 1304 Howe Hall
2:45 pm - 2:55 pm Clickers on site and at a distance, Bender/Hassall, 1246 Howe Hall
Integrating Social Bookmarking Into Your Course Website, Warnick, 1252 Howe Hall
Motion Capture, Campbell, 1304 Howe Hall
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Why Twitter as an Academic?, McLeod, 1246 Howe Hall
Collaborating Possibilities of Computing in the Cloud: Google Apps Education Edition, Vens, 1252 Howe Hall
Transana: Analysis of Video Data, Seymour, 1304 Howe Hall
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm iPhone Apps for Campus, Di Marco White, 1252 Howe Hall
Meta!Blast - An Integrative Learning Environment, Wurtele, 1304 Howe Hall
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm ThinkSpace: A New Case Delivery Tool, Ogilvie, 1246 Howe Hall
Augmented Reality, Wilson, 1252 Howe Hall
Echo360 Classroom Capture, Hoyt, 1304 Howe Hall
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm Use a DOI to Easily Find an Article on the Web, Hornbuckle, 1246 Howe Hall
A New Excel-base Tool: PREXCEL-Q, Gallup, 1252 Howe Hall
Tips for implementing classroom capture, Booth, 1304 Howe Hall
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Student Panel
Technology and support expectations of today's students.
Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall