Breakout Sessions
eLearning & Library Innovations
This track explores the compelling challenges, opportunities, and solutions that are emerging as knowledge is increasingly networked. Successful and cutting-edge models in the areas of teaching, learning, research, and communication will be presented, including integrating technology into curricula to support discipline-specific content; promoting elearning to enhance and improve online, blended, and face-to-face classes; developing repositories of digital content along with standards and comprehensive search capabilities; integrating library resources and learning activities; assessing learning outcomes through ePortfolios and other methods; and ensuring the quality of distance learning programs; and building communities of learners.
- Session 1 - Social Learning using Cell Phone Technology at Montclair State University
- Session 2 - Blended Learning: Benefits, Challenges and Methods
- Session 3 - E-Learning Best Practices
- Session 4 - Live Chat
- Session 5 - Wimba Collaboration Suite Demo and New NJEDge Agreement Discussion
Emerging Technologies
This track concentrates on new and innovative applications that facilitate the flow of information, services, knowledge and resources throughout the academic community. The committee is searching for work that moves beyond traditional website, learning management systems, etc. Institutional technology infrastructure has evolved to a very sophisticated level that includes multi-user virtual environments, portals, wikis, VoIP, IPTV and more. This track will showcase examples of services that are provided by technology application developers in administrative IT as well as instructional designers in faculty development.
- Session 1 - Human Networking: A University, High School, and Industry Partnership
- Session 2 - Games in Education
- Session 3 - Video integration with Phone Systems
- Session 4 - Deploying a productivity suite and operating system campus wide at The College of New Jersey
- Session 5 - Web 2.0 Threats - Secure Computing
Policy Issues and Institutional Strategic Planning
This track provides insight into technology and policy trends that impact planning and resource allocation at the institutional level. It will also highlight opportunities for networking and community-building to enhance collaboration among New Jersey institutions and for partnerships with sectors outside higher education.
- Session 1 - Expecting Instructional and Institutional support?
- Session 2 - Policy Driven Access of Infrastructure: Identity Management
- Session 3 - How to Handle IT Disruptions
- Session 4 - Broadview Voice & IP Workshop
Systems Computing
This track focuses on current issues and cutting-edge solutions related to infrastructure, networking, systems, and security. It foregrounds the increased functionalities, unique challenges, and enhanced opportunities for collaboration implicit in complex networks, and explores the potential for both intra- and inter- institutional community building in academe.
- Session 1 - Cyber Trust - Security by Verizon
- Session 2 - Affinity Enterprises: National Notification Network (3N) - Mass notification solution
- Session 3 - IP as the platform for Improved Safety and Physical Security
- Session 4 - Virtualization products; Computing on Demand; Development Tools; Testing Tools
- Session 5 - A roadmap to mass notification: what your campus needs to enhance their campus communication plan
- Session 6 - SecurED: Securing Information. Empowering Education.