Conference Description
Dear colleagues,
Let me invite you to register for the upcoming CCCU Conference
on Technology. If you have participated in the past, you know of the benefits
of this annual gathering of IT administrators from sister schools - the
sharing of expertise through formal sessions and informal networking.
Union University, which is located in Western Tennessee, will
be hosting this year's conference, May 28-31. This year's theme is on
Faculty Development, in particular on the use of Instructional Technology
in the classroom. The conference is aimed both at the traditional group of
CIOs and Computing Center Directors who have to provide
leadership to their campuses on emerging technologies, and to Directors of
Faculty Development and Instructional Technology who provide
training and are "cheerleaders" who promote exciting new possibilities. A
special invitation is extended to teaching faculty to showcase some of
the successful things they have experimented with in the classroom, i.e. many
of the sessions will be a "best practice" type of presentation.
The following Keynote addresses will be given:
- Marti Harris, Research Director at Gartner Inc., will give an address entitled Gartner Update on E-learning in Higher Education.
- Van Weigel from Eastern University is the author of Deep Learning for a Digital Age: How Technology can Transform Higher Education. His presentation will focus on the faculty development side of deep learning and collaborative Internet technologies using the concept of "discovery-based learning".
- Lorne Oke from Bethel College in Indiana will give an address on Planning for Information Technology in the Small College, based on his dissertation research on Technology Master Plans.
If you know of someone else at your school who might be
interested in attending or presenting, please forward this invitation to them.
If your university, like ours, has an Innovative Teaching award, then past
recipients may be excellent candidates for sharing their success at our
conference. Many schools now also have a Center for Instructional Technology
or Center for Faculty Development - please pass on the information to the
respective Directors too (or forward me their email address and I'll send them
a personal invitation).
The schedule and registration information for the conference
can be found at
http://www.uu.edu/events/cccu/tech03 The registration fee is only $260
($240 for those who pay by April 30), and covers both on-campus lodging and
meals.
If you have any unanswered questions, please don't hesitate to
contact me. Hope to see you there!
G. Jan Wilms
731 661 5267
731 661 5267