Fifteen DIIA Staff Present at IOL
Educators, librarians, and technologists from campuses and departments across the UT System gathered for the first annual Innovations in Online Learning (IOL) Conference in June at the Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Austin. The conference centered around four main areas concerning online education: teaching and learning, student and faculty services, course development, and technology.
Fifteen DIIA staff presented at IOL, covering a range of DIIA services: innovative instructional technology creation and use; effective integration of technology into teaching; and assessment of emerging instructional technology tools, including in-house, commercial, and open source solutions.
Adapting to a new generation of learners was a recurring theme throughout the conference. Statistical data regarding the shift in traditional learning styles and materials to a techno-centered environment served as a catalyst for much active discussion and brainstorming among conference attendees.
The conference closed with a showcase of innovative resources available through UT System libraries and a course management system (CMS) "Shootout." Blackboard, Desire2Learn, eCollege, and WebCT representatives assembled one course each using their respective CMS on the spot. Although no winner was chosen, the wide range of functionalities every provider continues to add speaks to a bright future for online, hybrid, and Web-enhanced courses.
DIIA staff presentations included:
| Pamela Brochhausen | Gathering Feedback from Students Using Ongoing Course Assessment (OCA) |
| Mario Guerra | Wrapping Instructional Design Principles into Blackboard Training |
| Joel Heikes (with Mark McFarland & Meredith Ault) | Repositories & Online Resource Collections: Evolution, Examples and Educational Value |
| Kyung Huh & Shan Evans | Improving Instruction with the Ongoing Course Assessment (OCA) System |
| Coco Kishi (with Kurt Bartelmehs & Paul Williams) | Lecture Webcasting at UT Austin: Preliminary Results |
| Sejal Patel & Dave Campbell | An Open Source Collaboration of Tools: Sakai, SAMigo |
| Elias Ponvert & Malaika Boyd | Real World Challenges in Building an ePortfolio Application |
| Suzanne Rhodes, Michael Sweet & Alex Games | Faculty Concepts–Student Development: ~FAST Tex Best Practices |
| Joe Sanchez (with Jenifer Flaxbart & Michele Ostrow) | Collaborating for Student Learning: Blackboard and the Library |
| Carolyn Thomas (with Michael Cerda) | Recipe for Success - Innovative Idea to Mission-Critical System |