FUSION 2010 Schedule

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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Time Event
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Registration
2:00 PM – 9:30 PM Social Event - Architecture Boat Cruise
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Time Event
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM Welcome and Keynote and Desire2EXCEL
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 PM Lightning Round / User Led Breakout Sessions
Desire2Learn Seen Through the Eyes of a Student... The Heartbeat of E4TN
Let the Students Express Themselves: Use Regular Expressions in Quizzing
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Exhibit Floor
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM User Led Breakout Sessions
Desire2Learn Learning Repository Future Extensibility
Going Green in Wisconsin: Using ePortfolios for Faculty Review!
Student and Faculty Perceptions and Usage of Desire2Learn Features
Faculty Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Training: Framework for Quality Credits
You Are Smarter Than a 5th Grader! Quick Start Desire2Learn
Your Student Nursing Clinical Orientation Begins in Desire2Learn
Being "VOCAL" in Desire2Learn
Creating and Publishing Accessible Course Materials
Dynamic Desire2Learn Discussions
Group Work can be Greater than the Sum of its Parts
Library 1010: A Collaborative Approach for Freshman English Library Tutorials
Modeling the Perceptions of Richness, Usefulness and Ease of Use on Student Acceptance of Course Management Systems (CMS)
Binge and Purge: Removing Old Courses and Data
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM Break
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM User Led Breakout Sessions
Developing with Desire2Learn Web Services
Case Study - A Successful Large Scale Migration to Desire2Learn
How Do You Define Success?
One Stone, Two Birds: Desire2Learn's Role in Supporting the Language Resource Center at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
From 0 to 100 in 4 Months: A Desire2Learn Implementation
Innovative Tools Uses of Desire2Learn
No Fear: Supporting Desire2Learn Users with Limited Resources
Best Practices for Using Blogs and Wikis
Best Practices for Using Competencies and Rubrics
BlackBerry : Online Learning Goes Mobile
Career eProtfolio: Perceptions from Business Students and Employers About its Usefulness
Flippin' Video into Desire2Learn: Evaluating Student Performances
Online Technologies in Your Medical Program: A Collaborative Discussion
Using Audio in Online Classes: Can you Hear me Now?
Environment Upgrades: Smoothing the Journey Between Scylla and Charybdis
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Break
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM Desire2Learn Led Breakout Sessions
Developing with Desire2Learn Web Services
Technology Overview/Road Ahead
Collaborating with Desire2Learn to Build and Implement Your Short and Long-term eLearning Strategy
Desire2Learn Analytics: A Tour of Consumption, Combination and Visualization
Branding: Using the New V9 Tools
Free Resources and Desire2Learn Learning Repository
Architecting Your Course with Desire2Learn Course Builder
Desire2Learn ePortfolio: WTF? (Where to First)
Experience It: Build Better Courses with Learning Environment 9.0
Meaningful Conversations: Best Practices for Using Desire2Learn Discussion Tools
Scenarios for Desire2Learn ePortfolio in Education
Strategies for Engaging Learners - Scaffolding a Modular ePortfolio
Implementation Best Practices
Streaming and Media Management
Tips and Tricks for Administrators
4:40 PM – 4:45 PM Break
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Product Launch and Desire2EXCEL
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Time Event
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Desire2Learn Led Breakout Sessions
Desire2Learn ePortfolio Web Services: Cool!
Academic Continuity for Higher Education: Samples, Tips and Checklists
Desire2Learn Analytics: A Tour of Consumption, Combination and Visualization
Architecting Your Course with Desire2Learn Course Builder
Blueprinting Effective Courses with Desire2Learn Instructional Design Wizard
Desire2Learn Going Mobile
Experience It: Build Better Courses with Learning Environment 9.0
Experience It: What's New in Learning Platform 4.0
How am I Doing? Keeping Students on Track and Providing More Personalized Feedback
K-12 Program Models-A Sharing Roundtable
Maximizing the Searchability of Your Repository Using Pre-School Skills
Scenarios for Desire2Learn ePortfolio in Education
Spicing Up Your Course with Custom Widgets
Making Administration Easier
Storage and Desire2Learn
Third Party Integration Made Easy
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Break
9:20 AM – 10:20 AM User Led Breakout Sessions
Authorization Methods
Observations from the Field
Your Desire2Learn Experiences: Client Input and Feedback
Do's and Don'ts of Using a Peer/Cohort Training Model to get a Teaching Department up and Running with Desire2Learn
Eradicate the Twitch!
Advanced Use of the Feedback Feature in Multiple-Choice Quizzes
Demonstration: Respondus LockDown Browser and Respondus 4.0
It's Great - Now Change It
Maximizing Dropbox and Discussion: Desire2Learn Features in Media-Rich Online Courses
Online Teaching That Students Love
Strategies for Designing An All-Skills-Based Distance Learning Music Course
Using Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Online Instruction and Assessment
Breaking Out of the Box: Jquery Driven Interfaces
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM Break
10:40 AM – 11:40 AM Poster Sessions
Hybridizing the Student Orientation with Desire2Learn
Getting ALL Faculty on the Same Boat at the Same Time!
Online Support and Training Documentation
Beyond the Cyber Cafe: Building and Sustaining Community Online
Community and Difficult Conversations in an Online Course
Create Your Blueprint: A Dozen Building Blocks for Your Classroom
Embracing Your Inner Geek
Incorporating Online Learning into Educational and Guest Programs at a Public Garden
Learning Effectiveness by Learner Types in Desire2Learn ePortfolio
Small Group Discussions Promote Learning Relationships in Virtual Communities
Teaching a Face-to-Face Art in an Online Environment: Enhancement Opportunities
Using Discussion to Facilitate File Sharing and Rubric-Based Pre-Submission Peer Review in Large Courses
Where's My Stuff 2.0: Are Your Students Content with Your Content?
Wright State named 2010 Center of Excellence by Elluminate Corporation
11:40 PM – 12:40 PM Lunch
12:40 PM – 1:55 PM Keynote and Desire2EXCEL
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM User Led Breakout Sessions
PHP and Desire2Learn Web Services
Architects of Online Environments: Anthropologists, Observers, Translators, Communicators, Ethnographers, Builders!
Desire2Learn Community: Building a Thriving Online Gathering Place
Desire2Learn for Junior High Students and Teachers: How and Why?
GA Virtual School Support Team: More than just FAQ's!
Who are the Faculty Holdouts?
Effect of Using Desire2Learn on Student and Faculty Outcomes
Enhancing Online Courses with Multimedia Technology: Trials and Tribulations
H1N1 + Desire2Learn = Continuity of Learning
Making Desire2Learn Come Alive: Engaging Your Students With Technology
Providing Feedback: Tips to Save Time and Increase Communication within Desire2Learn
Quizzing Online: Going Beyond the Test
Understanding Pedagogy and Instructional Design When Moving Courses Online
Help Desire2Learn Help Us!
Successfully Implementing a 1:1 Notebook Program with Desire2Learn
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Exhibit Floor
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM Desire2Learn Led Breakout Sessions
Building Custom Web Tools for Learning Environment Integration with IMS Basic LTI
Business Intelligence Strategy
Collaborating with Desire2Learn to Build and Implement Your Short and Long-term eLearning Strategy
Course Migrations
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): What Is It and How You Should Use It
Designing for Everyone: Accessibility, Usability and Internationalization
Blueprinting Effective Courses with Desire2Learn Instructional Design Wizard
Desire2Learn ePortfolio and Assessment
Desire2Learn ePortfolio: Far More Than an Electronic Portfolio
Dragging and Dropping with Desire2Learn Course Builder
Experience It: What's New in Learning Platform 4.0
What Everybody Ought to Know about Searching
Integration with Student Information Systems and Human Resource Management Systems
Monitory and System Health
Tips and Tricks for Administrators
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Social Event - Peer2Pier: Desire2Learn's World Fair
Wednesday July 14th, 2010
Time Event
7:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM User Led Breakout Sessions
Desire2Learn Web Services Integration in a Custom K-12 SIS
Client Satisfaction Assessment: Help Us Help You
Using Replacement Strings to Personalize and Support Desire2Learn
An Object Shared is a Problem Halved: Implementing Learning Repository
Anytime, Anywhere Training
Let's Migrate to Desire2Learn in 20 Days!
Students and Support: An Inspiring Partnership for Success
Yep, You Can Do That, AGAIN! Creative Solutions to Desire2Learn Troubles
A Perfect Blend: Desire2Learn and Faculty Development
First Do No Harm: A Hippocratic Approach to Accessible Design
Learning to Share and Sharing to Learn with ePortfolios
Using Rich Media in Desire2Learn: Goals and Strategies for Forming a Community of Discourse and Online Learning
My Academic Path
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Break
9:20 AM – 10:20 AM User Led Breakout Sessions
Developing Applications with Desire2Learn Web Services and Single-Sign-On
Discovery Program: Live the Adventure!
Presenting with Prezi.com: Using Mind Maps for Virtual Lectures
Beyond the Tools: Online Instructor Certification
Dashboard Confessional: Developing a Homegrown System to Aggregate Course Updates from Desire2Learn and Confluence
Smoothing the Desire2Learn Transition
Building Successful Online Learning Communities
Credit Recovery 101: The Basics of a Student-Led Program
Cultivating Critical Thinking Utilizing the Desire2Learn Discussion Tool: Challenges and Successes
Desire2Learn ePortfolio: Architecting a Better Presentation Builder
Doing More with the Desire2Learn Short Answer Question
Exploring Real-Time Online Pedagogy Using Elluminate Web Conferencing System
Motivational ACES: Building Courses Learners Want to Take and Complete
Student Perceptions of the Desire2Learn ePortfolio
Managing the Seeds of Growth in K-12 Online Learning
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM Exhibit Floor
10:50 AM – 11:50 AM User Led Breakout Sessions
Creative Solutions Abound in the Desire2Learn API SDK
Built to Scale!
Thinking and Corralling Great Faculty Ideas for the New ePortfolio Revolution
When Elephants Fly: Coaching Faculty to SOAR with Desire2Learn
Bells, Whistles and Shiny Objects
Building Highly Collaborative Courses Using Desire2Learn and VoiceThread
Capturing Communication with Desire2Learn
Emerging Virtual Modeling Technology to Enhance Student Learning Outcome
Enhancing Student Engagement and Persistence in the Online Classroom
Online Best Practices
Share Your Instructional Design Processes and Best Practices
Tell Me a Story: Digital Storytelling for Teaching and Learning
Woods Online Quality Review: Sending the Right Signal!
Live@edu Bring the Clouds to the Campus
Reviewer Access for All: Opening Up Virtual Learning
11:50 AM – 12:50 PM Lunch
12:50 PM – 2:30 PM Keynote and Desire2Excel and Closing
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM Break
2:50 PM – 3:50 PM Desire2Learn Led Breakout Sessions
Using IMS LIS 2.0
Engaging with Desire2Learn on Joint Research and Development Grants
Growing Your Institution Internationally: Methods and Processes
Accessibility FAQ
Support Services: Building a Stronger Relationship
A Model for Choosing Online Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Desire2Learn ePortfolio as a Collaboration Tool
Desire2Learn Learning Repository: Setting Up and Getting Started
Dragging and Dropping with Desire2Learn Course Builder
Exploring Mobile Learning
Got PowerPoint Presentations? Best Practices for Delivering PowerPoint Presentations Online
New Teacher Tools for K12
Using the Desire2Learn HTML Editor in Course Development
Course Package Conversions Using XSLT
Incorporating Custom Tools Using IMS Basic Learning Tools Interoperability
Selecting an Appropriate Tool for Importing/Exporting/Copying Components or Courses
Thursday July 15th, 2010 Post Conference
Time Event
8:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Sessions
Best Practices for Building Hybrid and Blended Courses
Best Practices for Content, Course Delivery and Communication
Best practices for Desire2Learn ePortfolio
Course Delivery Essentials
Getting Started with APIs and Web Services
Using Competencies and Rubrics Tools in Desire2Learn
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 PM Sessions
Advanced Instructor Tools
Best Practices for Assessment and Multimedia Using Desire2Learn Learning Environment
Best Practices for Configuring Learning Repositories
Building Pedagogically Sound Courses: Desire2Learn’s New Instructional Design Wizard and Course Builder
Getting Started with APIs and Web Services
Powerful Paradigm-Shifting ePortfolio Presentations
Friday July 16th, 2010 Post Conference
Time Event
8:00 – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Sessions
Administrator Tools
Advanced Instructor Tools
Best Practices for Assessment and Multimedia Using Desire2Learn Learning Environment
Best Practices for Configuring Learning Repositories
Building Pedagogically Sound Courses: Desire2Learn’s New Instructional Design Wizard and Course Builder
Powerful Paradigm-Shifting ePortfolio Presentations
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 PM Sessions
Administrator Tools
Best Practices for Building Hybrid and Blended Courses
Best Practices for Content, Course Delivery and Communication
Best practices for Desire2Learn ePortfolio
Course Delivery Essentials
Using Competencies and Rubrics Tools in Desire2Learn
Fusion Sponsors BlackBerry (Platinum Sponsor) Microsoft (Platinum Sponsor) CourseSmart (Silver Sponsor) Perceptis (Silver Sponsor) Respondus (Silver Sponsor) Adobe (Bronze Sponsor) Cengage Learning (Bronze Sponsor) ConnectYard Elsevier (Bronze Sponsor) Kaltura Open Source Video (Bronze Sponsor)