eSCAPE Fall 2014 - Concordia University

Fall 2014 conference, October 1 and 2

The third edition of e.SCAPE is an invitation to plug in to digital learning.

The conference kicks off with a panel discussion where academic leaders will tackle current realities and future challenges involved in adopting new technologies in higher education. Participants will then be invited to help map a direction for moving forward with new digital forms of teaching and learning.

The next day provides an opportunity to engage directly with the tools faculty are using to take their teaching online – either fully or through hybrid models. A series of workshops will explore ways of using Camtasia, Panopto, Adobe Connect and Moodle. Faculty members already using these tools will lead the workshops. Digital drop-in sessions will allow visitors to try out at these tools in a hands-on setting along with the help of experienced faculty and staff members.

Schedule

Wednesday, October 1

Panel Discussion, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Universities in the 21st century: wired or unplugged

MB 5.215

Introduction: Dr. Alan Shepard, President and Vice-Chancellor, Concordia University
Moderator: Dr. Lisa Ostiguy, Deputy Provost
Panel Members: Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Provost and Vice-President, Concordia University; Dr. Anthony Masi, Provost, McGill University; Dr. Kenneth Robertson, Director General, Champlain Regional College

This community conversation will be led by a panel of academic leaders exploring digital learning in Higher Education in the 21^st century. Round table discussions with faculty, educational developers, students and support staff will follow proposing how to manage change and to plan concretely for the future.

Thursday, October 2

Getting started - 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Concordia faculty will be on hand to demonstrate tools and platforms used for digital learning. See for yourself the way they work and how some of them are being used to create new kinds of learning.

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Moodle - Faculty Demo

MB 12.202
Madoka Gray-Mitsumune, Biology / Anna Sokolovskaya, IITS Training & Support

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Adobe Connect - Faculty Demo

MB 13.202
Liz Warwick, Education / Katja Neves, Sociology and Anthropology

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Panopto - Faculty Demo

MB 14.202
Samie Li Shang Ly, Commerce / Alexandre Paradis, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering / Dennis Parial, IITS

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Camtasia - Faculty Demo

MB 12.202
Saul Carliner, Education / Deborah Dysart-Gale, CES / Nick Stratigopoulos, IITS

Digital drop-in - 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Getting started using any new tool for teaching begins with knowing whether it will enhance and facilitate learning. The digital drop-in is your chance to do just that. See the tools in action presented by technical experts and teachers and try them out for yourself through guided hands-on tours.

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Moodle - Drop-in

MB 12.101
David Waddington, Education / Walcir Cardoso, Education / Anna Sokolovskaya, IITS Training & Support

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Adobe Connect - Drop-in

MB 13.101
Liz Warwick, Education / Karen Herland, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Sexuality Studies, Education