June 2011 Blended Learning Workshop

Bryn Mawr held its first blended conference on Thursday, June 28, 2011. The goals of the conference were to give interested faculty and administrators an overview of Carnegie Mellon University’s Online Learning Initiative and its approach to open source courseware development and the opportunity to workshop ways to integrate these types of courses into liberal arts courses and curricula.

Videos

Part 1/3

Part 2/3

Part 3/3

Agenda

9:30 to 9:30 am Morning Refreshments Dalton Hall 300
9:30 to 9:45 am Introductions Dalton Hall 300
9:45 to 11:00 am Keynote Address: “What is CMU OLI? The History Definition and Demonstrated Success of CMU” by Candance Thille, Director of Online Learning Initiative, Carnegie Melon University Dalton Hall 300
11:15 to 11:30 am Break Dalton 300
11:30 am to 12:30 pm Faculty Panel with Candace Thille and Lisa Dierker (Weslyan University): “Using OLI and Opportunities and Challenges in the Classroom” Dalton 300
12:30 to 1:30 pm Lunch Dalton 212A
1:30 to 3:00 pm Break-Out Working Groups: Faculty meet in small groups by area of expertise with OLI experts Dalton 20 & 25

Participants

From Bryn Mawr College:
Peter Brodfuehrer, Professor of Biology
Kim Cassidy, Provost and Professor of Psychology
David Consiglio, Head of Research Support and Educational Technology
Tamara Davis, Associate Professor of Biology
Jonas Goldsmith, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Betsy Horner, Director of the Quantitative Learning Center
Krynn Lukacs, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
David Ross, Associate Professor of Economics
Mike Sears, Assistant Professor of Biology
Anjali Thapar, Associate Professor of Psychology
Karen Tidmarsh, Director of Academic Advancement Initiatives
Claudia Ginanni, Web Content Manager, College Communications
Richard Barry, Assistant Director of Institutional Research

From partner institutions:
Candace Thille, Carnegie Mellon University, Project Director for the Open Learning Initiative
Eric Gaze, Bowdoin College, Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Program
Lisa Dierker, Wesleyan University, Professor of Psychology
Nicholas Horton, Smith College, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Thomas Laughner, Smith College, Director of Educational Technology
Kristin Bidoshi, Union College, Dean of Studies
Christopher Ralston, Grinnell College, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Gove Effinger, Skidmore College, Professor of Mathematics
Ali Erkan, Ithaca College, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Karen Anderson, Wesleyan University, Associate Provost
Joseph Amato, Colgate University, Faculty Director of the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research

 

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