Virtual Conference Schedule June 3, 2020
Virtual Conference Schedule, Presentation Links, and Presentation Details
Presentation Links
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8:00am – 8:50am |
Virtual Vendor Tables – Visit the Vendors in their Collaborate Session Room |
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Vendor Table 1: Blackboard Platinum Sponsor Preparing for a post COVID World using Blackboard Academy Angela Robbins
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Vendor Table 2: “D2L” Gold Sponsor Chat with Vendor Greg Sixt
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Vendor Table 5: Kaltura Silver Sponsor Creating Interactively with Video Jeff Rubenstein
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Vendor Table 4: Visible Body Bronze Sponsor No Session |
Vendor Table 5: ThinkingStorm Bronze Sponsor Creating Interactively with Video CT Nguyen
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9:00am – 9:50am |
WelcomeSteve Courchesne Conference Co ChairContributor of Distinction Award 2020 Lynn Zayac MCO Chair Host
MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Steve CourchesneJoin Session |
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10:00am to
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Breakout Session 1 A Different Approach: Designing Your Online Course Site
MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Brendan Harvey
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Breakout Session 2 Roleplaying Gamification Module to Enhance Deeper Learning in an Accelerated Online Management Theory Course MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Maureen Giacobbe
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Breakout Session 3 Secret Sauce of Online Success: Three Ingredients to Try Now Dianne McDermott MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Steve Courchesne
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Breakout Session 4 Bb Ambassadors – Student Leaders Supporting Online Students! Noreen McGinness Olson, Beth Kelley, Uyen Mai & Sarah Ellis MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: |
Vendor Session 1: Blackboard Platinum Sponsor Enabling Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) Brad Katz, & Lisa Andion
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Vendor Session 2: “D2L” Gold Sponsor “D2L” Brightspace LMS; New Tools for Saving Faculty Time, and Driving Online Student Engagement Joanna Niewiadomska, Sean De Caire, & Greg Sixt |
Vendor Session 3: Kaltura Silver Sponsor The Future of Video in Education Jeff Rubenstein
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Vendor Session 4: Visible Body Bronze Sponsor No Session |
Vendor Session 5: ThinkingStorm Bronze Sponsor Westfield State University and ThinkingStorm: Researching and Selecting an Online Tutoring Provider Lynn Zayac & Sean Hurley |
11:00am to
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Breakout Session 1 More Adventures In Open Pedagogy Lance Eaton MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Melba Acevedo |
Breakout Session 2 How We Ramped Up Support to Face COVID 19 Stacy Cohen, Gordon Hall, Steve Courchesne, & Robin Robinson MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Steve Courchesne |
Breakout Session 3 Effective Principles for Syllabus Design Daniela Loghin & Roxanne McCorry MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Roxanne McCorry
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Breakout Session 4 MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Andrea Milligan |
Vendor Session 1: Blackboard Platinum Sponsor Preparing for a post COVID world using Data and Analytics (LMS Agnostic) Phil Adams & Jason Smith
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Vendor Session 2: “D2L” Gold Sponsor A Deep Dive into LMS Analytics and Reporting Capabilities Joanna Niewiadomska, Sean De Caire & Greg Sixt |
Vendor Session 3: Kaltura Silver Sponsor Open Session Q&A CT Nguyen |
Vendor Session 4: Visible Body Bronze Sponsor Using Interactive Virtual Anatomy to Improve Student Performance Krystylynn Fusaro |
Vendor Session 5: ThinkingStorm Bronze Sponsor ThinkingStorm’s Massachusetts Partnerships and Q&A Session Sean Hurley & Adam Ruma
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12:00pm to
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Breakout Session 1 “Introduction to Community Planning” Transitioning from a 15-Week Semester Course to a 2-week Winter Online Course Alina Gross MCO Liaison Session Facilitator:
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Breakout Session 2 Going Online in a Hurry with Zoom Robert Chatt MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: |
Breakout Session 3 Collaboration for Student Success Using eTutoring Nancy Thompson & MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: |
Breakout Session 4 Building Online Presence, (A)synchronously Gerol Petruzella MCO Liaison Session Facilitator: Danielle Leek |
Vendor Session 1: Blackboard Platinum Sponsor Supporting First-Generation Student Learning: Scaffolding in the Online Environment (LMS Agnostic) Lisa Andion
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Vendor Session 2: “D2L” Gold Sponsor Chat with Vendor Greg Sixt, Account Executive
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Vendor Session 3: Kaltura Silver Sponsor Open Session Q&A CT Nguyen, Regional Sales Executive
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Vendor Session 4: Visible Body Bronze Sponsor Chat with Vendor Krystylynn Fusaro, Account Manager
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Vendor Session 5: ThinkingStorm Bronze Sponsor ThinkingStorm Online Tutoring Live Demonstration Adam Ruma, Account Manager |
1:00pm – 1:30pm |
Virtual Vendor Tables – Visit the Vendors in their Collaborate Session Room |
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Vendor Table 1: Blackboard Q&A
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Vendor Table 2: Visible Body Q&A
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Vendor Table 3: Desire to Learn Q&A
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Vendor Table 4: Thinking Storm Q&A
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Vendor Table 5: Kaltura Q&A
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1:30-pm-
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Keynote Address Repeat
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A Special Thank You to our Sponsors!
Preparing for a post COVID World using Blackboard Academy (LMS Agnostic)
Angela Robbins, Content Development Manager
A Different Approach: Designing Your Online Course Site
Presenter: Eric LePage, Executive Director – Teaching & Technology Center Bridgewater State University
Roleplaying Gamification Module to Enhance Deeper Learning in an Accelerated Online Management Theory Course
Presenter: Audrey Pereira, Associate Professor Fitchburg State University
Secret Sauce of Online Success: Three Ingredients to Try Now
Presenter: Dianne McDermott Cerasuolo, Assistant Professor North Shore Community College
Bb Ambassadors – Student Leaders Supporting Online Students!
Noreen McGinness Olson, Director, Academic Support Programs
Beth Kelley, SI and Science Learning Specialist
Uyen Mai, Bb Ambassador
Middlesex Community College
Enabling Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation (UBN)
Brad Katz, Solutions Engineer
Lisa Andion, Ed.D. Sr. Solutions Engineer, Blackboard
Westfield State University and ThinkingStorm: Researching and Selecting an Online Tutoring Provider
Lynn Zayac, Director of Center for Instructional Technology, Westfield State University
Sean Hurley, Director of Academic Operations
More Adventures In Open Pedagogy
Lance Eaton, Part Time Faculty North Shore Community College
How We Ramped Up Support to Face COVID 19
Steve Courchesne, Instructional Designer
Robin Robinson, Director of Instructional Technology and eLearning
Framingham State University
Effective Principles for Syllabus Design
Daniela Loghin, Instructional Designer
Roxanne McCorry, Director of Academic Technology and Online Learning
Middlesex Community College
Equity-Based Approaches to Digital Learning
Danielle Leek, Director of Academic Innovation and Distance Education
Bunker Hill Community College
A deep-dive into LMS Analytics and Reporting Capabilities
Joanna Niewiadomska, Solutions Engineer
Sean De Caire, Senior Account Executive
Greg Sixt, Account Executive
Preparing for a Post COVID World using Data and Analytics
Phil Adams, Platform Solution Engineer- Analytics
Jason Smith, Executive Director, Enrollment
Using Interactive Virtual Anatomy to Improve Student Performance
Speaker: Krystylynn Fusaro, Account Manager
ThinkingStorm’s Massachusetts Partnerships and Q&A Session
Speakers: Sean Hurley, Director of Academic Operations, Adam Ruma, Account Manager
The Evolution of “Introduction to Community Planning” from a Standard 15-Week Semester Course to a Winter Session 2-week Online Course Format
Presenter: Alina Gross, Assistant Professor of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability
Westfield State University
Going Online in a Hurry with Zoom
Presenter: Robert Chatt, Assistant Professor of Finance
Westfield State University
Collaboration for Student Success Using eTutoring
Presenters: Nancy Thompson, Coordinator, Northeast eTutoring Consortium
Noreen McGinness Olson, Director, Academic Support Programs
Middlesex Community College
Building Online Presence, (A)synchronously