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USG Teaching & Learning Conference 2016

USG Teaching and Learning Conference: Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning

Lynne Bost

Perimeter College-Georgia State University
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language
Dunwoody, GA

9:00am EDT

Ways to Engage Students in Total Online Courses Room V/WVanessa "Paige" Crump • Lauri Walters What the Tech? Using Digital Tools in the 21st Century Classroom Room T/URuth Caillouet • Tiffany Coleman • Rebecca Cooper • Amy Farah • Katharine Page • Dawn Souter

9:45am EDT

Morning Break- Sponsored by University of North Georgia Press & by Software Resources and Services, USG Hill Atrium/ Kellogg Concourse

10:00am EDT

Quality, Creation, and Use: OER Experiences in Undergraduate Education Courses Room KDeanna Cozart • Brian Dotts

11:00am EDT

ALG Grantees Panel: What We Did, What We Learned, and What We Would Do Differently: Affordability with OER’s in Action Room KJeff Gallant • Deanna Cozart • Sheri Hardee • Deborah Liss-Green • Kelly McFaden • Caryl Nemajovsky • Zoe Salloom • Emerson Stewart • Susan Willey

12:00pm EDT

Lunch - Sponsored by Affordable Learning Georgia Magnolia Ballroom

1:15pm EDT

Interactive Keynote and Workshop - Dr. Alison Morrison-Shetlar Mahler Hall

2:45pm EDT

Afternoon Break Hill Atrium/ Kellogg Concourse

3:00pm EDT

Contribute a Verse: Adopting OER for First-Year Composition Room KTanya Bennett • Diana Edelman • Donna Gessell

4:00pm EDT

Using Kahoot! for Student Learning and Engagement in the Classroom Room T/UCassie Daniel • Abby Noble • Hope Wheeler Standard Textbooks to Open Educational Resources: Strategies to Transform Your Class and Promote Student Engagement Room KEthel Callen • Kendolyn Smith • Jocelyn Steward Using Freely Available Texts in a Literature Classroom Room KRhonda Armstrong • Melissa E. Johnson

5:30pm EDT

Social Reception - Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria Hill Atrium/Pecan Tree Galleria

8:00am EDT

A Practical Guide to Creating an OER Text Room KTerri Bell • Allison Galloup • Deborah Prosser Highly Engaged Learning - How Can We Make It Happen? Room QElizabeth Dierking • Dr. Julie Hentges • Lesi Smart

9:00am EDT

Coping with Challenges of Online Learning by Promoting Self-Regulated Learners Room V/WJackie Kim Everything you wanted to know about OERs but were afraid to ask: From Ground Zero to Implementation and Beyond Room KMolly Kimsey • Loleta Sartin

9:45am EDT

Morning Break Kellogg Concourse

10:00am EDT

Writing Fellows: Using Embedded Tutors to Enhance Student Writing Room F/GLeigh Dillard • Kim Griffin • Laura Rosche • Jim Shimkus

11:00am EDT

Driving Active Learning from the Superhighway to the Dead-End Road Room Y/ZLisa Howell • Sara Selby • Molly Smith Engaging Students in Online Courses: Alignment Matters Room V/WKathy Dolan Classroom Assessment Techniques - Effective Tools for Student Assessment and Feedback Room LLeslie Ann Dunn Fun, Free, Fabulous Online Tools That Are Sure To Engage Students Room LPhyllis Snipes

12:00pm EDT

Closing Lunch and Keynote - Dr. Houston Davis Magnolia Ballroom