APC 1998

9 a.m. • Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

9:15 a.m. • Keynote Address

Up Ahead: Scouting the Course
Dr. Janet Poley will give a "scout report" of what is happening and about to happen on the new media bandwagon. In her presentation, Dr. Poley will offer examples of how higher education programs around the country are meeting the challenge of transforming the options for nontraditional learners and give her perspective on where the hype ends and demonstrable success begins.

10:15 a.m. to Noon • Netscape Composer: A Hands-on Workshop

Kathy Butkiewicz
Academic Computing and Networking Services
Indiana State University
Cromwell Hall Computer Lab
Seating limited to 18
Additional fee $10 (Optional)

This workshop will give participants the basics for creating Web documents with Netscape Composer, a widely used Web publishing tool developed by Netscape Communications which is available free to students, faculty, and staff of educational institutions.

Jeanne M. Sept
Anthropology Department
Indiana University
Note: Prof. Sept speaks by invitation as the writer of the top-rated submission in the IPSE's 1998 collection of faculty papers.

Computers can help solve the pedagogical challenge of engaging archaeology students in problem solving. Prof. Sept's CD-ROM gives students the opportunity to interpret for themselves real data from a famous site at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. In collaboration with Martin Siegel at Indiana University and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, she is also developing a Digital Learning Environment for use on the World Wide Web which will allow students to do collaborative archaeological research.

This session addresses several internal coordination issues confronting Indiana State University. The presenters worked with University offices to implement a baccalaureate degree completion initiative known as DegreeLink. The discussion will first focus on an introduction to the DegreeLink program and the implementation strategy utilized by Indiana State University. Then various administrative and delivery concerns such as the admissions and registration process, as well as student services and faculty support issues, will be identified and discussed.

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Real-time streaming audio and video offer a powerful means to deliver instructional content via the World Wide Web. Experiments with RealAudio and RealVideo are described along with the presenters' experiences with these products in instructional applications. In addition, current activities and future plans, including permanently equipping a classroom to originate live broadcast and archive content and the synchronous delivery of archived content, will be described.

11:15 a.m. • Breakout Sessions • A, B, or C
A___ Performance vs. Display: What Classroom Enhancements the Copyright Law Allows in Distance Learning

The Copyright Law makes distinctions between performances and displays of materials in the distance education classroom. Certain types of performances may be allowed while others may not. This presentation is a review of the "Do's and Don'ts" of performances and displays.

This session describes the process through which a Web-based international graduate course, Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes, was developed from the point of view of the instructor rather than a technical expert. Important instructional and technical issues related to the attributes of instructionally focused Web-based design, the management of communication, and lessons learned from the experience will be shared with participants.

ONcourse is an easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, Web-based teaching and learning environment that provides faculty the opportunity to create, edit, and present a Web-based course. ONcourse provides the instructor with digital library links, audio and video links and playback, live and asynchronous collaboration, and automated test grading.

12:45 to 3 p.m. • Demonstration Area

A demonstration of a CD-ROM that gives students the opportunity to interpret real data from a famous site at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

A follow-up to the Breakout Session with Jeanne Sept, Indiana University.

Karen Bonnell
University of Southern Indiana
Cromwell Hall Computer Lab
Seating limited to 18
Additional fee $10 (Optional)
Blackboard CourseInfo is an asynchronous course management system-software that expands on the basic delivery mechanism of the Web to integrate other course management tasks beyond information presentation such as monitoring, testing, evaluation, and feedback. Try your hand at this commercial tool, now in use at several Indiana institutions.

Jerry Summers
Lawrence Reck
Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology
Indiana State University
The presenters created a graduate curriculum class via CD-ROM. The course, offered exclusively off-campus, contained 16 weekly assignments. Responses to the assignments were made via email to the professor or to other members of the class. Supplementary videotapes were also included in the instructional kit. The CD-ROM includes interactive video, audio, written materials, problem-solving scenarios, and basic instructional content.

Helen J. Schwartz
Brian C. McDonald
English Department
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Two IUPUI instructors report on the course utilities (posting syllabi, bulletin board, and grade reports) and multi-media content materials available on the Web for a 300-level Shakespeare course, including results from the first semester in Spring 1998 and revisions and initial results for Fall 1998. Revisions focused on building community and teacher guidance through assignments designed especially for Web capabilities.

Ruth Eberle
Brian Cantwell Smith
Cognitive Science and Computer Science
Indiana University
Annotate is an on-line annotation program created in the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University. The program, which enables students and instructors to read and comment on student papers via the World Wide Web, has been used successfully in several courses. The presenters will demonstrate Annotate, relate some experiences using it in courses, and discuss its potential as a pedagogical tool.

Use this final opportunity to visit the demonstration sessions before they end at 3 p.m.

Placement Chemistry
William R. Robinson
Chemistry and Science Education
Purdue University
The presenter describes the design, organization, delivery, and results of a new summer course for high school chemistry teachers. The course was an eight-week summer program using a combination of two methods: a textbook and the Internet. A Website, email, and list server were used for communication. This project was supported by the IPSE Course Development Grant Program.

W. Webster Newbold
Richard A. Rice
English Department
Ball State University
Focusing on teaching approaches rather than technological details, this presentation discusses an on-line teaching environment using both a Website and a private intranet for distance education writing instruction. Problems and solutions related to on-line pedagogy emerge from our experience with two Ball State University core composition courses representing different strategies for teaching with networked technology.

Katherine Bohley
School of Business
University of Indianapolis
This presentation addresses the development and evaluation of Alta Vista's Web-based conferencing, in combination with the traditional classroom setting, to enhance learning. The use of Web-based conferencing promotes interaction, problem solving, and open-ended challenges; therefore, cognitive skills can be expanded from the lower skills to the higher skills.

4 p.m. • General Session

Thoughts on the Access Indiana State Backbone and Higher Education
Stan Jones, Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education
Throughout his professional career-16 years in the Indiana State Legislature and more than five years as a top aide to Governor Evan Bayh, Stan Jones has helped push important educational policy issues to the front of the Indiana political agenda. Jones began his long-standing commitment to education as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1974. One of the youngest representatives elected to the House, at age 24, Jones quickly rose in the ranks, becoming the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee. In addition, as a member of both the House Education and State Budget Committees, Jones developed an expertise in higher education and higher education finance. Prior to serving as Commissioner, Jones was Governor Bayh's senior education adviser and director of policy and legislative affairs. Jones is credited as a primary architect of several landmark education policy initiatives including the 21st Century Scholars program. He has also led efforts to restructure Indiana's Workforce Development programs and to increase the retention of students in higher education.

In his current role as Commissioner for Higher Education, Jones leads the state's primary higher education agency, planning and coordinating Indiana's state-supported system of postsecondary education.

Sam's Club
Cost $15 (Optional)
Take the Bandwagon south of the border. Rendezvous with colleagues, network with new contacts, and enjoy the food in a unique environment in the Hulman Memorial Student Union. Cash bar available.