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Online Lifeline Technology Conference
Pre-conference Workshops
Thursday - February 16 - 2012
Desire2Learn
Rhonda D. Blackburn, PhD, Strategic Account Manager,
D2L Ltd.
Desire2Learn is here! The University System of Georgia has chosen Desire2Learn as the new learning management system for all institutions. Valdosta State University has tentative plans to transition late 2013.
This Desire2Learn (D2L) event is exclusively designed for faculty members, LMS Administrators and Technology Staff who will use D2L as their learning management system.
Transforming Teaching and Learning with Innovative eLearning Solutions
Our unparalleled Learning Suite, including a Learning Management System (LMS), is transforming the way people teach and learn. Our clients are seeing higher learner retention and satisfaction rates, improved outcomes, program growth and reduced costs. Our continued focus on user experience, accessibility and mobility, as well as platform security and reliability, means your teachers and learners will always have a system they can count on anytime, anywhere. |
Track #1: Teaching & Learning
8:30am – 10:30am, Thursday, February 16, 2012, Ballroom A Student Union
Audience: Faculty, Technology Staff and LMS Administrators
Fee: FREE for All Attendees (Pre-registration Required)
Teaching in Desire2Learn: Getting Started with Building Engaging Course Spaces
During this discussion, we will share how best to address your common teaching challenges using the new Desire2Learn learning management system, with an emphasis on the transition from your Vista course environment. We will demonstrate ways for you to build an appealing & easy-to-navigate course site, to more deeply engage your students through rich collaborative tools and to better monitor your students’ learning through powerful assessment tools. Demonstrated features will include:
- Course customization features
- Course Builder
- Learning Modules
- Blogs
- Journals
- Assignments
- Groups
- Test & quizzes
- Performance Dashboard & Grade Center
Teaching in D2L: Going Beyond the Basics
During this discussion, we will dive more deeply into how to implement good principles of teaching through the use of a D2L course site. More specifically we will discuss & demonstrate:
- How to best chose which collaboration feature best fits a teaching & learning activity (i.e. when do I use the discussion board vs. journal vs. blog vs. wiki?)
- Utilizing a course wiki to foster student interaction and promote knowledge sharing/building
- Gathering valuable insight into student performance through use of the Early Warning System, Performance Dashboard and Grace Center
- Developing engaging content & personalized learning paths through learning modules, adaptive release and review status functionality
- Open forum for other questions
Q&A and Closing
Track #2:The Migration Process & Data Integration
11:00am–12:00pm, Thursday, February 16, 2012, Ballroom A Student Union
Audience: LMS Administrators and Technology Staff
Fee: FREE for All Attendees (Pre-registration Required)
During this session we will lead a discussion that shares strategies and approaches to the migration from Vista to D2L, as well as planning for your systems integrations. This session will include the follow topics:
- Course & data migration
- Networking, load balancing & SSO
- Data integration with your SIS
- Desire2Learn technical resources
- Consulting & training options to support your move
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Inside the Cloud: VSU's Datacenter for eLearning and Information Technology
11:00 - 11:45am, Thursday, February 16, 2012, Oak Street Parking Deck, Room 2317
Guide: Ike Barton, Asst. Director for Enterprise Infrastructure Services
Fee: FREE: pre-registration required
***Please meet in the lower level of the Student Union facing the N. Oak St. and Baytree
intersection at 10:50am to walk over***
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Ever wonder where your online assignments go when you click "Submit"? Information technology and eLearning digital transactions at VSU are all processed through the institution's state-of-the-art data center. This 45 minute tour of the data center bunker examines how VSU maintains, tracks, backs-up and protects your data for email, online courses, and administrative transactions. |
