Online Lifeline Conference 2012

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Thursday, February 16, 2012 | 1:30 - 8:00 PM
Friday, February 17, 2012 | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Student Union Building, Valdosta State University

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Michael S. Rogers

Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Faculty Development
Office of Faculty Development
USG Department of Faculty Affairs
Board of Regents

Topic:

Adapting to the Future USG LMS: What's in Store for Faculty?

Thursday, February 16, 2012
1:30 - 2:30 PM

As the University System of Georgia transitions to a new Learning Management System, faculty will be involved with multiple activities in preparation for making this transition a successful one. What are those activities? What do I as a faculty member really need to do and do now? What can I expect as the migration to a new LMS takes place? What's the impact on my actual course? Once my course has been migrated to the new LMS, what should I do then? How do I learn to use this new LMS?

All these questions as well as many, many more are on the minds of faculty. Dr. Rogers will address these questions and others he anticipates faculty will have as well as respond to queries from the audience.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Michael S. Rogers

Dr. Rogers is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Faculty Development within the Office of Faculty Affairs – Board of Regents. He received his undergraduate degree in Journalism and Masters Degree in Speech Communication both from Auburn University and Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Georgia State University.

Prior to joining the BOR in 1999, he has been involved in the field of instructional design since 1973 holding positions with the US Army, the College of Health Sciences with Georgia State University, and as Director of Communications for the Software Division of Fannie Mae and Director of Video Communications with Lithonia Lighting.

Since joining the BOR, Mike has led the development of such distance education related projects as eCore, WebMBA, WebBIST, WebBAS, and was one of the primary individuals in the development of Georgia ONMYLINE. In 2005, he represented the USG in Tunisia working with college faculty and administrators on plans for implementing online instruction in Tunisia.

Within the current USG LMS, Mike has worked as an administrator, instructional designer and taught public speaking and Human Communications online. He served on the USG LMS Task Force Selection Committee and in 2011 was awarded the Distance Learning Administration Conferences Wagner Award for Distance Education Leadership.

He and his wife Janice have been married for 40 years and are the proud parents of three great kids and four grandchildren.