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2016
Wednesday, May 18th
10:00 AM

Workshop

Getting Started with Blended Learning Workshop

Jennifer L. Spohrer, Bryn Mawr College
Elizabeth Reilly, Bryn Mawr College
Jancy Munguia, Bryn Mawr College
Esther Chiang, Bryn Mawr College

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Workshop

Blended Engagements with Writing from the Diaspora

Alicia Ellis, Hampshire College
Alana Kumbier, Hampshire College

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Workshop

Designing a Distance/Hybrid Teaching Certificate Course for Faculty

Anne Marchant, Shenandoah University

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

1:15 PM

Welcome & Opening Session

Gina Siesing, Bryn Mawr College

Thomas Great Hall

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

2:00 PM

Learning Spaces, Presentation

Designing Learning Spaces for Full Spectrum Pedagogy

Kristen Lukens, St. Norbert College
Reid Riggle, St. Norbert College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Learning Spaces, Presentation

Ending the Silence: Using New Media Technologies to Overcome Alienation in the Virtual Classroom

Devan L. Bissonette, Walden University

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Mapping & Digital Projects, Presentation

Digital Design: Understanding Architecture and Urbanism in Roman Africa through Students’ Digital Visualizations

Thomas J. Morton, Bryn Mawr College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Mapping & Digital Projects, Presentation

Community Service with Web-Based Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST): Blended Pedagogies for the Twenty-First Century

Andy Anderson, Amherst College
Jon Caris, Smith College
Charles Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Scott Gilman, Smith College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Mapping & Digital Projects, Presentation

Using Omeka in a Course on Food and Drink in the Ancient World

Annette M. Baertschi, Bryn Mawr College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Technology Adoption & Faculty Development, Presentation

Creating a Culture for Critical Digital Pedagogy

Lora Taub-Pervizpour, Muhlenberg College
Kathy Harring, Muhlenberg College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Technology Adoption & Faculty Development, Presentation

Paper and Pixels: Mobile Learning Practices at Smith College

Alexandra A. Martines, Smith College
Yasmin Chin Eisenhauer, Smith College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Technology Adoption & Faculty Development, Presentation

Disrupting the Technology Adoption Spectrum: Thinking Creatively about Faculty Technology Use

Yasmin Chin Eisenhauer, Smith College
Deborah Keisch, Smith College

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:30 PM

Language Learning, Presentation

Technology in the Arabic Classroom

Manar Darwish, Bryn Mawr College

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Language Learning, Presentation

Acquiring Chinese Character Literacy in the Beginner Level Chinese Courses

Yalin Chen, Smith College
Sujane Wu, Smith College

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Language Learning, Presentation

#parlezvousfrançais? Exploring the Use of Twitter in Language Courses

Aurélie Van de Wiele, Salisbury University

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Post-Baccalaureate Support in Blended Learning: Using Our Experiences as Recent Graduates to Contribute to Change in Higher Education

Criss Guy, Five Colleges, Inc
Miriam Tinberg, Five Colleges, Inc
Esther Chiang, Bryn Mawr College
Jancy Munguia, Bryn Mawr College
Elizabeth Reilly, Bryn Mawr College

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Project Based Learning, Presentation

Numbers Rock Our World: Classroom Viewpoint

Paula Grajdeanu, Shenandoah University

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Project-Based Learning, Presentation

Media in Cars: Project-Based Blended Learning at Hampshire College

James Miller, Hampshire College
Asha Kinney, Hampshire College

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Project-Based Learning, Presentation

Blended Learning for the Liberal Arts-based University Scholars’ Programme (USP) of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

Redante D. Mendoza, Nanyang Technological University
Redante D. Mendoza

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

5:00 PM

Evening Mixer

Thomas Great Hall, Cloisters

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Thursday, May 19th
9:00 AM

Keynote Presentation

Rebecca Frost Davis, St. Edward's University

Thomas Great Hall

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Access, Presentation

Open Access, the Digital Humanities and Liberal Arts in India

MAYA DODD DR, FLAME UNIVERSITY

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Access, Presentation

Closing the Book: The Shift from Print to Digital and Its Impact on Urban Learners

Rebecca J. Easby, Trinity Washington University

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

Mapping in the Humanities Classroom: An Assessment of Tools and Strategies

Leah Niederstadt, Wheaton College - Norton
Jade Werner, Wheaton College - Norton
Domingo Ledezma, Wheaton College - Norton
Jenni Lund, Wheaton College - Norton

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

Collaborative, Cross-Campus Hybrid Course Development and Implementation

Sabrina Terrizzi, Moravian College
Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College
John L. Sullivan, Muhlenberg College

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

Digital Learning, Blended Courses: The Long and Winding Road of Measuring Outcomes

Nancy Marksbury, Keuka College
Annie Almekinder, Keuka College
Laurel Hester, Keuka College
Nicholas Koberstein, Keuka College
Douglas Richards, Keuka College
Enid A. Bryant, Keuka College
Dorothy Schramm, Keuka College

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM

Lunch

Wyndham Alumnae House

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:30 PM

Assessment and Blended Learning, Presentation

Working with Faculty Members to Assess Student Learning: Lessons from the Five College BL Initiative

Luke Phelan, Five College Consortium

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Assessment and Blended Learning, Presentation

Ethics in the Digital Age: Innovating Ethics Education in the Liberal Arts

Cara Biasucci, The University of Texas at Austin

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Assessment and Blended Learning, Presentation

The Effect of Blended Learning at a Selective Liberal Arts College Economics Course

Aaron M. Swoboda, Carleton College

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Blended Learning Outside the Classroom, Presentation

Blending remote and local learning in the liberal arts

Christopher S. Ruebeck, Lafayette College

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Blended Learning Outside the Classroom, Presentation

Summer Scholars - Using Blended Learning to Expand the Reach of Princeton’s Freshman Scholar's Institute

Mona Fixdal, Princeton University
Laura Shaddock, Princeton Univ

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Crossing the Rubicon: Introducing fully online courses into the curriculum of a traditional liberal arts college

Eric Hagan, DeSales University
Brennan Pursell, DeSales University
Christopher Hewatt, DeSales University

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

2:50 PM

Workshop

Strategies for Success in Blended Instruction

Michael Weston, St. Edward's University

2:50 PM - 4:10 PM

Workshop

Increasing Engagement with Course Media

Ananda D. Gunawardena, Carnegie Mellon University/Princeton University

2:50 PM - 4:10 PM

3:00 PM

Poster Session

Engaging Learners Through Self-Guided Tutorials: Flipped Information Literacy Instruction at Bryn Mawr College

Olivia Castello, Bryn Mawr College
Alex Pfundt, Bryn Mawr College

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session

If the LMS is the swiss army knife of blended learning, are we only using the blade?

Sharon Strauss, Haverford College

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session

Using online lectures to increase in-class collaboration

Lynn Scow, Vassar College

Thomas Great Hall

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session

Liberal Art Approach.....An Innovation in Higher Education (Apeejay Stya University-A Case Study)

Mamta Sharma Dr., Apeejay Stya University

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session

Psych RMS: An Online Interactive Course in Research Methods and Statistics

Anjali Thapar, Bryn Mawr College

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Poster Session

Disruptive Innovation: Exploring Blended Learning in Graduate Student Training

Kirby L. Wycoff, Worcester State University

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

4:15 PM

Wrap-Up Roundtable Discussion

Why Blend the Humanities?: A Critical Conversation

TreaAndrea M. Russworm, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Rachel Buurma, Swathmore College
Alicia Ellis, Hampshire College
Mark S. James, Molloy College
Jen Malkowski, University of Miami of Ohio

4:15 PM - 5:30 PM