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NERCOMP EVENT
Educational Technology in Professional and Executive Education
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Join us for a day of exploration regarding ways educational technologies (such as course platforms, digital content, alternative deliveries, multimedia and technology-related assignments, social networking, and community-building tools) are used in professional and executive education. How are we using educational technology to prepare adult learners? Let’s learn what motivates adult learners compared to undergraduate learners. Together, let’s test our assumptions about uses of educational technologies in professional and executive education as opposed to undergraduate settings. Let’s discuss what students know technology-wise now and what they need to know for the next phase of their careers. We will close with a look into the future: today’s undergraduates are tomorrow’s professional and executive education students. What do we as practitioners need to do to prepare?
Workshop Organizer/Host: Kristin Lofblad and Carla Tishler both from Harvard University
Date/Time:
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
1125 Boston Providence Turnpike
Norwood, MA
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Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $92
Non-Members: $192
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Event Schedule:
8:00am - 9:00am Registration and Coffee
9:00am - 9:30am The Role of Educational Technology in Professional and Executive Education Programs
Speaker: Stephen Laster, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Business School
Join Stephen Laster, Chief Information Officer of Harvard Business School, as he shares his views on the current and future roles of educational technology in graduate and professional education. Laster will discuss the evolution of educational technology over the past ten years and what he sees as "the next frontier" for graduate and professional education in this area. Laster will also touch on ways in which educational technology fits within the larger context of information technology in an academic setting and his current challenges, as a CIO, regarding the relationship between IT and educational technology.
9:30am – 10:30am Understanding Adult Learners: The Implications of Adult Development for Adult Learning
Speaker: Deborah Helsing, Senior Program Associate, Change Leadership Group, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Deborah will review the conceptual underpinnings of constructive developmental theories of adult development and learning, focusing particularly on the stage theory of Robert Kegan. She will introduce the stages of consciousness that are most common in adulthood, illustrating how adults at each stage will understand and experience learning differently. This review will provide the background for considering how a learning environment can be designed to 1) meet the various needs of adult learners, and 2) provide support for adult learners to evolve from one stage of consciousness to another more complex stage of consciousness.
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:00pm Panel Discussion
Best practices and lessons learned regarding use of educational technology in professional and executive education
Panelists:
Tova Garcia Duby, Operations and ePlatform Manager, Babson College
Mike Krikonis, Academic Technologist, Clark University
Kristin Lofblad, Manager of Instructional and Research Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ken Martin, Manager, Instructional Technology Services, Harvard Law School
Gina Siesing, Associate Director for Educational Technology, Tufts University
Carla Tishler, Director, Program Innovation, Harvard Business School
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm Alternative Delivery of Student Services Using Course Platforms,
Digital Content and Multimedia
Speakers:
Allison Harrington, Instructional Technology Designer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Valerie Sutton, Director, Career Services Office, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2:00pm - 3:00pm Facilitated Break Out Session
Similarities and differences between undergraduate, professional, and executive education programs' uses of educational technology.
3:00pm End
Speaker:
Allison Harrington
Allison Harrington brings 9 years of experience in e-learning, multimedia design, and instructional design to her role as Instructional Technology Designer at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Allison is responsible for consultations with faculty and staff on the integration of technology into the curriculum, technical instruction on HGSE's course platform, and project management on the development of digital assets. Prior to HGSE, Allison worked as a Senior Training Specialist for CDM in their corporate University where she was responsible for the design, development, and implementation of over 40 online self-paced, virtual classroom, and instructor led courses. Allison has a B.A. in Communications from Wake Forest University, a certificate in Multimedia Design from George Washington University, and an Ed.M from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on Technology in Education.
Speaker:
Carla Tishler
Carla Tishler is the Director of Program Innovation, within the Educational Technology Group at Harvard Business School. In that role she works with MBA faculty to use educational technology to bring ideas to life in support of the HBS curriculum. Her group builds games, simulations, exercises, and multimedia cases for the both the MBA Program and HBS Executive Education programs. The Educational Technology Group at HBS is comprised of instructional designers, content specialists, developers, and multimedia specialists.
Carla has a twenty-year background in print and digital publishing, focusing on content development and production for tools and products to serve the educational market. She has an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Smith College, and an M. Ed from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a concentration in educational technology.
Speaker:
Deborah Helsing
Deborah Helsing is Senior Program Associate of the Change Change Leadership Group at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and a Senior Coach for Minds at Work. Deborah received her doctoral degree from HGSE in 2003, and her research and teaching practice have focused on teacher uncertainty and decision making. Recent publications include: "Regarding Uncertainty in Teachers and Teaching" (accepted for publication, in press) in Teaching and Teacher Education and "Style of Knowing Regarding Uncertainties" (March 2007) in Curriculum Inquiry. She is also a co-author of Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools.
Speaker:
Gina Siesing
Gina Siesing works with IT leadership and academic partners across Tufts University to develop, evaluate, and continually enhance programs in support of teaching and learning with technology. Working with academic deans and faculty to understand their curricular goals, Gina helps clients to envision best approaches to meeting their goals both at the institutional level and in local departmental and course contexts. She researches trends in educational technology and makes determinations about appropriate places to introduce new resources and initiatives to serve the vision and needs of the Tufts community. Prior to joining the Tufts community, Gina worked for six years with the Instructional Computing Group in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, managing a wonderful team of instructional designers and developers and directing the Harvard@Home program, coordinating faculty development and support programs, and working with colleagues across the University to develop educational technology infrastructure and services. While completing a Ph.D. in English at the University of Texas at Austin, Gina served as Associate Director for the Computer Writing and Research Labs and co-led the Critical Tinkers, a project team of peers who learned to program in Perl and created a suite of Web-based courseware modules called Critical Tools.
Speaker:
Ken Martin
Ken Martin is the Manager of Instructional Technology Services at the Harvard Law School. His recent work involves deploying technologies of law practice to law students within HLS legal clinics, as well as raising the profile of library research services and resources in the eyes and minds of all HLS students and faculty. In support of this work, his group has developed a focus on the HLS clinical programs and is working with the reference librarians to integrate technologies and resources into the course management system. Ken holds an Ed.M. in educational technology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has been at the Harvard Law School in a variety of technology roles for seven years, following several years in the Boston public school system and other educational environments.
Speaker:
Kristin Lofblad
Kristin Lofblad provides strategic and operational leadership to the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) community. She works with HGSE deans, program directors, faculty, and other Harvard constituencies to develop, implement, and promote a vision and a plan for innovative uses of educational technology at HGSE. As part of this work, she educates the community on educational technology's current and future role in teaching and learning, proactively reaches out to faculty to partner in the exploration and testing of innovative approaches to teaching and learning through the use of technology, and when appropriate incorporates these pilots into standard suite of offerings. She leads a cross-functional team of instructional designers and technologists to offer high-quality services with a special focus on innovation pilots, pedagogical consultation, course platform, asset development, alternative deliveries, multimedia assignment collaboration, and associated technical training.
Prior to her role at HGSE, Kristin was Assistant Director of the Curriculum Innovation and Technology Group at Babson College. Previous to her work in higher ed, Kristin also designed and developed online college courses for KaplanCollege.com. She has taught at the middle school, high school, and college levels. Kristin holds a BA from Connecticut College, an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College, and an EdM from Harvard graduate School of Education.
Speaker:
Michael Krikonis
Michael Krikonis is an Academic Technologist at Clark University. As a member of the Academic Technology Services team, he works with faculty to integrate technology with their teaching and research. As part of his role, Mr. Krikonis supports faculty teaching in the Graduate School of Management's online MBA program, developed for Public Consulting Group (PCG) based in Boston, MA. He holds an MS. in Educational Technology from Central Connecticut State University, and has been with Clark since 2005.
Speaker:
Stephen Laster
Stephen Laster, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Business School, is a seasoned technologist, product strategist, and business leader with extensive background in e-learning, Digital Community Building, CRM, Personalization, eCommerce, Enterprise Integration, Sales Force Automation, and Order Management.
As CIO, Stephen leads a team of 110 professionals who oversee the School’s academic and administrative computing environment. Previously, he was Director, Curriculum Innovation and Technology Group at Babson College. In addition, Stephen was CTO, Babson Interactive, LLC, where he was the primary architect and driving force behind Babson’s adoption of e-learning.
Prior to focusing his career on technology in an academic environment, Stephen held leadership and technical positions at Stride Rite, Art Technology Group, CrossComm, Advanced Business Technologies, Inc., and Sapient.
Stephen sits on the board of Recycline and is an experienced speaker and consultant for companies such as Irving Oil, EMC, and Super Duper Publications. He has been recognized by IBM for thought leadership in message-oriented middleware and by Ed Tech Magazine as a thought leader in educational technology.
Stephen holds a BA from Bowdoin College and an MBA from Babson College. He lives in Wellesley, Mass. with his wife Debra and two children.
Speaker:
Tova Duby
Tova Duby is the Operations and ePlatform Manager in the Curriculum Innovation and Technology Group (CITG) at Babson College. Tova joined Babson in 2001 and is a founding member of CITG, which was formed in early 2002. Her responsibilities for the group are in the areas of operations, ePlatform management, technology-based teaching tool research, and faculty development.
Tova is a key member of the graduate school Fast Track MBA Redesign project. She participates in the college Classroom Advisory Committee as well as meets regularly with key resources from the library, ITSD, admissions, registrar and academic program offices. Tova has partnered with senior administration to lead formal and informal sessions at Babson such as the Faculty Blended Best Practice workshops, panel discussions for the Graduate Decision Making Board and curriculum innovation overviews for various key players. Tova also leads student focused eLearning tools exercises for the graduate school programs as well as co-developed and co-leads the Babson Blended Innovation Fellows faculty teaching program.
Tova's background includes project management, systems training, desktop support, and systems analysis. Before joining Babson College, she worked as a business systems analyst at John Hancock, where she provided project management and systems analysis support to the business community. Prior to her time at John Hancock, Tova was a senior member of the desktop support team at Allmerica Financial, a role she entered into after being a part of the systems training group.
Tova holds an MBA from Clark University and a BS in business communication from Bentley College. Tova is a member of the Elluminate Live Center of Teaching Excellence, CDW-G Higher Education Advisory Board, and EDUCAUSE. Tova has spoken at conferences such as Blackboard World, AACSB, NERCOMP, and the Elluminati User Group and Adobe User Group.
Speaker:
Valerie Sutton
Valerie Sutton, Director Career Services at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has 12 years of experience in university career management. She has worked at various institutions including the University of Maryland, Smith School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, and Temple University, Fox School of Business. Her focus encompasses career theory and understanding the employment market as it relates to today's higher education student. She received the 2003 Innovation Award from ACPA's Commission for Career Development.
Related Media Files:
NERCOMP Adult Learners Slides.ppt
NERCOMP-Oct-2007v2.ppt
nercomp072.ppt
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Sheration Norwood, the conference location, for $125 per night, standard queen guest room.
To make reservations contact the Sheraton Norwood at 781-769-7900 and request the "NERCOMP Room Block". The room block will be released on September 17th.
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