FIVE COLLEGE WORKSHOP

TEACHING AND LEARNING IN INTERACTIVE VIDEO CLASSROOMS

JULY 9-11, 2001

 

Monday, July 9

Location: Amherst College, Valentine Hall, Lewis-Sebring Commons

   

8:30 a.m.

Registration, Coffee, Muffins

   

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

 

Hosts, Five Colleges, Incorporated

 

Purpose

 

Logistics

 

Materials

 

Facilitator, Dr. Patricia Widmayer, North Suburban Higher Ed Consortium

 

Participants

   

9:30 a.m.

Identification of critical factors

 

Why attending?

 

Issues and concerns?

   

10:00 a.m.

Group A, Robert Frost Library, Barker Room

 

Introduction to rooms and equipment

   
 

Group B, Lewis-Sebring Commons

 

Introduction to Innovative Uses of Interactive Video

 

NSHEC Video with commentary

 

NSHEC Flyers

 

Small Group Discussion ‚ 3 Teams

   

10:45 a.m.

Group A, Lewis-Sebring Commons

 

Introduction to Innovative Uses of Interactive Video

 

NSHEC Video with commentary

 

NSHEC Flyers

 

Small Group Discussion ‚ 3 Teams

   
 

Group B, Robert Frost Library, Barker Room

 

Introduction to rooms and equipment

   

11:30 a.m.

Group A & B, Lewis-Sebring Commons

 

Development of Five College Interactive Video Handbook

   

11:45 a.m.

Luncheon

 

Small Group Discussion on Handbook

   

12:30 p.m.

Break Out To Interactive Video Classrooms for sessions on Innovative Uses and Strategies

   
 

Group A, Amherst College, Robert Frost Library, Barker Room

 

Group B, University of Massachusetts, Lederle Lowrise, Room A208

   

1:00 p.m.

Teaching with Insects - Developing Content

 

Dr. John Stoffolano, Professor of Entomology

 

University of Massachusetts Amherst

   

1:30 p.m.

Inter-Institutional Collaboration

 

Dr. Dierk Hoffman, Professor of German

 

Colgate University

   
 

(Point to Point call between Amherst and Umass over the Five College IP Network)

   

2:00 p.m.

Beyond The Distance Learning Paradigm: Strategies for Enhancing Course Content.

 

Dr. Gary Wyckoff, Professor of Government

 

Hamilton College

   
 

(Three-way ISDN call between Amherst, UMass and Hamilton utilizing the North Suburban Higher Education Consortiumís MCU Bridge)

   

2:30 p.m.

Break

   

2:45 p.m.

Hands-on Instruction ‚ Point to Point Calls

 

Report Back From Teams Over Interactive Video

   

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

   

Tuesday, July 10

Group A, Amherst College, Robert Frost Library, Barker Room

Group B, University of Massachusetts, Lederle Lowrise, Room A208

   

8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Muffins

   

9:00 a.m.

Strategies and Research for Effective Teaching and Student Interaction with Interactive Video.

 

Dr. Diane Ehrlich, Professor of Educational Leadership

 

Northeastern Illinois University

   
 

(Three-way ISDN call between Amherst College, Umass, and NEIU utilizing North Suburban Higher Education Consortiumís MCU Bridge)

   

9:45 a.m.

Break

   

10:00 a.m.

Adapting Foreign Language Instruction to Distance Learning

 

Dr. Ross Ferlito, Professor of Italian

 

Colgate University

   
 

(Three-way ISDN call between Amherst College, Umass, and Colgate utilizing North Suburban Higher Education Consortiumís MCU Bridge)

   

10:45 a.m.

Pedagogy, Issues and Recommendation

 

Team Discussion and Report Back

   

11:30 a.m.

Move to Amherst College, Valentine Hall, Lewis-Sebring Commons

   

12:00 p.m.

Luncheon ‚ Development of the Five College Interactive Video Handbook

   

1:15 p.m.

Return to home campus interactive video classroom for hands-on instruction and time to work on pilot projects with assistance from home campus staff and students.

   

3:00 p.m.

Break

   

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

   
   

Wednesday, July 11

Location: Home Campus Interactive Video Classroom

   

8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Muffins

   

9:00 a.m.

Tools for Assessment and Evaluation

 

Karin M. Moyano, Five Colleges, Incorporated

   

10:00 a.m.

Issues with Managing International Calls

 

Debbie Lawrence, University Information Systems

   

11:00 a.m.

Copyright and Distance Learning

 

Ethan Katsh, Professor of Legal Studies,

University of Massachusetts Amherst

   

12:00 p.m.

Luncheon

   

1:00 p.m.

Report Back On Pilot Projects Over Interactive Video

 

Additional hands-on instruction and practice time