Summer Institute 2011

Summer Institute 2011 will be held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) [1], University of Toronto from August 10-12, 2011.

Location
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor Street
Room 5-250

Parking underground off Prince Arthur Avenue behind OISE or take subway to St. George Station.

Registration

The cost of attendance at the OUCEL Summer Institute 2011 is $200. per person. Please use the OISE Education Commons secure online workshop/ePayment system to register [2] Hard copy receipts for participants will be available at the event.

2011 Participant List

Day 1: August 10, 2011: 1pm-4pm

1:00 pm: Welcoming Remarks

Laurie Harrison (Director IT, OISE) and Richard Pinet (Chair, OUCEL)

Avi Hyman (Institutional Strategist, Academic Technology, University of Toronto)

1:15 pm: Institutional Sharing Roundtable

Lighting round description of our respective achievements & challenges this year to kick start the OUCEL Summer Institute 2011.

2:30 pm: Cloud and 2.0 - Risk and Benefit

A panel presentation exploring perspectives along the continuum between using well established institutional LMS tools and leveraging 2.0 and cloud technologies for online learning in higher education. How do we encourage innovation while ensuring data security? Can we require our students to post information and resources to third party environments? What are the FIPPA implications of using non-institutional environments? A candid discussion about the big elephant in the room and implications for academic technology support.

• Pedagogical Benefits: Dr. Peter Carr (University of Waterloo)
• Balancing Policy and Practice: Laurie Harrison (University of Toronto)
• Academic Tech Implications – Instructor and Student Support: Giulia Forsythe (Brock University)

4:00 pm: The potential of technology and other innovative practices to foster a more responsive, effective and efficient post-secondary education system in Canada

An introduction to Human Resource and Skills Development Canada current initiatives. This session will feature a presentation by special guests participants from from the Learning Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy and Research, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). A Round Table Discussion on key questions and related topics to follow on Thursday.

5:30 pm: "Social Networking" and Powerpoint Karaoke

Location: Margarita's on Baldwin [http://dine.to/margaritas Margarita's]

Day 2: August 11, 9am-4pm

9:30 am: Update on Ontario Online Institute:

Updates on the planning process and framework for development of Ontario Online Institute. Implications for Ontario Universities and opportunity for discussion.

Speaker: Maxim Jean-Louis: President and Chief Executive Officer of Contact North and Special Advisor to MTCU on the OOI

11:00 am: Breakout SIG Groups

• Copyright issues (Facilitator : Patrick Lyons – Carleton University)
• LMS - RFP and migrations (Facilitator: Aldo Caputo – University of Waterloo)
• Lecture Capture (Facilitator: TBC)
• Accessibility and ON Legislation (Facilitator: Richard Gorrie - University of Guelph)
• Other

1:00 pm: Social and Mobile: Thinking Outside the LMS – Web Conference Presentation

Nearly all students use social networking tools and mobile devices as a way to engage and communicate with their friends. To further facilitate student collaboration, Purdue has several new initiatives, including Mixable [3], an application that builds connections by blending a student's course enrollment information with his or her network of friends that already exists within Facebook. Mixable enables students to collaboratively build and share their personal learning environments by using open tools (Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox) and the most common mobile devices, while ultimately maintaining privacy. Another new Purdue application is Hotseat [4], a student polling system that is accessed by phones or other mobile devices. Based on his first hand experience in deploying new models for students engagement, Kyle will provide insights into the changing priorities and emerging opportunities for technology-enabled collaboration, beyond the LMS.

Speaker Kyle Bowen – Purdue University [5]

3:00 pm: Horizon Report – Round Table

The 2011 Horizon Report identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in higher education. This internationally recognized report the result of collaboration of the leading thinkers at Educause and the New Media Consortium. A group interactive discussion [using poll everywhere?] will allow individuals to weigh in on whether or not they agree with the forecast, and whether or not the emerging technologies are valuable and important to technology-based support of teaching, learning and creative enquiry. Horizon Report 2011 (PDF) can be linked from: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/2011HorizonReport/223122

Facilitators: Richard Pinet and Patrick Lyons

6:00 pm: Dinner at La Bodega

30 Baldwin Street (http://www.bodegarestaurant.com/)

Day 3: August 12, 9am-12pm

9:30 am: Jutta Treviranus, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

A presentation by Jutta Treviranus on e-Learning and Inclusive Design.

Reference Document: [http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/bitstream/10609/4869/6/Treviranus_editat_def.pdf The Value of Imperfection: the Wabi-Sabi Principle in Aesthetics and Learning]

10:45 am: Showcase of Ontario University Initiatives

Send proposals to [email protected]

• nool.ca - UOIT's innovative resource site helps students improve writing and math skills
• e-Marking - Two Institutional Initiatives:
  • iPad: “Correction 2.0” for Tech-Savvy Profs - Pilot Study at University of Ottawa (http://www.gazette.uottawa.ca/article/the_ipad_correction_2_0_for_tech_savvy_profs/)
  • e-Marking at University of Waterloo
• Video-Tech.ca - A french second language learning tool developed with the French departments of Carleton and Ottawa U

12:00 pm: Conclusions & Next Steps

Discussion of Summer Institute 2012: Location, Timing, Hosts and Participants

Accommodation

Holiday Inn Express [6]

TORONTO BLOOR-YORKVILLE 280 BLOOR STREET WEST

Hotel Front Desk: 01-416-968-0010

Recently showing rates of $153.99 per night.

Or for information about UofT Residence accommodation contact Laurie Harrison at [email protected]

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Notes and References

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The Value of Imperfection: the Wabi-Sabi Principle in Aesthetics and Learning