This document provides information on the keynote speakers and sessions at the Online Teaching Conference 2014. The keynote speakers on Friday, June 20th are Jonathan Finkelstein, Martha J. Kanter, and Lynda Weinman. Sessions include "Getting Started with iPads in Education", "The New Online Education Initiative", and "Creating Dynamic Discussions to Energize Your Class". Additional sessions on Saturday, June 21st include "Digging Deeper: iPads in Education" and "Create a Humanized, Mobile-Friendly Syllabus with Populr.me". The conference aims to provide strategies and tools to help educators succeed in online teaching and learning.

1. Online Teaching Conference 2014
Sail into Online Student Success
Conference Highlights

2. Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Finkelstein
• Friday, June 20
• 9:15 AM
Jonathan Finkelstein is the Executive
Producer of LearningTimes, Founder
and CEO of Credly, and Director of the
BadgeOS Project. He is well-regarded
as a pioneer and innovator in
developing and leading online events
and gatherings. Jonathan is author of
Learning in Real Time (Wiley/Jossey-
Bass), which translates fifteen years
of experience facilitating online
learning into a practical resource
guide for anyone facilitating or
teaching online.

3. Keynote Speaker: Martha J. Kanter
• Friday, June 20
• 10:55 AM
Martha J. Kanter served the
administration of President Barack
Obama as the Under Secretary of
Education until last year. From 2003 to
2009, Kanter served as chancellor of the
Foothill-De Anza Community College
District. She is the first community
college leader to serve in the Under
Secretary position. Currently, Dr. Kanter
is Distinguished Visiting Professor of
Higher Education and Senior Fellow at
New York University’s Steinhardt Institute
of Higher Education Policy.

4. Keynote Speaker: Lynda Weinman
• Saturday, June 21
• 9:15 AM
Lynda Weinman is cofounder and
executive chair of lynda.com, one of
the pioneering companies in online
education. Lynda is a self-taught
computer expert, author, educator,
and entrepreneur. A Web graphics
and design veteran and author of
dozens of best-selling books, Lynda
wrote the very first industry book on
Web design, Designing Web
Graphics, in 1995.

5. Getting Started with iPads in Education
• June 20
• 1:10 PM – 4:45 PM
• $500 (includes 16 GB WiFi iPad
Mini, Black)
Grab hold of Apple's iPad Mini - and place incredible
power at students' fingertips. Discover how the iPad
impacts the classroom, whether it's true anytime
anywhere content development or merging all 60
pounds of textbooks into a less than one pound device.
A multitude of possibilities exist. Discover some of the
best education apps available to enable students to
create, consume and reflect on their learning.

6. The New Online Education Initiative, Educational
Planning Tool, and Common Assessment for the CCCs
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
Three new California Community College
projects received funding in the past year: 1)
The Online Education Initiative, funded for
$16.9 million in its first year and $10 million
annually thereafter; 2) the Educational
Planning Project, funded for $6 million
annually; and 3) the Common Assessment
Program, funded for $8 million annually.
Learn what’s going on with these projects
and when instructors can expect to be able
to benefit from their services and products.
Bonnie Edwards, Project Monitor for these
projects, will provide a timely update.
Bonnie Edwards

7. Creating Dynamic Discussions to
Energize Your Class
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
As much as think we need great content, the energy
in our class comes from discussions. Participating in
stimulating exchanges with their classmates brings
students to your class and allow them to deeply
examine concepts. This session will explore strategies
you can use to make your discussions more appealing
and thought provoking. We will be looking at uses for
discussions from icebreakers to debates, to user
generated content and examine strategies for grading
discussions. You will leave this session with a
renewed appreciation of discussions and some very
specific approaches you can use to improve your
discussions in your class.
Jim Martenay

8. Online Action Research: Assessing
Student Learning Outcomes
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
Presenters lead attendees through the
action research process to develop
successful practices in the online
classroom. Discussing the lessons learned
from examining and monitoring learning
opportunities, Dr. Joan Thomas-Spiegel and
Dr. G. Genevieve Patthey demonstrate how
to collect manageable data sets, conduct
formative research, and link assignments
with student learning outcomes using
online teaching tools.
Joan Thomas-Spiegel
and
Dr. Genevieve Patthey
(not pictured)

9. How Can Online Learning Orientations
Contribute to Student
Success?
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
This spring, MiraCosta College offered in-person
online learning orientation sessions for the first
time. The developers of this session would like to
engage others who are interested in online
learning orientations in a discussion of important
questions. What content is essential to include?
What are some effective ways to get students to
participate? How should the sessions be organized
similarly or differently for live in-person offering vs.
live online vs. asynchronous online? What effect, if
any, does participation in these orientations
have upon student retention and success? What
are some ways to track these effects?
Jim Julius
Laura Paciorek

10. Sherpa, MAP, Predictive Analytics and
Dashboard: Software Designed for Success
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
Students flock to services like Amazon, Pandora, and
Netflix that deliver personalized recommendations, yet
college presents a bewildering array of choices without
comparable assistance. The SOCCCD has created several
systems that act together to personalize each student’s
experience and improve academic success. MAP allows
students to create and track academic plans, Sherpa is a
recommendation engine that nudges students toward
success, Predictive Analytics will mine “big data” to
provide proactive recommendations and Dashboard will
deliver information from these systems in an intuitive
way. Join us to see these systems and discuss our plans
to make them available to other institutions.
Jim Gaston
Robert Bramucci

11. The What, Why, and How of State
Authorization
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
Do you have online students who live in other
states? Do you have online instructors who live in
other states? If so, your college may need to seek
approval to operate legally in those states. This
process is known as "state authorization." Learn
from this panel about the "what," "why," and
"how" of state authorization, including an array
of resources that exist to help your college
navigate the variety of legal requirements and fee
structures.
James Glapa-Grossklag
with
Maribeth Daniel,
Nate Harrison, and
LeBaron Woodyard

12. Addressing the Attitude to Improve
Success and Retention Online
• Friday, June 20
• 1:10 PM
Are you constantly confronted with
documentation of lower success retention rates
for your online program? Do colleagues unfamiliar
with DE want to cancel online sections at your
school because they, apparently, don't measure
up? This session will give you another view of DE
that is not about the data, but about what we
know. The focus will be on presenting a clear
picture of why students don't succeed and about
when they do succeed. This interactive discussion
will cover student values, access, grit, mind-set,
and more resulting in strategies to help students
overcome obstacles to success
Pat James

13. The Center: An Online Learning
Community for California's 112 Community
Colleges
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
Physical geography is no longer a barrier -- step into
The Center and learn with your CCC peers! The
Center, launched in October 2013, is @ONE's
newest program. Coordinated by Michelle
Pacansky-Brock, the online community is anchored
by a Google+ community and a Twitter presence
(@Center_Ed). Its focus is to connect all of CA's 112
community colleges in a social conversation about
innovations in teaching and learning through
technology. Join The Center and experience next-
gen professional development!
Michelle Pacansky-Brock

14. Discover Free and Open Educational
Resources with the California Open Online
Library for Education (COOLforED)
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM- 4:45 PM
COOLforED is a joint effort of California’s three public
systems of higher education to establish a digital
open repository of instructional materials to expand
student access and enhance teaching and learning.
In addition to high-quality open textbooks and open
educational resources (OER), the repository contains
digital portfolios of best teaching practices and
ancillary materials submitted by faculty who
have adopted the resources.
Una Daly
with
Katie Datko and
James Glapa-Grossklag

15. Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
Do you want to know what an expert says about
Best Practices for your online class? This
presentation will cover the top ten things
you should be doing in your online class
according to the “Ten Best Practices for Teaching
Online” by Judith V. Boettcher, PhD. If you’re
new to online teaching, this will help you get off
to a great start. If you’re a seasoned online
teacher, see if you are doing all 10 things!
We will also hear feedback from other online
instructors as to what worked best for them using
practical examples of those ten best practices.
DeAnna Kirchen

16. Etudes - The Next Generation:
Transforming Teaching & Learning
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
Come learn how Etudes is advancing the
quality of teaching and learning. Learner
analytics, student success, teaching
effectiveness and efficiency, affordability, and a
dynamic user-driven requirements process are
just a few of the principles behind the
foundation and evolution of the Etudes
Learning Management System.
Vivie Sinou

17. Implementing Distance Education
Services: Stories From a Pilot Program
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
Hear about what did and didn’t work during the
first two semesters of a pilot program for distance
education services at Santa Rosa Junior College
Libraries. We started with ACRL standards,
researched literature, and created a plan that
included immediate, short-term and long-term
goals that clearly targeted both faculty and
students. Learn from our experiences and
discover what strategies might work for your
library.
Loretta Esparza

18. Familia Online: Overcoming the
Isolation of Online Learning
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
How do you create a sense of community in an online
class? Student retention and success are directly linked
to student engagement, but unfortunately, online
classes can sometimes lack the human touch that
these nurtures connections. This workshop is offered
by three De Anza Community College students who
created and continue to mentor for a high-tech/high-
touch online class where we build relationships
through the use of the familia concept, a commitment
to service learning, and by using social media
technology in addition to standard English Composition
curriculum. They'll share their goals, experiences, and
hopes for the future of education online.
Marc Coronado
with
Mia Hernandez,
Michelle Nunez Alvarez,
and Stephanie Vargas

19. Thinking Outside the Text Box:
Connecting with Students through Video
• Friday, June 20
• 2:15 PM
Online students often say that they miss the
community and camaraderie of face-to-face
classes. What if they could see and hear you
—and each other—on a regular basis? Talking
with students via video is an easy, fun, and
remarkably powerful way to put more of YOU
into your online classroom. It also delivers
wonderful perks: instant rapport, reduced
student anxiety, increased participation, a strong
sense of community, and a peaceful inbox! In
this session, I will share my recent experiences
making videos for my classes: where and when
video is most effective, how students have
responded, and video-creation tips.
Tracy Schaelen

20. Engaging Students Using Live Chats
• Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
Often missing in the online classroom are real-time
conversations where students converse and collaborate in
an immediate way. Live Chats provides a fun, interactive
experience for the online student! This innovative teaching
tool allows students to generate their own small group
discussions via a platform already familiar to them.
Designed with accessibility in mind, Live Chats are a
democratic forum where all students have their voices
heard. Live Chats also accommodate various learning styles
since dialogues are driven by students’ own perspectives
and ways of processing information. Learn how to easily
integrate this adaptable teaching tool in your online
classroom!
Judith Crozier
and
Rachel Roske

21. • Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
"Speak" to Your Students with Video
Clips You Have Created in YouTube
Making a connection with your students at the
beginning and throughout the course is effective
for online learning success. Instructor- made
videos can personalize the course delivery of both
online and face-to-face classes in the learning
management system, thereby enhancing the
student experience and leading them to feel more
connected to you, the professor. In this session,
you will learn how to create and caption a video
clip in YouTube that you can share through your
school's Learning Management System.
Carol Webster
with
Hugo Aguilera
(not pictured)

22. Google Apps for Education
• Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
In this presentation you'll get a good overview of
the free, online Google tools that you and your
students can use to make great projects,
collaborative shared documents and
presentations, and a lot more. Work more
efficiently by searching for information within the
documents utilizing the embedded research tool.
Come and see how others are using these tools in
online and classroom teaching and get inspired to
try something new.
Joshua Kitzerow

23. Adding Captions Using Amara
• Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
You say that you found the perfect YouTube video for
your class but because you don't own it, you can't add
captions? Don't worry! Using free Amara software, you
can now add captions to make those YouTube videos
508-compliant. This workshop will include a
step-by-step demonstration showing just how easy it is
to use Amara to add captions to YouTube videos. It will
also include a discussion of why videos must be
captioned and the various ways you can provide
captions, as well as the benefits of captioning and
508 compliance.
Cynthia Alexander

24. A Wealth of Information:
Online Learning & the Library
• Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
In your classes, do students write research papers,
prepare speeches or presentations, or find books and
journal articles on a topic? Now that you’re teaching
online, are you unsure about how to incorporate
valuable library resources into your online courses? This
session will offer practical tips, including best practices
for online information literacy instruction and a guide on
collaborating with your local librarian. This session will
be presented by an academic librarian with ten years of
experience embedding library services and
resources into the online environment.
Gretchen Keer

25. Navigating Faculty through Uncharted Waters:
Teaching Online Instructional Best Practices
with Matt Calfin
• Friday, June 20
• 3:45 PM
The demand for online education continues to be
strong. Yet, faculty may not possess the content
knowledge to teach in an online format. In this
interactive session, workshop participants will learn
how to train faculty in (a) understanding the needs of
the online learner, (b) personalizing your virtual
classroom, (c) developing student engagement and
establishing instructor presence in discussion
boards, and (d) utilizing effective online assessment
strategies. The presenter will provide learning
outcomes and specific content knowledge the
participants will need to develop a similar course at
their institutions.

26. Digging Deeper: iPads in Education
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:45 AM – 3:45 PM
• $125
Own an iPad but are interested in learning more ways of
leveraging it in your classroom? This is the workshop for you!
Bring your iPad to this workshop and explore interactive apps
that can enhance the teaching and learning experience. Learn
tips and tricks that will have you using your iPad more effectively
and efficiently. Take advantage of iPad features in ways you had
not imagined!
BONUS: All registrants will receive a copy of the book, iPads in
Education for Dummies to continue exploring new ways to use
your iPad in education. But that’s not all! We’ll throw in a $10
iTunes card to download some cool apps!

27. Create a Humanized, Mobile-Friendly
Syllabus with Populr.me
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
Populr.me is a new micro-blogging tool that offers free
accounts for educators. In this workshop, I will provide
you with a beautiful, free template you can use to create
an online, mobile-friendly syllabus that includes a
welcome video for your students and lots of other
goodies too! Content plays great on smartphones and can
be opened outside an LMS (optional password
protection) to increase communication and access
between you and your students.
Michelle Pacansky-Brock

28. Gamification: Does Fun and
Engagement = Real Learning?
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
Gamification refers to the process of applying
gaming elements to a non-gaming environment
such as a college course. The NMC Horizon
Report 2014 Higher Education Preview includes
games and gamification as an important
development within the next two to three
years. This session will provide an overview of
the gaming elements used in online classes that
actually support the learning process. You will
have some fun and walk away with more than a
few easy-to-implement ideas for your online
courses. Let the games begin!
Margie White

29. Engaging Online "College and Career Success"
Classes to Increase College Completion, Success
and Persistence
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
Want to know a sure-fire way to fully engage even your
most at-risk students toward college and career
success? Come hear how instructors/counselors from
Cuyamaca College, a college in the San Diego area; and
Georgia Perimeter College, a multi-campus two-year
college in suburban Atlanta teach "College and Career
Success" courses with rapidly growing online
populations. See how two colleges have used this
engaging online program to dramatically improve
college readiness and promote student success and
persistence.
Cindy Morrin
with
Alyse Jones
(not pictured)

30. Developing a Course Specific
Online Orientation
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
By creating an orientation that is explicit to
your course, you can introduce the tools and
structure your students need to be familiar
with to succeed in your course. Using this
course orientation as the check-in process
removes the burden of "teaching" the tech
while you are teaching the content. The
examples provided in this presentation will
be specific to Blackboard, but the concepts
apply to any course or learning management
system.
Anna Stirling

31. Detangling Thoughts
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
This presentation focuses on the introduction and
integration of online mind mapping tools and its
interactivity with technologies both desktop and
mobile. Just like mind mapping on a piece of paper,
the evolution of newer technologies and their
integration into the classroom curriculum demands
that mind mapping be taken to the next logical step.
Mind Mapping, organized in a simple web-like
format, speeds accessing and processing information
as it allows the brain to retain visual information
longer. We will compare four mind mapping tools,
Coggle, Bubbl.us, Mindmeister, and Realtime Board.
Kimberly Diep
with
Jose Martinez
Jimmy Gonzalez, and
Edward Messler

32. YouTube Editor - Easy Ways to Make
Your Video Shine!
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
Come learn some easy tips to turn the video
you shoot from your webcam or your phone
into something you’d want to show off! A
little pre-planning can make your footage
shine. See how you can easily edit out all the
stuff no one wants to see, add a title, edit in
clips from others, and caption your content -
all with YouTube.
Donna Eyestone

33. The Flipped Classroom:
A Model for Student-Centered Learning
• Saturday, June 21
• 10:50 AM
Whether your classes are on the ground or in the cloud,
the concepts behind the flipped classroom can offer a
more personalized student experience in your courses.
This session will include details on how the flipped
classroom model can transform learning for your
students while enhancing your own personal teaching
style. Using these tools and techniques , you can
provide a more individualized and engaging educational
environment without the hassle of redesigning your
current curriculum.
Kara Kuvakas

34. Caveats for Use of Social Media for
Teaching
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
Social media and cloud services such as Twitter,
YouTube, Facebook, Slideshare, LinkedIn,
VoiceThread, Edmodo, Wikispaces, Instagram, and
Flickr can provide engaging and powerful learning
experiences for our students. However, before
faculty use these resources as part of course
requirements, they must employ safeguards that
comply with laws regarding student privacy,
copyright, and accessibility as well as protect
students’ intellectual property. Find out how to
provide your innovative faculty with the guidance
they need to use social media and cloud services
for instruction responsibly and effectively.
Judy Baker

35. Enhancing The Student Learning Through Online
Discussions and Activities in Online Mathematics
and Statistics Courses
with Sona Vartanian and Dawn Hawy
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
This presentation will share ideas on how to engage
students and enhance student learning through online
discussions and activities in online mathematics and
statistics courses. A successful online discussion board
will be demonstrated. A List of online discussion
activities will be discussed and provided to the
participants for their own class use.

36. "Use Your Library“: How Digital Library
Services Support Online Learning
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
In this session you will learn:
1. How to guide students to the best
online library resources
2. To define online library resources clearly
to students
3. To learn how to find out what digital
library sources your community college
offers
4. How to integrate LibGuides or
alternative library components into your
online course management system
Christine Sibley

37. Blackboard Preppers:
Ensuring Student Success
with Mary Bennett
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
Record enrollments, skyrocketing online courses, a new
version of Blackboard, limited staff equals a recipe for
disaster! At this session, learn how Fresno State averted
this disaster with the Blackboard 9.1 Student
Orientation Course. Built on best practices in online
course design with a focus on active engagement,
students came away with hands-on experience with all
the Blackboard 9.1 tools, knowledge of the Fresno State
interface, and a certificate, which they received after
demonstrating they had the technology and skills to be
successful in the online classroom. The course will be
shared to all those attending this session!

38. A Crash Course in Social Media - What is it,
and How to Put it to Use in Your Classroom
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
Are your students abuzz about social media? Do
you not know the difference between tweets,
likes, and pins? Are you looking for new
ways to reach people who are fully 'plugged in'?
If so, this is the session for you. You will learn the
difference between the various forms of social
media - social networks, blogging/microblogging,
and the visual side of social media. You will learn
the terminology your students are using. We will
also be discussing social media ethics and safety.
Donald Laird

39. Faculty Panel: The Benefits and Challenges of
Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
Hear from faculty who have developed and adopted
open textbooks, open courseware, and open
resources to lower costs and improve teaching and
learning. Topics include adopting and customizing a
psychology open textbook, developing an open
online course for administration of justice
remediation, and collaborative development of a
“how-to-teach-online” course utilizing only existing
OER.
Una Daly
with
Cynthia Alexander,
Michelle Pilati,
Lisa Storm, and
James Glapa-Grossklag

40. 5 Ways to Encourage Student
Engagement Online
• Saturday, June 21
• 1:05 PM
This presentation will outline 5 methods successfully
utilized to enhance student engagement:
• The use of the group function in Collaborate to
produce a video project
• The use of student podcasting
• The use of student voice applications for discussion
forums
• The student use of Camtasia for individual and group
online projects/presentations
• The use of the journal on, for example, Blackboard
and other LMS’s
Douglas Borcoman

41. Fostering Connectivity in an Online
Writing Center
with Claire Edwards, Chandra Howard, Millie Jones, and Michelle Lekkerkerk
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
The goal for this session will be to discuss
how online writing centers—in online-only
environments—can establish supportive,
productive, and critical relationships with
students via highly personalized and
conversational feedback and targeted
curricular resources that aim to support the
learning process, thereby encouraging
retention.

42. Research Support Online: Beyond the
Link to the Library Website
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
With many library resources already online, what does it
mean to provide equivalent access for online students?
What is the online equivalent of bringing students to the
library for research instruction from a librarian? This
session will include a brief overview of relevant
standards, and best practices for moving beyond
minimum requirements. We will explore strategies for
embedding, and assessing, information literacy
instruction and research support in online courses, and
ways for faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and
administrators to collaborate to extend the “learning
space” of the physical library into the online
environment.
Ellen Carey

43. Interactive Learning with NearPod
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
NearPod is a game changing app for interactive
learning. Imagine transforming a set of
PowerPoint slides into a rich, multimedia
experience which allows students to express their
opinions, answer quiz questions, and even make
drawings related to the content. NearPod
summarizes these responses in vivid pie charts,
which can be shared with students immediately,
and NearPod Reports archive all the student input
for later review by the teacher. This will be a mini-
workshop, so download the free app to your iOS
or Android device (NearPod also runs on laptops),
and discover why students prefer active learning
with NearPod.
Michael Kieley

44. Options for Creating Effective Online
Lectures
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
Are you developing an online or hybrid
course? Thinking about flipping your
classroom? Or just wondering what tools are
available to engage your students and help
them get the most out of your lectures? At
this session, we will compare applications and
strategies to help you with your online
lecture. At the end of this workshop, you will
be able to use best practices for developing
online lectures and determine what features
you need.
Mitzy Forbes

45. Effective Student Retention Practices
with Lisa Tucker
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
How can we keep our online students “in class”?
Student retention is a challenge faced by many
online instructors. Studies find that online
students are 10-20% more likely to drop a course
than face-to-face students. Come to this session
to learn and share best practices for student
retention.
Source: triballabs.net

46. Teaching High-Touch Skills
in a High-Tech Way
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
City College of San Francisco trains Community
Health Workers (CHWs), nearly all of whom are
"people people," with limited computer skills.
Since 2012 we have been teaching a cohort of
CHWs employed in Transitions Clinics around the
US and Puerto Rico using distance education,
including innovative uses of video and video
conferencing, along with more typical Moodle
features and a big dose of personal attention. We
will describe the methods we used to support
these nontraditional learners, and not only help
them learn the concepts, but build their skills for
serving clients (something many faculty said
could not be done online).
Janey Skinner
with
Amie Fishman,
Timothy Berthold,
Jill Tregor,
Joani Marinoff, and
Alma Avila

47. Tips & Tricks for Using Blackboard
• Saturday, June 21
• 2:35 PM
Blackboard user? Come to this session to learn
some of the best tips for success. Discover how
the Grade Center can be used to read,
annotate, and grade actual assignments as well
as communicate with students without printing.
Did you know that Blackboard has a robust and
easy content builder right in your courses? Find
out about this, and learn how to use Blackboard
to chronicle Regular and Effective Contact (REC).
Learn about the Blackboard rubrics system, and
much more!
Eric Wilson