All interested faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to view a live broadcast of the ELI (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative) Annual Conference, which will take place February 3-5.   A local viewing will be held at:

• The Hariri Institute on February 3, starting at 2:15 PM, and on February 4, starting at 9 AM.
• The February 5 viewing will be at 111 Cummington Mall, IS&T Left Conference Room, starting at 9 AM.

Register below for Monday, Tuesday, and/or Wednesday.  If you sign up for a particular day, you are not obligated to be present for all sessions (but registering does help IS&T coordinate room arrangement and staffing).

Conference topics being broadcast locally are concerned with:

• Assessment of Student Learning
• Methods for Evaluating Technology-Based Instructional Innovations
• Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
• Mobile Learning
• Online and Blended Teaching and Learning

Monday registration for:

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
The Learning Brain (Note: This session will be streamed live for the online audience only and will not be recorded.) – Sponsored by EmpoweredU
Speakers: John Medina
Content Anchor: Assessment of Student Learning
Session Type: General Session

3:20 PM – 3:45 PM
The LMS Evaluation 2.0: What’s Different This Time Around?
Speakers: Victoria Getis, Les James
Content Anchor: Methods for Evaluating Technology-Based Instructional Innovations
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Catalyst for Change: A Penn State Case Study on Digital Badges
Speakers: Chris Gamrat, Barton K. Pursel, Chris Stubbs
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: Interactive

Tuesday registration for:

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Into the Great Wide Open: Leading and Managing IT in the Age of BYOD and Clouds
Speakers: David J. Baird, James L. Hilton, Susan E. Metros, Tracy Schroeder
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: General Session

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Applying MOOCs in On-Campus Settings: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Results
Speakers: Damian Bebell, Kathy Fernandes, Rebecca Petersen
Content Anchor: Online and Blended Teaching and Learning
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Prime Your Institution for Success: An Introduction to the Learning Analytics Readiness Instrument
Speakers: Kim Arnold, Steven Lonn, Matthew D. Pistilli
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: Interactive Presentation

12:30 PM – 1:05 PM
Blended Learning Initiatives: Facilitating Institutional Change
Speakers: Timothy Dugdale, Chad Shorter
Content Anchor: Online and Blended Teaching and Learning
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

1:20 PM –  1:50 PM
A Summer Experiment with MOOC Design by Educators
Speakers: Fil Arenas, Cynthia Calongne, John Cook, Toni Scribner, Andrew Stricker
Content Anchor: Online and Blended Teaching and Learning
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

Wednesday registration for:

9:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Virtual Meeting Welcome, Updates and the ELI Robot
Speakers: Victoria Fanning, Susan Henderson
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

9:30 AM – 10:05 AM
Mobile Assessment of Student Learning for the Blended Classroom
Speaker: Diane Elizabeth Sieber
Content Anchor: Mobile Learning
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

10:20 AM – 10:45 AM
Interview and Interactive Q&A with Panelists from the Face-to-Face Session, “What You Shouldn’t Ask about Online Learning”
Speakers: Gardner Campbell, Charles D. Dziuban, Patsy D. Moskal
Session Type: Exclusive Online Session

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Breakthrough Models Academy Winners Panel
Speakers: Kevin de Kock, Veronica Diaz, Julie J. Johnson, Philip Neufeld
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: Featured Session

11:45 AM – 11:55 AM
Horizon Report Announcement
Speaker: Malcolm Brown
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: General Session

11:55 AM – 12:45 PM
Higher Ed Next: Innovations That Will Change Face of Public Higher Ed by 2015 – Sponsored by KI
Speaker: Steven Mintz
Content Anchor: Emerging Technology, Future Models, and Academic Transformation
Session Type: General Session

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
Virtual Meeting Closing
Speakers: Malcolm Brown, Susan Henderson