Faculty Academy 2003
TIPS, TOOLS, AND TECHNIQUES
Kiosk: First Floor Foyer
Instructional Technology staff members have put together a “stand-alone”
kiosk that shows you some tips, tricks and shortcuts about software
that you have, or about software that you may be interested in using.
Drop by the kiosk in the first floor foyer.
VENDORS
Vendors: First Floor Foyer
Some of our sponsors have joined us for the day; stop by and tell them
hello and thank them for their generous support.
CYBERCAFE
CyberCafe Room 211
We understand how hard it is be away from email for an extended period
of time, so we’ve set up Room 211 as a convenient place for you
to check your email.
MORE LESSONS LEARNED IN DEVELOPING WEB SITE PROJECTS FOR HISTORY 200
- AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE
Time: 9:00
Place: Combs Hall Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Jeffrey McClurken
mcclurk@mwc.edu
History & American Studies
Mary Washington College
Jerry Slezak
jslezak@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
This past spring semester, students of History 200 were assigned a major
project to produce a scholarly web site on a topic of American technology.
This class contains students with widely varying degrees of computing
experience, and for many, this was their first time constructing a web
site. This was the second semester that this project was assigned in
HIST 200 – the first time was Spring of 2002. Several changes
were made to the project to improve the project quality and completion
for the students, and management of the project for the instructor.
In this presentation, we will detail the problems we had the first time
and how we addressed them this semester. We will also examine areas
we could further improve and some suggested solutions. We will also
briefly share some of the best sites created by the HIST 200 students.
THE APPLICATIONS OF MAPLE 8 IN MINIMAL SURFACES
Time: 9:00
Place: Combs Hall Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Yuan-Jen Chiang
ychiang@mwc.edu
Math
Mary Washington College
This presentation is based on an undergraduate research grant "Minimal
Surfaces" which I sponsored for two seniors in the spring of 2003.
The student with the higher GPA led to the honors thesis titled "Differential
Geometry and Its Applications to Minimal Surfaces." First we will
define the mean curvature of a surface. If the mean curvature H of a
surface is equal to zero, then the surface is a minimal surface. We
will use Maple 8 to solve the second order differential equation for
the mean curvature H=0 of a surface, and then draw the minimal surface.
We will demonstrate a few examples of minimal surfaces by Maple 8.
POSTER SESSIONS
Enhancing A German Civilization Course with Multimedia
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by:
Vera Niebuhr
vniebuhr@mwc.edu
Modern Foreign Language
Mary Washington College
To understand Germany today one must see it within the context of its
history as well as in the midst of change. Yet as we cover roughly 2000
years of German civilization, many students find it difficult to comprehend
a way of life in the distant past. Textbooks tend to be inadequate.
But a PowerPoint presentation with maps, drawings, photos, and video
clips can prove to be a useful tool. For example, students can view
Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, as it evolved from a small settlement
in the 8th century to the cultural and commercial center that it is
today. Another presentation helps students understand the significance
of Charlemagne and his reign as Emperor of the West. From lesson to
lesson students can benefit from seeing numerous maps, cities changing
from century to century, and depictions of historical figures and events.
To be sure, such PowerPoint presentations do not serve as a substitute
for a discussion of critical issues, but they make the material in a
civilization course more accessible, especially to "visual learners."
ON-LINE COURSE EVALUATIONS - THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by: Mark Safferstone
msaffers@mwc.edu
Graduate & Professional Studies
Mary Washington College
Don Edwards, Lisa Ames, Pam Lowery
In response to the needs of faculty and limited college resources, the
administration and faculty of MWC's James Monroe Center made a strategic
decision to implement an on-line course instructor feedback questionnaire
instead of continuing to use ETS’ SIR II end of course evaluation
form, analysis, and report method. A collaborative approach, using the
Web for data collection, Blackboard for communication and access, and
MS Office technology for analysis and reporting, resulted in the development
and implementation of an effective and efficient assessment and reporting
schema. This on-line approach provides instructors with feedback within
7 - 10 days following the 7-week session or 14-week semester. Additionally,
the timely reporting allows Program Directors to make expeditious adjunct
faculty hiring decisions. Finally, this cost efficient system provides
Center administrators and faculty with specific information to improve
course content and delivery as well as the information needed to complete
the annual faculty performance appraisal process.
3D APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMICS
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by: Robert Rycroft
rrycroft@mwc.edu
Economics
Mary Washington College
A Mary Washington College Instructional Technology Grant has allowed
me to begin exploring the world of 3D graphics and animation with applications
in the field of economics. I will exhibit the current version of several
3D objects that are being developed for use as resources in Microeconomics,
Labor Economics, and Economic Forecasting.
SO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ADOBE ACROBAT AND PDF!
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by: Don Edwards
dedwards@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
Adobe Systems Incorporated helped launch the desktop publishing revolution
in 1982 and one of their products is Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat adopted the Portable Document Format (PDF) and it is the
de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange
of electronic documents and forms around the world. PDF is a universal
file format that preserves the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of
any source document, regardless of the application and platform used
to create it. Adobe PDF files are compact and complete, and can be shared,
viewed, and printed by anyone with free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.
PDF documents can be created from any source, including a paper scan,
electronic document, or a web page. One of the primary uses is electronic
archives. PDF documents are searchable, making information easy to retrieve.
The complete Adobe Acrobat program enables the user to convert files
created by Word, Excel, and other applications to the PDF format. You
can merge multiple PDF documents and manipulate the pages as desired.
It is possible to create PDF documents, but for most users it is best
to create the original document using other applications.
This poster session will demonstrate converting files to PDF, merging
the files and manipulating the resulting document. A sample PDF form
will also be shown. Links to informative Acrobat sites will be provided.
MEMEWRAITH
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by: David Rueckert
druecker@gmu.edu
Art and Visual Technology
George Mason University
This poster session will feature an exhibition of the recently completed
MFA thesis project, MemeWraith, which was shown in November 2002 in
the Fine Arts Gallery at George Mason University.
MemeWraith was conceived as a "painting in motion" for large
scale (approximately 18’ x 10’) installation in a fine art
gallery setting. It incorporates choreography, original digital video
footage, hand drawn artwork, motion graphics, animation, digital effects,
and an original digital music soundtrack. It is an excellent illustration
of the collaborative potential and multimedia capabilities of new media,
exemplified through the integration of the visual fine arts, music,
dance, and visual technologies. MemeWraith was constructed in the medium
of digital video using a numerous software programs, including Steinberg’s
Cubase, and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Effects.
Conceptually, MemeWraith focuses on the cyberculture theme of disembodied
intelligence and was my personal investigation into the cultural effects
of information technologies and electronic media.
MemeWraith is ethereal in feeling and has been described by a number
of viewers as entrancing and magical in its effect. One visitor to the
November show in Fairfax wrote that the exhibition was "very provocative…
elegant… technically impressive… aesthetically astounding!"
In January, MemeWraith was produced in collaboration with live performance
by the Emily Berry Dance Company at the Dance Place in Washington D.C.
The Washington Post Style section noted MemeWraith in a review of this
performance that said the collaborations produced "wonderfully
crafted video footage and original soundtracks."
USING DIGITAL CAMERAS
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, First Floor Foyer
Type: Poster Session
Presented by: Lisa Quinton
Lisa Quinton
lquinton@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
This class is for you if you are interested in buying or even just using
a digital camera, but just don't know where to start. An overview of
digital cameras from megapixels and memory to producing images. While
digital cameras differ, at the end of this class you should have a basic
understanding of key features and general operation of digital cameras.
Time will be provided at the end of the class to experiment with a digital
camera.
BURNING A CD
Time: 9:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 349
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by: Andrew Rush
arush@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
This class will demonstrate the basics of creating a CD. We will explain
the various types of CDs that are possible to make, explain the hardware
and software used to create them, and each student will actually create
or "burn" a CD in class.
Note - Up to 15 people will be able to burn CDs in class. Additional
attendees will only be able to watch the demonstration.
DIGITAL STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Time: 10:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by:
David Rueckert
druecker@gmu.edu
Art and Visual Technology
George Mason University
Farrah Dang
Art and Visual Technology
George Mason University
This workshop will feature a simple demonstration of creating stop motion
animation in the medium of digital video.
Specifically, I will demonstrate the stop motion capture function in
the Adobe Premiere software program, using a Macintosh computer attached
to a Mini-DV camcorder with a Firewire cable. Objects will be moved
and manipulated by hand, captured in individual still frames, and saved
in an animated digital movie clip. Issues of animation timing, film
and video frame rates, and Premiere’s "show previous"
function (onion skinning) will be presented.
Computer technology is becoming an integrated part of the process of
creating stop motion puppet and object animation, claymation, and pixilation
(stop motion animation of a human subject). Efficient, economical, and
artistically flexible digital equipment and techniques are quickly replacing
the expensive and cumbersome film-based tools and methods of production
used in the past. Digital stop motion is one of many approaches used
by students in the Digital Art and Animation class offered in the Department
of Art and Visual Technology at George Mason University.
If time allows, examples of animated shorts created by students in the
Digital Art and Animation class will be shown. Fundamental methods of
planning, organizing, and executing an animation project will be included
in the presentation.
An animation student may assist in the demonstration (tentative, subject
to verification of availability).
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SURPRISED BY POWERPOINT: WHAT MY STUDENTS TAUGHT ME ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
Time: 10:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Gardner Campbell
gcampbel@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
Laura Fink
lfink9sw@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
Lauren Mascarenhas
lmasc3ho@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
Charmayne Staloff
cstalo2om@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
This spring, three students in my 16th-Century English Literature class
used PowerPoint, digital imaging, and good old-fashioned textual analysis
to create and deliver a deceptively simple yet very sophisticated multimedia
presentation on a selection from Edmund Spenser’s epic romance
“The Faerie Queene.” I will share that presentation, along
with selections from a videotaped interview in which the students describe
the project and how they created their presentation. I will then conclude
with some thoughts about what I learned from these students and their
work, and how those lessons might be applied throughout the curriculum
at a liberal-arts college.
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH BLACKBOARD TO ENHANCE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Time: 10:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 349
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by:
Robert Rycroft
rrycroft@@mwc.edu
Economics
Mary Washington College
Kristen Marsh
kmarsh@mwc.edu
Sociology and Anthropology
Mary Washington College
Venitta McCall
vmccall@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
Steve Gallik
sgallik@mwc.edu
Biology
Mary Washington College
Four MWC faculty members will discuss ways to use Blackboard to enhance
teaching and learning. Among the topics to be discussed are the uses
of Blackboard’s Virtual Office Hours function, holding review
sessions and group discussions on Blackboard, using Blackboard to make
reserve reading more accessible, and the advantages of posting class
materials in PDF format. Each faculty member will demonstrate how to
set up Blackboard to perform the activity and give impressions of how
well it worked in their class. There will be ample time for questions
and answers and for audience members to share their experiences.
EXPERIENCES WITH A BLACKBOARD-BASED ALUMNI SURVEY AND PLACEMENT EXAM
Time: 11:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by: Karen Anewalt
anewalt@mwc.edu
Computer Science
Mary Washington College
Over the past year, I have created two unique on-line documents for
my department using Blackboard. The first is an on-line survey used
to gather information from our alumni for college assessment. The survey
was created as an on-line exam and contains all of the questions previously
asked in the paper version of our alumni survey. Using the on-line survey
simplified the mailing and response process and reduced postage costs.
The second application that I developed is an on-line placement test
used by our department to recommend course placement for incoming freshman
and transfer students within our major program. This application was
also created as an on-line exam. Students are directed to the exam by
our department web page and also through advising materials sent to
incoming students. After a student has taken the exam, he or she receives
a follow-up e-mail from the department chair with options for an appropriate
introductory course.
Both on-line documents have been effective. In this session, I will
share Blackboard-specific information about creating an exam document,
generating user names and passwords for non-MWC students, setting up
accounts for non-MWC students and viewing submitted exam results. I
hope that the session will encourage faculty to consider using Blackboard
for applications beyond individual courses.
MWC'S TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY - AN UPDATE
Time: 11:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by: Pam Lowery
plowery@mwc.edu
Department of Information Technologies
Mary Washington College
On April 7, 1999, the faculty of Mary Washington College approved the
adoption of an Information and Technology Proficiency requirement for
all incoming students that began in fall 2001. Four areas make up this
requirement (E-mail, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, and Library and
Information Literacy) and in turn those four areas are each comprised
of numerous learning objectives. Staff from the Simpson Library and
the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies are responsible for
providing the instruction to all new students and the Registrar is tasked
with reflecting completion of the requirement on students' transcripts.
This session will provide an overview of this requirement, will showcase
online materials associated with it, and will discuss where we are after
the second year of implementation.
TESTING THE VALUE VARIABILITY OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE BETA PORTFOLIOS
- AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
Time: 1:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by: Kevin Dalmut
kdalm3yc@mwc.edu
Business Administration
Mary Washington College
The turbulent market conditions of the late 1990s and the early 2000s
have raised many questions regarding the effectiveness of different
risk measures used to select investment opportunities. The beta coefficient,
one of these risk benchmarks, measures a single investment's risk in
relationship to the overall market's risk. This research empirically
investigated the beta coefficient as a measure of value variability
in three weighted average beta portfolios and tested assumptions regarding
beta's effectiveness as a measure of portfolio risk. Theoretically,
the lower the risk in the portfolio, the less value variability there
should be in that portfolio.
For this research, a data sample was drawn from the New York Stock Exchange
for a 99-week period. Weekly closing prices for 90 stocks, equally divided
into three portfolios, were collected. Amounts invested in each stock
were adjusted to provide weighted average betas for the portfolios of
.5, 1, and 1.5. The coefficient of variation of portfolio values was
used to compare the variation in value among the three samples. The
statistical significance of differences among the coefficients of variation
was tested using the two-sample test of proportions.
Under analysis, the theoretical expectation was not upheld. While there
was increasing dispersion in the portfolio's returns as risk increased,
the differences in dispersion were not significantly different at an
alpha level of .05. It was concluded that the beta coefficient, while
an important predictor, is not sufficient to serve as the only determinant
of asset valuation. Consistent with current research, we found that
there are multiple factors that influence
NEW RHETORICS AND NEW PATHS: THEORIZING THE SPACES OF BLACKBOARD
Time: 1:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Sarah Hardy
shardy@hsc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Hampden-Sydney College
Evan Davis
edavis@hsc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Hampden-Sydney College
As we ask our students more and more frequently to inhabit a virtual
space, we would do well to investigate just what kind of space it is.
When we move our courses to an electronic forum like Blackboard, we
also change our ways of negotiating space, acquiring knowledge, interacting
with communities, and teaching. In this paper we investigate metaphors
that can structure or describe the virtual space of Blackboard and offer
concrete suggestions about how to account for those metaphors in our
own classes’ theoretically informed tips for using Blackboard
in our courses.
What ultimately matters in any classroom’s incorporation of Blackboard
is the way that this space is really being used by our students. To
help trace those uses, we undertake a reading of Blackboard with the
help of Michel de Certeau’s discussion of the city. To focus on
the user of an urban space, de Certeau turns to the image of walking,
which implies an unpredictable but important narrative. De Certeau’s
walker achieves what we often hope for in our best student essays: a
combination of the proven and the new, an awareness of existing structures
but a refusal to merely conform to them, a rich fund of useful and at
times unexpected references. If we encourage our students to become
aware of themselves as virtual walkers in Blackboard, we are also implicitly
encouraging them to borrow from this new spatial rhetoric when they
turn to the more conventional rhetoric of academic writing. Tracing
new paths through the space of Blackboard is about actively and creatively
engaging virtual space, not just within its designated areas, but across
and beyond
EDITING DIGITAL VIDEO WITH WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER
Time: 1:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 349
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by:Keith Gagon
kgagnon@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
In this hands-on session, participants will learn techniques for capturing,
editing, and producing video using Windows Movie Maker. Participants
will use the footage provided to produce their own video, applying transitions,
titles, effects, and external audio tracks. Because Movie Maker is a
free utility included with Windows XP, participants will be able to
use these skills later without having to purchase any new software!
INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM SOLUTIONS
Time: 1:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Amy Beth O*Brien
aobrien@mspx.com
Managed Solutions Planning Xperts
Managed Solutions Planning Xperts (MSPX) specializes in providing innovative
solutions that meet the needs of our clients in the education sector.
Find out how the use of technology in the classroom (such as PROF by
Enterasys
Networks) can enable you to:
… create a custom tailored security policy that protects from
malicious activities while maintaining an open computing environment
… deliver a technologically advanced learning environment using
cutting-edge products such as PROF from Enterasys Networks
… provide resident students safe access to required services while
protecting the network from misuse
… map network resources and services to a policy configuration
provides
… better manage your available resources
… differentiate available services that faculty, students, and
administrators may access
… reduce operational costs associated with maintaining and securing
IT resources, thus enabling you to focus resources/budget on maintaining
a competitive technological edge
MSPX enjoys years of experience from its founders and solutions partners.
We offer unique capabilities in cost-effective and timely managed services
in the following arenas:
… Wireless
… Storage
… Convergence
… Security
… Managed Services
USING WEB-BASED TUTORIALS IN THE SPEAKING INTENSIVE PROGRAM
Time: 1:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Anand Rao
arao@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
Esther Yook
eyook@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
This presentation discusses plans by the Speaking Intensive Program
to use web-based tutorials to prepare students for assignments used
in Speaking Intensive courses, and will outline anticipated topics,
means of assessment, and types of presentation.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE
Time: 2:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:Tim O'Donnell
todonnel@mwc.edu
English, Linguistics, & Speech
Mary Washington College
This presentation offers an overview of the numerous ways in which information
technology is changing the art and practice of intercollegiate debate.
It will examine the impact of technology on research, tournament competition,
and relationships between students and teachers. PlanetDebate.com, a
subscription based web site designed to be a one-stop center for everything
about debate, will also be discussed.
MWC'S FIRST ON-LINE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
Time: 2:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:Stephen Gallik, Ph. D. , Associate Professor of Biology
and Premedical Advisor
sgallik@mwc.edu
Biology
Mary Washington College
Every year throughout the summer months, Mary Washington College’s
Premedical Advisor and the Premedical Advisory Board writes, signs and
mails recommendations for the many students applying to medical or dental
school. This task, which requires the distribution, collection, and
compilation of scores of individual recommendation forms, submitted
by faculty and clinical personnel, is no longer overwhelming due to
the recent implementation of an on-line recommendation system. The system
employs a Filemaker database programmed to compile the information and
produce the Board’s final recommendation at the click of a button.
The demonstration of this system will include a look at the forms and
database structure that make the system work.
IMPROVING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL USERS
Time: 2:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 349
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by:Lisa Quinton
lquinton@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
This workshop consists of an overview of adaptive/assistive technology
for individuals with specific disabilities as well as general ways to
improve accessibility for all users. Assistive technologies discussed
include screen magnifiers, screen readers, speech recognition software,
closed captioning, FM systems, specialized phones for the deaf or hard
of hearing and alternative input devices. Accessibility settings, specifically
those available with the Windows XP operating system, and accessibility
considerations for designing web pages will also be presented. Brief
demonstrations of a screen reader, web accessibility testing and viewing
the web though the eyes of the colorblind are included in the presentation.
RESEARCH ON INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: RESULTS
OF STUDIES CONDUCTED BY MWC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Time: 2:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
George Meadows
gmeadows@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
Laura Hicks
lhick2vk@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
Alexis White
awhit2xc@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
Noreen Haus
nhaus2lo@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
Shaunte Jones
sjone7qp@mwc.edu
Education
Mary Washington College
The M.S. in Elementary Education Program at Mary Washington College
provides students the opportunity to specialize in a number of areas.
Four students in the 2002-2003 class chose Instructional Technology.
As part of their internship program these students conducted research
projects on the use of computers in a local elementary school. These
projects investigated such topics as elementary school students' use
of web pages as study guides, the use of content software in understanding
operations with fractions, and the influence of learning styles on the
use of computers.
CREATE ATTENTION GRABBING POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS USING ANIMATED
CHARACTERS
Time: 2:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Demonstration
Presented by: Michele Norris
mnorris@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
This session will demonstrate how to revive those tired PowerPoint presentations
using Microsoft scripting agents. These agents are animated characters
that you can easily program to talk, move, gesture, and even sing if
you want them to. We will begin by showing you how and where to download
the needed scripts, applications, and agents. You will then learn how
to program these agents using an application named Mash. To wrap up
the session we will demonstrate how to integrate the Microsoft Scripting
Agents into your PowerPoint shows to produce attention grabbing presentations.
DIGITAL CUT-OUT ANIMATION
Time: 3:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by: David Rueckert
druecker@gmu.edu
Art and Visual Technology
George Mason University
This workshop will demonstrate how to re-create the traditional film
process of cut-out animation using digital software tools.
The digital cut-out animation technique is one of many methods currently
used by students in the Digital Art and Animation class offered in the
Department of Art and Visual Technology at George Mason University.
Historically, cut-out animation used characters constructed with separate
body parts that were cut from paper or cardboard and connected at the
joints with various types of fasteners or string. These were laboriously
moved and shot frame-by-frame with a film camera to create the illusion
of movement. This process can now be accomplished digitally using Adobe
After Effects to create the "inbetweens" or character positions
between the extreme poses of the character and also to combine characters
and backgrounds.
The demonstration will include:
1. Preparation of layered artwork in Adobe Photoshop, including digital
"cut-out" characters and backgrounds.
2. Importing compositions of layered artwork into After Effects.
3. Rigging characters for animation and the creation of a simple walk
cycle.
4. Creating a feeling of 3D space in the animation using After Effects
to simulate the function of the traditional multiplane animation camera.
This is accomplished by moving separated layers of overlapping background
art at different speeds.
5. Compositing the animated character and background together in a complete
scene.
6. If time allows, special effects such as snow or rain will be added
to the animation example.
ON-LINE LEARNING: A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Time: 3:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by: Debra Hydorn
dhydorn@mwc.edu
Mathematics
Mary Washington College
This past spring I took an on-line course on resampling statistics.
My goals for the course were to gain some experience with resampling
methods and to learn the resampling software. While I was successful
in both of these goals, I found the on-line learning experience mostly
unsatisfactory. In this presentation I will discuss where problems occurred
for me as a learner and offer some suggestions for improving the course.
BLACKBOARD 6 BEST PRACTICES
Time: 3:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 349
Type: Interactive Workshop
Presented by:
Lisa Ames
lames@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
Jerry Slezak
jslezak@mwc.edu
Instructional Technology
Mary Washington College
There is a distinct difference between “using Blackboard”
and “using Blackboard well.” This hands-on workshop will
present methods for implementing Blackboard into your courses in a useful,
dynamic and effective manner for you and your students. From basic maintenance
issues to creative uses of the system – we will provide step by
step instruction to help you use Blackboard 6 to best benefit you and
your students.
STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING MEDIATED THROUGH BLACKBOARD: JUST-IN-TIME
TEACHING IN THE CHEMISTRY CLASSROOM
Time: 3:30
Place: Combs Hall, Room 237
Type: Paper Presentation
Presented by:
Leanna Giancarlo
lgiancar@mwc.edu
Chemistry
Mary Washington College
Kelli Slunt
kslunt@mwc.edu
Chemistry
Mary Washington College
The past decades have seen a shift in pedagogy from “sage on the
stage” delivered lectures to “guide by the side” student
centered learning. Numerous approaches have been employed to help the
student to become more of a participant in his/her own learning. Computer-assisted
instruction has been at the forefront of these developments due to the
organizational and transmission tools launched through classroom management
programs. In this talk, we describe the use of Blackboard to mediate
a student centered approach called Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT)1. JiTT
has been employed in the General, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
courses at Mary Washington College with a measurable degree of success
and allows for active engagement of the student in previewing and reviewing
course material. Blackboard has been used as the vehicle for this approach
given its assessment features including the ability to construct quizzes,
statistical analysis of class performance and compilation of student
responses. The use of JiTT, ease of development and its utilization,
and the benefits to both the student and the instructor will be discussed.
(1) Novak, Gregor M.; Patterson, Evelyn T.; Gavrin, Andrew D.; Christian,
Wolfgang. Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology;
Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999.
STRATEGIES FOR HELPING MORE FACULTY TO TEACH WITH TECHNOLOGY
Time: 4:00
Place: Combs Hall, Room 139
Type: Keynote Address
Presented by:Charlie Grisham
cmg@virginia.edu
Chemistry and Chief Technology Officer of the College of Arts and Sciences
University of Virginia
Dr. Grisham will speak to this year's theme as we think together about
what we'll find when we "Turn The Page" in teaching and learning
technologies. Will we find more of the same story? A new chapter? Or
the end of one book and the beginning of another?