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Day-by-Day Agenda
Schedule subject to change.
All events will be held at the Downtown Louisville Marriott unless otherwise noted.
| Schedule of Live Webcast Sessions |
| Sunday, November 4, 2007 | |
| 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm | Registration Open |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Pre-conference Sessions |
| Transforming Learning Management Systems into Effective Learning Environments - Todd Hitchcock & Matt Wicks | |
| This session will explore the latest trends and tools for using an LMS effectively. It will explore LMS options on the market today, learning principles addressed by the LMS, use of data and how to create an effective environment by applying the LMS. Learn the latest in LMS tools, trends and best practices for effective uses of LMS as explored by experts. | |
| Online Teaching: Professional Development and Quality - Allan Jordan | |
| This session will address the skills and background for online teaching and how to define a high quality online teacher. The session will address professional development needs for online programs in ensuring online teachers have the skills they need to succeed. | |
| Starting a New Online Program: Strategies and Lessons Learned - David Glick | |
| Starting an online program as a part of a school or as a separate school is a many-faceted challenge, even for seasoned educators. This session will give you the opportunity to work with practitioners from around the country. Topics will include program design, professional development, student recruitment, curriculum decisions, policy development, and more. This session is designed for educators who are new to virtual schooling or in their first two years of their program. | |
| Online Science and Virtual Labs, with Demonstrations - Kemi Jona | |
| Participants will learn about the broad range of practices and technologies available for implementing high quality science learning in online courses. The workshop will feature extensive hands-on demonstrations and test-drives of various labs. An expert panel will discuss the range of virtual lab approaches, current and emerging trends, and new technologies. Special guest Tom Matts, Director of AP Course Audit at the College Board, will address use of labs in online AP science courses. | |
| State Virtual School Leaders - Donna Vakili, Linda Pittenger & Jamey Fitzpatrick | |
| This session will focus on the unique needs that statewide programs face such as legislation, funding, curriculum, sustainability, partnerships, and policy. Using roundtables and small group discussions, participants will have an opportunity to dialog, collaborate, problem solve, and network with their counterparts at state virtual schools. Statewide directors and associates are encouraged to attend. The moderators for this session are Jamey Fitzpatrick, President and CEO of Michigan Virtual High School; Linda Pittenger, Director of Secondary Education and Virtual Learning for the Kentucky Department of Education; and Donna Vakili, Executive Director of the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. | |
| Research on K-12 Online Learning - Cathy Cavanaugh | |
Virtual schools improve learning outcomes for students when program managers look deeply and reflectively at their practice and act proactively in implementing promising practices. This preconference session brings evaluators, researchers, and practitioners together for a conversation about decision-making based on qualitative and qualitative program data. Researchers and evaluators for this session are Robert Blomeyer and Cathy Cavanaugh (Organizers) with Tom Clark, Kristie Clements, Niki Davis, Rick Ferdig, Julia Parra, Kerry Rice, Saul Rockman, Ray Rose, Jamie Sachs, Bill Tucker, Jenna Vega & John Watson. |
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| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Exhibitor Set-up |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | NACOL Members Annual Meeting |
| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | NACOL President’s Welcome Reception |
| Monday, November 5, 2007 | |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm | Registration Open |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:15 am - 7:45 am | New Comers' Session |
| 8:00 am – 8:30 am | Symposium Welcome and Address by CEO of NACOL, Susan Patrick |
| What does the future of learning look like? Susan Patrick will provide a national and global perspective on the trends in education, expectations for students, and what strategies states and schools need to have in place. Online learning is providing a revolution across the globe for the best teachers to reach the most remote students. All schools can deliver on the promise that every student should have access to the best education available regardless of their neighborhood or geography, and online learning offers a solution for expanding opportunities, global collaboration and 21st century skills. | |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Creating Online Learning Evangelists - Opening Keynote by Jackie Huba |
| Author Jackie Huba knows how to take your organization’s best people and energize them into influential, loyal and enthusiastic evangelists highlighting your courses, products and services. Jackie’s research of best practices into passionate “customer” loyalty will change the way you think about getting the word out on your programs. Learn how to ignite a fire and spread the word with your teachers, parents and students, while transforming your own organization. Take advantage of the energy and evangelism to help change the future course of education. | |
| 9:30 am – 10:15 am | Round Table |
| 10:15 am – 6:15 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | First Break-out Sessions |
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| 11:30 am – 1:15 pm | Luncheon - Keynote by Gene Wilhoit "Why Online Learning is Important to States" |
| Gene Wilhoit is the Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in Washington, DC. CCSSO is the leading organization of our state superintendents, commissioners and the heads of the state departments of education in the United States. Gene will provide an important national and state perspective on the most important issues in American education today and how online learning and virtual schools are solutions. Gene will share his broad vision for online learning and the future of education. | |
| 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Networking with the Exhibitors |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Second Break-out Sessions |
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| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Third Break-out Sessions |
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| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Break |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Fourth Break-out Sessions |
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| 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm | NACOL Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| 6:30 pm | VSS Networking Dinner |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | |
| 7:00 am - 10:00 am | Registration Open |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Keynote Speaker |
| 8:45 am - 1:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Open |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Break |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Fifth Break-out Sessions |
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Networking with the Exhibitors |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:45 am | Sixth Break-out Sessions |
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| 11:45 am - 1:15 pm | Networking Luncheon |
| By popular demand, NACOL is offering “Birds-of-a-Feather” Roundtables. Participate in one of dozens of discussions and conversations on specialized topics ranging from management issues for full-time programs to online professional development to online course development and more. These roundtables will provide you with an opportunity to discuss your specific interests and concerns with fellow attendees, share and gain insight from their experience and knowledge and make valuable new contacts and connections. | |
| 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm | Break |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Exhibit Hall Closed for Dismantling |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Seventh Break-out Sessions |
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| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Student Panel and Closing |