Staff Accolades

Appalachian State Free-Learning Conference

July 29, 2016 Boone, N.C.

• Dan Dunnagan, “Collaboration to Convert a Traditional Survey Course into an Engaged Student Engagement” (Attendees: 11)

UNC Cause

October 5–7, 2016 Winston-Salem, N.C.

• Mike Cuales, Cathi Dunnagan and Bethanne Tobey, “Designing VR Experiences for Higher Ed” (Attendees: 25)
• Christopher Beeson, Yiling Chappelow, Suzanne Edmonds and Allie Giro, “Plan. Teach. Assess. Repeat.” (Attendees: 40)
• Scott Watkins, “Improving LMS Usability with Help Desk Data” (Attendees: 15)
• Martin Dulberg, “Learning Technology Governance: Creating Transparency and Buy-in” (Attendees: 25)
• Marc Gracieux, “Show, Don’t Just Tell: Improving the End-User Support” (Attendees: 40)

EDUCAUSE

October 24–29, 2016 Anaheim, Calif.

• Donna Petherbridge, “Unleashing the Minions: Putting an IT Strategic Plan to Work” (Attendees: 20)
• Donna Petherbridge, “Alternative Credentialing in Higher Education” (Attendees: 80)
• Lou Harrison and Donna Petherbridge, “Student Success is Everybody’s Business” (Attendees: 70)
• Donna Petherbridge, “Diverse Paths to Leadership” (Attendees: 70)

NCREN Community Day

November 3–4, 2016 Raleigh, N.C.

• John Gordon, Jeff Robinson, Arthur Earnest, Todd Buker, and Michael Castro, “Fundamentals of Video Production for the Cell Phone Do It Yourselfer” (Attendees: 35)

UPCEA Marketing Summit

November 7–10, 2016 West Palm Beach, Fla.

• Kay Zimmerman, “Winning, One Program at a Time: A Systematic Approach” (Attendees: 42)

U.S. Distance Learning Association (USDLA) Virtual Conference

November 7–10, 2016

• Kay Zimmerman, “Winning, One Program at a Time: A Systematic Approach” (Attendees: 63)

Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium

January 27, 2017 Durham, N.C.

• Mike Cuales, participate on expert panel (Attendees: 75)

CASE III Conference

February 5–8, 2017 Nashville, Tenn.

• Kay Zimmerman, “The Online Education Marketing Dilemma” (Attendees: 65)

SXSWedu

March 5–10, 2017 Austin, Texas

• Mike Cuales, Cathi Dunnagan and Bethanne Tobey, “Designing VR Experiences for Edu” (Attendees: 85)

OLC Innovate

April 4–7, 2017 New Orleans, La.

• David Howard, “Making Innovation a Strategic Priority: Building and Supporting an Instructional Innovation Team” (Attendees: 50)

Teaching Family Science Conference

June 12–13, 2017 Paradise Island, Bahamas

• Kim Allen (DELTA Faculty Fellow) and Stacy Gant, “Using Technology to Teach Parenting Education” (Attendees: 40)

New Media Consortium Annual Conference

June 13–15, 2017 Boston, Mass.

• Christopher Willis, “A Template for Evaluating the Use of New Media” (Attendees: 15–20)

Distance Learning Administration Conference

June 19–21, 2017 Jekyll Island, Ga.

• Kay Zimmerman, “Positioning DE for the Future to Achieve a Competitive Advantage” (Attendees: 31)
• Kay Zimmerman, “The Online Education Marketing Dilemma” (Attendees: 27)

Appalachian State Free-Learning Conference

July 21, 2017 Boone, N.C.

• Suzanne Edmonds, “Google Across Institutions: A Roundtable Discussion”

Moodle Moot

July 25–27, 2017 New Orleans, La.

• Martin Dulberg, “Analyzing the Usability of your LMS Portal”
• Martin Dulberg, “Governance is Important: How NC State makes LMS Decisions with Transparency and Community Buy-in” (Attendees: 40)
• Lou Harrison and Jeff Webster, “Update on the Learning Analytics Processor with Moodle” (Attendees: 40)