Regional User Forum – Denver, Colorado

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Original Flickr-CC-BY photo “Rocky Mountain Chills” by Zach Dischner

Date: November 30, 2012;  9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (breakfast at 8 AM)

Place: Sheraton Downtown Denver

Agenda:

9:00 - What’s New at Desire2Learn and What’s Ahead; Barry Dahl, Sr. Community Manager and Jeremy Auger, Desire2Learn CTO (10:15 break)

CCCS CIO and VP Julie Ouska welcomes the crowd and D2L CTO and VP Jeremy Auger presents new product features.

10:25 – Breakout Sessions (11:25 break)

• Student Orientation Course+;  Rick Tanski and Mike Arsenault, Academy Online
• Rubrics Rock!;  Jennifer Frahm, Aims Community College
• Learning on Purpose: Developing Curriculum Using 5E in Course Development;  Brenda Perea, Peter Lin, and Jing Yu, CCCOnline
• Desire2Learn Capture & Webcasting in Action;  Alan Whitehead, Desire2Learn
• Focus Group: Collaboration Tools; Janna Cameron, Desire2Learn (Plaza Ballroom A/B)

Rick Tanski and Mike Parsenault demo their K-12 Student Orientation

11:35 – Breakout Sessions

• Data Driven Support – Using Help Desk Tickets to Inform Faculty Support; Aisha Jackson, University of Colorado at Boulder
• The Virtuous Course Project; Eric Salahub, Front Range Community College
• Charting our way Through Oceans of Digital Content; Karen Kaemmerling, CCCOnline
• Your Guide to Learning Analytics; Don Walsh, Desire2Learn

Clockwise from top left: Aisha Jackson, Karen Kaemmerling, Eric Salahub, and Don Walsh.

12:35 – 1:35 Lunch and “Table Topics” (Plaza Ballroom A/B)

1:35 – Breakout Sessions (2:35 break)

• Two Blinding Flashes of the Obvious: Using D2L for Internal Training; Christine Fleming, Regis University
• Engaging Discussions with Videos and Rubrics; (Gdocs slides) Sherry Jones, Community College of Denver
• D2L For Administrative Tasks; Nate Wadman, Pikes Peak Community College
• Getting the Most Out of Desire2Learn Learning Environment 10; Dave Maurer, Desire2Learn

Clockwise from top-left: Christine Fleming, Sherry Jones, Nate Wadman, Dave Maurer

2:45 – Breakout Sessions (3:45 break)

• A New Direction at Regis: Faculty Maintenance of Courses; Gregory Wells, Regis University
• Communications Buffet, Three Quick Ways to Increase Engagement; (Slideshare) Barry Dahl, Desire2Learn
• Our Approach to SIS Holding Tank/ Real Time and Batch; Greg Hatayama, Regis University
• Desire2Learn Learning Environment Content Tool Gets a Facelift; Desire2Learn

3:55 Closing Remarks and Prize Drawings

Prizes included Best Buy gift cards, Apple TV, Kindle Fire, D2L Swag Bags, USB drives, coffee mugs, and more. Here are four of the lucky winners, from left; Donna H., Joseph F., Michael A., and Robert W.

Schools in attendance include:

1. Academy Online High School (District 20)
2. Aims Community College
3. Arapahoe Community College
4. Charis Bible College
5. Colorado Community College Online
6. Colorado Community College System
7. Colorado Northwestern Community College
8. Colorado Online Learning
9. Community College of Aurora
10. Community College of Denver
11. Emily Griffith Technical College
12. Front Range Community College
13. Jeffco’s 21st Century Virtual Academy
14. Lamar Community College
15. Montana State University
16. Morgan Community College
17. Pikes Peak Community College
18. Pueblo Community College
19. Red Rocks Community College
20. Regis University
21. Trinidad State Junior College
22. University of Colorado Boulder

NOTE: “Rocky Mountain Chills” CC-BY photo  Some rights reserved by Zach Dischner (see on Flickr)