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Distance Education (SIG DE): Using technology to connect us for learning

SIG DE fosters the discovery and utilization of some of the most effective technologies for facilitating student learning online. Whether instructors are designing a distance or hybrid course or are considering the use of online applications within a traditional classroom setting, SIG DE endorsed sessions explore tools that enable instructors to create meaningful online learning environments.

In addition, the Now Considering… informal conversations will provide a venue in which like-minded educators can connect, as well as a mechanism for further reflection on ideas and issues surrounding K-20 Distance Education in Alaska. Continued discussion and news about SIG DE can be found on Twitter using #astesigde.

SIG DE Website


SIG DE Leads

SIG DE Presenter Bios [PDF]

Saturday, February 25

  • 6-hour Hands-On
    • - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Impacting Learning and Teaching from the Clouds with Tammy Morris

Sunday, February 26

  • Now Considering...
    • - 8:30 - 9:30 am: Disrupting Class - On Clayton Christensen’s prediction that half of all 9th through 12th grade courses in the next few years will be taken online - implications for distance education and Alaska schools?
    - 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Games4Learning - RU 4 or Agin? - Do learning outcomes justify the effort and expense to construct and conduct? Snippets and snapshots from research and practice.

  • 1-hour Informational
    • - 9:45 - 10:45 am: Podcasting 101 with Emily Demmert
    - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Bottom Up: Real Distance Learning in Rural Alaska and Beyond - Using Blackboard Collaborate and Other Collaborative Tools with Matthew Stark
    - 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Edmodo: The Educational Facebook with Nicole Bourque
    - 2:15 - 3:15 pm: Mobile Learning with Keith Zamudio

Monday, February 27

  • 3-hour Hands-On
    • - 1:00 - 4:00 pm: The Incredible Embed-able Eggs with Benjamin Johnson

Tuesday, February 28

  • Now Considering...
    • - 9:45 - 10:15 am: The Singularity - On Kurzweil's projection (from Moore’s Law) that places the point artificial intelligence will exceed all human intelligence on Earth no later than 2045. Can a robot be wise? Implications for educating the next generation of humans?
    - 2:15 - 2:45 pm: iTeachU - A higher education approach to online instructor training online. Other approaches to enabling a new generation of online instructors with the teaching theory and practical skills they need for achieving excellence in online instruction?

  • 1-hour Informational:
    • - 10:30 - 11:30 am: Classroom WithOut Walls with Greg Zorbas, Rod Sparks, and Gregory Weissenberg
    - 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Setting Up a Google Domain - Part I with Mary St. John, Lynda Van Winkle, and Sam Oliveri