Complete archives of the 2015 LTDC Virtual Showcase are now available. The Virtual Showcase Committee would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended, presented and organized the conference. Over 200 people attended at least one of 38 sessions offered.
Keynote Speakers
- Defining Accessibility – Sarah Horton
- I am Not Content: The Future of Education Must Come Today – Dr. Curtis Bonk
Best Practices
- Assessment Enhancement: Personalization with Vocal Evaluation – Kristin Tjornehoj, UW-River Falls
- A Discovery-Focused Approach to the Instructional Laboratory in Biological Sciences – Jeffery D. Fritz, Ph. D. UW-Marshfield/Wood County
- Going Above and Beyond: Using D2L for Online Orientations & Training – Amy Williams, Elizabeth Simpson, and Jessica Eddy, UW-Whitewater
- Effects of Student Listening Practice on Identification of Perceptual Voice Characteristics in Dysphonic Voices – Sharyl Samargia and Scott Wojtanowski, UW-River Falls
- Engaged For 5 Years: An Online Orientation for Distance Learners – Yunhong “Tom” Tu, UW-Superior
- E-Service Learning – Elizabeth Simpson, UW-Whitewater
- Going Above and Beyond: Using D2L for Online Orientations & Training – Amy Williams, Elizabeth Simpson, and Jessica Eddy, UW-Whitewater
- Online Access for All: Effective Online Course Delivery for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – Melissa Smiley, UW Colleges Online
- Students, Take Ownership of Learning Outcomes! – Larry Schankman, UW-La Crosse
- Successes and Failures of Online Instruction – Crispin Pierce, UW-Eau Claire
- Using Twitter to Engage Students in Scholarly Discourse – Justin Davis and Linda Wawiorka, UW-Parkside
Emerging Technologies
- Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) Kits: Connecting to Your Community Through Technology – Justin Hougham, UW-Extension and Kevin O’Brien, Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center
- Support for the Life Cycle of Student Digital Media Projects: Partnerships, Services, & Spaces – Rosemary Bodolay, Carrie Kruse, and Dave Luke, UW-Madison
Engagement of Students
- Engaging Undergraduate Students in a Research Methods Course via Planned Smart Phone Usage Exercises – Kate Ksobiech, UW-Whitewater
- Maximizing Engagement and Learning for ALL Students – Renee Chandler, UW-Stout
- Motivating students through achievements in Brightspace (D2L) – Dylan Barth and Nicole Weber, UW-Milwaukee
- WordPress for Engaging Students in Collaborative Research and Writing: A Case Study in Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies – Dong Isbister, UW-Platteville
Faculty Development
- Connections & Collaborations: Using Blackboard Collaborate to Connect Nurses and Faculty in the Northwoods of Wisconsin – Christine Vandenhouten, UW-Green Bay
- Defining High Quality Asynchronous Discussion Design & Facilitation Practices – Kevin Forgard, UW Colleges Online
- Leveraging the Power of Collaboration to Develop an Online Professional Development Model – Ryan Anderson and Terry Tao, UW-Extension, CEOEL
- The Online Teaching Sharing Community – Marya Wilson, UW-Stout
- Online Teaching Short Course: Getting Ready to Teach Online – Richard Berg, UW-Stout
- TeachOnline@UW Madison: Lessons Learned from Faculty Learning Community Pilot – Karen Skibba, Kari Jordahl, Jonathan Klein, and Mark Millard, UW-Madison
How-to & Resources
- A Beginner’s Guide to Blackboard Collaborate – Karla Farrell, UW Colleges and UW-Extension
- Bringing Remote Guest Speakers Into The Classroom – George Krueger, UW-Platteville
- Collaborating Online Using a Jigsaw Learning Strategy – Deanna Schultz, UW-Stout
- Creating and Facilitating Discussions – Elizabeth Simpson, UW-Whitewater
- English Composition: Grading in the Digital World – Cheryl Brickner, UW-Stevens Point
- Using Kaltura/MyMedia in Brightspace – Michael King, UW-Stout
- Using the Course Calendar to Manage Your Course – John Hollenbeck, UW Colleges Online
- Using Web Tools and Desire2Learn Components as Formative Assessments in Blended and Virtual Environments – Mary Churchill, UW-Superior
- You Can do This Too! The Virtual Showcase Method for Planning Multi-session Online Conferences – Thomas Arendalkowski, UW Colleges and UW-Extension, Molly Immendorf, UW-Extension; Karla Farrell, UW Colleges and UW-Extension; Elizabeth Simpson, UW-Whitewater, Jennifer Hendryx, UW-Oshkosh
Innovative Approaches & Hot Topics
- Flipping the Business Writing Classroom: Technology Challenges and Successes – Paula Lentz, UW-Eau Claire
- Gamification in D2L – Elizabeth Simpson, UW-Whitewater
- Leveraging Brightspace’s Student Success System for Learning Analytics – Renee Pfeifer-Luckett, UW System, Dan Voeks, UW-Madison, Dylan Barth, UW-Milwaukee
- Student Perspectives on Using Technology in Active Learning Spaces: Supporting Both Formal & Informal Learning Environments – Carrie Kruse and Sarah Mason, UW-Madison
- Using Brightspace Analytics to Improve Retention – John Hollenbeck, UW Colleges Online