7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (complimentary)

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Opening, “The State of Faculty Development for 2009,” – William A. Draves, President, Learning Resources Network

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Participant Introductions and Networking

1. Empowering Learners to Lead, with Rita-Marie Conrad

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Empowering Learners to Lead

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Morning break

10:15 – Noon. Empowering Learners to Lead (continued)

Noon – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon (complimentary)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Small Group Discussions, Successful faculty development tips

1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Latest tips on leading online discussion, with Mary Dereshiwsky
(from a distance)

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Break

2. Generational Communication On Campus, with Suzanne Kart

2:15 – 3:30 p.m. Generational Communication On Campus

Institute ends promptly at 3:30 pm

Optional 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Information session on Certified Online Instructor (COI) designation

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (complimentary)

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Top Issues in Faculty Development

3. New! eTools for Developing Content Objects, with Les Howles

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. eTools for Developing Content Objects

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Morning Break

10:30 – Noon. eTools for Developing Content Objects (continued)

Noon – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon (complimentary)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Small Group Discussions

1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Technology Update, with Stephen Downes (from a distance)

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Break

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Marketing and Promoting Faculty Development, with William A. Draves

4. What Faculty Need to Know About Virtual Worlds, with Darryl Hancock

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. What Faculty Need to Know About Virtual Worlds

Institute ends promptly at 3:30 pm.

Optional 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Information session on Faculty Development membership

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast (complimentary)

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. What’s Next for Faculty Development. Discussion and Analysis.

5. Learning Differences in the Female and Male Brains, with Julie Coates

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Learning Differences in the Female and Male Brains

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Executive Briefing: No penalty for late work. An introduction to why grading in this century needs to be based on learning and knowledge, not on behavior. - William Draves.

11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Nine Shift for 2009: “Going Virtual.” With music, hats, slides and stories, William Draves explores the big picture of how education is changing as we transition into the Information Age of the 21st Century.

11:45 – Noon. Closing

Noon. The Faculty Development Institute ends on time.

Your presenters are some of the foremost authorities in faculty development and online instruction.  They are authors of leading books in higher education, as well as sought-after conference speakers and consultants.