Next Meeting April 30th, 2010

The ND IDEA group is an association of North Dakota professionals involved with or interested in Instructional Design. The next meeting is scheduled for April 30th at Valley City State University.

Mission

• Advocate for effective teaching and learning.
• Collaborate on and share resources, experiences, and ideas.
• Review and recommend appropriate integration of technology to meet instructional goals.
• Serve as a repository for instructional resources, training, and materials.
• Act as a clearinghouse for current research and best practices in teaching and learning.

Membership
Open to anyone interested in the instructional design process and its impact on learning.

Collaborative Wiki: http://ndid.pbworks.com/
NDIDEA Blog: http://ndidea.blogspot.com/
Moodle Resource Repository: http://ndusdce.mrooms2.net/

Next Meeting
Friday, April 30th, 10AM to 2 PM at Valley City State University, Office of Instructional Design, McFarland 424

Tentative Agenda

• 10:00 -10:30 Meet and Greet
• 10:30 - 11:00 Campus Reports - What's New?
• 11:00 - 12:00 Special Guest Presentation: Openness as a Catalyst for Online Education (delivered via Wimba Classroom)
  • Like most technology the Web has proven itself to be a transformative in many areas of individual and societal life, resulting in cultural shifts that challenge traditional conceptions of education. Indeed, some argue that educational institutions are threatened with extinction for failure to adapt, despite our best efforts to deliver “e-learning”. Open education seeks to realize the goals of education while aligning with cultural shifts that favor openness, sharing, and digital identities. This presentation describes current open education projects, licenses, and tools while engaging participants in dialog on our changing culture. We’ll cover basic strategies you can use to discover, reuse, remix, create, and share open educational resources as part of your normal practice.
• Presenter: Jared M. Stein is Director of Instructional Design Services for Distance Education at Utah Valley University, where he oversees the design and development of technology-enhanced course content, tools, and environments. He has over a decade of experience designing, developing, and delivering distance education through ever-changing online learning environments. Jared has long-running professional experience in Web development, an academic background in education and learning design, and continues to teach courses on web design both in the classroom and online. Jared is also the founding collaborator behind the Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, an annual open conference on e-learning.
• 12:00 - 1:00 (working lunch) Campus Reports Cont.
• 1:00 - 2:00 H1N1 Conference Attendence Reports/ Next Steps for NDIDEA

If you plan to attend, please contact the meeting host:
Dan Clark | Valley City State University
101 College Street | Valley City, ND 58072
701.845.7206 | dan.clark@vcsu.edu

Questions?
Please call Dan Clark @ 701.845.7206 or email dan.clark@vcsu.edu.