Presentations

**Please refer to the schedule for exact locations**

8:30am - 9:30am Registration, Beakfast & Welcome

9:45am - 10:30am Break out Session #1

• Beck 101: Kept/Scrapped Post-Pandemic Round Table
  • Led by Brianne Twaddle, Lindsay Vogel & Nick Sonsteby from Gustavus Adolphus College
• Beck 111: Canvas + Rise 360 = Strengths-based Course Design
  • Come hear the story of how instructional designers partnered with the School of Education to a bring high-quality, asynchronous course design to their students when we combined the strengths of Canvas and Articulate Rise 360. STELAR (St. Thomas eLearning and Research) Center collaborated with professors who received grants aimed at infusing DEI principles in their course materials. The result was a beautiful, fully responsive course design to increase student engagement. Find out how we went about the projects and why we chose to leverage the best of Canvas and Rise 360 for designing and delivering their courses. Learn how to easily create interactive and engaging content. Discuss SCORM and accessibility considerations. Design documents and demos will be shared. 
    Presented by Michael A. Wilder and Helen Baer from University of St. Thomas
• Beck 113: Ally and Moodle - How to Move the Needle on Accessibility
  • St. Olaf and Carleton are partnering in a new initiative to bring more accessibility to Moodle. The software Ally allows Moodle designers and teachers to see how accessible learning content is, how to make content more accessible, and how designers and teachers can make incremental change. The software also creates alternate formats on the fly to give students additional options. We will start our pilot this Fall and want to learn how other colleagues support their faculty when it comes to accessibility.
  • Presented by Sam Graff and Ben Gottfried from Carleton College
• Beck 119: Getting Work Done: The Six Types of Working Genius
  • I am just getting settled into a new role, but the work needing to get done is now decreasing and the complexity around projects is not decreasing. It is imperative that we find a way to structure the work needing to be done in such a way a to excite and energize the people around us. The Table Group has developed a new assessment to try and help do just that and this presentation gives a quick overview of the model and how we are looking to use it to help us work better together at Martin Luther College.
  • Presented by Bob Martens from Martin Luther College

10:45am - 11:30am Break out Session #2

• Beck 101: PivITing to a hybrid team model in Higher Ed IT
  • Since the beginning of the pandemic most of the world's workforce has shifted to remote work and Higher Ed is no exception. We are now finding the "new normal" as many institutions are implementing remote work policies that allow employees to choose to work remotely some or all of the time. This shift has some wide-sweeping implications including a major cultural shift for teams needing to find new ways to connect, collaborate, and ensure inclusivity for all. In this presentation we will explore challenges and provide strategies for success for teams that are adopting hybrid models where some members are in the office, some are working remotely, and some are doing a little of each!
  • Presented by Brianne Twaddle from Gustavus Adolphus College
• Beck 111: Engaging Student Research Projects with ESRI StoryMaps
  • ESRI StoryMaps are used across industries and disciplines to create compelling web narratives. This presentation will feature how StoryMaps were used for student research in humanities and STEM fields at St. Thomas. Lessons learned on how to set students up for success and inspire them to create their own stories will be shared. Experienced participants are encouraged to share their tips and experiences. 
  • Presented by Matthew Vernon from University of St. Thomas
• Beck 113: Student Podcasting Assignments: Merging Information Literacy and Technology Training in the College Classroom
  • For the past five years CSB/SJU Instructional Technology staff have been partnering with faculty from multiple disciplines to create student podcast assignments. During this session will go over assignment details, look at free and relatively simple-to-use technologies we employ, walk through the podcasting sequence details and the supporting documents and resources we’ve developed to aid student success. We’ll examine how common information literacy learning objectives for more traditional, paper-based assignments transfer to podcasting assignments. This session will also address the strengths we bring to this type of project (i.e., expertise faculty have in their fields, instruction versus technology training and support) and how our shared contributions have led to stronger project design and implementation. See how this session will empower you try it in your institution. 
  • Presented by Adam Konczewski and Cathy Robak from College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University 
• Beck 119: Assistive Technology Dynamics Round Table
  • Round table discussion: A discussion about the dynamics of supporting students with assistive technology. What are the protocols/policies/procedures that shape how we support assistive technology requests? Can we be proactive instead of reactive with this technology? What does the future look like for assistive technology? Can we develop a community to share information on emerging assistive technologies projects? 
  • Led by Sam Graff from Carleton College

11:45am - 12:30pm Break out Session #3

• Beck 101: Security Round Table
  • An opportunity to discuss the latest happenings in Information Security - from phishing to FTC Safeguards Rule compliance and share knowledge.
  • Led by Chris Gregg from University of St. Thomas
• Beck 111: Course Evaluations: What's New In 2022? Round Table
  • Let's have a casual conversation about course evaluations a.k.a. "student evaluations" or "faculty evaluations" - tools (CampusLabs? Watermark? Qualtrics? Google Forms?), organization structures (Academic Affairs division vs. IT division), philosophical changes since the pandemic, etc.
  • Led by Eric Larson from University of St. Thomas
• Beck 113: Building a Collaborative Culture to Manage Campus-Wide EdTech Tools
  • Concordia's Learning Management System (Moodle) has become increasingly vital to traditional classes as well as online classes, and is also a key component in many Concordia Language Village offerings. To encourage greater diversity of perspective and ease the workload of ITS employees, we developed an interdepartmental steering committee. This session will present two years of lessons learned, and will engage participants in a discussion with the goal of improving and extending this collaboration to include other campus-wide EdTech tools. We hope this can serve as a potential model for other institutions.
  • Presented by Joseph Kennedy from Concordia College
• Beck 119: WTF is going on with Cloud Storage?
  • Presented by Paula Lackie from Carleton College

12:30pm - 1:45pm LUNCH at the Gustavus Cafeteria

1:45pm - 2:45pm Tour of Lund and Nobel

3:00pm - 3:45pm Break out Session #4

• Beck 101: Whatever it is, we can use Story Maps!
  • Story Maps for mapping and as a presentation platform across disciplinesWhile there were a handful of classes using ArcGIS Story Maps previously, during the pandemic we saw a big shift to needing virtual project options. Story Maps provided an excellent platform for creating visually pleasing and easy-to-create digital projects. At St. Olaf College, we've had an increase in Story Maps assignments across departments on campus, both for mapping and for curation.
    Presented by Sara Dale from St. Olaf College
• Beck 111: Accelerating Flexible Learning after COVID (Aflac): Insuring institutional health and student success through flexible course design 
  • HyFlex is a student-centered model of course delivery that (during non-pandemic times) offers both a classroom and at least one online (synchronous or asynchronous or both) participation mode. HyFlex is all about student choice and students are free to choose which option to use for each class session. This interactive presentation will provide an overview of HyFlex course design, including basic hardware suggestions (classroom setups with cameras and microphones), recommendations for faculty training and incentives, and anecdotal feedback from faculty and students. The presenters will share their experiences implementing HyFlex at multiple institutions and the knowledge and skills they gained from working with Brian Beatty, Associate Professor of Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University, who conceived and pioneered this instructional design model in the mid 2000’s. The presenters will query attendees about their own experiences along with sharing their own pitfalls and success stories. As we consider student expectations around increased flexibility, we look forward to discussing how other institutions are considering course delivery options and modalities for the upcoming academic year. 
  • Presented by Glori Hinck, Jonathan Keiser, and Lisa Burke from University of St. Thomas
• Beck 113: Expanding Technology Access: Loaner Laptops at Gustavus
  • Gustavus Technology Services was approached in 2020 by the Gustavus Student Senate asking how they can make a difference in regards to technology access to the Gustavus community. This presentation is about Gustavus' experience with providing loaner laptops to Gustavus students who are in need. This presentation is geared toward group discussion on attendees' experiences with providing loaner laptops to students at their institution or attendees looking for more information about providing this service in the future. We will talk about our process, products we use, and the effects it has on computing across campus.
  • Presented by Haley Ling & Nick Sonsteby from Gustavus Adolphus College
• Beck 119: Tactics of an Effective Manager
  • Management is the start of your career where there's no handbook, rulebook, or training.” Anyone who has been put into a leadership role knows you rarely get training on specific tactics of managing a team of human beings. We are instead left to “figure it out”. In this session, the focus will be on giving you skills you can use immediately to get the results you want. We will cover simple, actionable tactics around one-on-ones, delivering feedback, and delegation. The target audience for this session will be anyone who manages people or who hopes to one day manage people!
  • Presented by Jesse Voigt from Macalester College

3:45pm Prizes - Beck Atrium

4:00pm Happy Hour at Patricks