HigherEd Symposium
  DCU Center - Worcester, MA - October 3 - 4, 2006   

DCU Center
Worcester, MA
October 3 - 4, 2006

 Infrastructure to Support an Online Campus Online Tools and Technologies
Tuesday, October 3
8:00 AM-
  9:00 AM
Registration / Continental Breakfast
test speaker

9:00 AM-
  10:00 AM
Keynote: Enabling Growth Through Technology Sponsored by RedDot Solutions, A Hummingbird Company
Darren Guarnaccia
Vice President of Technology
RedDot Solutions

10:00 AM-
  10:45 AM
Break & Exhibits
10:45 AM-
  11:45 AM
Converged Telecommunications Infrastructure in a higher education environment, impact on education and operations.
Lewis Moretsky
President
The Upton Group

Case Study: Democratizing the Web Publishing Process, Presented by University of Rhode Island
Trent Batson
Director of IT
University of Rhode Island

11:45 AM-
  12:40 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
12:40 PM-
  1:30 PM
Emerging Trends in Classroom Webcasting
Mark Samber, PhD
Sonic Foundry, Inc.

Use the Web Effectively to Recruit, Matriculate and Retain Students
William Rogers
CEO
Ektron, Inc.

1:30 PM-
  2:20 PM
Case Study on Security
Timothy Chiacchira
Dartmouth College

Four Letter Words: How wiki and edit are making the Internet a better learning tool
Stewart Mader
Sr Instructional Technologist for Life Sciences
Brown University

2:20 PM-
  3:00 PM
Security in an Open Campus Environment
Ken Pappas
3Com / TippingPoint

A Synergistic Approach to Content and Technology: Utopia?
Georgy Cohen
Web Content Specialist
Tufts University

Teresa Loftin
Senior Web Application
Tufts University

Meghan Mandeville
Web Content Specialist
Tufts University

Naomi Marr
Associate Director, Web Communications
Tufts University

Peter Sanborn
Director
Tufts University
Moderator:
Jeff Ernst
Vice President, Marketing
FatWire Software
3:00 PM-
  3:30 PM
Break and Exhibits
3:30 PM-
  4:30 PM
Consult with the Consultants
Wednesday, October 4
8:00 AM-
  9:00 AM
Registration / Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM-
  10:00 AM
From Idea to Roll-Out - University of Arkansas' Success in Growing an Online Presence - Sponsored by RedDot
Chris Nixon
University Webmaster
University of Arkansas

Power Panel - Making the Transition to an Online Campus
Bill Washburn, PhD
Vice President of Business Development
CrossIntegration

10:00 AM-
  10:45 AM
Break & Exhibits
10:45 AM-
  11:30 AM
Why Won't Students Read? - A High Tech Solution to a Low Tech Problem, Sponsored by Taylor Associates
Vicky Tarbell
Director of College & Adult Education
Reading Plus / Taylor Associates

Case Study - How the University of Maryland University College built the largest online university in the U.S. - Sponsored by Ephox
John van Antwerp
University of Maryland University College

11:30 AM-
  12:20 PM
Unlocking Key Solutions to IT Infrastructure Challenges
Kevin Costello
Senior Government Account Manager
American Power Conversion

Managing Multiple Sites - Give each department/campus a platform for communication
Robert Clockedile
Managing Editor of Web Communications
Colby College

12:20 PM-
  1:00 PM
Lunch & Exhibits
1:00 PM-
  2:00 PM
Help Desks: From Evaluation to Implementation
Scott Vanderlip
President
Internet Software Sciences

Round Table Discussion
 
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