ICCE Spring Conference Schedule

IUPUI Campus Center

March 18-19, 2010

March 18

1030-1230     ICCE Business meeting

1230-130       Registration and check-in

130-145         Welcome and Intro. of Grad Student
                     Speaker

145-215         Graduate Student ’09 Winner Presentation

                     Sonia R. Strevy, PhD, RN; Indiana             
                     Wesleyan University

215-230         Break

230-330        Networking Breakout Session: Meet and talk
                    with individuals with similar job
                    responsibilities         

430-530        Reception

                    Dinner

March 19

800-900         Continental Breakfast

900-915         President’s Comments, Introduction of
                     Speaker

915-1015       Keynote Speaker: Teresa Lubbers,
                    Commissioner, Indiana Commission for
                    Higher Education

1015-1030     Break

1030-1130     Morning Concurrent Sessions**

1130-1145     Pre-lunch Break

1145-130       Lunch/ Awards/ Lunch Keynote: John
                     Whikehart, Chancellor, Ivy Tech
                     Community College- Bloomington

130-145         Break

145-245         Afternoon Concurrent Sessions**

245-300         Wrap-up/ Prizes

Concurrent Sessions**                            

Morning sessions

Creating a Community Model for Adult Education: A Work in Progress

Susie Graham, Director-Center for Lifelong Learning, Ivy Tech-Bloomington; Miah Michaelson, Assistant Economic Development Director for the Arts, City of Bloomington

Continuing education providers in Bloomington have formed a coalition, at the request of the mayor, to develop plans to make the city a “lifelong learning community.” Learn about the Coalition’s plans to enhance the visibility and role of adult education in the community.

Current Technology for Distance Education

Tianhong Shi, Instructional Designer-Continuing Education, Purdue University

Learn about current technologies and best practices for distance education, including blogs, twitters, wikis, discussion forums, Adobe Connect, Google Documents, and others, as well as several unique tools developed at Purdue.

Social Media Marketing: Reaching Your Audience with Web 2.0

Kyla Cox, Director-Communications and Outreach, Bloomington Continuing Studies, IU

Discover the most popular social media sites—Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn—and how they can be incorporated into a continuing education marketing plan. Suggestions will be offered to help participants avoid mistakes and pitfalls of these innovative and viral media.

Afternoon sessions

Online Interactive Advising

Lester Cook, Academic Advisor-General Studies, IUPUI

Academic advising in universities has not kept pace with the distance education revolution…until now! Learn how IUPUI’s General Studies program advises both campus and distance students using Adobe Connect to bring the student and academic advisor together in a virtual environment.

What’s in the IHETS Toolbox?

Kallie Bonnell, Communications Manager, IHETS

This session will identify current and future challenges in the continuing education field as they relate to the ever-evolving world of technology. An overview of current IHETS tools and services, including the Indiana College Network, will be included.

Harness the Power of Social Networking to Ignite Recruitment of Adult Students

Angela Williams, Asst. Director-Site-based Programs, IPFW; Karen VanGorder, Assistant to Executive Director, IPFW Continuing Studies

How can you get 300 inquiries and 100 applications for 30 seats in a program with no paid advertising? Learn from IPFW’s success in recruiting using e-mail marketing and powerful social networking tools. Discover the basic features of social networking sites.