UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase History & Reviews
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This document provides a history and overview of the UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase, an annual conference put on by the UW System Learning Technology Development Council. It discusses the origins of the virtual conference format starting in 2013 with a regional showcase. It highlights planning committees and speaker feedback for yearly events from 2013-2015. Attendees commented positively on the accessibility of the virtual format, quality of presentations, and organization of the conference. The document also notes that presentation videos and materials are made available online through the LTDC showcase archives.
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UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase History & Reviews
- 1. UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase A SHORT HISTORY
- 2. 2 year campuses 4 year campuses UW-Extension (statewide) LTDC South East Region UW-Milwaukee UW-Parkside UW-Whitewater UW-Colleges (statewide) UW-Extension (statewide) LTDC Central Region UW-Green Bay UW-Oshkosh UW-Stevens Point UW-Colleges (statewide) UW-Extension (statewide) LTDC Northwest Region UW-Eau Claire UW-River Falls UW-Stout UW-Superior UW-Colleges (statewide) UW-Extension (statewide) LTDC West Region UW-La Crosse UW-Madison UW-Platteville UW-Colleges (statewide) UW-Extension (statewide)
- 4. Showcase Chair’s office and hometown LTDC South East Region UW-Milwaukee UW-Parkside UW-Whitewater UW-Colleges (statewide) UW-Extension (statewide)
- 5. 2013 Regional Showcase Planning Committee Renee Pfeifer-Luckett, UW-Whitewater Pat Fellows, UW- Colleges/UW- Extension Matt Russell, UW- Milwaukee Pat Eaton, UW- Parkside Thomas Arendalkowski, UW- Extension Sajia Kopp, UW- Extension Molly Immendorf, UW-Extension
- 6. The virtual showcase idea was born!
- 7. “I loved the virtual conference concept. I could pop in and out throughout the day and didn't have to be away from my office. I still got a lot of good information and got some work done too!” “Accessibility was terrific.” “Provided great info and food for thought in well-thought out packages.” “What a great idea! Appreciated the opportunity to attend and not have to travel.” “On time and the technology worked, fantastic!” “I appreciated that it brought the speakers to me at my desk so that I didn't have to travel, and it modeled use of the technology very well!” “Great speakers! Easy to follow and lots of information.”
- 10. 2014 Showcase Planning Committee Karla Farrell, UW Colleges/UW- Extension Josh Krohn, UW- River Falls Lorna Wong, UW System Thomas Arendalkowski, UW- Extension John Oppenheimer, UW-Extension Molly Immendorf, UW-Extension Jennifer Hendryx, UW Colleges Online
- 14. “Opportunity for professional development without travel, great speakers, and THANK YOU for making the session details and videos openly available online.” “Excellent organization and support. Wonderful presentations for the most part.” “Offered a wide variety of topics for professionals who work in different capacities” “Thanks for the archives! Very helpful to share the sessions after the conference! It would be interesting t find out how many of the archived sessions are visited after the conference!” “Ran very smoothly. I received an adequate amount of reminders, information pages were clear with easy-to-follow links and instructions, and sessions started on time.” “highlighted a wide variety of relevant topics and categorized them” “I could work this format around the classes I teach and did not need to travel a minimum of three hours (one way) to attend. I also could just listen and learn -- if I had other tasks that needed to be completed (okay, I multi-tasked through a couple sessions). LOVE the support from Thomas !!”
- 16. 2015 Showcase Planning Committee Karla Farrell, UW Colleges/UW- Extension Josh Krohn, UW-River Falls Thomas Arendalkowski, UW- Colleges/UW- Extension John Oppenheimer, UW-Madison Molly Immendorf, UW-Extension Stacy Leno, UW-Superior Renee Pfiefer-Luckett, UW-System Elizabeth Simpson, UW- Whitewater Paulina Gardner, UW Colleges/ UW-Extension Jennifer Hendryx, UW-Oshkosh
- 20. Excellent presenters, excellent topics, excellent technology “I liked the conference. Good topics covered and ideas.” “Q&A was very good” What was one thing this conference did well? “Everything!” “The conference schedule page was well organized to present the different sessions; however, the color coding employed was hard to use.”
- 21. Showcase Archives available online: UW-System Learning Technology Development Council Events and Conferences 2015 UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase 2014 UWS LTDC Virtual Showcase 2013 UWS LTDC South-East Regional Virtual Showcase
Hinweis der Redaktion
- The UW System is made up of 13 4 year campuses, 13 2 year campuses which make up the UW Colleges and the statewide UW Extension. The UW System Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) is made up of Learning Tech professionals from all of the 15 institutions sharing pedagogical best practices for incorporating learning technology to increase student learning and productivity. For many years, <click> the LTDC held annual showcases in each of 4 regions.
- These were always face-to-face held on one of the campuses in the region drawing faculty and staff participation from that region. <click>
- In 2013, one of the regional showcases went virtual because the showcase planning committee chair wasn’t located on one of the campuses within that region. She worked for UW-Extension and knew that Extension could support a virtual showcase technically as long as the right people were involved. <click>
- These were the right people! Once the committee was formed it was time to figure out timing, logistics, and theme.
- Even though this was one of the regional showcases that year, the planning committee decided to call it the UW System Virtual Showcase – We were hoping that it would be the first of many.
- One day, two keynote speakers and six concurrent sessions featuring faculty and staff from the South East region. <click> It was held in April 2013 via Blackboard Collaborate with support from UW Extension’s Instructional Communications Systems unit. <click> Here are some stats from that day: 25-45 live attendees at each session <click> Participants included a mix of faculty, instructional technology and instruction design specialists mostly from Wisconsin, but a few outside of Wisconsin attended live, too <click> All participants surveyed would attend a virtual conference again. <click> Cost was about $2500 (half of the budget for a face-to-face regional showcase)<click> Here is a selection of Patricia McGee’s keynote session in which she shares her wisdom about creating quality blended educational opportunities…<click>
- Later that month, the LTDC decided, based on the success of the Virtual Showcase that the regional showcases would now consolidated to one state-wide virtual showcase in 2014.
- Some of the committee members stayed on the committee and even more members were recruited. This team met a bajillion times to work out timing, logistics and more building on the experiences of the regional virtual showcase. <click>
- In 2014, the showcase was expanded to two days, 28 concurrent sessions were grouped into 6 broad topic themes <click>
- Two internationally acclaimed keynote speakers. Here is a brief snippet of Alec Curous’ keynote about the digital self: <click>
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- Some stats from 2014: 100% University of Wisconsin System institutions participation as presenters and/or moderators)<click> 250 pre-registered <click> There were between 20-80 live participants per session <click> There were less than 5 technical issues known by the planning chairperson and they included VoIP vs. teleconference, recording not available <click> The total cost was $5,750.00 ( the total budget of face-to-face regional showcases was $20, 000) <click> 100% planning committee members still employed by UWS are willing to plan the 2015 Showcase <click>
- We were on a roll! We now had two years of success and were ready to expand even more for 2015. <click>
- The committee was enlarged and a new chairperson took over.
- The 2015 Virtual Showcase kept the two day/two keynote speaker format. The showcase website was now incorporated into the UW-System LTDC website rather than an external site. <click>
- Breakout sessions from all UW System institutions were presented in the six topic areas. The call for proposals was so successful that the planning committee decided to add another time slot for each day for an additional breakout sessions beyond 2014 for a total of 38. Here is a taste of Curt Bonk’s keynote presentation challenging us to think about the monumental shift in education delivery and availability: <click>
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- Some stats from 2015: Total session attendance of 834 <click> 218 unique attendees <click> 44% of attendees watched one session. 32% watched 2-4 sessions. 23% watched 5 or more sessions. <click> Median session attendance: 18 Highest session attendance: 77 Lowest session attendance: 5<click>
- You can learn more about our current and future events on the UWS LTDC website as well as view archives of all sessions showcased since 2013. <click>