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February 22-24, 2012. Portland, Oregon and Online

About the Conference

Amid rapid change in higher education and information technology, the importance of IT engagement continues to grow. How do we effectively engage in teaching and learning on our campuses and beyond campus as technology shrinks time and distance? In the spirit of this year’s conference theme, “Engaging Everyone Effectively,” we will look at ways to collaborate, lead, and assess IT’s role within higher ed as it continues to evolve. Join your colleagues and leaders in the higher ed IT community as we explore the many facets of IT engagement.

We will be speaking with Sarah Krznarich, Assistant Director of Student Engagement at Arizona State University (ASU).  

About our session

How do you foster community and collaboration among faculty members? How do you track new technologies and emerging trends and share the knowledge across multiple campuses? Learn how an online community platform has provided a solution for student and faculty collaboration through an academic engagement network, allowing for improved connections and learning. Examples of the power of an asynchronous network will be shared, and include faculty-focused communities of practice, special interest groups and other collaborative spaces. This session will clearly illustrate how to enhance collaboration & curriculum sharing—addressing a diverse and disparate faculty—and simplify access to information & resources across virtual campuses.

As a result of this session, attendees will:

• Understand the value of an academic engagement network and apply this to challenges they are facing at their own institutions.
• Approach the creation of an academic engagement network with a set of best practices, tips and tricks in order to foster vibrant participation among faculty and students.
• Promote the ideas shared within the session to others at their institution, in order to improve existing engagement activities or build new strategies
• For more information, see here. 

Sarah Krznarich, Assistant Director of Student Engagement, ASU

Sarah directs student communications, engagement, community and social media efforts for ASU Online. Her work spans content strategy, new technology partnerships and design initiatives. She completed her BA in sociology after spending over a decade in marketing, media and publishing.

Melissa Loble, VP of Client Strategy, GoingOn Networks

Melissa has spent the last 17 years working closely with higher education institutions to leverage the most effective collaborative learning technologies in implementing successful, engaging learning communities. Prior to joining GoingOn, Melissa was the Senior Director for Solutions Engineering at Blackboard, where she led a team focused on helping higher education institutions and K-12 districts manage and deploy these technologies to maximize academic performance and minimize institutional costs. In addition to her role at GoingOn, Melissa teaches in the Masters Program in Learning Technologies (MALT) for Pepperdine University.

You can also find us at one of the sponsor tables.