Announcing the Fall 2011 Symposium

'Best Practices in Online Education'

Friday, October 7, 2011 

Walsh College - Troy Campus

3838 Livernois, Troy, MI

8:00 a.m.          Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.          Introduction:  Dr. Patrick G. Callaghan, Alliance President,

                        Northwood University

9:05 a.m.          Welcoming Remarks: Stephanie W. Bergeron, President,

                        Walsh College

9:15 a.m.          Presentation:  The Fourth Age of e-Learning

Speaker:  Dr. Phil Ice, VP Research & Development,

American Public University

10:00 a.m.        Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Two Sessions; 10:00 a.m.

                        and 11:00 a.m.)

                  Topic:               Gauging the Quality of Online Learning

                                                        Panelists

  Diane Sacra, Walsh College

Suba Subbarao, Oakland Community College

Roger Bober, Leadership Capabilities, LLC

                  Topic:   Technology Innovations for Online Faculty

                                          Panelists:

                                Nic Bongers, Oakland University

                                          Bill Drummond, Macomb Community College 

                                          Jeanna Cronk, Northwood University

Noon:               Lunch (Sponsor Mini Presentations - 30 minutes)

1:00 p.m.          Presentation: 2011 Distinguished Online Faculty

                        Member of the Year

1:15 p.m.          Presentation: Student Retention - Strategies that Really
  Work!

                        Speaker: Dr. Phil Ice, VP Research & Development,

                        American Public University

2:15 p.m.          Presentation: The Challenges and Opportunities of
  Social Media

Speaker:  Dave Linabury, Director Interactive Experience,

Campbell Ewald

3:15 p.m.          Sponsor Remarks / Closing Remarks / Raffle

Thank you for the participation in this exchange of ideas and best practices.  Together we can offer our students a world class, engaged and meaningful learning experience!