New Learning Communities

New Learning Communities:
Integrating Networks and Networked Information into Teaching and Learning

An invitational conference convened by the Working Group on Teaching and Learning of the Coalition for Networked Information with the co-sponsorship of Educom, AAHE, ACRL Indiana University/Purdue University of Indianapolis
November 16-19, 1995
Thursday   Friday   Saturday   Sunday

---

Schedule for Thursday, November 16, 1995

1:00 pm
Conference participant arrival and conference registration -- (Hotel Lobby)

Videotaping of scheduled teams -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

TOP

---

Schedule for Friday, November 17, 1995

8:00 am
Conference registration -- (Conference Center, Lobby of Room 231)

Breakfast -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

Videotaping of scheduled teams -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

9:30 am
Keynote Address -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

William Plater, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of Faculties, IUPUI

10:15 am
Break -- (Conference Center, Lobby of Room 231)

10:45 am
Team introduction activity -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

11:15 am
Small group discussion session: mutual critiques and information sharing -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)

Teams will be paired and will meet in breakout rooms to share details of their projects and begin a team-on-team evaluation of each other's projects.

12:15 pm
Lunch -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

1:15 pm
Continuation of small group session -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)
• What problems, opportunities was your project designed to solve, take advantage of?

• Does your vision of your work fit William Plater's vision of why this work is being done?

• What are the 2 or 3 most successful things about your project?

• What are the 2 or 3 most troublesome things about your project?

2:15 pm
Plenary session -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

"Collaborative Learning"

Sharon Hamilton, Professor, Department of English, IUIUP

3:15 pm
Break -- (Conference Center, Lobby of Room 231)

3:30 pm
Small group discussion session: mutual critiques and information sharing -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)
• Did your project change the way you interacted with your colleagues? How?

• What roles did team members take on as a part of a cross-functional group?

• Did the team become an instructional team?

• Did coaching and facilitating become a team activity?

• Did your project move you toward collaborative learning as Hamilton describes it?

5:00 pm
Free time and videotaping of scheduled teams -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

6:00 pm
Dinner -- (Conference Center, Indiana Room)

7:30 pm
Case study framework discussion -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

Jana Bradley, Professor, School of Library Information Science, IUPUI

TOP

---

Schedule for Saturday, November 18, 1995

8:00 am
Breakfast and Library tours (8:30 am-9:00 am) -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

9:00 am
Plenary session -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

"Teaching, Learning, and Technology at IUPUI"

Garland Elmore, Associate Executive Vice Chancellor, IUPUI

10:00 am
Break -- (Conference Center, Lobby of Room 231)

10:00 am
Small group discussion session: mutual critiques and information sharing -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)
• How did your project engage students?

• Did your students' reactions cause you to reconceptualize and/or change the project?

• Are some types of students more attracted to this type of learning than others?

• Here again, did your project move you toward collaborative learning as Hamilton describes it?

12:00 pm
Lunch -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

1:00 pm
Affinity group discussion session: librarians, information technologists, faculty, and instructional designers -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)
• What roles did you find yourself playing in your project?

• Did your role change as the project progressed?

• Did the project change your role within the regular working group?

2:00 pm
Break demonstration and set-up -- (Center for Teaching and Learning)

2:30 pm
Project demonstrations (5 teams) -- (Center for Teaching and Learning)

3:45 pm
Break and demonstration set-up -- (Center for Teaching and Learning)

4:15 pm
Project demonstration (5 teams) -- (Center for Teaching and Learning)

5:30 pm
Reception -- (Conference Center, President's Room)

Videotaping of schedlued teams -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

TOP

---

Schedule for Sunday, November 19

8:00am
Breakfast and Library tours (8:30 am-9:00 pm) -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

Videotaping of scheduled teams -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

9:00 am
Plenary session -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

"Assessment"

Trudy Banta, Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Development, IUPUI

Susanmarie Harrington, Assistant Professor, Department of English, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI

Joe Lovrinic, Management Advisory Office and Economic Model Office, IUPUI

10:00 am
Small discussion group session -- (Conference Center, Rooms 138, 224, 234)
• Identify the best practices you have heard at this conference and talk about the support needed to implement those practices.

12:00 pm
Lunch -- (Conference Center, Bistro)

1:00 pm
Full group discussion of best practices, issues, next steps and conference wrap-up -- (Conference Center, Room 231)

2:00 pm
Scheduled team videotaping -- (Conference Center, Room 218)

TOP

---