A. "Cool Tools" - Instructional Technology for e-Learning
Presenter: Andy Wadsworth
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge in the use of a WWW browser and the installation of plug-ins is essential. The understanding of Internet connections including bandwidth, TCP/IP, and Internet media formats is helpful.
Format: Lecture/Demonstration
Description: Administrators, instructors, and students need to be aware of the technologies that are available for communication, collaboration, and instruction using the Internet and private Intranets. Cutting-edge technologies appear on the market almost daily. This presentation is an "interactive demonstration" designed to take any size group on a tour of the various network-based media formats coupled with the operation of the technology tools that make it all possible. All tools have been researched and tested by the presenter and various development teams and are considered to be reliable and purposeful. This award-winning presentation has been delivered to thousands of very satisfied WWW enthusiasts.

B. Online Classroom Assessment
Presenter: Michael Lindeman
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Discussion/Demonstration
Description: This session presents various strategies for conducting student assessment in online courses. A brief overview of assessment theory will be given, followed by demonstrations of assessments used by the presenter in his online courses. Topics to be covered include:

• Role of Assessment in the Instructional Design Process
• Online Quizzes and Tests
• Online Performance-Based Assessments
• Cheating in Online Courses
  

C. Online Learning: An Overview
Presenter: Mike McNett
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: No prerequisite skills; this session is open to all audiences
Format: Hands-on Lab/Lecture/Discussion
Description: This workshop introduces the key elements of an online program and focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of online learning. It includes many Web resources, is interactive, and encourages much discussion of concepts, ideas, and strategies for effective online teaching among participants. This workshop is for faculty at the pre-design stage of online courses. Topics to be covered are:

• Key Elements of an Online Program
• Strengths and Weaknesses of Online Learning
• The Role and Responsibilities of the Online Instructor
• The Successful Online Student
• Integrating Technology into the Course
• Visit and Discuss Sample Online Courses.
  

D. Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Presenter: Burks Oakley II
Audience Level: Beginners
Prerequisite Skills: Experience using a Windows PC and Microsoft Office desirable
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Microsoft FrontPage 2000 is a quick and effective way to create professional-quality Web pages without programming or writing HTML code. It makes it easy for new users to build and maintain great-looking, professional-quality Web sites. In this workshop, participants will learn to use FrontPage 2000 to create Web pages using a familiar interface that is similar to a word-processor. Items to be covered include:

• Creating a New FrontPage 2000 Web
• Using the FrontPage 2000 Editor
• Adding a New Page to Your Web & Inserting Text from a File
• Inserting Cool Stuff into Your FrontPage 2000 Web
• Adding a Hit Counter to a Web Page
• FrontPage 2000 vs. HTML Coding
• Adding Hyperlinks
• Inserting Images
• Inserting Tables
• Organization of a FrontPage 2000 Web
• Publishing Your FrontPage 2000 Web
• Adding a New Page to Your Web & Inserting Text from a File
  

E. Creating Web Graphics with Macromedia Fireworks
Presenter: Brett Coup
Audience level: Intermediate
Prerequisite skills: A working knowledge of HTML is helpful but not absolutely required.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Macromedia Fireworks is a powerful program for creating and optimizing Web graphics. Session participants will use Fireworks to create navigation buttons that incorporate JavaScript rollover and image-swapping functionality without any programming.

F. Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver
Presenter: Virgil Varvel
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: While a quick overview will be provided, participants should have a basic understanding of the structure of an HTML document
Format: Hands-on Lab/Discussion
Description: As the Web becomes more complex, so too do the tools with which we can utilize it. Macromedia Dreamweaver offers a powerful solution to the creation of Web documents without the necessity of advanced HTML knowledge. This discussion will cover the basics of Macromedia Dreamweaver through the production of effective Web pages.

G. Introduction to HTML and Netscape Page Composer
Presenter: Melissa Kelly
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: Ability to navigate and manage files (open, save) within the Windows 95/98 environment, and familiarity with the Web and Web browsers.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: The HyperText Markup Language, or HTML, is a set of standardized tags or codes for formatting Web pages. All HTML tags consist of plain text characters and can be written out manually using a plain text editor such as MS Notepad, or they can be applied using a friendly graphical interface similar to those available in modern word processing software. This workshop will expose participants to both methods. Participants will learn the basics of the HTML language, creating simple HTML documents using Microsoft Notepad. They will then learn how to create HTML documents within the graphical editing environment provided by Netscape Composer, the free editor that comes with the Netscape Communicator Web browser.

H. Introduction to Streaming Media
Presenter: Jeffrey Bathe
Audience Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system
Description: This session will introduce participants to streaming media, real-time and on-demand delivery of audio and video over the Internet. Through discussion, demonstrations and a brief hand-on opportunity, participants will be able to experience some of the possibilities that streaming media can provide. Topics to be addressed include:

• What is streaming media?
• Why should it be used?
• Examples of different streaming formats.
• How to create a "streaming" audio file with RealProducer.
  

I. Steering Committee Meeting
Presenter: Charles Evans
Members of the Illinois Online Network Steering Committee will meet to discuss issues related to the ION project. Open to Steering Committee members or their designees.

A. Humanities and Arts
Tracey Smith

B. Education
James Wong

C. Languages and Literature
Matt Smith

D. Business
Marcy Satterwhite

E. Hard Sciences, Engineering, and Math
Gary Trammel

F. Computer Science
Keith Miller

G. Social Sciences
Jeffrey Bathe

H. Nursing, Health Sciences and Biological Sciences
Kathy Lewis

A. Making the Shift to Web-Based Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Iris Stovall
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Description: This session describes how Web-based resources can be incorporated into traditional teaching. As more Web resources are added, and more of a course becomes Web-based, the nature of the course changes and there are different expectations for both instructors and students. A ten-step process starting with the utilization of the most basic Web resources and ending with completely online programs will be developed.

B. Common Roadblocks to the Successful Online Class
Presenter: Brett Coup
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Discussion
Description: This session addresses technical and practical issues that can make teaching online either an enjoyable, interesting experience or a 16-week headache. We'll discuss how to know if you know enough technology, ways to organize your material, how to work with students who need a lot of reassurance and courses from commercial publishers.

C. Virtual Guest Lecturers: Bring a World of Experts to Your Students
Presenter: Mike McNett
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: No prerequisite skills; this session is open to all audiences
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Description: Beyond the obvious benefit of infusing special expertise into an online course, virtual guest lectures can enhance the quality of student learning in multiple ways. They add interest and excitement by introducing new perspectives, opinions, and personal experiences into the class discussions. They can allow students to experience higher-end technologies, such as streaming video and audio, which may not be regular elements of the course. And perhaps as importantly, they can also be done effectively with minimal complexity in asynchronous, discussion-based courses.

Using examples ranging from simple text-based presentations to full-motion streaming video, this presentation will deal with:

• locating and recruiting a guest presenter,
• developing the lecture and related learning activities for the class, and
• managing the course activities during the event of the guest lecture.

Emphasis will be given to the ways in which lower-complexity deliveries can be used to make the tremendous leverage of the internet's global reach available in even simple, text-based courses at local institutions.

D. The Internet, the World Wide Web, and Higher Education
Presenter: Ray Schroeder
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Demonstration/Discussion
Description: The Internet is global computer network consisting of thousands of smaller networks, all of which interact using the same protocol, TCP/IP. Higher education has been at the center of the development of both the Internet and its most recent and popular application, the World Wide Web. In addition to providing a brief background on the Internet and Web, this session will provide a practical introduction to the Web and Web browsers and their application in higher education. Items to be covered include:

• History and background of the Internet and the World Wide Web
• Sampling of Community Colleges and Universities online programs
• Finding information on the Web
• Uses of the Web in higher education
  

E. Introduction to Asynchronous Conferencing
Presenter: Burks Oakley II
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: Experience using a Windows PC and a Web browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer) desirable
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Asynchronous conferencing via the World Wide Web, using software such as WebBoard, can play a critical role in creating and sustaining a "learning community" in an online course. Such a "learning community" can be very effective in promoting learning. This workshop is for instructors who are preparing to teach in the online environment. In addition to covering the basics of asynchronous conferencing, it will encourage discussion among the participants of concepts, ideas and strategies for effective online teaching. Finally, teaching methodologies and strategies that can be used to create an online environment where participants feel eager to contribute and comfortable with the demands and pace of the online discussion will be discussed. Topics to be covered are the following:

• WebBoard Conferencing Program
• Strategies/Activities to Promote Communication Online
• Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
• Alternatives to the Online Lecture
• Strategies for Providing Feedback
  

F. Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Presenter: Nell Hermann
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: Basic knowledge of the Windows operating system
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: This workshop will introduce PowerPoint to beginning users, and take them beyond "beginner status" to creating fully featured presentations. In this workshop, participants will learn to:

• Create a presentation, using title and bullet slides, and incorporating clip art, Word Art, AutoShapes, charts, and tables.
• Use the professionally designed templates included with PowerPoint, as well as learn how to change a presentation in moments by modifying templates, or building a custom template.
• Master techniques for using transition effects when moving from one slide to another, and for "building" bullet points one by one.
• Explore the options available while running a slide show, and see how easy it is to produce overhead transparencies, audience handouts, and 35mm slides.
• Save and preview a presentation as a Web page.
• Use the Pack and Go feature to give a presentation on a different computer, and how to "broadcast" a presentation on the Internet.
  

Although the this workshop is taught using PowerPoint 2000, nearly everything covered in class will be equally applicable to those who use PowerPoint 97. Whichever version of PowerPoint you use, this workshop can help you get started.

G. Going from 0 to Online in 120 minutes: An Introduction to WebCT
Presenter: Jeffrey Bathe
Audience Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab/Lecture/Demonstration
Description: WebCT is an easy-to-use Course Management System (CMS) tool that enables instructors to transition from traditional teaching methods to online course materials without learning HTML. WebCT provides an attractive online learning environment that can help you organize course content and manage students. This workshop will provide an overview to WebCT. Topics to be included are:

• Preparing your syllabus
• Basics of online course management
• Facilitating communication online
• A look at quizzing online
  

H. Hosting Synchronous Sessions for the Web-Enhanced and Online Class
Presenter: Michael Lindeman
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab/Discussion/Demonstration
Description: Synchronous sessions (i.e. real time communication) can add a dynamic, instructional component to an online course. Synchronous sessions can also be very effective in building community. This workshop will demonstrate how an effective synchronous session can be hosted using simple text-based chat tools and streaming audio. In addition to learning about strategies and activities for synchronous sessions, participants in this interactive workshop will experience a synchronous session first hand using WebCT's Chat Tool and RealMedia's streaming audio technology. Although particular products have been selected for the live demonstration, other chat and streaming media applications can work equally well. Topics to be covered are the following:

• Brief technology overview
• Models of synchronous sessions
• Technology options for synchronous sessions
• Activities that can be used in a synchronous session
• Strategies to ensure a successful synchronous session
  

I. Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver (same as session I-F)
Presenter: Virgil Varvel
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: While a quick overview will be provided, participants should have a basic understanding of the structure of an HTML document.
Format: Hands-on Lab/Discussion
Description: As the Web becomes more complex, so too do the tools with which we can utilize it. Macromedia Dreamweaver offers a powerful solution to the creation of Web documents without the necessity of advanced HTML knowledge. This discussion will cover the basics of Macromedia Dreamweaver through the production of effective Web pages.

J. Using Respondus to Create and Upload Quizzes in WebCT
Presenters: Cynthia Thompson and Mary Robson
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: Familiarity with using WebCT. Basic keyboarding and computer skills helpful
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Respondus is a powerful tool for creating quizzes, surveys, and self-test documents for the WebCT platform. If you have ever tried creating a quiz in WebCT, you will really appreciate the features of Respondus--it makes creating quizzes a breeze!

Respondus allows you to create the following types of questions:

• Multiple Choice
• True/False
• Matching
• Short Answer
• Paragraph
• Calculated
• Multiple Response

After creating a quiz, Respondus allows you to preview the quiz, apply quiz settings, and submit to WebCT. Respondus also allows you to download data, generate reports, print, and retrieve questions.

K. Using the Internet in Academic and Career Advising - Session for Academic Advisors
Presenter: Anita Crawley
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on lab
Description: Making on campus student services available to distance learners may not be sufficient. Creating online student services is a challenge facing many institutions. There are various approaches some of which include describing on campus services via the Web, developing online advising resources, and creating tools that encourage students to explore the Internet on their own to gather information for making educational and career decisions. This session will focus on the last two approaches.

A. 101 Things (more or less) NOT to Do in an Online Course
Presenter: Susan Manning
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Description: Want to know what really works as well as the pitfalls to avoid in planning your first online course? Through case study scenarios, participants will examine key concepts in organizing and delivering an online course. Some of the issues we'll cover are instructor roles, student roles, tech support, managing communication, time management, adapting curriculum, course structure and more!

B. Preparing Students for Online Studies
Presenter: Ray Schroeder
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Students who begin online study do not necessarily come with the background that is needed to allow them to efficiently conduct their studies online. Many must develop certain skills and abilities in order to thrive in the online environment. These skills include conducting effective and comprehensive online research, proper citation of online sources, effective interaction in discussion boards and chats, and personal scheduling/self-discipline in meeting deadlines outside the framework of an on-campus class. Online materials will be shared which can be assembled to develop a customized resource for prospective online students. Information will also be available about a free pre-packaged "Introduction to Online Learning" class, developed by the presenter in collaboration with U of I Online and several Illinois community colleges, and funded by the Illinois Century Network.

C. Introduction to Blackboard-CourseInfo 5
Presenter: Pat McCue
Audience Level: Beginner
Prerequisite Skills: Familiarity with one of the following operating systems: Windows 95, 98, ME or 2000.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Blackboard is a very popular Course Management System that can be used to present online content, facilitate communication, conduct online quizzes, and manage student grades. In this session, participants will:

• Learn how to structure a course in Blackboard. (syllabus, lectures, etc.)
• become familiar with the Blackboard environment
• Learn how to add items/folders
• Learn how to use the Discussion Board (and Archiving discussion)
• Learn about the characteristics of and issues associated with the Virtual Classroom
  

D. Instructional Design for Online and Web-Enhanced Courses
Presenter: Mike McNett
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite skills: No prerequisite skills; this session is open to all audiences, particularly faculty at the design stage of online course development
Format: Hands-on Lab/Lecture/Discussion
Description: Online courses should be designed to take advantage of the highly communicative potential of the online medium. Often, traditional courses must be redesigned to include opportunities for discussion and group activities in a student-centered collaborative learning environment. This is a long way from traditional, teacher-centered classes or independent study. This workshop focuses on the key elements of an online program and how they affect the instructional design of courseware for the Web. It includes many Web resources, is interactive, and encourages much discussion among participants of concepts, ideas, and strategies for effective online teaching. Topics to be covered are:

• Key Elements of an Online Program
• Learning Styles and the Online Environment
• Multiple Instructional Strategies and the Internet
• Issues in Adapting Curriculum to the Virtual Classroom
• Alternatives to the Online Lecture Online Assessment Strategies
• Visit and Discuss Sample Online Courses
  

E. Designing Universally Accessible WWW Resources
Presenter: Jon Gunderson
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: Familiar with creating WWW pages and publishing them to a web site
Format: Hands-on Lab/Lecture/Demonstration
Description: Introduction to the concepts of designing Web based materials to be more accessible to people with disabilities and older people.

Participants will learn how Web browsing is different for people with disabilities and how to use W3C standards to create accessible materials. Designing materials to be more accessible to people with disabilities makes it easier for all people to access Web materials, especially people using mobile Web technologies. The presentation will include demonstrations of evaluation tools for evaluating the accessibility of current Web pages and authoring tools that support creating accessible materials.

F. Intermediate Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Presenter: Lynn Ward
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite skills: Participation in "Introduction to FrontPage 2000" session and/or knowledge of the topics covered in that session; navigating the Windows file system, and finding, opening, and saving files.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Microsoft FrontPage 2000 automates many Web development tasks that would otherwise require knowledge of programming and scripting languages, such as Java and JavaScript. In this session, participants will explore a variety of FP2000 features that can add interest, interactivity, and a sense of unity to educational Web sites. Topics to be covered include:

• Shared borders
• Navigation bars
• Creating and applying themes
• Frames
• Creating and processing forms
• Hover buttons
• Scheduled images and includes
  

G. Buttons, Images, and Graphics, Oh My! Using Adobe Photoshop to Create Web Resources
Presenter: Jeffrey Bathe
Audience Level: All
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: The beginning of the session will be an introduction to PhotoShop and its general capabilities. Discussion will focus on the following: graphics for the Web -- compression and load time; basic tools used in PhotoShop; and the importance of layers in developing images in PhotoShop.

Participants will: create background images; manipulate text and images using various effects and filters; develop a graphic incorporating multiple images; and learn how to remove/reverse steps that have been applied to a PhotoShop file.

H. Copyright Issues for Course Web Pages
Presenter: Virgil Varvel
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Discussion
Description: The purpose of this session is to introduce educators to the underlying principles of copyright law as it is applied to the field of online education and to provide guidance on the process of determining fair use.

I. Cut and Paste JavaScripts
Presenter: Michael Lindeman
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Experience creating Web Pages, and
familiarity with HTML
Format: Discussion/Demonstration
Description: Scripting languages, such as JavaScript, allow educators to incorporate interactivity and dynamic elements into Web pages used for online and face-to-face courses. Attendees of this presentation will discover JavaScript's role in Web publishing, see examples of appropriate uses of JavaScript in educational Web pages, and learn about JavaScript authoring tools.

J. Quality Issues in Online Courses
Presenter: Iris Stovall
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Description: The Seven Principles of Good Practice in the classroom as described by Chickering and Ehrman were originally developed to improve traditional teaching. However, they apply equally well to online courses. This session will present practical suggestions for implementing the Seven Principles of Good Practice in the online classroom.

K. E-Products to Supplement Your Online Course Materials
Presenters: Pete Massar from McGraw-Hill, and Naomi Mulgrave from J. Wiley
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Discussion/Demonstration
Description: McGraw-Hill will demonstrate Primis Online, a system that gives instructors access to over 350,000 pages of content which can be selected from an online database. With a few mouse clicks, customized learning tools for the online classroom can be created in the form of printed textbooks or electronic e-books. McGraw-Hill's PowerWeb sites will also be featured. PowerWeb titles are designed to keep courses up to date using the resources of the Internet. Students can log on to access continuously updated content tailored to their course--articles, weekly updates with assessment, interactive exercises, and much more.

Wiley eGrade is web-based software that enhances academic productivity. Instructors can automate the process of assigning, delivering, and grading homework, quizzes, and tests while providing students with immediate feedback. It manages the delivery of quantitative and technical problems, and is the first homework management solution to process the wide range of math-based questions required in the technical disciplines. eGrade also features state-of-the-art capabilities to support content across all academic disciplines.

A. Indexes and Search Engines
Presenter: Ray Schroeder
Audience Level: All
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: There are now 550 billion pages on the Web. But, there is no single effective tool for searching all of these pages, let alone the other Internet information that is not on the Web. This session will focus on strategies, techniques and meta tools that can be used to most efficiently identify materials on the Internet. A variety of net searching resources will be demonstrated and shared. Tutorials for students and faculty alike will be identified. Attention will be given to techniques for validating resources uncovered by search engines.

B. Mentoring Faculty Teaching Online for the First Time
Presenters: Mike McNett, Susan Manning and Tracey Smith
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: No prerequisite skills; this session is open to all audiences
Description: An online instructor who is empathic with student needs and attuned to the nuances of the online environment is crucial to student success in an online course. The MVCR series is designed to help develop this empathy in two phases. First, participants experience what it is like to be a student in an online course. And later, they are mentored by a master online teacher as they develop and teach their own online courses. The process provides opportunities for new online instructors to monitor online classes in progress, demonstrate skills in developing and delivering online materials, and internalize online instruction concepts.

ION Adjunct Instructors Susan Manning (Waubonsee CC) and Tracey Smith (Lewis and Clark CC), who have recently completed the mentoring phase, will share their challenges, successes, and learnings, and join their mentor in presenting alternative structures for the mentoring process and guidelines to maximize the learning and professional development of new online instructors.

C. Web Design for Academic Web Sites
Presenter: Michael Lindeman
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab/Demonstration
Description: Creating Web pages is easy. Creating easily-navigable, user-friendly, attractive Web pages requires planning. This workshop presents a step-by-step process to help you figure out what you want your site to do and then construct a blueprint that will help guide you when you are ready to create your site. Topics include:

• Defining your site's goals
• Defining your audience
• Defining the content and functionality
• Designing your site's navigation
• Creating your site's layout
  

D. Facilitating Every Student in an Online Course
Presenter: Virgil Varvel
Audience Level: All Levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Lecture/Discussion
Description: As online courses become more prevalent, the likelihood that all online students will fit into a typical or preferred student learning style profile diminishes. Therefore, as facilitators, it becomes important to understand how to provide materials that will allow all learners to flourish in the online environment. This discussion will focus on several areas of concern as well as ideas and methods that can be used to effectively facilitate every student in an online course.

E. Intermediate Blackboard-CourseInfo 5
Presenter: Leaunda Hemphill
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Participation in "Introduction to Blackboard - CourseInfo" session and/or knowledge of the topics covered in that session.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: In this workshop, the focus will be on additional features and tools to make your Blackboard course more interactive and useful. Participants will learn how to do the following:

• Format text with HTML
• Integrate multimedia into Blackboard.
• Create and manage small group and project work
• Build quizzes and surveys, including using the Pool Manager
• Manage the on-line grade book and download it into an Excel spreadsheet
  

F. Going Beyond the Standard PowerPoint Presentation
Presenter: Jeffrey Bathe
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Basic skills with PowerPoint.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: Participants will learn how to add voice to PowerPoint presentations and then convert them to a RealMedia presentation. In addition, participant will capture images using Snag-It and import them into presentations, as well as other tips to help their presentations make the desired impact.

G. Computer Ethics in Online Learning
Presenters: Brett Coup, Keith Miller, and Florence Appel
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: Experience of or interest in teaching and learning online
Format: Hands-on Lab/Lecture/Demonstration
Description: Online learning and teaching are developing rapidly. The technical details of electronic communication and the values of teachers and learners are interacting in fascinating, challenging ways. It is essential to consider the rights and wrongs, the better and worse, of online education. We need to work through the conceptual muddles new technologies and new pedagogy create. In this session we will introduce ideas about ethics and demonstrate their utility for thinking through several issues that arise in educational technology. Then we'll lead participants in a discussion about an ethics case study concerning online teaching.

H. Publishing Databases on the Web Using FileMaker Pro
Presenter: Lynn Ward
Audience Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite Skills: Ability to navigate and manage files (open, save) easily within the Windows environment; basic knowledge of HTML coding; basic understanding of what databases are and how they are used.
Format: Hands-on Lab
Description: FileMaker Pro is very powerful and easy-to-use database management software. Version 5 of FileMaker includes the ability to collect and publish "live" data on the Web (the online FSI registration form is a FileMaker application). FileMaker's Web Companion can be used to generate online homework and quizzes, collaborative information resources, online surveys, and many other applications involving structured data. In this workshop, participants will create a simple database and publish it to the Web using FileMaker Pro's instant and custom Web publishing features. Topics to be covered are:

• Creating a simple database
• Configuring the Web Companion
• Using the Instant Publishing feature
• Adding menus, checkboxes, and radio buttons
• Data validation
• Passwords and security
• Getting started with custom publishing
  

I. Publisher's e-packs and Course Cartridges for WebCT and Blackboard-presented by Prentice Hall
Presenter: Bill Weaver
Audience Level: All levels
Prerequisite Skills: None
Format: Hands-on Lab/Demonstration
Description: Mix the content of the leading college publisher with the course management platform of Blackboard or WebCT and you get a course-ready solution to your on-line courseware needs. Learn the basics of incorporating publisher provided content with your own content into the proven e-leaning platforms from Blackboard and WebCT…and more.