Conference Schedule

8:30 – 9:00
Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks: President Joseph Chapman 8:40 a.m.
MU Century Lobby
Session Chair
Char Myhre,
James Council
Lisa Nordick
   
9:00 – 10:00
Session I
Wimba Collaboration Suite
Lyn Willoughby, 
Cheryl Thompson,
Tammy Cummings
MU Prarie
Session Chair
Jerry Olson
The Virtual Classroom: Bringing Irish to North Dakota
Jessica Wagner
Andrew Mara
MU Arikara
Session Chair
Andrew Mara
Wikis for Department and Course Use - Architecture and Landscape Architecture Case Study
Ben Bernard,
Mark Lindquist
Cindy Urness
MU Hidatsa
Session Chair
James Council
Social Bookmarking
Jeremy Brown
MU Rose
Session Chair
Jeremy Brown
10:15 – 11:15
Session II
Podcasting
Nem Schlecht
MU Arikara
Session Chair
Kathy Enger
Academic Libraries and Social Media
Heather Tompkins
Char Myhre
MU Prairie
Session Chair
Char Myhre
Bloging and Facebooking
Sybil Priebe
Melissa Vosen
MU Hidatsa
Session Chair
Kevin Brooks
 
11:30 – 12:30
Keynote
John Logie:
"My Spaces and My Faces: On the Emerging Rhetorics of Social Networks"
MU Century
Closing Comments: Provost Craig Schnell
Session Chair
James Council
Picture of young man working on computer
12:30 – 1:30
Pedagogical Lunch
MU Prairie & Rose
Closing Comments: Bonnie Neas, Vice President for Information Technology
Session Chair
Ed Deckard
1:30 – 2:20
Session III
Some Social Factors with Immersive Virtual Environments for Education
Brian Slator
MU Century
Session Chair
Kevin McCaul
The Posthuman, Cyborgs, and Implications for Social Media
Andy Mara
MU Hidatsa
Session Chair
Kevin Brooks
2:30 – 3:30
Session IV
Introduction to Second Life
Clark Coffman
MU Century
Session Chair
Nancy Lilleberg
 
Knowledge Buffet Poster Sessions
MU Mandan
 
On-A-Slant 3D Documentary
Jeff Clark
MU Mandan
Session Chair
Richard Frovarp
3:30 – 4:20
Session V
One Step Forward, Three Steps Back: Learning about Communication in Second Life
Ann Burnett's Students
MU Century
Session Chair
Ann Burnett
Social Media: A Graduate Student Round Table
Kathryn Dunlap, Online Comics; 
Paula Comeau, "The Revolution Will Be Televised"; 
Brandon Gustafson & Stephen Porter, "The Hypersurreal World";  
Katie Gunter, "Poetry in New Media";  
Jennie Enger, "The Remediated Prairie"
MU Hidatsa
Session Chair
Andrew Mara
4:30 – 5:30
Closing Session
Panel Discussion
John Logie, Honored Guest and Keynote Speaker;
Christopher McEwen and Abram Jackson, Representing Students
Dean David Wittrock, Distance and Continuing Education;
James Council, Representing Faculty and Library;
Nem Schlecht or Ben Bernard, Representing Techno Geeks;

MU Rose