UH Scholarship and Community

8th Annual Scholarship & Community Conference The Next Generation: The Impact of Technology on Learning Wednesday, October 7, 1998 UH Hilton Hotel Program Registration 8:15 a.m. Welcome 8:45 a.m. - Room 202 Arthur K. Smith, Chancellor of the University of Houston System & President of the University of Houston Robert C. Palmer, President of the UH Faculty Senate & Cullen Professor of History and Law Sandra Frieden, Director of Distance Education, the University of Houston Session I 9:00-9:50 a.m. - Room Beyond the Endless Frontier: The Future of the University in an Age of Knowledge James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, the University of Michigan Choices for Breakout Session A 10:00-10:35 a.m. 1. Ronald A. Nykiel, Conrad N. Hilton Distinguished Chair and UH Distance Education Teaching Excellence Winner, 1998: Effective Television Teaching 2. Darcy W. Hardy, Director of the University of Texas TeleCampus: TeleCampus: Taking the Distance out of Education 3. Anthony Haymet, UH Distinguished University Professor, Department of Chemistry: The World-Wide Web in Introductory Chemistry Classes 4. Roger Boston, Houston Community College System Rockwell Chair/Instructor: Live and On-Demand Web Delivery: High Impact Instruction at Low Cost 5. Charles Shomper, Interim UH System Vice Chancellor and UH Vice President for Information Technology, University of Houston: Online Courses: A Collaboration of Faculty, Technologists, and Administrators Session II 10:45-11:35 a.m - Room Quality Distance Teaching and Learning: Trends in Research and Practice Farhad Saba, San Diego State University Professor of Education Technology Session III: Luncheon 11:45-1:20 p.m. [presentation at 12:25] Luncheon sponsored by Southwestern Bell Old Questions and New Media: The Scholarly Mission in the World of the Web Edward L. Ayers, Hugh P. Kelly Professor and Faculty Senate President, University of Virginia; Director, Valley of the Shadow Project View Presentation Choice for Breakout Session B 1:35-2:10 [repeat of Breakout Session A] Session IV 2:20-3:35 The Impact of Technology on Career Preparation and Life-Long Learning Moderator: Arthur Smith, UH System Chancellor and UH President James Duderstadt, University of Michigan President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering Elaine Charlson, UHS Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and UH Associate Vice President for Academic and Faculty Affairs Marshall Hill, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Assistant to the Commissioner and Interim Assistant Commissioner for Health Affairs Nellie Thorogood, North Harris Montgomery Community College District Vice Chancellor for External Affairs and the University Center Refreshments/Poster Sessions 3:35-4:15 Refreshments sponsored by Silicon Graphics

Broward County Florida Schools	Silicon Graphics, Inc.	UH Distance Education
IntraKal Classroom Software	Southwestern Bell	UT TeleCampus
The Rice School/La Escuela Rice	Houston Annenberg Challenge Beacon Schools

Choice for Breakout Session C 4:15-4:50 p.m. 1. Sara McNeil, UH Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology & Bernard Robin, UH Assistant Professor Instructional Technology Developing Education Webscapes: The Convergence of Information Landscapes and Web-based Learning 2. MaryAnn Butler-Pearson, Broward County Schools, Florida, Coordinator for Distance Learning Distance Learning in an Urban School District: Broward County, Florida 3. Hal Guthrie, Spring Branch Independent School District General Superintendant Available Technology for State of the Art Education: The Example of Spring Branch ISD 4. Cliff Blackerby, North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Center for Technology and Distance Learning Training Manager & Nancy Orr, Southwestern Bell Regional Sales Manager Professional Development for Faculty: Skills Today's Educators Need . . . and Want 5. Lennart Johnsson, UH Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department Bowen Loftin, UH Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Virtual Environment Technology Lab Ioannis Kakadiaris, UH Assistant Professor of Computer Science Gillian Lynch, Director of Computational Chemistry for the Department of Chemistry and Chief Scientist in the Institute for Molecular Design Learner-Centered Multimedia Explorations for the New Millennium [4:15-5:45] presentation site Choices for Breakout Session D 5:00-5:35 [Repeat of Breakout Session C] Refreshments and Repeat of Poster Sessions 6:00-7:15 [Note: Refreshments will be the equivalent of a dinner] Session V 7:30-9:00 Technology Supercharging Knowledge: The Next Generation of Learning Communities Geoffrey Fox, Syracuse University Professor of Computer Science and Physics and Director of the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center View Presentation

Acknowledgments Conference Organizers: Robert C. Palmer, President of the Faculty Senate Sandra Frieden, Director of Distance Education Special Thanks Arthur K. Smith, Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston Edward P. Sheridan, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Houston System and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the University of Houston Charles R. Shomper, Interim Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Interim Vice President for Information Technology, the University of Houston Wendy Adair, Associate Vice-President for University Relations Edward T. Hugetz, Director, UHS@Fort Bend The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate Jacqueline Day Mary Brantley and Brenda Jones, Faculty Senate Staff Conference Underwriters Although there is a registration fee, most of the cost of this conference is underwritten either by external corporations or internal UH sources: the conference is a public service. We thank the various underwriters for their public-spirited interest in familiarizing the educational community with the possibilities for technological reinforcement of the learning enterprise. Southwestern Bell UH University Relations Office UH Provost's Office UH Law Center UH Faculty Senate UH Distance Education Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Reservations Send reservations to Faculty Senate Office, University of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-2173 Make checks payable to "The University of Houston" Fees for Attending the Entire Conference

Reduced Fees for Attending the Conference only after 2:00 p.m.

Hotel Accommodations

For room reservations, call the UH Hilton Hotel at 1-800-468-3584. State employees should ask for the State Rate; all others should ask for the conference rate. Airports

Reservations for the sessions are required. Please call the Faculty Senate office at (713) 743-9181. If you have questions you may also use E-mail to contact Mary B. Brantley at MBrantley@uh.edu