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 TV DINNER OR CROCKPOT: FOSTERING THE SPIRITUALLY TRANSFORMED LIFE OF THE PROFESSOR

Presenter: Joanne Jung | Associate Dean of Online Education & Faculty Development, Biola University (CA)
Overview: One’s online presence can become a smokescreen, camouflaging the reality of a pseudo-spiritually formed life of a professor. Students need, deserve, and should expect to clearly see in you Who you are following and that you are following well. Join Joanne as she addresses:

• Assessing our own spiritual transformation
• Following God’s lead in one’s transformation
• What faithful following looks like in online education

 DEVELOPING & MANAGING YOUR ONLINE PROGRAMS

Presenters: Carrie Meyer | Dir of Online Learning & Cassie Lemberg — Marketing & Communications Manager, Taylor University (IN)
Overview: Interested in starting or growing your online programming? Trying to widen your circle of learners? Let’s talk about how to get started and the important components of how to identify, develop, and manage online programs. Specifically, we will consider:

• Taking a 3-phase approach to new program development
• Conducting market research
• Engaging in cross-departmental collaboration
• Providing student and curriculum support
• Committing to continuous quality improvement

 THE INTERSECTION OF ONLINE EDUCATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE & DELIVERY

Presenter: Matt Winn | VP of Information Technology & Dean of Online Education, Dallas Baptist University (TX)
Overview: Online Education isn’t solely an academic or Information Technology responsibility. It takes both areas to successfully carry out effective online learning. We must find ways to speak the language of both camps so that our faculty and students are put first. 

• What does the IT leader need to know about education?
• What does the educator need to know about IT?
• Where do we compromise and where do we stand our ground?

 GETTING THE RIGHT STUDENTS IN AND OUT OF YOUR INSTITUTION

Presenter: James Spencer | Principal, Examen Consulting (IL)
Overview: There is no “one size fits all” approach to enrollment management. Regardless of similarities, each higher education institution has distinctive features that attract certain students, as well as organizational capacities that will influence the strategies used to engage students across the whole of the student lifecycle. This session will consider:

• Creating institutional distinctives that matter to students
• Communicating those distinctives during the marketing and recruitment process
• Delivering on those distinctives throughout the student experience through organizational design

EXPLORING INTERACTIONS AMONG FAITH, TECHNOLOGY, AND TEACHING

Presenter: David Smith | Director, Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching & Learning, Calvin University (MI)
Overview: It is tempting to think of technology as a tool that can be used to deliver learning, and of faith questions as then connected mostly to the content and context of that learning. Yet technology also functions as part of the environment that shapes learning. Based on an extensive empirical research project. 

• How can faith commitments shape our learning practices with technology?
• How does teaching with technology shape our commitments and practices?
• What can we learn from technology use in Christian classrooms?

FOSTERING DISCIPLESHIP IN ONLINE EDUCATION

Presenter: Mary Lowe | Online Associate Dean, Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty University (VA)
Overview: Online education fosters and facilitates education and growth of the learner in a way that contributes to the formation of the whole person, including spiritual formation. In that learning process, we seek to create disciples who will become transformed not only by the renewing of their minds but by the entirety of their persons. In this session, we will examine how online education fosters a discipleship framework and address the following questions: 

• Why do we disciple/educate?
• Who are we as disciple-makers/educators?
• What is our role as disciple-makers/educators?

COURSE DESIGN ACROSS MODALITIES: LEVERAGING INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR ONLINE & IN-PERSON EDUCATION

Presenter: Kevin Mahaffy | Director of Instructional Design, Moody Bible Institute (IL)
Overview: The pandemic created the perfect storm. Schools were forced to embrace online education. It was no longer “online vs. in-person” but an amalgamation of both resulting in several innovative modalities. How can we leverage intentional course design across these various modalities to ensure quality education regardless of delivery?

• Embracing change: Normal does not exist
• Seeing through modality fog
• Keep the main thing the main thing: educational outcomes
• Clarifying collaborative instructional design

LAUNCHING ONLINE – FOR THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME

A Panel Conversation hosted by Eric Brandt | Director of Digital Learning, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School (PA)
Overview: The pandemic, the coming demographic cliff, and changing expectations about (and opportunities for) accessible and affordable higher education are some of the major catalysts driving institutions to clarify their relationship to online education. Some are just now going online for the first time, a few are making their peace with a non-online future, and others are redoubling their online presence. 

• How are current social and economic challenges influencing higher education’s relationship to online learning? 
• What questions should ABHE institutions be addressing to identify their commitment and capacity for online education?
• What steps should ABHE institutions be taking to launch or relaunch their online programming?

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