Daily Schedule in Table Format

Thursday, 9:00--10:00am

Pocahontas A
Virtual Assessments I
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Sebastian Mahfood
St. Louis University
Virtual Assessment: Maintaining the Integrity of an Online Course

Ryan Burns
University of Oklahoma
Online Survey Research Methods and Data Collection

Appalachian
Cybercritics of the Virtual University I
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Sarah Stein
North Carolina State University
Educating Consumers: How the Rhetoric of the Marketplace Is Re-framing Education

Ransford Pyle
University of Central Florida
Welcome to Real Virtuality. "Really?" "No, virtually"

Timothy W. Luke
Virginia Tech
Getting Blown to Bits: The Divergent Visions of Virtual Universities

Roanoke A
The Virtual University and the ADA
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Curtis Robbins
S & C Robbins Associates
Teaching Deaf Students Online

Sherri Turner
Virginia Tech
Issues in ADA Compliance Online

Virginia Reilly
Virginia Tech
ADA Policy in the Virtual University

Pocahontas B
Virtual Learning Communities I
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Daniel W. Mosser
Virginia Tech
A Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities

Megan Boler
Virginia Tech
"womenstudies@vt.edu" &endash; a Selective Screening

Thursday, 10:00--10:30am
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Thursday, 10:30am--Noon

Roanoke A
Panel Discussion: Practical Approaches to Online Pedagogy
Moderator: Catherine Doyle, Christopher Newport University

Tom Dempsey
Buck Miller
Stan Hash
Christopher Newport University

Pocahontas A
Panel Discussion: Learning System Vendors and the Virtual University
Moderator:Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Mark Raby
Jeshua Pacifici
Virginia Tech
Karen Heineman
SCT/Virginia Tech
Chris Couples
Swarthmore College

Pocahontas B
Convergence and Considerations:
Systemwide Change and the Virtual University
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Brian Pauling
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, New Zealand
The Challenge of Global Education - The Future of Teaching and Learning
in the Small Institutions of Small Countries in the Age of Convergence

Peggy S. Meszaros
From Here to There: Distance and Distributed Learning from a Provost's Perspective
Virginia Tech

Appalachian
Best Practices: Hypertext and Literature
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Anatoly Antohin
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Virtual Theatre

Steven Jones
Loyola University Chicago
Networked Learning and the Virtual Organization:
The Romantic Circles Project

Len Hatfield
Virginia Tech
Teaching HyperLit and HyperTheory

Thursday, Noon--1:00pm
Keynote Address: Carol Barone
Introduction: Timothy W. Luke
Roanoke A

Thursday, 1:00--2:00pm
Conference Luncheon
Roanoke B

Thursday, 2:00--3:30pm

Pocahontas B
Contesting Identities in the Virtual University
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Carl Whithaus
Graduate Center, CUNY
What Color Is Your Mouse?
African-American Studies and Virtual Universities

Emmanuel Savopoulos
SUNY Albany
Side-stepping the Incident: Ethos, Race
and On-Line Academic Communities

Rebecca Scheckler
Center for Research on Learning and Technology
Indiana University
Power Structures in Web-Based Instruction

Appalachian
Panel discussion: Keeping the Virtual University On Line
Moderator: Len Hatfield
Virginia Tech

Christopher Couples
Swarthmore College

Cathy Budd
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Roanoke A
Changing Pedagogies in the Virtual University
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Pamela G. Taylor
Radford University
Hypertext/Hypermedia/Online Art Education:
Should Interactive Computer Technology Change
Our Approach to University Teaching?

Elizabeth Gurrie
NextEd
Educating RITA: Stages in Embracing Online Teaching

Donald Stoll
Michael Kolitsky
Rowan University
Customizing the Fit: Reshaping Asynchronous Learning Pedagogies on the 4-year Teaching University Campus

Pocahontas A
The Library and the Virtual University
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Gail McMillan
Virginia Tech
Perspectives on Electronic Theses and Dissertations:
Faculty, Students, and the Library

Nan Seamans
Virginia Tech
Issues in the Virtual Library

Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech
The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture

Thursday, 4:00--4:30pm
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Thursday, 4:30--5:30pm
Keynote Address: Michael Joyce
"Then Again Who Isn't: Post-hypertextual Rhetoric"
Introduction: Len Hatfield
Roanoke A

Thursday, 6:00--7:30pm
Conference Welcoming Reception
Lower Conference Center Lounge

Friday, September 29
Virtual Poster Session (Ongoing throughout the conference)

Friday, 8:30--10:00am

Roanoke A
Supporting Distance Learning
Moderator: Edie Barnett
Old Dominion University

Kathy Perry
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA)
The VIVA Project

Pascal Calarco
Virginia Commonwealth University
Developing Electronic Reserves

Sharon Barnes
Mary Baldwin College
Perspectives from Regional Centers

Mohammed Moadab
Virginia State University
Supporting Faculty Development

Appalachian
Best Practices : Classrooms I
Moderator: Edward Watson

Steven Donahue
Broward Community College
Teaching Pronunciation Online

Timothy Cook
University of Alabama
Learning by Example: Classroom Facilitator as Co-Learner

Charles Wieland
Stanford University
Virtual Field Trips and Simulations for Earth Science Education

Pocahontas B
Technotheory: Critical Theory and Digital Discourse
Moderator: Len Hatfield
Virginia Tech

Mark Nunes
Georgia Perimeter College
Habitus, Virtual Classrooms, and the Online Event

Yang Yeung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Giving "icq" More Theory: Elements of Play and Fictionality of Culture

Brian Opie
Wellington University, New Zealand
Managing Intercontinental Online Courses

Friday, 10:00--10:30am
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Friday, 10:30am--Noon

Roanoke A
Tools for Online Learning
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Kevin Oliver
Virginia Tech
Recommendations for Student Tools
in Online Course Delivery Environments

Michael Totschnig
Université du Québec à Montréal
Computer-Supported Learning and Free Software

Pocahontas B
Legal Issues for the Virtual University
Moderator: Barbara Reeves
Virginia Tech

Glenda Morgan
University of Wisconsin
What's Wrong With Licensing: Copyright,
Higher Education and Teaching with Technology

Kay Heidbreder
Virginia Tech
Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Content

Michael Martin
Virginia Tech
Issues in Intellectual Property

Appalachian
Corporate Perspectives on the Virtual University II
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Rob Helmick
eCollege.com
Best Practices on 200 Virtual Campuses

Jessen Anja
Corporate Communications
Learning Worlds in Complex Organizations Systems

Don Olcott, Jr.
VCampus Corporation
Bridging the Gap: Mobilizing Virtual Universities
to Meet the Educational Needs of Global Learners

Robin Strang
WebCT
WebCT and the Virtual University

Pocahontas A
Virtual Assessments II
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Frances Montell
Stanford University
Assessing the Quality of Distributed Learning Tools:
Evaluating Both "Usability" and "Usefulness"

Roy Robbins
Virginia Tech
Assessing Online Courses

Friday, Noon--1:00pm
Keynote Address: Keith Fulton
"From Digital Divide To Digital Opportunity"
Introduction: Timothy W. Luke
Roanoke A

Friday, 1:00--2:00pm
Conference Luncheon
Roanoke B

Friday, 2:00--3:30pm

Roanoke A
Developing Distance Learning Programs
Moderator: John Payne
University of Virginia

Charles Reynolds
James Madison University
Master's in Information Systems Security

John Pope, Greg Smalfelt, & Steve Copley
George Mason University
English Language Institute

Evan Robinson
Suffolk University
Pharmacy Program

Pocahontas B
Virtual Learning Communities II
Moderator: Barbara Reeves
Virginia Tech

G. William Claus & Tom Wilkinson
Virginia Tech
Building Online Learning Environments:
From Innovation to Consumption

Annette Markham
Virginia Tech
Losing, Gaining, and Reframing Control in the Virtual
(Text-based) Classroom: Stories from Students, Lessons for Teachers

Appalachian
Facilitating Online Learning
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Edwina Spodark
Hollins University
Lessons in Distance Learning from
a Faculty Pedagogical Technology Facilitator

Jeanne Curran
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Creating a Virtual Community for Academic Discourse

Alice Robbin
Indiana University
Creating Social Spaces to Facilitate Reflective Learning

Friday, 4:00--4:30pm
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Friday, 4:30--5:30pm
Keynote Address: Mark Poster
"Capitalism's Linguistic Turn: The Cultural Commodity
 in the Age of Digital Reproduction"
Introduction: Timothy W. Luke
Roanoke A

Friday evening activities

Susan Kehoe & Richard Wood
George Mason University
Virtual U: The View from Down Under--Support Staff Speak Up

Mary Hricko
Kent State University
Reassessing the Value of Academic
Support Services in the Virtual University

Barry W. Barker
Nova Southeastern University
IT Must Become Interdisciplinary

Appalachian
Best Practices: Classrooms II
Moderator:Timothy W. Luke
Virginia Tech

Joseph Walwik
Blue River Community College
Having It Both Ways: Online in the Classroom

Belinda Carroll
Virginia Tech
Best Practices in a Large Enrollment,
On-Line, Undergraduate Entomology Course

Charles Taylor
Virginia Tech
Teaching Online and On-Campus Simultaneously:
The Online MA in Political Science at Virginia Tech

Pocahontas B
Developing the Virtual Campus
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Ed McPherson
John Moore
Virginia Tech
Managing the Faculty Development
Initiative at Virginia Tech (Phase III)

Michael O'Donoghue
Lancaster University, England
Factors in Success: Technology Management and Implementation

Saturday, 10:00--10:30am
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Saturday, 10:30am--Noon

Pocahontas B
Modeling the Development Process
Moderator: Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech

Neil Randall
University of Waterloo
The Rhetoric of Technology Access: The Need
to Look Beyond Lowest Common Denominators

David Jones
Central Queensland University, Australia
Emergent Development and the Virtual University

Roanoke A
Cybercritics of the Virtual University II
Moderator: Charles Taylor
Virginia Tech

Maureen Ellis
Indiana University
Truth, Dare, Doubledare, Promise or Repeat: The DE Game

Brack Brown
George Mason University
Critics of the Online Stampede and Why

Timothy W. Luke
Virginia Tech
Digital Diploma Mills or Analog Academic Conglomerates: What Is at Issue in
the Arguments over Authenticity in Online Education?

Appalachian
Administration Across Virtual Organizations
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Ronald Bergmann
Chancellor's Office, California State University
Creating a Critical Mass Using Technology:
The California State University Strategic Language Initiative

Elyzabeth Holford
Northern Virginia Graduate Center
Autonomy and Ambiguity: Virtually Real
at an Overly Extended Campus

Lisa Balzereit
Paul Jesukiewicz
National Guard Bureau Distributive Training Technology Program
Office of the Secretary of Defense Advanced Distributed
Learning Initiative: Promoting Virtual Learning Strategies and Partnerships

Saturday, Noon--1:00pm
Keynote Address: Katherine Hayles
"Re-thinking Text in Electronic Environments:
 The Importance of Cybernetic Codes."
Introduction: Len Hatfield
Roanoke A

Saturday, 1:00--2:00pm
Conference Luncheon
Roanoke B

Saturday, 2:00--3:30pm

Roanoke A
Developing Learning Modules (ECVA)
Moderator: Anne Agee
George Mason University

Dennie Templeton
Charles Kosmato
Radford University
Faculty Development Modules

Karen Swenson
Virginia Tech
Practical Approaches: VT's IDLE Project

Ellen Walk
University of Richmond
Information Systems Modules

Catherine Doyle
Christopher Newport University
Practical Approaches to Online Pedagogy

Appalachian
Best Practices: Business Education
Moderator: Edward Watson
Virginia Tech

Steven Gold
Touro University International
Using Case Studies for Online Business Education

Brian Hoyt
Ohio University
The Virtual Business Training Center - A Best Practice
for Online Learning with Students and Business

Daniel Alexander
Drake University
Administrating Online Education at Drake University:
A Faculty Centered--and Money Making--Virtual University

Pocahontas B
Best Practices: Language Learning
Moderator: Barbara Reeves
Virginia Tech

Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas
C. Meloni
Donald Weasenforth
American University
Impact of Asynchronous Electronic Discussions on
Native and Non-Native Students' Critical Thinking

Katherine Watson
Coastline Community College
Adult Interlanguage Patterns Online:
What a Virtual French Course Has Refined

Saturday, 4:00--4:30pm
Coffee Break
Roanoke B

Saturday, 4:30--5:30pm
Keynote Address: Stuart Moulthrop
"Napster on the Holodeck, or, Scott McCloud's Problem--And Ours"
Introduction: Len Hatfield
Roanoke A

Saturday, 7:00--9:00pm
Conference Banquet
Crystal A-C

Sunday, October 1
Virtual Poster Session (Ongoing throughout the conference)

Pedagogy: Learning Styles and Community
Moderator: Barbara Reeves
Virginia Tech

Susan Santo
University of Virginia
Personality, Learning Style, and Online Learning Success

Bob Lucking
Old Dominion University
Sense of Classroom Community
Among Distance Education Learners: Phase II

Best Practices: Using Templates
Moderator: Len Hatfield
Virginia Tech

Carl Kuzmich
Nick Laudato
University of Pittsburgh
Converting a Lesson Plan into a Web Course

Kay Henderson
University of Strathclyde
Can Web Courseware Contribute to the Virtual University?
A Case Study of Planning & Managing an Internet Service (PAMIS) Class

Advertising Online Courses
Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger
Virginia Tech

Tony Pitagno
Aristotle Online
Marketing for Online Graduate & Undergraduate
Programs for the 21st Century

Cate Mowry
Promoting Online Courses and Programs
Virginia Tech

Sunday, 10:00--10:30am
Coffee Break

Sunday, 10:30am--Noon

Ending Plenary Session
Len Hatfield
Timothy W. Luke

Sunday, Noon: Conference ends

Megan Boler
Virginia Tech
"Womenstudies@vt.edu" &endash; A Continuous Screening