Learning Design Summer Camp 2009
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About the Learning Design Summer Camp
The goal of the LDSC is to bring together learning designers to keep abreast of current trends in higher ed. teaching and learning.
The second annual Learning Design Summer Camp is currently in the planning stages. In short, the idea of the Learning Design Summer Camp is to create a space for people involved with education technology to get together in an informal setting to show, tell, share, and create.
The 2008 Learning Design Summer Camp was held in August, 2008 with about 110 attendees that included faculty, instructional designers, technologists, media developers, librarians, graduate students, and people from other backgrounds. The group discussed common issues such as copyright issues, open educational resources, personal publishing, and student engagement.
Dates, Times, Location
The Learning Design Summer Camp will be streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/psutlt-test
- July 20 (Mon), 2009 - Pre-conference Session
- July 21 (Tue) and 22 (Wed), 2009
- 8 AM to 5 PM
- Kern 112 Auditorium (see video) (THIS IS A CHANGE)
- Foster Auditorium (used last year) is going to be under construction, so we had to move
Bring a sweater! It may be cold in this room.
Streaming URL - http://ustre.am/3wub #ldsc09
Electricity and Internet Connection
Electricity
Power in this location is limited. We will provide power strips, but may not be able to fulfill everyone's needs throughout the camp. We may need to share. So, please plan accordingly!
- Bring an extra laptop battery if you have one.
- Turn on all the energy saving options you can!
- Bring your own extension cord. Longer is better.
- Make sure you label all your cords, etc. so you know what's yours.
- We will have a Plug 'n Power time over lunch. Leave your laptop in Kern plugged in. Someone will be in the room at all times to watch over it.
- Charge all your batteries overnight.
Internet Connection
- The standard PSU wireless connection is available here. You must have the VPN client installed and running - see https://www.work.psu.edu/vpn/ .
- Try to limit your bandwidth. For example, avoid long, streaming videos.
Proposed Schedule
Pre-Conference - Monday, July 20th
- 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Workshop: Developing Literacies for Student Digital Media Activities (Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library) Register - More info there.
This interactive, half-day workshop will uncover the essential components of student multimedia assignments. In a hands-on environment, attendees will explore:
Objectives:
- Digital storytelling, including the use of a variety of authoring tools to create a video-based narrative
- Appropriate, accessible pedagogy for multimedia course assignments
- Student digital literacy acquisition in the multimedia creation process
- Library research skills / finding digital resources online, including the use of streaming audio and video, images and more from the Penn State Libraries and open *access collections
- The essentials of Creative Commons, copyright issues and Fair Use
The intended audience is faculty, instructional designers, and anyone involved in designing, implementing, or supporting student digital media projects.
Day 1 - Tuesday, July 21st
- 8:00 - 9:00 AM Set up room, recordings, name badges, Live Question Tool, screens, projector, A/V check
- 9:00 - 9:30 AM The Gathering: people get name badges, plug in, get coffee, meet/greet/chill
- 9:30 - 10:00 Am Official kickoff: welcome, housekeeping issues, overview of camp, rules of engagement. Buzzword Bingo announcement (Chris Stubbs).
Session 1: Driving Adoption of Emergent and Disruptive Technologies
- 10:00 - 11:30 AM
- Live Question Tool
- Gary Chinn, moderator.
- Topics:
- What is a disruptive technology?
- Why use them?
- Student use of technology to create/contribute
- How does this affect promotion and tenure?
- How does administration feel about this?
- Panelists:
- James Howell
- Scott McDonald
- Karen Keifer-Boyd
- Cole Camplese
- Panelists:
- Notes:
Lunch
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
- Free Lunch 1: Use meal cards, eat on campus with colleagues, have amazing discussions
- There is a cafe in Kern.
- The HUB is open and about a 7-minute walk from Kern.
- MacKinnon's Cafe (ground floor of west Pattee) has fewer selections in the summer, but is a 2 min walk away
- Dean will provide live music from 12:45.
Session 2: Faculty Fellows Panel on New Forms of Digital Scholarship
- 1:00 - 2:30 PM
- Live Question Tool
- Allan Gyorke, moderator.
- Topics:
- The ability to ask questions we couldn't conceive of before
- Using students as co-researchers
- New forms of educational dialog
- New forms of evidence of learning
- New forms of excellence in social media
- Panelists:
- Carla Zembal-Saul
- Chris Long
- Ellysa Cahoy
- Stuart Selber
- Notes:
Break
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM - Break, Blog, Caffeinate
Session 3: Engaging students through game-like elements and external media
- 3:00 - 4:30 PM
- Live Question Tool
- Brett Bixler, Moderator.
The first half of the session will be a panel:
- Topics
- Game elements that can be included in non-game classroom activities
- Fun elements to include in courses in order to make them really engaging
- Supporting materials you have developed and/or used in courses
- Video, animation creations you use
- Actual games used in courses
- Panelists:
- Dirk Mateer - LA, Econ
- Bart Pursel - IST
- Sarma Pisupati - EMS
- Loanne Snavley - Libraries
- Notes:
The second half of session will be a game on social media uses at PSU. Here's a sample card:
- See LDSC 09 Session 3 Game for information. Please contribute ideas!
Day 1 Wrap-up
- 4:30 - 5:00 PM
- Preview of Day 2
- Brett Bixler and Allan Gyorke
- Deb Metzel Help Desk New Services Announcement
- Pitch Session for Evening Dinner Conversations
- Reminder - recharge your laptops!
Day 1 Optional Evening Activities
Inaugural Summer Camp 5K Run/Walk/Bike
- Time: 5:30
- Location: Meet at the corner of College and Allen Street (near the Corner Room) for our first annual fun run/walk! We will use the same course as used by First Night State College--a scenic route that takes you around campus. See the map of the course for more information.
- Organizer: Stevie Rocco
- Coveted 5K Pin to those who finish
- You can use the lockers in Rec Hall to Shower afterwards, if needed. You must bring a lock for the lockers. Towels are available near the lockers!
- This is a family-friendly event. Bring spouses/partners/etc... and kids and dogs if you like.
RESULTS
| Name | Time |
|---|---|
| Jeff Swain | 22:27 |
| Allan Gyorke | 22:41 |
| Pete Ramsey | 25:37 |
| Matt Meyer | 26:14 |
| Tricia Clark | 27:45 |
| Amanda Ireland | 27:56 |
| Dan Hickey | 29:27 |
| Hannah Inzko | 30:05 |
| George Chriss | 32:30 |
| TK Lee | 32:54 |
| Nancy Hallberg | 36:55 |
| Audrey Romano | 43:33 |
| Amy Roche | 47:05 |
| Kristin Bittner | 47:05 |
| TIED: Ron Costello | 49:00 |
| TIED: Beth Raney | 49:00 |
| TIED: Cheryl Tkacs | 49:00 |
| Stefanie Seasholtz | 50:18 |
| TIED: Qi Dunsworth | 50:43 |
| TIED: Eileen Grodziak | 50:43 |
| TIED: Carol McQuiggan | 50:43 |
| TIED: Julie Meyer | 51:04 |
| TIED: Jackie Ritzko | 51:04 |
| Jamie Mundie | DNF |
| Edward, the Girl Dog | DNF |
Sign-Ups
If you are planning to do the run/walk/bike, please put your name below. That will help our volunteers to know how many folks to expect along the route. Thanks!
- Stevie Rocco
- Allan Gyorke (running)
- Jackie Ritzko (walking)
- Stefanie Seasholtz (walking)
- Julie Meyer (walk)
- Hannah Inzko (running)
- Matt Meyer (driving)
- Nancy Hallberg (slogging away as usual)
- Tricia Clark (running)
- Amanda Ireland (running)
- Audrey Romano (walking; with special appearance by Edward, the girl dog)
- Brett Bixler (Filming for America's Funniest Home Videos - just kidding. Maybe. No, really. Where's my Flip?)
- Amy Roche (walking)
- Carol McQuiggan (walking)
- George Chriss (I am a walking machine)
- Beth Raney (walking)
- Dan Hickey (running)
- Jeff Swain (running & encouragement)
- Pete Ramsey (running and/or walking, unless I bail to go check out the gaming lab)
- Kristin Bittner (walking)
- TK Lee (running, perhaps at the speed of walking)
- Qi Dunsworth (walking)
- James Mundie (walking)
- Ron Costello (walking)
Tour of the Educational Gaming Commons Lab
- Time: 5:30 PM
- Location: Findlay 6a (East Halls).
- Brett Bixler is organizing.
- We'll leave right from Kern and walk to Findlay 6a. (Bring rain gear if needed!)
- Once in the lab, it's fun and games! 8 Computers, 3 consoles, 5 52" LCDs, and the ability to show anything on any LCD!
- Then we can go for dinner (see below) and discuss educational games, virtual worlds, and simulations, or you can attend another dinner session.
- Brett Bixler is organizing.
- Sign up
- Brett Bixler
- Gamer 1, etc.
Food for Thought Dinners
- 7:00 - Birds of a Feather Dinners around Town - Add your topic below or sign up for a session you want to attend!
- Each topic group is responsible for self-organizing, choosing a location and time, and informing all right here what is happening. There is no formal process for this!
- Dinner costs are on your own.
- Topic 1 - Faculty professional development (and engagement) for using technologies (social media, etc.); how do we engage faculty; how do we support them?
- Location - Mad Mex, 240 S. Pugh St., right next to the Days Inn & only 1 block off campus
- Proposed by Carol McQuiggan
- Attendees:
- Qi Dunsworth
- Allan Gyorke
- Jackie Ritzko
- Julie Meyer
- Ron Costello
- Amy Roche
- Kristin Bittner
- Jennifer McCauley
- Amanda Ireland
- Dan Hickey
- Topic 2 - Open and Social Learning
- 6:30 for the Otto's Dinner. Reservation is for Cole.
- Please bring cash, Otto's will only do one check for us.
- Location - Otto's Pub, 2105 N Atherton St (This is a drive-to event)
- Proposed by Cole Camplese
- Attendees:
- Stevie Rocco + 2
- Bart Pursel
- Brad Kozlek
- Chris Long
- Matt Meyer
- Misty Patcyk
- Wayne Anderson
- Natalie Harp
- Michael Brooks
- Hannah Inzko
- Audrey Romano
- James Mundie
- April Sheninger
- Chris Millet
- Keith Bailey
- Chris Stubbs
- Topic 3 - The 800lb Gorilla: Blackboard's Acquisition of ANGEL
- Location - Mad Mex, 240 S Pugh St.
- Proposed by Jeff Swain
- Attendees:
- Matthew Bodek
- Nancy Hallberg
- Topic 4 - Educational Games, Virtual Worlds, and Simulations
- Location - Gingerbread Man, 130 Heister St, between College and Beaver Aves.
- Proposed by Brett Bixler
- Attendees:
- NAME HERE
- NAME HERE
Day 2 - Wednesday, July 22nd
- 8:00 - 9:00 AM
- The Gathering 2: people get name badges, plug in, get coffee, meet/greet/chill
Session 4: Learning Design in an Era of Resource Constraints and Free Information
- 9:00 - 10:15 AM
- Live Question Tool
- Matt Meyer, moderator
- Topics:
- Open Education
- Value Proposition of Open Education
- Extension of David Wiley's talk at TLT Symposium 2009: Disaggregation of Higher Education
- Creative Commons Licensing
- Credentialing Issues
- Use and Reuse of existing content and technology
- Reusing existing content that is free and open
- Creating content for reuse
- Leveraging existing technology and platforms
- Open Education
- Panelists
- Allan Gyorke- instigator
- Will kick off session with CC info. & vid.
- Building on the Past
- A Shared Culture - Remix
- Example of a Funny Remix
- Political Remix
- Science Commons - Related to research
- Media that Matters - Creative Commons Case Study
- Keith Bailey- College of Arts and Architecture, E-learning Institute
- Mike Furlough- Libraries' Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communications
- co-leads Penn State's Office of Digital Scholarly Publishing
- Jeanette Novakovich- Liberal Arts, English
- Dan Cahoy-Associate professor, Business Law, Smeal College of Business
- Allan Gyorke- instigator
Break
- 10:15 - 10:45 AM Break, Blog, Caffeinate
Session 5: Open Forum
- 10:45 - 11:30 AM
- Live Question Tool
- Discussion of left over topics from Day 1 or critical topics that come up between now and July 21.
- We will use the live question tool to capture topics as we go during day 1 and morning of day 2
Lunch
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
- Free Lunch 2: Use meal cards, eat on campus with colleagues, have amazing discussions.
- There is a cafe in Kern.
- The HUB is open and about a 7-minute walk from Kern.
- Maybe a showing of Sita Sings the Blues?
Lightning Talks Round 1
- 1:00 - 1:45 PM
- Erin Long, organizer. Keeper of the rod.
- 5 minutes each.
- Collaborative Learning Spaces - Allan Gyorke
- Refworks - Emily Rimland
- VoiceThread - Matt Meyer
- Digital Storytelling - Hannah Inzko
- Educational Gaming Commons - Brett Bixler
- GEO RSS - Chris Millet
- RubriKit - Stevie Rocco
- Horizontal Conversations - Cole Camplese
Break
- 1:45 - 2:00 PM Short Break
Lightning Talks Round 2
- 2:00 - 2:45 PM
- Erin Long, organizer. Keeper of the rod.
- 5 minutes each.
- Haptics - Wade Shumaker, IST and Stevie Rocco, Penn State Online
- PSU Voices - Brad Kozlek
- eBook/eReaders - Anne Behler & Binky Lush
- Xtranormal - Justin Miller
- Tom Waits Goes to the Symphony - Jeff Swain - Go here for a sneak preview five-4-six
- Grassroots Video - Ryan Wetzel
- Screen capture software on a Mac - Matt Frank
Summer Camp Wrap-up
- 2:45 - 3:00 Wrap-up
- 3:00 - 5:00 Informal Networking and Tear-Down
LDSC 09 Evaluation
After the conference, please take five minutes to complete the
Fun Stuff
Buzzword Bingo
The Educational Gaming Commons wanted to create a gaming experience for participants of the LDSC09, illustrating how games could be leveraged for education in a fun, playful way. At the end of our brainstorming sessions, Chris Stubbs of the EGC jokingly mentioned Buzzword Bingo. For those not familiar, see this IBM commercial
While comical, we decided to pursue the idea. We created a list of words/phrases that we thought would be mentioned by presenters at the LDSC. To take it a step further, we petitioned the ETS community in Rider to add their words/phrases to the mix on the whiteboard in the main hall. We ended with nearly 100 items. We then found an online bingo card generator to quickly produce the actual randomized bingo cards.
The rules are simple: if you want to play, grab a card at the beginning of day one. If you hear a PRESENTER say a word on your card, mark it off. (Optionally, Twitter it as well with an #LDSC09 tag.) If you get 8 in a row (vertical, horizontal or diagonal), shout out "Bingo!" and you win. After playtesting, we believe someone should win near the end of day 1. If someone gets really lucky, we might have a winner before lunch on day 1.
So what's the value?
For instructors teaching in a face-to-face setting, this is a quick and easy method to create bingo cards for important class sessions. This simple game has the potential to:
- increase attention
- increase engagement
- increase motivation (adding a competitive element)
- generate curiosity (by adding terms that are not directly discussed in class, but related)
In addition to having a bit of fun at camp, we hope instructors and designers can walk away with a simple, easy-to-implement game to experiment with.
Cupcakes
Here is a link to the cupcake recipe for those who are interested.
Wine
Happy Camper wine - fits the occasion nicely! http://www.happycamperwines.com/
Stickers
Like last year, we had people create sticker designs and we ordered them from moo.com. If you would like to see the designs, visit the LDSC09 Sticker Page.
Alternative Business Cards
Last year, I (Allan) asked people to bring their business cards to LDSC08, but some people didn't have their own, so they generated some alternative business cards. If you would like to make your own business cards to represent your life in social media, you may want to start with the online business card generator that some of the attendees used last year -- or just make your own.
T-Shirts and Other Swag from the CafePress Shop
The Learning Design Summer Camp Cafe Press Shop is now open!
At the 2008 TLT Symposium, Cole Camplese set up a Cafe Press site where people could order their own swag. These were generally based on the moo sticker designs. This year, we welcome attendees to send their own designs to Cafe Press (or a similar service) and have their own custom T-shirts, mugs, coasters, or buttons made -- perhaps your sticker avatar or the LDSC09 image. It's up to you, but show up in style!
As an idea for a t-shirt design, here's a tag cloud from Wordle based on this wiki page: TLT LDSC cloud or this one based on the Buzzword Bingo terms.
People Shaping and Attending the Event
Community Involvement
Everyone attending the event can and should help to shape the event through this wiki. During the event, we expect the attendees to be heavily engaged in discussion and recording the event through blog entries, microblogging (Twitter.com), photo sharing, and anything else they feel like doing to capture the ideas and feeling of the Summer Camp.
Use #LDSC09 to tag your contents to be searchable by everyone.
The attendees last year came from many different campuses, colleges, and work groups. They included instructional designers, education technologists and other IT staff, librarians, faculty, multimedia specialists, and graduate students. If you're in one of these categories or have an interest in the themes and presentations for this year's event, then please consider contributing ideas to this wiki and attending LDSC09.
Volunteers
If you would like to help organize this event, please add your name to the list below:
- Brett Bixler, bxb11@psu.edu, Twitter, Educational Gaming Commons
- Allan Gyorke allan@psu.edu, agyorke on Twitter, Education Technology Services
- Robin Smail, robin@psu.edu, robin2go on Twitter, World Campus Learning Design
- Margaret "Peggy" Smith, mes8@psu.edu, ITS Consulting and Support Services
- Emily Rimland, rimland@psu.edu, University Libraries, gruenelf on Twitter
- Nikki Massaro Kauffman nikkimk@psu.edu, University Libraries, nikkimk on Twitter (http://www.doteduguru.com)
- Cole Camplese, cwc5@psu.edu, colecamplese across the social web, Education Technology Services
- John Patishnock, Digital Media Specialist, MTSS [FB: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=575953356&ref=name], [jmp411@psu.edu], [JohnP285 on Twitter]
- Bart Pursel, bkp10@psu.edu, Twitter, Educational Gaming Commons, College of IST
- Julie Meyer jmm49@psu.edu, dancinjul on Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Great Valley
- Stevie Rocco, stevier@psu.edu, stevier on Twitter, Communications Support Coordinator, Penn State Online
- Amy Garbrick, agarbrick@ist.psu.edu, Office of Learning Initiatives, College of IST, UP
- Matt Meyer, mnm14@psu.edu, Sr. Instructional Designer, Education Technology Services, UP
- Hannah Inzko his105@psu.edu, wexlermoon on Twitter, Digital Commons Coordinator, University Park
- Audrey Romano aromano@psu.edu, iaudrey on Twitter, Web Coordinator, Education Technology Services
- Erin Long erin@psu.edu, erinlong on Twitter, Education Technology Services
- Chris Millet, chrismillet@psu.edu, ETS, chrismillet on Twitter
- Matthew Bodek, mjb14@psu.edu, Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Brandywine
- Justin Miller, jmm55@psu.edu, Twitter, Multimedia Specialist, Digital Commons Campus Consultant
- Binky Lush, ful105@psu.edu, Web Developer, University Libraries, Twitter
- Sylvia MacKinnon,sylvia@psu.edu, Systems Librarian, University Libraries, Twitter
- Jeff Swain, swain@psu.edu, Twitter, Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology
- Alexia Hudson, [1], Reference & Instruction Librarian, Penn State Abington College Twitter
- Jamie Oberdick, jco11@psu.edu, Writer/Editor, ETS, Twitter
- TK Lee, txl20@psu.edu, Web Application Developer, ETS Twitter ID: tklee
- Goknur Kaplan Akilli guk111, Twitter
Volunteers for Rip Down After the Event
We need a few folk to pull up the cables and pack the power strips up, then carry them to a van. This should only take 10-15 minutes. Get some exercise!
- Brett Bixler
- Matt Meyer
- Jamie Oberdick
- TK LEE
Attendees
If you are planning to attend the Learning Design Summer Camp, please add your name and contact information below. Space is limited to 175 people.
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- Cole Camplese, cwc5@psu.edu, colecamplese across the social web, Education Technology Services
- Lis Boyer eboyer@psu.edu, Instructor of Science Education, psugal across the social web
- Dana Carlisle Kletchka dck10@psu.edu, Curator of Education, Palmer Museum of Art
- Jean Marie Donnelly, Graduate Student, College of Education, Language and Literacy Education. jzd149@psu.edu
- Carla Zembal-Saul czem@psu.edu, Associate Professor, Science Education
- Tim Perry, tperry@psu.edu
- Beth Raney bnr1@psu.edu, Professional Development leader, eXtension. AKA bnr1
- Allan Gyorke allan@psu.edu, agyorke on Twitter, Education Technology Services
- Janis Mathewson jmm132@psu.edu Emerging Technologies Specialist, University Libraries
- Jamie Oberdick, JamieOber on Twitter, jco11@psu.edu
- Wayne Anderson wayne@psu.edu Twitter/Flickr/YouTube - weanders Instructional Designer, PSU Erie, The Behrend College
- Stevie Rocco stevier@psu.edu, Communications Support Coordinator, Penn State Online
- Amy Garbrick, agarbrick@ist.psu.edu, Office of Learning Initiatives, College of IST, UP
- Jackie Ritzko, jmc14@psu.edu, Instructional Development Specialist, Penn State Hazleton
- Kent Matsueda kkm11@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, Continuing and Professional Education
- Kristin Bittner klb54@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, Penn State Harrisburg and World Campus
- Lisa Byrnes ltb103@psu.edu, lbyrnes on Twitter, Instructional Designer, College of the Liberal Arts
- April Sheninger azs2@sa.psu.edu, Instructional Designer, Student Affairs
- John Meier jjm38@psu.edu Science Librarian, University Park
- Elizabeth Pyatt ejp10@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, ITS (ETS), UP
- Carol McQuiggan cam240@psu.edu, carolmcquig on Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Harrisburg
- Ellysa Cahoy ellysa@psu.edu, ellysa on Twitter, Assistant Head, Library Learning Services, University Libraries
- Erin Long erin@psu.edu, erinlong on Twitter, Education Technology Services
- Brett Bixler, bxb11@psu.edu, Twitter, Educational Gaming Commons
- Emily Rimland, rimland@psu.edu, University Libraries, gruenelf on Twitter
- Chris Millet, chrismillet@psu.edu, ETS, Manager of Educational Technology, chrismillet on Twitter
- Julie Meyer, jmm49@psu.edu, dancinjul on Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Great Valley
- Cathy Holsing cholsing@psu.edu, cjh145 on Twitter, Senior Instructional Designer, College of the Liberal Arts
- Ron Costello rjc35@psu.edu, rjc35 on Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Abington
- John Patishnock, Digital Media Specialist, MTSS [FB: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=575953356&ref=name], [jmp411@psu.edu], [JohnP285 on Twitter]
- Misty Patcyk, misty@psu.edu, NC2IF EEL, honeydo on Twitter
- James Endres Howell, Toxicology and Immunology and Infectious Disease; jhowell@psu.edu, Twitter, Facebook
- Cecelia Merkel cbm12@psu.edu, cecem on Twitter, Metadata Specialist WPSU/World Campus
- Matthew Bodek, mjb14@psu.edu, Twitter, Instructional Designer, Penn State Brandywine
- Justin Miller, jmm55@psu.edu, Twitter, Multimedia Specialist, Digital Commons Campus Consultant
- Binky Lush, ful105@psu.edu, Web Developer, University Libraries, Twitter
- Andrew Calvin, arc143@psu.edu, Web Developer, University Libraries, Twitter
- Jennifer McCauley, jmccauley@psu.edu, Database/Application Specialist, University Libraries, DakotaMcC on Twitter
- Sylvia MacKinnon,sylvia@psu.edu, Systems Librarian, University Libraries, Twitter
- Qi Dunsworth qidunsworth@psu.edu Instructional Designer, PSU Erie, The Behrend College
- Matt Meyer, mnm14@psu.edu, Sr. Instructional Designer, Education Technology Services, UP
- Margaret "Peggy" Smith, mes8@psu.edu, ITS Consulting and Support Services
- Audrey Romano aromano@psu.edu, iaudrey on Twitter, Web Coordinator, Education Technology Services
- Rich Pastore [2], Instructional Design/Instructional Technology, Penn State Greater Allegheny,Plone [3],Blog [4],Facebook[5]
- Hannah Inzko his105@psu.edu, wexlermoon on Twitter, Digital Commons Coordinator, University Park
- Heather Zimmerman, heather@psu.ed, Assistant Professor, Instructional Systems
- Pei-Wei Lee, pul121@psu.edu
- Ravi Patel rep129@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, World Campus Learning Design
- Jeff Swain, swain@psu.edu, Twitter, Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology
- Anne Behler, behler@psu.edu, University Libraries, annielivre on Twitter
- Wendy Mahan, wlm103@psu.edu, CHHD
- Jing Chong, jzc146@psu.edu
- Khusro Kidwai khk122@psu.edu
- T. Peter Ramsey tpeterr@psu.edu, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State Great Valley
- George Chriss, wiki@psu.edu
- Ryan Wetzel rlw32@psu.edu
- Matt Frank
- TK Lee txl20@psu.edu, ETS
- Gary Heberling glh10@psu.edu, IST Instructor, Penn State New Kensington
- Alexia Hudson, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Penn State Abington
- Amanda Ireland asi10@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, World Campus Learning Design
- Suzanne Shaffer scs15@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, eLSS York Campus
- Cheryl Farren Tkacs cft10@psu.edu, Instructionl Designer, eLSS Fayette Campus
- Kent Matsueda kkm11@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, World Campus Learning Design
- Vicki Williams vqw@psu.edu, TLT Assessment
- Vicki Brightbill vsb1@psu.edu, University Libraries (Library Learning Services)
- Anita Colyer Graham afc1@psu.edu, World Campus Manager of Access
- Jin Sung An jsa161@psu.edu, World Campus Learning Design, Multimedia Specialist
- Brian "doc Zox" Strauss BES17@psu.edu, World Campus Learning Design, Multimedia Specialist
- Brad Kozlek bak147@psu.edu, Education Technology Services
- Kim Winck ksw3@psu.edu, Education Technology Services
- Cindy Decker Raynak (mailto:cdr1@psu.edu], Coordinator, Campus Faculty Development Initiatives, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
- Kitt Camplese ktc130@psu.edu Instructional Designer, Smeal College of Business
- Stefanie Seasholtz sxs551@psu.edu Multimedia Specialist, The Methodology Center Twitter
- Eileen Grodziak emg15@psu.edu Penn State Lehigh Valley, Digital Commons Coordinator Twitter
- Amy Roche, aer13@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, Penn State Berks
- Christopher Long longc@psu.edu, cplong on Twitter, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Bart Pursel, bkp10@psu.edu, Twitter, Educational Gaming Commons, College of IST
- Wade Shumaker wshumaker@ist.psu.edu NC2IF Center, IST Twitter
- Natalie Harp nfh102@psu.edu Educational Technology Consultant, World Campus
- John Spotts jds100@psu.edu ITS-CSS Help Desk - User Services, Adobe Connect Support
- Dirk Mateer gdm11@psu.edu
- Sarma Pisupati sxp17@psu.edu
- Chris Stubbs, stubbs@psu.edu, Twitter,
- Gary Chinn gmc14@psu.edu, Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education, College of Engineering
- Stuart Selber, English Composition Program and ETS Faculty Fellow
- Ann Taylor, Dutton e-Education Institute
- Martin Gutowski gutowski@ems.psu.edu, Dutton e-Education Institute
- Mark Wherley mxw142@psu.edu, Dutton e-Education Institute
- Nancy Hallberg [6], World Campus
- Keith Bailey [7], e-Learning Institute
- Chris Gamrat [8], Aerospace Education Services Project
- Linda Friend [9]
- Tyrone Ridgway, Biology
- George Webster gew119@psu.edu
- Tara Caimi tmc187@psu.edu
- Betsy Hutton [10], Penn State Public Broadcasting's Educational Services
- Jeanette Novakovich jenovakovich@yahoo.com, Instructor, English & Composition
- Megan Marut [11], e-Learning Institute
- Deb Gulick [12], e-Learning Institute
- Tricia Clark tkc3@psu.edu, Twitter, Instructional Technologist/IST Instructor, Penn State Berks
- Kim Andrews kqa100@psu.edu, Twitter, Instructor, Composition & Creative Writing
- Chris Lucas chrislucas@psu.edu, Assistant Director, ITS Training Services
- Mark Heckel [13], Information Technology Training Specialist, ITS Training Services
- Brenda Farver bfarver@ist.psu.edu, Office of Learning Initiatives, College of IST, UP
- Leigh Ann Haefner [14], Associate Professor of Science Education, Penn State Altoona
- Jim Salvaggio [15], Information Technology Training Specialist, ITS Training Services
- Paula Bigatel [16] WC Instructional Designer
- Christian Vinten-Johansen cjohansen@psu.edu WebLion, Teaching and Learning with Technology
- Michael Miller msm19@psu.edu Weblion, TLT
- Lisa Lacombe lml8@psu.edu, Director, ITS Training Services
- Helen Sheehy hms2@psu.edu, University Libraries
- Linda LaSalle lal5@psu.edu, University Health Services, Student Affairs
- Ann McLaren [17], Director, University Learning Centers
- Paula Contreras [18], University Libraries, libgrrl on Twitter
- Michael Brooks mlb354@psu.edu, IT Consultant, World Campus, UsableMike on Twitter
- Pat Besong
- Dean Blackstock
- Michael Hofherr [19], Manager Information Technology, Smeal College of Business
- Terry Hartman [20], Nutritional Sciences
- Stephanie Edel-Malizia, [21], Instructional Designer, WC Blended Learning
- Mariyah Salem, Summer Intern, Health Promotion and Wellness, University Health Services
- Bill Rose, Senior Instructional Designer, E-Learning Institute, College of Arts & Architecture, [22]
- Candace Davison, [23], Radiation Science & Engineering
- Scott McDonald
- Jason Kaveney, Summer Intern, Educational Gaming Commons
- Pete Eberle, Business Faculty, Fayette Campus, pme2@psu.edu
- Chulapol Thanomsing, czt128@psu.edu
- Dan Xiao (Dani), dux101@psu.edu
- Charlie Cox cxc655@psu.edu, instructor of architecture
- Tess Crossen tmc210@psu.edu, Instructional Designer, Eberly College of Science
- Vicki Hoffman vlw3@psu.edu, Training Analyst, Administrative Information Services
- Dan Hickey dhickey@psu.edu, Business & Inf Sci Librarian
- Christine Liao cll212@psu.edu
- Wayne Ellenberger wse1@psu.edu, Programmer/Analyst, Penn State Libraries
- Will Halcomb whh125@psu.edu, Intern, I-Tech
- Suzanne Bienert, slw8@psu.edu, Coordinator of eLearning, College of Ag Sci
- Goknur Kaplan Akilli guk111, Twitter
- Brian Shook bds6@psu.edu
- Heather Hughes hbh5006@psu.edu
- Shawn Vashaw, Graduate Student in Instructional Systems, Penn State Public Broadcasting's Educational Services
- Karen Keifer-Boyd, Professor of Art Education & Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies, kk-b@psu.edu
Preparing for the event
Learner Designer - What the Heck Am I?
The ETS Instructional Designers are kicking the tires on what an ID is nowadays. I'd like to extend that to Learning Designers - what are we? How do you tell faculty what you do?
Take a minute, go to the Learning Designer Definitions page, and (in one sentence) define yourself as you would to faculty.
Background Materials
- Delicious Bookmarks tagged with psuets - http://delicious.com/tag/psuets
- Clark Quinn on Learning Design. - http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=794
- Suggested Reading List - Influential books that have shaped our field
Videos
- David Wiley on Openness, Disaggregation, and the Future of Higher Education
- danah boyd on Teenagers who are Living and Learning with Social Media
- Connectivism Video
Reports
- New Media Consortium Horizon Reports about technologies that will impact teaching and learning
- The EDUCAUSE Top Teaching and Learning Challenges 2009
Frameworks for Other Technologies
These are the kinds of technologies that we may be using/discussing during the event. If you need to know about them, have at it!
- Blogs Framework
- Podcasting Framework including iTunes U
- Wiki Framework
- Adobe Connect Framework
- Google Apps Framework
- Digital Commons Briefing
- Educational Gaming Commons Briefing
Social Networking
There are several ways that this event will be connected through supporting social media services. The single common element on all of these sites is the tag "LDSC09". Here are some examples, but feel free to add your own.
- Twitter is a service that lets you share what you are doing or thinking with a group of friends or colleagues. Since "tweets" are limited to 140 characters or less, using Twitter is sometimes called "microblogging". Include "LDSC09" in your Twitter messages that are related to the Learning Design Summer Camp.
- Flickr is a photo sharing site where you can upload your own photographs, tag and describe them, geotag them, organize them into photo sets, and comment on other people's photos. If you use Flickr and upload photos related to the Learning Design Summer Camp, use the "LDSC09" tag and it will show up when people search Flickr.
Possible Themes and Suggestions for the Event
Possible Mascots and Slogans
- a cupcake as a mascot? :)
- "Pedagaogy. Because we're Learning Designers, and that's how we roll."
- We put the "P" in Pedagogy.
- The hottest 2 days this summer!
- Designerds - we can't help who we are.
- We put the Camp in Camplese.
Misc Event Details and Meeting Notes
Misc. Suggestions
- I would like to bring more "valuable" technologies to faculty, and I would like to see TLT symposium or Summer Camp show case technologies addressing the following questions:
- did students learn better, or what problems are solved by using this technology,
- what changes were made in teaching method,
- best practices with this technology,
- how sharp is the learning curve for faculty.
- Maybe this is a framework for the lightning talks. If we produced "7 things" after this event, then that would really be a good outcome. John P is making library tutorials available online--create their own brand where they can use green-screen, digital-audio tools, etc. See this in the informal environment. He'd like to incorporate this.
- RE: Framework for the lightning talks. I've been to conferences that format these type of sessions, which helps keep them fluid and cohesive. For instance lightning talks that focus on 3 pros/3 cons of a technology. Maybe 3 use cases...some sort of format helps keep these cohesive from one talk to another, and more importantly tends to keep things moving and on time :)
- In response to this suggestion: what if this idea was framed as assessment using new technologies? Of course, blogs could be a part of it, as well as variety other things...might be a good sharing topic for a group to contribute ideas rather than a single presenter.
- How could we have an outgoing interview room? 30 seconds of "What did you think of X?" If you weren't able to attend, then you could get info that way. Flip video would work.
- Poster Session? Use the live question tool to "man" the poster session? Wouldn't need that, just a discussion forum if it's asynchronous. Digital poster site where poster folks upload their stuff and people go there and can download if they want to. Use the question tool to get folks engaged, then poster presenter answers them.
- If folks were interested in topics, they can do a lunch together.
- Un-poster--blank poster and see what kind of ideas get put on there.
- Have folks take a picture at the same time but from their perspective, and use the Microsoft thing to make a mashup. Or a time-lapse camera.
- Try to weave accessibility issues into main topic discussions.
- Polling Everywhere--http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Seems like there could be some potential uses for it at LDSC. It's a little different than the Question Tool and can use Twitter to conduct a poll. Since this is a twitter-heavy group, it might work well. We also have the clicker system (PRS Interwrite) available for use in Kern and have 110 clickers if we'd like to use them.
- At last year's LDSC and TLT this year, a lot of folks added their Twitter/SL/etc. name to their name tag so you could more easily make the connection between the real person on their online identity. In addition to pre-printing the name tags with "I'm interested in..." perhaps a prompt could also be added for: Twitter/SL/etc. name (unless this is what the business cards are for...)
- Whilst I represent a minority of the participants (being a departmental teaching faculty rather than a designer), it would be nice to showcase both successful and unsuccessful case studies where the audience can actually see the products generated and used. It may help engage a few more faculty as they will see how the technologies can work for them as apposed to being overwhelmed with the jargon and numerous possibilities. That said, I found the camp very useful. Thankyou again!
Debriefing Information
Add your thoughts here.
- Shorten panels to 1:15 so they will fit on video tape backup?
- Name tags with Twitter name on them.
- Accessibility as a topic for next year?
- Next year, cover
- did students learn better, or what problems are solved by using this technology,
- what changes were made in teaching method,
- best practices with this technology,
- how sharp is the learning curve for faculty.
- Tangible outcomes, like white papers?
- Figure out way to 'capture' the twitter streams that go on
- Alternatives to Berkman Tool?
- Polling Everywhere--http://www.polleverywhere.com/
- Schedule IST Cybertorium now, and one other place also.
- Generate list of to-dos to make next year's planning easier.
- include a 2-4 minute 'skit' that introduces the first panel session
Synopsis of LDSC 09 Survey Results
- Likes
- Seeing new technologies.
- Getting the big picture
- Meeting people
- Informal discussions
- Live music was a hit
- Suggestions
- More on Open Education
- Mobile technologies
- Showcase of things people are doing
- Ways to keep all this going - After the event connection
- Spread out Lightning Talks
- Encourage others to do LTs
- Have examples for LT presenters to make them better (Jeff Swain's)
- Mike for the Audience (Can we use the Training Services one?)
- Spread out Panels, maybe reduce the number - formal vs informal chats
- More interaction, not just sitting
- Options to panels - breakout sessions
- Optional planned lunch events for people that are new
- Rethink the Backchannel so it is better used
- Carpool and shared housing spots on the Wiki








