The Provost’s Faculty Advisory Board for Distance Education (FABDE) cordially invites all Boston University faculty members to the:
Third Annual FABDE Conference on Distance Education
Title: From Vision to Implementation: Distance Education in a New Decade
1 Silber Way, 9th floor
Metcalf Trustee Ballroom
April 8, 2011
10:00am - 4:00pm
Please register online by March 30:
http://www.bu.edu/ceit/2011/02/11/fabde-conference/
AGENDA
10:00 | Welcome | Karen Jacobs; Chair, FABDE |
10:00-10:30 | Results from the distance education student survey | Jay Halfond; Dean; MET |
10:30-11:00 | Quality on-line instruction | Nancy Doyle and Karen Jacobs |
11:00-11:30 | Building community affiliation in online students | Jennifer Sullivan and Eric Friedman |
11:30-12:00 | The case study method in distance education | Steve Leybourne |
12:00-12:30 | Blended program delivery at the Law School | Mark Pettit |
12:30-1:00 | LUNCH | |
1:00-1:45 | Panel Discussion by Grant recipients | Roger Warburton Jean Maguire van Seventer and Arno Heister |
1:45-2:15 | Access to distance education by students with disabilities | TBA |
2:15-2:45 | Favorite on-line Poem Project | Brandy Barents and Robert Pinsky |
2:45-3:15 | Creative Use of Video in Online learning | Rob Haley and Charles Southworth |
3:15-3:45 | What goes into an online program from scratch | |
3:45-4:00 | Networking opportunity |
Resources for the BU Community provided by the Provost’s Faculty Advisory Board for Distance Education (FABDE)
Our Mission is to provide broad faculty input on the academic and structural aspects of distance education at Boston University. The FABDE Advisory Board consists of representatives from each school, the Office of Distance Education, the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching, and the Office of the Provost. We invite you to view our website which provides a variety of resources for faculty and the BU community:
· Get involved in distance education at BU
· Learn about BU’s online and blended program offerings
· Understand distance learning technologies
· Review quality and standards for distance and blended education
· View frequently asked questions about distance education at BU
· Contact the current representative from your school listed on our site for additional information
Frequently Asked Questions
We've collected the most common questions and answers regarding Distance Education at Boston University. Visit each section below for more information:
FABDE News
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