Saturday, April 4

7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Registration

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Regional Breakfasts

Take advantage of this opportunity to meet colleagues, both old and new, from your region while learning about UCEA and its professional development offerings on the regional and national levels.

Note: Separate registration and fee required.

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
International Caucus

Note: Separate registration and fee required.

7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
2009 Planning Committee Meeting

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions – Series V

Embracing Virtual Teamwork in the Workplace
Presiding:
Presenter: ALICIA SWAGGERTY, Penn State World Campus

Today’s collaboration and project management technologies have made virtual teams a staple in the modern workplace. Organizations have adapted innovative roles, embracing a dispersed workforce. The economy has propelled this movement even more. This session explores the facts and processes that facilitate the changing nature of how people work, in turn allowing us to incorporate these 21st century digital literacy elements into our programs and strengthen the online classroom experience for our students.

Open Content, Open Courses, Open Degrees?
Presiding: DAVID SCHEJBAL, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Presenter: GARY MATKIN, University of California-Irvine

In this session you will find out how far the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement has advanced, how it can be a part of the solution to the crisis in higher education in the developing world, and how you can convince your administrators and faculty to take part in this movement.

Shifting Sands—Discovering Opportunities in a Changing Economic Environment
Presiding: SANDRA PARKES, University of Utah
Presenters: SANDRA PARKES, University of Utah; WILLIAM MCCLURE, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

This year, the Commissions continued to work collaboratively to examine the top trends in the field. Special attention will be paid to results from a Commission survey conducted in January 2009 on the current economic situation and its impact on CE units. The presenters will discuss the trends in detail, and explore their implications for our institutions, for the CE profession, and for our Association. In this session, a summary of findings will spark a lively discussion of the challenges we face together and the emerging set of opportunities to reposition CE within the climate of radical change in higher education. Come hear what the leaders in the field have identified as global trends in CE.

8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Community of Practice Sessions

Conference & Professional Programs CoP:
Leadership Development and Executive Coaching in an EMBA Online Program
Presiding: MARY ANN SPILMAN, University of Maryland University College
Presenters: MARY ANN SPILMAN and PATRICIA SPENCER, University of Maryland University College; BARRIE ZUCAL, Global Coaches Network

University of Maryland University College has instituted a leadership development component of the online Executive MBA (EMBA) program that includes assessment, leadership residencies, and online executive coaching. This session will describe the structure of the program, leadership competency goals and how they were derived, the instruments used and the theory behind each; the structure and rationale for residencies, and will introduce the concept of group coaching for leadership development. The audience will participate by defining leadership and then share their own experiences with leadership development. These components will be used to compare and contrast with the leadership competencies developed for this EMBA program.

Research CoP:
Successes and Failures in Promoting a Traditional, Liberal Arts Education to Economically Disadvantaged Students
Presiding: SHERRY BROWN MILLER, University of Pittsburgh
Presenters: SUZANNE SPREADBURY and TIMOTHY PATRICK MCCARTHY, Harvard University

Continuing education must serve economically disadvantage students, it is central to its mission. The Harvard Extension School has engaged in recruitment efforts that have met with limited success due to its liberal arts curriculum, which is a hard sell to those living on the economic margins. We will review what recruitment partnerships have and have not worked with a particular focus on a pilot project: The Clemente Course Graduate Tuition Scholarship. Participants will engage in a strategic dialogue to help ensure a successful partnership. In addition, by listening to economically disadvantage students share their academic journeys, participants may learn effective and compelling ways to communicate to potential students in their own communities the benefits of earning a liberal arts degree.

Distance Learning CoP:
Who Is Taking Our Tests? Authentication of Student Identity in Online Courses and the “NEW” Higher Education Reauthorization Act
Presiding: PATRICIA ACEVES, St. Cloud State University
Presenters: SUE MAES, Kansas State University

The 2008 re-authorization of the Higher Education Act has new provisions that apply specifically to distance education. This session will inform DE administrators on the specifics of the Act and the panelists will discuss its impact on how they run their online operations.

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions – Series VI

Introducing Prospective and New Students to E-learning
Presiding:
Presenter: HEATHER CHAKIRIS, Penn State World Campus; John Falchi, IMS Global Learning Consortium

IMS GLC, the international e-learning technology standards organization, is leading an international partnership developing an evidence-based methodology for improving e-learning student persistence around three phases: expectations, preparation, and induction. Come and react to what your international colleagues are doing to impact student retention and persistence in these challenging socioeconomic times.

An Innovative Contractor Model
Presiding:
Presenters: STEVE STOFFLE, Emory University; JON HORN, JMH Consulting, Inc.

How can CE units launch new programs while controlling costs and keeping staffing lean? In 2002, Emory University partnered with a consulting firm to develop a professional education program that has increased departmental revenues by 500 percent. This session will contrast such partnerships with traditional outsourcing models and explore how to support the university’s brand while minimizing the risk, and cost, of developing new programs.

A Technology Petting Zoo
Facilitator: RAY SCHROEDER, University of Illinois at Springfield

Are you interested in getting a little hands-on time with some of the hottest emerging technologies in the CD field? Technology Petting Zoo participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a variety of new technological tools that can be employed in their continuing education units. The session will be set up as a series of tables featuring a different technology with a representative from the Commission on Learning, Instruction, and Technology on hand at each to explain the technology and to facilitate the learning. Remote Wikis, Web Conferencing using Adobe Connect, Google Scholar, RSS Feeds, Web 2.0, gaming, digital audio, and Flash technologies will be explored.

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Community of Practice Sessions

“Green Marketing” in Continuing Higher Education: What Does this Mean and How are Students Influenced by Environmentally Friendly Programs and Practices?
Presiding:
Presenters: CATHY SANDEEN, University of California Los Angeles

“Going green” has hit continuing higher education. How are green CE efforts perceived? Will students more likely enroll in programs offered by a green/environmentally friendly organization? What elements of “being green” matter most? This session provides an overview of a spectrum of green/environmentally friendly efforts within CE units, highlighting a large market research survey on students’ green attitudes and practices.
This session provides a new perspective on a rapidly growing area of importance to CE units. The session is based on original research (market research survey) and is data-rich. Information can be readily applied or replicated at other institutions.

Liberal Learning CoP:
Exploring the Theory and Practice of Liberal Learning: What Does it Mean to the Continuing Education Professional?
Presiding:
Presenters: CARY NATHENSON, University of Chicago; DEBORAH BALDINI, University of Missouri-St. Louis

All current and prospective members of the Liberal Learning CoP are invited to a forum to discuss the future of our CoP. We are opening up this important conversation to our entire membership: What is the Liberal Learning CoP, whom does it serve, and how? What do you want the CoP to be? Join the conversation and help shape the future of your CoP.

Research CoP:
Statewide Collaboration to Serve Place-Bound Adult Learners
Presiding: SHERRY MILLER BROWN, University of Pittsburgh
Presenters: RICK PEARCE, Illinois Board of Higher Education; RICK CARTER, Western Illinois University; SUE DEASON, Illinois State University

An overview of Illinois efforts to address the gap between need for baccalaureate-educated adults and current public capacity, including two best-practices: collaboration in bringing an online B.A. to students using community college services; and an initiative to foster high-demand degree programs offered by public universities on community college campuses.

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2009/2010 Board of Directors Lunch/Meeting

1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Panel and Tour at Harvard University

For more information: contact Natalia Kats, UCEA Director of Conferences, at nkats@upcea.edu or 202.659.3130.