Advancing the Humanities, Conference Schedule

Advancing the Humanities through Technology at Community Colleges CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

The conference, entitled "Advancing the Humanities Through Technology at Community Colleges," will convene at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA on 2-5 December 1999. The conference will present new approaches to the study and teaching of the humanities and allow three-member teams (two humanities faculty--one with technology experience--and an administrator) from sixteen competitively-selected community colleges to discuss ideas and approaches about integrating technology into their humanities curriculums and to develop action plans for applying new pedagogical techniques, courses and resources. The teams will work intensively over the three and one-half days of the conference with pre-assigned mentors. Housing will be at the Comfort Inn, University Center, 11180 Main Street, Fairfax VA (703.591.5900).

Thursday, 2 December 1999

AM Arrival of project staff and mentors
1:00-2:00 Lunch (Student Union Building II, room 1)
Break
2:15-5:00 Mentor orientation (Student Union Building 2, room 2)
PM Arrival of participants
4:30 Bus departs from hotel
5:15-5:45 Site Orientation
6:00 Reception
7:00 Dinner and Welcoming Remarks (Charles Evans, David Berry and Roy Rosenzweig) (Crossroads, Johnson Center)
9:00 Bus returns to hotel

Friday, 3 December 1999

7:00-8:00 Continental breakfast
8:00 Travel to George Mason University
8:30-9:30 Plenary session: Roy Rosenzweig, Digitizing the Past and Who Built America? (Library Instruction Room, Johnson Center)
Break
9:45-10:45 Plenary session: William Thomas, Valley of the Shadow (Library Instruction Room, Johnson Center)
Break
11:00-12:30 First Mentoring session
- Student Union Building II, room VIP 1: Taormina (Bronx and Central Oregon)
- Student Union Building II, room VIP 3: Bailey (Cincinnati and Delgado)
- Student Union Building II, room 1: Bradford (Harry Truman and Rhode Island)
- Student Union Building II, room 2: Petrik (Lewis and Clark and Sinclair)
- Student Union Building II, room 3: Thompson (William Rainy Harper and El Camino)
- Student Union Building II, room 4: McCollum (Kapiolani and Northern Wyoming)
- Student Union Building II, room 5: Franco (North Shore and Houston Central)
- Student Union Building II, room 6: Rivas (Cabrillo)
- Student Union Building II, room Back Ballroom: Boyd and Erhart (Richland and Orangeburg-Calhoun)
Break
12:45-1:45 Lunch (Student Union Building II, mid-ballroom)
Break
2:00-3:00 Plenary session: Randall Bass, American Crossroads (Enterprise room 178)
Break
3:15-4:15 Mentor presentations:
- Aggie Taormina and Diane Thompson, Dogwood: A Web-Integrated, Interdisciplinary Humanities Curriculum (Robinson lab 101)
- Dom Franco, Fiction and Technology (S & T lab 124)
Break
4:30-5:30 Praticum
- Bob Godwin-Jones, Principles of Web Design (S & T lab 124)
Break and conversation
6:30 Dinner (Crossroads, Johnson Center)
8:00 Bus returns to hotel

Saturday, 4 December 1999

7:00-8:00 Continental breakfast
8:00 Travel to George Mason University
8:30-9:30 Praticums
- Emilio Ramos, Introduction on the Design and Delivery of an Online Curriculum (S & T lab 124)
- Robert Brown, Introduction to Interactive Multimedia (Robinson lab 101)
Break
9:45-10:45 Plenary session: Jack Censer, Images of the French Revolution (Enterprise room 178)
Break
11:00-12:00 Plenary session: Stephen Murray, Amiens Cathedral (Enterprise room 178)
Break
12:15-1:15 Plenary session: Stephen Brier, American Social History Project (Enterprise room 178)
1:30-2:30 Lunch (Crossroads, Johnson Center)
Break
2:45-3:45 Mentor presentations:
- Donna Ehrhart and Charley Boyd, The Written Text and Human Dialogue: Pedagogical Responses to the Age of Hypertext Media (S & T lab 124)
- Dan Rivas and Roberta Lavine, Using the New Technology in Foreign Language Instruction (Robinson lab101)
Break
4:00-5:30 Second Mentoring session
- Student Union Building II, room VIP 1: Taormina (Bronx and Central Oregon)
- Student Union Building II, room VIP 3: Bailey (Cincinnati and Delgado)
- Student Union Building II, room 1: Bradford (Harry Truman and Rhode Island)
- Student Union Building II, room 2: Petrik (Lewis and Clark and Sinclair)
- Student Union Building II, room 3: Thompson (William Rainy Harper and El Camino)
- Student Union Building II, room 4: McCollum (Kapiolani and Northern Wyoming)
- Student Union Building II, room 5: Franco (North Shore and Houston Central)
- Student Union Building II, room 6: Rivas (Cabrillo)
- Student Union Building II, room Back Ballroom: Boyd and Erhart (Richland and Orangeburg-Calhoun)
Break and conversation
6:30 Dinner (Crossroads, Johnson Center)
8:00 Bus returns to hotel

Sunday, 5 December 1999

7:00-8:00 Continental breakfast
8:00 Travel to George Mason University
8:30-9:30 Praticums
- Charles Hannon, Online Writing Environments (Powerpoint file) (S & T lab 124)
- Yitna Firdyiwek, Software Applications for the Humanities Classroom (Robinson lab 101)
Break
9:45-10:15 Third Mentoring session (Rooms in Johnson Center)
- Johnson Center Assembly room A: Taormina (Bronx and Central Oregon)
- Johnson Center Assembly room B: Bailey (Cincinnati and Delgado)
- Johnson Center Assembly room C: Bradford (Harry Truman and Rhode Island)
- Johnson Center Assembly room D: Petrik (Lewis and Clark and Sinclair)
- Johnson Center Assembly room E: Thompson (William Rainy Harper and El Camino)
- Johnson Center Assembly room F: McCollum (Kapiolani and Northern Wyoming)
- Johnson Center Assembly room G: Franco (North Shore and Houston Central)
- Johnson Center Assembly room 237: Rivas (Cabrillo)
- Johnson Center Assembly room 243: Boyd and Erhart (Richland and Orangeburg-Calhoun)
Break
10:30-12:00 Closing Round Table session with brief presentation of projects (Crossroads, Johnson Center)
12:00 Bus returns to hotel