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Title: “Is there an app for that?”: Integrating Apps into Distance Education 
Date:
Monday, August 12th, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Description: Mobile Apps have the potential to positively impact education and professional practice. This workshop will provide a framework for, and allow discussion on, how to effectively integrate mobile apps into distance education. This framework is based upon the Community of Inquiry model. It will also introduce a new resource that reviews apps which can be used in education.

Presenters: Steve Sturman, University at Buffalo


Title: Remote Proctoring - Real Results and Lessons Learned

Date: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Description: SUNY Broome Community College recently implemented remote proctoring as an option for the delivery of exams in fully online and blended course offerings. This presentation will provide an overview of how the remote proctoring tool was selected and implemented, the results that were seen by faculty who utilize the tool, and the lessons learned along the way.

Presenter: Carine Surdey, SUNY Broome Community College


Title: Microsoft Translator and Closed Captioning Tools
Date: Thursday, August 15th, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Description: Learn how Microsoft's free Translator and Closed Captioning tools can help you increase accessibility for ELS and hearing impaired students both in the classroom and online.

Presenter: Makayla Mota, Microsoft


Title: "Not so secret Blackboard secrets - what faculty don't know blackboard can already do for them"

Date: Friday, August 16th, 2019
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Description: The LMS Essentials Online Teaching Faculty survey conducted in the Spring of 2019 revealed a list of features that faculty want in their online courses. Many of these options already exist, but haven't yet been discovered by many faculty. Join us as we explore this list and share documentation on how to use these features.

Presenter: Jamie Heron, SUNY CPD

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