Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Innovating through Use of Digital Technology
- To increase skills around the use of digital technology. In particular, identifying, creating, and implementing efficient and appropriate educational delivery, engagement activities, and internal project meetings.
Morning Wellness Session (Wear Comfortable Clothes!)
6:00am - A Major Prep for 2021: Strength and Resistance, Mr. Bryan Majors
8:30am - Gateless Creativity Salon, Lisa A. Kramer, Ph.D.
10:00am - Deans Welcome
10:20am - Associate Dean, Patrick Robinson
10:35am - Conference Chair, Danielle Hairston Green: Greetings, Learning Objectives & Conference Co-Chair, Greg Johll: Housekeeping
10:40am - Capacity Building Chair, Christian Schmeider: Learning Objectives (Day Three)
10:45am - Activities and Networking Chair, Jessica Beckendorf
10:50am - Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Chris Stark
11:00am - Plenary: The Power of Connectivity
Deb Socia is President and CEO of The Enterprise Center, a nonprofit that nurtures innovation in Chattanooga with the goal of connecting people to resources and building an inclusive community. Growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the Innovation District, building digital equity, and supporting research and implementation of smart city applications are all a part of the organization's foucs. Prior to her current role, Deb was the Executive Director of Next Century Cities, a nonprofit that supports community leaders as they seek to ensure that all have access to fast, affordable, and reliable Internet. Previously, Deb was the Executive Director of Tech Goes Home program in Boston whose mission is to ensure digital equity. Deb's early career included 32 years as an educator and administrator. She was the founding principal of the award winning Lilla G. Frederick Middle School, a Boston Public School where she led the one-to-one laptop initiative.
Deb has also been the recipient of many awards for her work, including the NATOA Community Broadband Hero, the Pathfinder Award from MassCUE, the CRSTE Leadership and Vision Award, a Google Digital Inclusion Award, Motherboard Human of the Year, an NTENny Award, and the Charles Benton Digital Equity Award.
1:00pm - Breakout Sessions
| Session Title | Description | Speakers |
| Panel: Play, Connect, Organize, Collaborate - Examples of Using Microsoft Teams in Extension | Group chat! Calendaring! Task lists! File sharing! MS-Teams has so many options, but how does any of this help me & my work? In this panel session, five Extension colleagues will share how they use teams in their work to play, connect, organize and collaborate. They will show you their favorite functions, and discuss how MS-Teams helps them make work easier, efficient, and more fun. | Dominic Ledesma, UW-Extension, OAIC; Yolanda Peña-Castro, UW-Extension, FoodWIse; Greg Johll, UW-Extension, ETS; Jenny Abel, UW-Extension; Joel Drevlow, UW-Extension, Data Governance |
| Presentation: Google, Where is Extension? Diagnosing Online Local Visibility Problems - and What to Do About Them | Are people able to find you and your programs using THEIR search terms on Google? Do you and your programs show up at the top of the search results or miles below the other search results? Increasing local audiences requires a broad net. No matter what they are looking for or where they search, they need to find your programs and services so they can judge whether you are worth contacting. This session will provide an eye-opening look into what your local visibility across websites and social media really looks like. During this interactive presentation you will have the opportunity to take a deep dive into what your audience finds when trying to locate educational services and programs. After you perform a quick self-audit, you will learn about technical terms like search engine optimization, social media marketing, and more. Then, be ready to receive a Marketing Prescription that will outline steps for dramatic visibility improvement. | Treye Rice, Texas A&M University |
| Flipped Classroom: Pivot Table Life Hacks for the Modern Educator | You've collected a sprawling table's worth of raw data - how do you sort things and start to make sense of it? One place to start is by looking at your data from a new angle. Enter the Pivot Table - rearrange your data to draw attention to useful information in just a few clicks of your mouse. So what will you ultimately learn? In the short-term, this session will present pivot tables as a practical and precise method to handle data entry for your monthly Participation Record entries. In the long-term this session will demonstrate how pivot tables quite literally turn unruly data into more organized output, enhancing your own data literacy. Join your colleagues and facilitators from Educational Technology Services and the Data Governance Teams as we pivot messy data towards communicable products. | Joel Drevlow, Data Governance Team; Deanna Schneider, Educational Technology Services |
| Flipped Classroom: Managing Cognitive Load in Virtual Learning | Engaging our audiences in transformational virtual learning requires a shift in content design. Luckily, finding the right balance of information needed for successful, effective virtual environments is an art that anyone can master! This session will share tried-and-true practices used by elearning designers that you can implement right away. These best practices can also be used for efficient and effective meetings to avoid information overload (using Cognitive Load Theory.) | Janice Kepka, NRI Instructional Design Unit; Christine Rybak, ETS; Megan Wecker, ETS |
2:15pm - Breakout Sessions
| Session Title | Description | Speakers |
| Flipped Classroom: Pivot Table Life Hacks for the Modern Educator | You've collected a sprawling table's worth of raw data - how do you sort things and start to make sense of it? One place to start is by looking at your data from a new angle. Enter the Pivot Table - rearrange your data to draw attention to useful information in just a few clicks of your mouse. So what will you ultimately learn? In the short-term, this session will present pivot tables as a practical and precise method to handle data entry for your monthly Participation Record entries. In the long-term this session will demonstrate how pivot tables quite literally turn unruly data into more organized output, enhancing your own data literacy. Join your colleagues and facilitators from Educational Technology Services and the Data Governance Teams as we pivot messy data towards communicable products. | Joel Drevlow, Data Governance Team; Deanna Schnedier, Educational Technology Services |
| Flipped Classroom: Managing Cognitive Load in Virtual Learning | Engaging our audiences in transformational virtual learning requires a shift in content design. Luckily, finding the right balance of information needed for successful, effective virtual environments is an art that anyone can master! This session will share tried-and-true practices used by elearning designers that you can implement right away. These best practices can also be used for efficient and effective meetings to avoid information overload (using Cognitive Load Theory.) | Janice Kepka, NRI Instructional Design Unit; Christine Rybak, ETS; Megan Wecker, ETS |
| Presentation: Working as a Hybrid Team - Beyond Meetings | "Another meeting?" Is that a questions you frequently ask yourself and others? Does it seem like you spend more time meeting about work and projects than actually getting the work accomplished? As we adapt our workstyles to accommodate remote or hybrid work, virtual meetings have been the go-to or default fix. While a meeting can be the right solution in many situations, it's not always the best answer. Learn how to apply techniques such as using a decision tree to determine if a meeting is the best option, explore other possibilities, and if you have to meet - meet it inclusive, engaging and productive - even in a hybrid environment. | Shelly Vils Havel & Extension Colleagues |
| Flipped Classroom: Making an Educational Podcast - From Concept to Broadcast | Podcasts are a flexible and engaging educational format. In this flipped-classroom session, you will learn basic steps for conceptualizing, recording, editing, and broadcasting a podcast. Additionally, you will learn the benefits and challenges of including justice-involved parents in podcast development and implementation. We will illustrate this with the example of "Anywhere Dads," an 11-part podcast series developed in partnership with justice-involved dads, justice system experts, and Extension. | Anne Clarkson, HDRI; Lix Lexau, HDRI; Ciara Walker, HDRI; Kevin Murphy, HDRI |
3:30pm - Breakout Sessions
| Session Title | Description | Speakers |
| Flipped Classroom: Making an Educational Podcast - From Concept to Broadcast | Podcasts are a flexible and engaging educational format. In this flipped-classroom session, you will learn basic steps for conceptualizing, recording, editing, and broadcasting a podcast. Additionally, you will learn the benefits and challenges of including justice-involved parents in podcast development and implementation. We will illustrate this with the example of "Anywhere Dads," an 11-part podcast series developed in partnership with justice-involved dads, justice system experts, and Extension. | Anne Clarkson, HDRI; Lix Lexau, HDRI; Ciara Walker, HDRI; Kevin Murphy, HDRI |
| Presentation: Let's Get Creative! Virtual Engagement Strategies | Do you still find yourself leading meetings or facilitating programs via Zoom? Are you stuck in a rut when it comes to engaging meeting and program participants? Join this session to learn how you can tools like Padlet and Slido to creatively engage people while achieving meeting goals or program outcomes. Your facilitator Sarah Schlosser will share some recent examples of how she has used these tools, and invite you to think about an upcoming meeting or program where you can get creative with virtual engagement, | Sarah Schlosser, Division of Extension, Organizational and Leadership Development Program |
| Presentation: Digital Shift in Education with School Age Youth | Have you run into the situation where live programming with school-age youth has been paused and you don't know how to continue to provide personalized content? Has your time for programming with school-age youth been reduced and you want to provide individualized video content between live interactions? Join Udai Olivares and Morgan Peaden as they showcase how FoodWIse used digital technology to continue to reach school-age youth during the COVID-19 public health emergency when people were working and learning from home, and how these techniques can be used going forward to meet the needs in an increasingly digital world. They will present on how FoodWIse identified, created, and implemented material through the Intro-Content-Outro (ICO) video delivery method. Join the discussion on how other Extension programs can utilize this same method to provide their program specific materials to school-age youth. Participants will get the opportunity to practice creating an introduction script specific to their programming and walk away (or click-away as this is a digital conference) know the steps to effectively create and implement ICO videos. | Morgan Peaden, FoodWIse; Udai Olivares, FoodWIse |
4:30pm - Part 2: Tell Your Story: Practice your Storytelling Hosted by Dave Nelson
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