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Program

A Symposium for Practitioners of Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC)
InfoMart, Dallas, Texas

Thursday, Oct. 17

7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Opening Session

Welcome: Vicki Dimock, Director, SCRTEC

Symposium Plan and Goals: Seymour Hanfling, Director, NETC

Presentation: "Instructional Improvement, Content Development and IVC"
Speaker: Dr. Stan Silverman, New York Institute of Technology
      View a video clip of Dr. Silverman's comments
      (3 min. 20 sec, 2.2 MB, QuickTime player required)
Presider: Seymour Hanfling

9:45 Break with refreshments
10:00 Panel I: "Promising Instructional Applications of IVC"
Moderator: Marilyn Heath, Program Associate, SCRTEC
11:10 Small group follow-up discussions of Panel I
(Participants join groups as indicated in registration packet)
12:00 Lunch (Buffet in foyer, dining tables in room 7001)

Presentation (by videoconference):
"Supplementing Instruction Through IVC"
Speaker: Scott Sharer, Manager of Video Technology and Education,
ClearOne Communications Inc.
      View a video clip of Scott Sharer's comments
      (5 min. 10 sec, 3.5 MB, QuickTime player required)
Presider - Kirk deFord, NETC

1:30 Panel II: "Promising District-level Applications of IVC"
Moderator: Seymour Hanfling
2:30 Small group follow-up discussions of Panel II
(Participants continue in same discussion groups as before)
3:15 Break
3:30 Gallery Walk I
4:00 Break
4:20 Gallery Walk II
4:50 Announcements and adjourn
5:00-8:00 Vendor session, light food service


Friday, Oct. 18

7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Presentation and Q&A:
"Next Generation Educational Technology Infrastructure"
Speaker - Dr. Ken Klingenstein, Project Director,
     View a video clip of Dr. Klingenstein's comments
      (2 min. 20 sec, 2.2 MB, QuickTime player required)
      Download Dr. Klingenstein's slide presentation (for Windows) (230K)
      Download Dr. Klingenstein's slide presentation (for Mac) (230K)
Internet 2 Middleware Initiative
Presider - Martin Huntley, Director of Technology, Educational Alliance at Brown University.
9:20 Break
9:30 Panel III: "What it takes to make IVC successful"
- A policy perspective from state administrators
Moderator: Vicki Dimock
10:30 Break with refreshments
10:45 Small group follow-up discussions
(Participants continue in same groups as before)
11:25 Birds of a Feather II
(Groups to be announced in 8:30 session)
12:00 Lunch - Buffet in foyer, dining tables in room 7001

Presentation: "Federal Priorities for Interactive Videoconferencing"
Speaker: John Bailey, Director, Office of Educational Technology, USED
Presider: Vicki Dimock

1:15 Presentation and Q&A:
"Research on IVC: What do we know, what questions remain,
how can it get done?"
Speaker - Dr. Michael Moore, Editor, American Journal of Distance Education
      View a video clip of Dr. Moore's comments
      (2 min., 1.9 MB, QuickTime player required)
      Download Dr. Moore's slide presentation (for Windows) (110K)
      Download Dr. Moore's slide presentation (for Mac) (110K)
2:45 Summation and Implications: Seymour Hanfling
3:00 Adjourn