2022 Showcase

Coffee with Echo 360

In this workshop we will look at key educational concepts that serve as a foundation for all human learning in any context. We will then turn our attention to educational technology and note how effective educational technology solutions support those universal threads found in all learning. The focus of this workshop will be to engage with the material and to find solutions that can be implemented right away.

This workshop will walk users through how to effectively leverage their Echo360 content inside of Canvas. Users will learn how to create and deploy “Embedded Polls” and hear about Echo360 new editing functionalities. Participants will also be shown how to work with the new “Collections” Features.”

Much has been lost during the COVID pandemic. It is important to recognize lives lost, challenges we all faced, and that this has been a challenging time for all of us. That said, over the past 18 months we have also learned a lot about ourselves and how we teach. In this session we will take a look at how educational technology was an integral part of delivering the best educational experience possible during the pandemic and, going forward, what can be kept, augmented, and even built upon to create better educational experiences for our students.

The Echo360 Breakout session will be an opportunity for participants to learn about more advanced features and functionalities. Items include:

• Echo360’s new Collections – Collections allow for users to share and interact with content in a more streamlined way
• Learn about Echo360 latest video editor enhancements- merging clips, altering the thumbnail, and changing the audio track.
• Participants will learn how to edit the transcription of their class- this will dramatically help students using the transcript for study and/or accessibility needs.
• Q&A -we will open the floor for any questions or workflows the users would like to explore.

Instructors in online courses must constantly battle the perception that online learning is dehumanized learning. To help our students view their online courses as meaningful, engaging, and applicable, we must prioritize our humanity. This session will focus on how to bring our voices and personalities into the online classroom. We will offer suggestions for writing engaging curriculum, inviting student voices into the classroom, prioritizing personality, and prioritizing variety in our classes.

Facilitators in the Playroom will share their ideas and demonstrate how to use the following tools:

VoiceThread - Emmie Mercer

VoiceThread is an application that runs inside your web browser (no software to download, install, or update) and it allows you to transform collections of media, like images, videos, documents, and presentations, into a place for a conversation. These conversations are not live, but take place whenever it's convenient for the people to participate. They are also secure, with simple controls that lets you dictate who can participate and what they can do.

Augmented Reality Sandbox - Dr. Liann Gallagher

An Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox creates a unique experience for students to explore topography and the world around them. This tool uses open source technology, a short throw projector, a Kinect, and wet sand to allow students to make different designs in the sand while the software projects contour lines in real time onto the surface. As the student moves the sand, the lines and colored shading change, too. The software also simulates rain and water runoff so students can explore elements of hydrology. The History and Political Science Department intends to use this technology to teach civilization settlement patterns, agricultural techniques, topography, landforms, and strategic studies.

zSpace - Mallory Cunningham

The zSpace technology combines augmented reality and virtual reality to create lifelike, immersive experiences for students. Users wear special glasses and hand movements are tracked with a stylus in a way that allows the learner to examine structures in a 3D experience. CSD plans to use this technology to teach anatomy, specifically of the respiratory and nervous systems. Additional software allows learners to explore a variety of medical imaging findings and provides the basis for clinical thinking and reasoning about the impact of conditions such as stroke, tumor, craniofacial defects, and other conditions that commonly result in impairments to speech, language or swallowing.

Echo 360 - Jason Gildner

Echo 360 provides an alternative to on-campus lectures, so you can keep students engaged in learning even when classes are cancelled. Echo 360 supports a student engagement strategy through providing a video platform for lecture capture and analytics that results in extending learning beyond the classroom.

Canva - John Mimms

Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visual content. Canva includes easy to use templates, images, and fonts. Canva offers both free and paid subscriptions. Teachers can use Canva to add creativity and variety to their courses and students can use it for assignments.

3-D Printing - Debbie Stewart

3D Printing is the process of creating a three-dimensional object from a digital file. Usually, it is achieved by stacking two-dimensional layers of material to form a physical 3D object. The most common process is material extrusion which uses thermoplastic filament. The 3D Printer reads G-Code files that give it specific instructions on how to print an object. The 3D Design Program is a type of software used to visualize, design, and manipulate 3D products. It is also known as a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program or 3D Modeling Software. Free examples for educators include Autodesk Inventor, Fusion360, SketchUp, Onshape, and Tinkercad.

HU Direct Access - Tracy Yarbrough

HUDirectAccess is a digital textbook model in collaboration with top publishers to reduce the cost of required course materials. Access for all students begins on or before the first day of class, with the option to opt-out of purchasing through the drop/add day.

In this session, participants will gain practical ideas that can be adopted in their classroom. Each panelist will discuss their experience and present ideas of what was learned through their journey with ACUE and implemented in their classroom or teaching philosophy. There will be ample time for the audience to participate in the form of a Q and A. The panel facilitator is Dr. Kathy Dillion.

This session will highlight how educational technology was optimized during the pandemic. Participants will also be encouraged to initiate similar global projects to deliver the best global experience for their students. Long before the pandemic closed borders and paused international travel opportunities, ASU-Beebe was already exploring new and creative ways to bring the global classroom to faculty and students without leaving ASU-Beebe classrooms. One new initiative, the Global Classroom, has overcome the challenges and uncertainty of the pandemic to launch this past fall 2021. This 6-week group project, dealing with the Central American migration crisis, takes classes already being taught by ASU-Beebe faculty members and pair them with complementary parallel courses taught at a University in El Salvador. A total of 134 students and 11 instructors participated in this project. The exposure that faculty and students received from this Global Classroom, has helped them to understand the global migration crisis better and further help them overcome preconceived notions, if any, about their culture or the country as a whole.

Facilitators in the Playroom will share their ideas and demonstrate how to use the following tools:

VoiceThread - Emmie Mercer

VoiceThread is an application that runs inside your web browser (no software to download, install, or update) and it allows you to transform collections of media, like images, videos, documents, and presentations, into a place for a conversation. These conversations are not live, but take place whenever it's convenient for the people to participate. They are also secure, with simple controls that lets you dictate who can participate and what they can do.

Augmented Reality Sandbox - Dr. Liann Gallagher

An Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox creates a unique experience for students to explore topography and the world around them. This tool uses open source technology, a short throw projector, a Kinect, and wet sand to allow students to make different designs in the sand while the software projects contour lines in real time onto the surface. As the student moves the sand, the lines and colored shading change, too. The software also simulates rain and water runoff so students can explore elements of hydrology. The History and Political Science Department intends to use this technology to teach civilization settlement patterns, agricultural techniques, topography, landforms, and strategic studies.

zSpace - Mallory Cunningham

The zSpace technology combines augmented reality and virtual reality to create lifelike, immersive experiences for students. Users wear special glasses and hand movements are tracked with a stylus in a way that allows the learner to examine structures in a 3D experience. CSD plans to use this technology to teach anatomy, specifically of the respiratory and nervous systems. Additional software allows learners to explore a variety of medical imaging findings and provides the basis for clinical thinking and reasoning about the impact of conditions such as stroke, tumor, craniofacial defects, and other conditions that commonly result in impairments to speech, language or swallowing.

Echo 360 - Jason Gildner

Echo 360 provides an alternative to on-campus lectures, so you can keep students engaged in learning even when classes are cancelled. Echo 360 supports a student engagement strategy through providing a video platform for lecture capture and analytics that results in extending learning beyond the classroom.

Canva - John Mimms

Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents, and other visual content. Canva includes easy to use templates, images, and fonts. Canva offers both free and paid subscriptions. Teachers can use Canva to add creativity and variety to their courses and students can use it for assignments.

3-D Printing - Debbie Stewart

3D Printing is the process of creating a three-dimensional object from a digital file. Usually, it is achieved by stacking two-dimensional layers of material to form a physical 3D object. The most common process is material extrusion which uses thermoplastic filament. The 3D Printer reads G-Code files that give it specific instructions on how to print an object. The 3D Design Program is a type of software used to visualize, design, and manipulate 3D products. It is also known as a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program or 3D Modeling Software. Free examples for educators include Autodesk Inventor, Fusion360, SketchUp, Onshape, and Tinkercad.

HU Direct Access - Tracy Yarbrough

HUDirectAccess is a digital textbook model in collaboration with top publishers to reduce the cost of required course materials. Access for all students begins on or before the first day of class, with the option to opt-out of purchasing through the drop/add day.

In this closing session we will identify key opportunities to infuse educational technology into all of our courses in new and innovative ways. Drawing on key educational concepts, educational technology solutions available, and a network of amazing peers, everyone in the session will identify actionable ways that teaching may be augmented. Whether it is providing similar educational experiences with less effort, or enhanced educational opportunities for students with little additional effort, it is time to plan our next steps to moving higher education forward.

There will be drawings for a few small and nifty gift items as well as the grand prize gift. The grand prize gift is a Personal Recording/streaming studio Kit. You must be present to win these prizes.