WebDev 2001 Dialogue Day
November 9, 2001

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WebDev 2001 Technology Dialogue Day

6. What did you enjoy most about this event?

• Seeing what others have done. Seeing that the District greatly encourages technology. Seeing that not only technical types have done some wonderful things.
• I enjoyed the "Strongest Link" game. It was interesting to see what people thought about issues like child pornography, ADA compliance, and sharing of ideas.
• Food and moving interaction.
• Getting to know what other colleges are doing.
• Hands-on opportunities; getting to know some very interesting colleges.
• Experiencing the new technology of the "clicker" session.
• The interaction with people from other campuses, sharing ideas and viewpoints.
• Opportunities to meet with and discuss topics/issues related to technology with various people. Always good to see what other people are doing -- and their perspectives.
• The variety. Bringing people together from the District to share ideas and information
• The audience response technology.
• Sharing uses of technology throughout the MCCCD to enhance learning and instruction.
• Everything! AM-PM and lunch.
• The whole day -- good information.
• Breakout sessions in the afternoon.
• The audience response technology was great! It made our small-group discussions better to know we could send in our vote.
• Afternoon session on making videos. I had not seen new software or newer digital cameras (zoom). The whole process actually looks like it can be done without a steep learning curve.
• Portfolio session -- afternoon examples.
• Networking and hearing responses on various questions as main session from 9-12.
• Seeing the response system in use.
• Alan, Sharon, and Tom's presentation.
• Moving discussions. Fun! Hopefully helpful. Multimedia applications.
• Ambiance of the crowd.
• Audience response was really interesting. What a great way to get instant feedback. The iMovie demo.
• I enjoyed the E-business the most. I felt it was the most organized and provided information on how to give students a great education while providing "real world" experience.
• The "Strongest Link" activity.
• Discussion sessions.
• Socializing and networking with peers who are also technology-centered. It was fun and refreshing.
• Interaction with other event participants in the morning session was valuable. Food was good; soup was great. Hands-on sessions were valuable too.
• Portfolio assessment; Scientific Method -- Flash.
• Meshing the "techies" and the faculty. I was glad to meet some of them and learn their views on some ideas.
• The morning session with group discussions.
• Opportunity to see what Maricopans are currently doing -- new ideas for use in the classroom.
• Listening to others share their expertise.
• Getting a few ideas about the technology available.
• Chance to network and connect.
• Demonstrations.
• Talking with colleagues and finding out what others are doing.
• Alan, Sharon, and Tom's presentation. The morning was fun. The discussions were provocative.
• Dr. Jon Storslee's presentation about E-business.
• Everything was great. The morning session was very engaging.
• Exposure to some new techniques & applications; stimulating morning session.
• Hands-on workshops.
• I enjoyed the E-Business session the most. I found the information valuable and useful.
• I enjoyed the networking opportunities and the first workshop I attended this afternoon regarding a writing template on the web.
• Interaction with other faculty and staff.
• Learning about Portfolio assessment and the Scientific Method in FLASH.
• Meeting other technology developers in the District.
• Seeing new technology demonstrated.
• Seeing the feedback system in use. I've heard about them for years, but never seen and used one before.
• Talking to others having the same successes/failures/frustrations that I've been having!
• The "Strongest Link" morning activity was enjoyable. I found the questions to be very well written and informative with a touch of humor. It was a great, well-planned networking opportunity. Good job!
• The annual "catching up" that always accompanies these events.
• The breakout sessions. Especially those focused on classroom applications!
• The chance to see some new technology, and to have some stimulating discussions. There was great interchange of colleagues.
• The demonstrations in the High Tech Center. The lunch was much better than I expected.
• The discussion sessions -- they were lively and active.
• The group exercise at the beginning of the event, and the game that was played was a great attention maintainer! Timing for each breakout session was good.
• The interactive session in the morning.
• The last group discussion.
• The morning discussion session.
• The morning session was very enjoyable and worthwhile. It got people talking and discussing important ethical issues.
• The opportunity to meet with various people and to see what they were doing with technology. It was also worthwhile to discuss the perspectives people have on technology.
• The question game was a lot of fun and initiated good conversation.
• Transforming the Teaching of Writing from the Paper Page to the Web Page.
• Being able to expand my thinking; seeing what others have done and realizing that I could do a lot of it, too.

7. What was the most useful or valuable part of the event?

• Seeing what others have done and feeling that I could do some of it myself.
• Connecting with people.
• The workshops.
• Hands-on sessions. One-on-one dialogues.
• I liked the variety of the whole group, workshops, and individual projects with "chain reactions."
• The afternoon sessions -- more applied, concrete information.
• The rapid feedback and anonymous opinion submission.
• Gave us a taste of what is possible.
• All of it.
• Getting ideas on how to adapt what I saw to the online courses that I both develop and teach --bits and pieces to create a unique enhancement.
• I liked Karen's event.
• The library breakout session that showed me how I can make a tutorial for my classes. Also, the class on how to use templates -- I can use this.
• Seeing what other faculty members are actually doing in their classrooms!
• I think the Flash workshop will be used soonest. But I got lots of general updates.
• Learning about new software that I can use in a technical field.
• The examples currently in use.
• Template for writing, collaboration given by Fagan, Foster, and Levine.
• Networking.
• Alan's template.
• Evaluation of online courses. Digital video -- that it is now this easy to get it done quickly.
• Video class, though I didn't go to the beginning of the session -- The session I was in was very brief.
• The session on Server Side Templates. "Instant" web page was posted.
• This question is answered in the previous question. However, I really enjoyed the video-editing portion as well.
• The workshops and the question/answer sessions. KJZZ/KBAQ, Tom, Sharon, and Alan.
• Discussion sessions.
• The "strongest link," all three sections. It gave us the "big picture" view of technology, from a District perspective.
• Most valuable element was interaction among many District-wide faculty and staff who are all interested in technology. Good to network.
• Afternoon hands-on.
• The breakout sessions.
• Two sessions I think I will actually use; one was from generation through DO and the other was the concept of collaboration having the students do web sites and learn how to deal with public and build a portfolio.
• They are all good.
• Seeing how Respondus could make using Blackboard easier.
• Trends presentation.
• Demos.
• Karen Russo's Server Side Include session was the most valuable to me.
• The most valuable part of the event was Elliot Cherner's Form Wizard. This tool will allow people within the MCCCD to create forms easily without needing to know HTML.
• Again, the discussion sessions.
• Being able to hear people's opinions about issues we don't agree on.
• Being able to talk to others from different disciplines and campuses.
• Forms. Hearing the differing points of view during the morning's event.
• I would like to use Alan's template.
• I've been "out of the loop" re some of the new software and hardware. It was good to catch up! Some of it actually looks easy enough to use in my limited time.
• Karen Russo's event was informative.
• Meeting people, hearing from the "top Links", seeing the use of audience responders.
• Once again, I would have to say the E-Business session was the most engaging. I also enjoyed the Video session; however, I already knew a lot of the information that was presented.
• Seeing what other faculty members are actually doing in their classrooms.
• Sharing Innovations.
• Talking to colleagues about what they are doing and trying.
• The Engagement through Dialogue activity: it made you think about different aspects about the web that many people take for granted/didn't think about before.
• The afternoon sessions were more valuable to me since they provided more concrete applications of technology (for classroom uses).
• The breakout workshops for web assisted utilities.
• The discussions elicited by the Strongest Link exercise.
• The morning exercises. Good group interaction. Although the technology was the centerpiece, the topics and ideas exchanged took over (probably by design :-))
• The networking and learning from peers.
• The online web templates for student web pages or portfolio's. The hands-on experience of presentations.
• The sessions should have been the most useful and/or valuable; however, two of the three I attended were not prepared, the equipment did not work, and thus were not very informative. I recommend thorough testing prior to holding the sessions. For this reason, I've selected "Disagree" on some of the items above. Overall, I enjoyed WebDev 2001.
• The web form Wizard presentation.
• To be used currently: the workshop on student portfolios. For the future: a writing template on the web.
• Classroom sessions.
• iMovie demonstration; Shows how easy it is to use.
• Realizing how much interest there is in technology in the District (I'm new); realizing that the range of people involved in technology-connected projects is wide.

8. What can we do to improve the event?

• Include more hands-on activities.
• Add SMART content to address SMART issues (Specific - Measurable - Achievable - Relevant - Timely).
• The direction of where you were was a little confusing once the sessions ended.
• More posters for the "chain reactions" so you can see what you are getting into before being stuck for a while.
• Perhaps develop longer sessions -- or more sessions in "how to."
• That's a tough one, nothing that I can think of.
• Technological glitches in the afternoon. Need to raise the "how to" aspects and lower the "dog and pony" aspect of the afternoon.
• Make it clear up front with ground rules that, at such events, negative remarks should not be made about a sister MCCCD college. This is not an appropriate or professional venue. No individuals or colleges should be pinpointed in a negative fashion. This is a venue to share and learn and support. Do not make any "I don't want to point fingers, but comments."
• Nothing, except to have more.
• Give adjunct faculty professional credit, too! These kinds of workshops and training help us to be better instructors, too. We are also members of professional organizations that require updates and professional development units or credits to maintain our certifications in the organizations. I need a certificate of participation to turn in to them.
• Morning session could be half as long.
• Schedule session times realistically. Two of my workshops were done in about 20 minutes each. Don't lock all sessions into 45 minutes.
• Shorten the activities for the morning session. The group interaction was great, but the same effect could have been achieved in half to two-thirds the time
• Morning session was good, but the intro ran a bit long -- more policy issue discussion would be good.
• More sessions on various technology use -- it seems this is the one way to get to find out what's happening at other campuses.
• Continue holding these. As we learn more about what other campuses are doing, the more effective we all become.
• Sign-up sheet for Alan's template.
• I am learning that the questions are one of the most important things we can do to get thinking going. Let's make this ART technology to make some progress on these controversial issues. I used Group Systems years ago to do the same. This is more accessible!
• Make sure the equipment works. Two sessions were not successful because of the equipment.
• Support Mac users. What ever happened to dual platform classrooms? We may be few in number but cutting edge graphics and movies are done with Macs. It was embarrassing for GCC who has beautiful G4 Macs (with flat screen monitors) in HTCI pit, to be in that classroom with old chunky Macs. We should be showing off our Mac stuff.
• We didn't need two minutes to decide the answers for the 2nd session of the "strongest link," and we could have made it shorter than five minutes, but that is knit picky. I really enjoyed all of it. I just felt I had to answer.
• Earlier semester date.
• Verify equipment working.
• Incorporate more examples of how faculty use technology in their online courses.
• More breakout sessions or shorter length -- 15 to 30 minutes, max. More instructionally related uses of technology.
• See if presenters have preview or pretest time to avoid technology glitches.
• Longer time for hands-on!
• More in-depth, hands-on activity, such as developing a real test and observe results.
• I would like to hear from each campus "report on Panel" on IT use -- in every way, equipment, projects, methods that are being used.
• The morning session discussion was a little bit too long -- allow more time for actual hands-on sessions.
• I would like to see an event like this more content related. Have a group for Math/Science or English, etc.
• Learning outcomes could be established for those who want more than time to dialogue; otherwise this is just a social. Morning session went on for too long.
• Make sure interactive demonstrations will work for all.
• Make sure that the technology is set up to meet the needs of the presenter. Real player was not functional (no audio) for our session.
• This was much better than last year's! Nothing at the time
• A vegetarian soup.
• Better classroom instruction; take home handouts with information pertinent to classroom sessions.
• Everything worked well. I think that maybe the morning session could have been cut in half and the other half used for poster sessions. Then the afternoon could have run two sessions so that people would be able to see at least two presentations.
• First, do not provide sessions on technology that all of the campuses do not offer. I think it is a waste of time to get the attendees excited about technology and then send them back to a campus where they cannot use what they learned (i.e. SSIs). Unless the server is programmed to allow SSIs, then they cannot be used. There are other technologies that were introduced such as using Flash for online coursework and creating Web forms. However, without the appropriate resources, these are two more examples of something that cannot be used. Although the technology is great, it will only create more work orders for IT staff. In the case of Web forms, they require some CGI scripting, so what good is it to demonstrate their capabilities if they cannot be used? I think the technology presented was overall a great selection. However, I strongly disagree with demonstrating technology that is not available to everyone. If you are going to teach something, then it needs to be available.
• Great job!!!
• I would love to have an activity (The Strongest Link did this somewhat) that got tech people and faculty problem solving together. It seems to me that we do not listen to each other enough. This way, faculty members could see the amazing possibilities of technology while also learning the practical problem solving skills that must go on in the background to get the site or activity to work.
• Keep changing it! Each year it is different, some years better than others, but all good. Don't standardize!
• Less speeches about subjects off the web topic.
• Less surveys, more demonstrations.
• Let presenters have dry run to avoid technology problems.
• More diverse hands-on workshops.
• More in-depth, hands-on activity, such as developing a test and observe results from the test.
• Morning session could be 1/2 as long. More time for breakout sessions.
• Nothing.
• Perhaps do a one-minute "preview" at the end of the large meeting of the upcoming sessions in order to help participants select which session they would like to attend.
• Perhaps incorporate an "outside" notable keynote speaker on technology and education; Provide more sessions on applications of technology.
• Please continue with these events.
• Possibly go into a bit more detail about the technical aspects (it is a fine line to still keep things easy to understand with people who are not as technically savvy as others).
• Shorten up the morning "rounds" a bit (they were good, but dragged a little). I'd like to hear a bit more about new trends from the District.
• Support for Mac users. It was embarrassing to be in a classroom with clunky old Macs when we have nice G4 with flat screen monitors in our offices (at GCC) and in the pit in HTI.
• The morning session was extremely interesting, but I would like to know who has the technology and how we can access it and use it in our classrooms.
• Use more comfortable chairs at the beginning of the event. Chairs too hard for length of sitting. Refreshments available during the break somewhere close by the technology center.
• Verify that all software and equipment is correctly functioning, allow more hands-on training. Inform presenters to "jazz it up." No monotone speaking, no vocal interferences. One individual that was presenting kept having his pager go off repeatedly.
• More hands on, less lecture, more things in my subject area shorter morning activity.
• Provide more hands-on training as opposed to discussions/demonstrations of projects that are already done.

9. What other aspects of technology would you like more information on?

• Information architecture. Engineering for the web.
• Digital graphics creation and editing.
• More time to work with the templates. Classes were too short.
• More specific online course information and software.
• The new educational software and resources.
• Use of PPAs -- other "stuff" coming soon.
• Purchasing information on the "clicker" technology.
• All of it! We need to know how to access these resources and how to get further training on each.
• Multimedia and digital video solutions or models.
• New educational software for the college student.
• PDAs.
• How to understand the simpler stuff (like PowerPoint) for those of us who are not "techies" and are just getting started with technology lingo.
• How hard and expensive it is to set up the audience response system.
• (This may already exist) -- Create a site listing for posting projects in progress. Too often, we don't know that anyone else is working on a project similar to ours -- until theirs is complete! Then we miss the chance for collaboration.
• Teaching and writing template. I am interested in it once Alan has got the design and code. Great tool!
• Alan's template.
• MIDAS will be ready by next year -- it would be interesting to compare that, WebCT, and Blackboard for those pondering their use.
• More video and PowerPoint presentations.
• Digital photo/video. Get Dean Terasaki to demonstrate photo imaging/manipulation on MACs (PhotoShop).
• More on ways to incorporate interactive technology in distance learning classes.
• More on the writing template development by Alan.
• Incorporate more examples of how faculty use technology in their online courses.
• More demonstrations of their instructional technology tools, or examples of ways others are using technology in the classroom and online courses.
• Forms and database interactions.
• Overview of what is available for different faculty members depending on their needs. These classes should be from basic to advanced, please.
• Keep updating on web-assist classroom technologies.
• What are District-wide IT plans that we should prepare for -- consider it "I feel like we spent time deciding on and learning Blackboard only to find out it is going away and MIDAS is in."
• More hands-on sessions with new technology.
• I would like to learn what other people in my field (Math) are doing/using in class.
• Cold fission.
• FLASH and Java.
• Javascript and Active Server Pages (ASP).
• Alan's template.
• Creating forms, anything on Blackboard.
• Digital imaging.
• Handouts from presenters and access to websites the week following the event to refer back to session.
• I hope to be updated on Alan Levine's writing template discussed in the first workshop as it becomes available.
• I think that browser compatibility and ADA compliance should have warranted some discussion. There is so much technology available on the Web, but we need to make sure that the Web pages District-wide can be viewed by anyone. Content is what is most important. Additionally, I would have liked to listen to some information on District Web requirements, if any.
• I would like more sessions specifically on how to use multimedia for online classes. It would be especially nice to have a discussion on ways to incorporate it and ways to judge its usefulness.
• I'd like info. about ongoing projects to eliminate duplication of effort.
• Midas? Intrakal? What ever name it is going by...I know that Dr. Gaskin and Dr. Bleed pointed out that our District needs to become more unified "looking" on the internet. I think that before the District makes a decision on which product to use, that we need to have a dialogue day about the different products. Do Blackboard, WebCT, Midas, etc. have any data about their products? Does everyone who attends these meetings know what each product looks like? Feels like? If, as a group, we were able to objectively (as possible) preview these products together, maybe we will be happier (less aggravated) when the District makes the decision on one product. Thanks for a nice day! I had fun, and the food was great!
• More info and discussions of ADA and Sec. 508. As a technologist I would like more definitive answers rather than the opinions that are prevalent now.
• More of the same--but the classroom was mostly "show" and not enough "tell". We saw some intriguing uses, but didn't get enough hard information about implementing these programs and techniques.
• More on forms and database interaction, hands-on.
• More online assessment techniques.
• More updates on web-based productivity tools for classroom activities.
• Multimedia.
• Not applicable.
• PDAs and other "techie" stuff coming down the pike that looks promising for educational use.
• Portals seem to be all the rage in higher education. It would be interesting to see what was going to be done by Maricopa--beyond MyMCC.
• Audience responders.
• E-business.
• Graphics creation/editing.
• KBAQ radio