Program

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Day 1 - Tuesday, April 18
Day 2 - Wednesday, April 19Day 3 - Thursday, April 20

Time	Track A	Track B	Track C
7:00 HST	Distracting Distracted Digital Learners [Amy Winger et al.]

8:00 HST	The role game science plays in promoting a growth [Lori Brooks et al.]	Teaching with Mindfulness in the 21st Century [Kathleen Bishop]

9:00 HST	Featured Presentation Presentation of Self and Social Presence in a Professional Online Conference [Luisa Castro]	Retain! Motivate! Engage! Students! Just a Mouse click away! [Julee Poole]

10:00 HST	Re-envisioning Online Professional Development… [Naomi Tanaka]	EdSim Design: Reflections on Simulation and Game Design [Cynthia Calongne]

10:30 HST	College Student Use of Wearable Devices [Cheng Chang (Sam) Pan]	How good is the classroom instruction? [Karen Bakuzonis]

11:00 HST	Improving Faculty Experience through Streamlined Professional Development [Laurie Hansen et al.]	Using the CRAP Test to Identify False News, Misinformation, and Alternative Facts Online [Kirsti Dyer]

11:30 HST	Using Cost/Reward Assesment to Engage Online Students and Increase Student Success [Joanna Bauer and Ludmila Battista]	Building a Do-It-Yourself Website to Engage and Inform Geographically Diverse Faculties [Ryan Roark and Paul Nersesian]

12:00 HST	– – – – – – – – – – BREAK – – – – – – – – – –

13:00 HST	STEMS^2, Social Presence and Sense of Place in a Hybrid Distance Education Program [Waynele Yu]

13:30 HST

14:00 HST	KEYNOTE PLENARY – Malcolm Brown & Veronica Diaz

15:00 HST	Using Google Drive to share video in a online language course [Satoru Shinagawa]

15:30 HST		Creating Environments to Set the Tone for Future Learning of Self-Regulation in Online Classes [Dana Greiner et al.]

16:00 HST	The General Systems Theory (GST) Communication Project [Valerie Wilkinson and Federico Gelsomini]	Native naïveté: Critical thought discerns FAUX v. REALITE [Katherine Watson]

17:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Evaluating Usability of a Positive Behavior Reward App for Faculty and Students at a Local Elementary and Intermediate School [Ashley Callahan]	Usability Study on a Website Integrating Self Organized Learning Environments (SOLE) and Google Apps for Education (GAFE) [Matthew Baylor]	Flipping for Fractions: An Action Research Project [Kristel de Leon]

17:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Programming Manikins: A Video Training Module for the Gaumard UNI Software [Lauren Thai]	The Kamaʻāina Discounts: Usability Study on the Website Homepage [Karen Fujii]	Got Blog? How Blogs Support Collaborative Learning and Student Engagement in Language Learning [Jami Higashi-Lee]

18:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Place-based Learning Game for Cultural Awareness [Jared Tomei]	Usability, Aloha, and Global Warming: A Usability Study on Global Warming in Hawai‘i [Megan Gamel]	Investigating the Impact of Video Instruction in a High School Chemistry Class [Robin Fujioka]

18:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Open School: Developing and Evaluating an Open E-learning Platform for Khmer-speaking Users [Sokunthearith Makara]	Using Learning Styles to Differentiate: A Usability Study of a Teacher Resource Website [Jennifer Smith]	Development & Usability of an Online Resource for Prospective Dental Hygiene Practitioners [Pamela Terrado]

19:00 HST	DAY 1 CONCLUDES

Time	Track A	Track B	Track C
7:00 HST	Online Discussion Boards: “Humanizing” the Classroom [Jennifer Harrison]	Artificial Intelligence: Conversational Bots to Access, Examine and Understand Information [Brooke Goggin and Bill Lundy]	Learning Game Design Characteristics through the Study of Flow and the Elemental Tetrad in the World of Warcraft & Minecraft [Quiana Bradshaw]

7:30 HST	Empowering Online Developmental Writing Students… [Frances Pistoresi]	Increasing Student Satisfaction with team projects in the virtual calssroom [Ilene Ringler]

8:00 HST	Best Practices for Teaching Research Methods… [Gabrielle Blackman]	Benefits of Electronic Data and Documentation Tracking Systems in Clinical/Practicum Programs [Hope Bauman and Nicole Walters]

8:30 HST	Implementing Open Digital Badges in an Undergraduate Business Communication Course [Mark Mabrito et al.]	Reaching the TOPP in Six Weeks: Help Your Faculty to Build An Online Course [Helen Torigoe and Marisa Yamada]

9:00 HST	Onboarding Online Faculty… [Riad Twal et al.]	Building a Community of Inquiry using the flipgrid video response tool – an experimental approach [Jaya Kannan and Pilar Munday]

10:00 HST	Regional Session – AMERICAS (Featuring Peter Leong)

11:00 HST	12 Tips for Integrating Social Media in the Humanities Online Classroom [Stacy J. Atiyeh et al.]

11:30 HST	Learning Portfolios and Individualized Learning Plans: Faculty as Coaches and Collaborators [Carolyn Stevenson et al.]

12:00 HST	– – – – – – – – – – BREAK – – – – – – – – – –

13:00 HST	What Instructors and Instructional Designers Could Learn from Pokemon Go… [Kae Novak et al.]	IoT and IoE impact on education in a machine to machine emerging multiverse [Melinda Mullett]

14:00 HST	Regional Session – ASIA/AUSTRALIA (Featuring Kumiko Aoki)

15:00 HST	Preparing to Use Open Education Resources: Practical Considerations [Trevor Belcher et al.]	Toward Student Engagement and Recognition: Developing a Digital Badge Roadmap [Veronica Diaz]

16:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	How to build and manage your portfolio in WordPress [Karen Fuji and Megan Gamel]	Office Ergonomics [Angela Gannon et al.]

16:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Practicing Positive Psychology: An Online Course [Daniel Fan]	Online Course – Taking Care of our Coral Reef [Jennifer Smith]

17:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Internet Safety for Grades 4 and 5 [Dean Lodes]	Online Evidence-Based Practice in Health Care Course [Bridget Lai]

17:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Introduction and Development of Augmented Reality [Raisa Ongosia]	Utilizing Technology for Current Worship in the Christian Church [Sarah Espinosa]

18:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Experiential and Scholarly Engagement in an Honors Digital Environment [Siobhán Ní Dhonacha]	Facilitating Collaboration in a Flipped Digital Art Classroom [Erika Molyneux]

18:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Getting ready for the Aloha Journey: Pre-departure orientation for International Student of Kapiolani Community College [Kitty Hino]	College Challenge: Online College Prep for High School Student-Athletes [Patrick Nakagawa]

19:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Multimedia Resources and Application for First Grade Math Teachers [Jennifer Kramer and Andrew Muccio]	REL 149: Introduction to the World’s Goddesses [Amanda Candēns]

19:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	J-Biz Protocol for the Hospitality Industry in Hawaii. [Ken Kiyohara]	Computer Science for Earth Scientists [Mike Gonsalves]

20:00 HST	DAY 2 CONCLUSION

Time	Track A	Track B	Track C
7:00 HST	Using SoftChalk Content Authoring Software When Presenting Instead of Power Point [Kathleen Doyle]	Sustaining Community in an Online Graduate Program [Trevor Belcher et al.]	Can you hear me now? Using audio feedback to promote student engagement and facilitate learning. [Risa Blair and Lyndon Godsall]

8:00 HST	Regional Session – EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST (Featuring Mikhail Forminykh)

9:00 HST	Getting our GLAM on: Lessons and Opportunities [Alice Bedard-Voorhees]	The Benefits and Challenges of Networking for Online College Faculty for Long-Term Career Efficacy [Tracy Crawford et al.]	Promoting Collaboration & Creativity [Selia Karsten]

9:30 HST	Creating YouTube Mini-Documentary Projects in the Online Classroom [Chareen Snelson]	Using Diigo to Engage Learners in Course Readings: Activity Design and Formative Evaluation [Vanessa Dennen et al.]

10:00 HST	The Relationship of Social Networking and Higher Education [Mark Whitney]	Issues in Using Twitter in Interactive Translation Practice [Reima Al-Jarf]

10:30 HST	Personalizing the Online Classroom [Tracy Crawford et al.]	Experiential Learning from start to finish: Concentrating on the student rather than the delivery method [Sher Downing]

11:00 HST	The Integration of Open Education Resources in an MS Degree Program [Cynthia Gautreau et al.]	Taking the Pulse of the Online Classroom: A Data-based Approach for Faculty Self-assessment of Student Engagement [Peter Conrad]

11:30 HST	Introduce to digitaltextbook in korea [Euisuk Jeong]	Using concept mapping as note taking strategy in college-level science courses [Danilo Baylen et al.]	The Acceptance of Online Education by Human Resource Recruiter [Mary Dereshiwsky et al.]

12:00 HST	– – – – – – – – – – BREAK – – – – – – – – – –

13:00 HST	Innovative (and Cool!) Tools for the Educator” Website – Using Web 2.0 tools with students in a flipped online classroom environment to improve critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. [Julee Poole and Jennifer Pedersen]		Tech Tool Slam [Frank Jumawan and others]

14:00 HST	KEYNOTE PLENARY (Featuring Hannah Gerber)

15:00 HST	A Connectivist Approach to Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners:The Role of Social Technologies [Kaveh Abhari]	Faculty Perceptions of Competency-based Education [Diana Echols]

15:30 HST		Is learning enhanced by guided BLOG threads? A plan for exploring a theory that collaborative blogging encourages critical thinking on solutions to a SMART approach. [Barbara Lauridsen]

16:00 HST	Keeping up with Educational Convergence: Virtual Reality & Internet of Things [Shaun Foster]	Research findings from an exploration into answering the research question “To what degree is learning enhanced by guided BLOG discussions?” [Barbara Lauridsen]

16:30 HST	Game-based learning increase engagement, create new challenges, and offer adaptive learning and assessment [Pam Wong]	Changing to Learn with Mobile Device Based Learning Environments (MDBLE), an exploration of a potential mobile learning solution. [Pete Ayala]

17:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Development and Usability of a Samoan Vocabulary Mobile App [Raisa Ongosia]	All about GAFE: A Study on a Learning Module on the use of Google Apps For Education at Konawaena Middle School’s Faculty [Mia-Pia Cummins-Van Herreweghe]	It Takes a Village: Digital Citizenship for Parents and Guardians [Marie Honda]

17:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Evaluating the Usability and Ease of Use of a Mobile Game to Enrich Understanding of Hawaiian History and Culture for 4th Grade Students [Kim Mah]	Boosting Student Achievement through Collaboration in Digital Arts [Erika Molyneux]	Evaluating the Usability of the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Business Office Website [Angela Gannon]

18:00 HST LTEC Student Sessions	Digital Storytelling with the TaleBlazers’ Library Workshop: Engaging, Including, and Empowering Youth to Diversify Children’s Literature [Desiree Dannenbring]	Augmented Dissection [Joshua Jeong]	A Usability Study on the Paeloko Website [Leileihua Mata]

18:30 HST LTEC Student Sessions

19:00 HST	CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

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