October 3 -5, 1997
Marriott, World Trade Center
New York, NY
As the knowledge demands imposed upon both those who teach and learn increase, new technologies are making possible innovative approaches to education students and employees outside of the academic and corporate classroom. Newly-created asynchronous learning networks (ALN) eliminate the instructional impediments of space and time, while providing a degree of student-faculty interaction and collaboration that is truly unique.
We invite you to review the Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, which was sponsored by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in conjunction with the New York University, School of Continuing Education and the ALN Web at Vanderbilt University. The conference provided an opportunity to learn about the latest asynchronous learning programs, processes, packages and protocols. This conference was designed to inform both experienced professionals and interested newcomers working in
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Opening Plenary Session
Gerald A. Heeger
Dean, New York University
School of Continuing Education
"Welcome"
Stephen Andriole
Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer
CIGNA Systems,
CIGNA Corporation
"The Next Level: Knowledge Systems Integration for Industrial
Learning"
ALN Implications for Higher Education Change
Asynchronous learning networks eliminate the instructional impediments of space and time,
while providing a degree of student-faculty interaction and collaboration that is truly
unique. This panel will provide divergent views on ways in which ALNs can or should change
(or be changed by) the higher education "system".
Kathleen Burnett
Assistant Professor, IS
Alice Robbin
Assistant Professor, IS
Robert Brooks
Doctoral Student, Department of Communications
Florida State University
"ALN Research and Assessment: A Case Study"
Murray Turoff
Distinguished Professor Of Computer and Information Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
"The Alternative Futures of ALN: The
Force and the Darkside"
Brad Cox
Professor of Social and Organizational Learning
George Mason University
"Evolving a Distributed Learning
Community"
ALNs for Newcomers
What is it really like for students and faculty to work asynchronously? Can students
acquire the same knowledge and skills as in traditional delivery? This panel immerses
participants in the experience of ALN teaching and learning, using Drexel University's
online master degree in information systems as a case study.
Richard Lytle
Dean of the College of Information Science and Technology
Charlton A. Monsanto
Associate Director, Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning
Drexel University
"The ALN Teaching and Learning Experience"
Dinner and Keynote Address
Mark R. Hubble
President, Higher Education Publishing Group, Addison Wesley
Logman, Inc.
"A Business Case for Online Learning"
Partnerships with Business
Globalization, technology, and downsizing have increased corporate interest in
improving employee access to corporate training. This panel will describe how universities
and businesses can form partnerships to facilitate and increase ALN program availability
and audiences.
Rembert Aranda
Managing Consultant, Strategic Planning and Modeling Practice,
Hewlett-Packard Company
David Sachs
Assistant Dean, School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University
"Partnerships with Industry: A Key Factor in ALN
Success"
Peter Rothstein
Director, R & D Programs
Lotus Institute
"Lotus Learning Space: New research, Expanded Solutions and the Future"
Elisabeth Meriam
IBM corporation
"Developing a National Information Technology Teleprogram"
ALN Program Experiences
Curriculum development, faculty training and hardware/software acquisition are
among the more significant start-up and operational requirements for ALN programs. this
panel will present proven tactical and strategic approaches to launching successful ALN
programs.
John Crocetti
Orrin Henry Ingram Fellow in Engineering Management, Research Associate
Vanderbilt University
"A Case Study in Management of Technology:
Development Issues in an Online Degree Program"
Paul Miers
Director, Liberal and Professional Studies, College of Graduate
and Extended Education, Towson State University
"From Distance Ed to Distributive Learning: Building an ALN at a
Metropolitan University"
Sheila Englebardt
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Computer Mediated Communication in a
Graduate Course in Health Care Informatics"
Large-Scale ALN Needs
This panel will discuss how ALN programs can successfully increase their academic and
geographical scale while maintaining or improving instructional effectiveness.
Implications for student services, systems support, faculty training, and related services
will be analyzed.
Lanny Arvan
Associate Director, SCALE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Bottom Up or Top Down? Using ALN to Attain
Efficiencies in Instruction"
Michael Thoennessen
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
"ALN Use for Individual Student
Contact in a Large Class"
Anthony Picciano
Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Hunter College -CUNY
"Developing an Asynchronous Learning
Model at a Large Urban University"
ALN Pedagogy
The seminar-like format of many ALN courses presents faculty with significant curriculum
design and delivery challenges and opportunities. this panel will present some of the best
asynchronous development and learning practices from a wide range of institutions and
programs.
John Brenner
Associate Professor of Sociology and Human Services
Southwest Virginia Community College
"Student's Cognitive Styles in
Asynchronous Distance Education Courses at a Community College"
(Speech as a word file)
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science
New Jersey Institute of Technology
"The Importance of Collaborative
Learning in ALN: Results of Student Surveys and a Field Experiment"
Cheryl Bullock
Project Evaluator
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"The Impact of ALN on the Way Faculty
Teach"
Luncheon and Keynote Address
Jeff Raikes
Group Vice President, Microsoft Sales and Marketing Microsoft
Corporation
The Campus of the 21st Century: A New Paradigm for Online
Learning Presentation Description
For most institutions the asynchronous learning network is not a broadly adopted program on campus, yet it is an initiative that remains a strategic priority. Mr. Raikes will discuss the intersection of today's asynchronous learning network, technology futures and academic pressures that will bring online learning to the forefront of an institution's teaching and learning strategy for the 21st century.
ALN Technologies
Powerful yet accessible communications software and systems are at the heart of
successful ALN delivery. This panel will compare the costs and capabilities of the latest
Web-based groupware and data network services used in operational ALN programs.
John Willinsky
William Allen Chair
School of Education
Seattle University
Vivian Forssman
President of Knowledge Architecture
"Learning to Do: Situated Learning on the Web"
Keith Barker
Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning
University of Connecticut
Moderator
Lisa Lancor
Professor
Southern Connecticut State University
"A Web-based Learning Environment and Course Delivery Methodology"
Jonathan Darby
Director, Technology-assisted Lifelong Learning
University of Oxford
"Modeling the Oxford System of Teaching on the
Internet"
Multi-Campus ALNs
This panel will illustrate approaches for extending existing ALN programs within and
across multi-campus institutions. Included in the presentations will be methods for
linking and sharing common curricula and delivery systems among unaffiliated institutions.
Dale Harris
Director, Center for Communications
Stanford University
"ALN and the Global Learning Community"
Burks Oakley II
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Illinois
"UI-OnLine"
Eric. E. Fredericksen
Director - SUNY Learning Network
State University of New York
"Building a University System-Wide
ALN"
ALN Quality and Productivity Issues
ALN programs may be initiated to improve instructional quality, increase market share, and
reduce delivery costs. This panel will address the latest evaluation design issues and
program outcomes as they relate to fundamental measures of ALN costs and effectiveness.
Steve Griffin
Educom NLII Instructional Management System Technical Lead
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Instructional Management System - An
Open, Non-Proprietary Specification for Distributed Learning Environments"
John Sener
Instructional Technologist, Extended Learning Institute
Northern Virginia Community College
"What is a Good ALN? A Practitioner's
Perspective"
Gregory Hislop
Associate Dean, College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University
"Evaluating Asynchronous Learning: An
Experience Report"
J. Olin Campbell
Research Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vanderbilt University
"What
Works in ALN: Strategies and Results of Evaluations"
ALN-Based Technology Training
Today's mobile professionals increasingly require "on-demand" training
from many different locations-home, office, and hotel. This panel will demonstrate
how high-technology institutions are using ALN to provide interactive instruction directly
to the student's desktop.
Andy DiPaolo
Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development
Senior Associate Dean, School of Engineering
Stanford University
"Moving Towards Education Anywhere/Anytime in an On-Demand Environment"
Keith W. Ross
Professor of Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
"Capitalizing on the Internet: The Web, Java and Audio on Demand"
Sonia Sparks Wallman
Director of Biotechnology, Professor
New Hampshire Community Technical College
"An Ethics Enhanced Biotechnology Certificate on the WWW"
ALN at a Distance
While not all asynchronous learning networks are designed for remote, off-campus
learners, these students represent a growing market for many institutions. This
panel will feature the programs of three national universities in using ALN to support
learning outside the classroom.
Mary Beth Almeda
Director, Center for Media and Learning
"University of California Extension Online: Lessons Learned"
Peter Brusilovsky
Visiting Research Scientist
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
"CMU On-Line: Towards Adaptive
Courseware Delivery on the Web"
Alan D. Stuart
Associate Professor of Acoustics, Pennsylvania State University
"Lessons Learned in the Design and
Development of a Cohort-Based Asynchronous Professional Certificate Program" (Word File)
ALN Outreach and Support
ALN programs change more than how faculty develop and deliver courses. This panel will
explore how such key institutional services as libraries, funding, and research and
dissemination are or should be changing to support the growth of ALNs.
John Bourne
Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
Vanderbilt University
"The ALN Web: A Progress Report"
Paul Gherman
University Librarian
Vanderbilt University
"Delivering the Digital Library to the
Asynchronous Learner"
Joanne Eustis
Director of Planning and Program Review Information Systems
Gail McMillan
Director of Scholarly Communication Project, Head of Special Collections
Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"Asynchronous Learning Networks: A Challenge to Libraries"(Word File)
Closing Plenary Session
