Asynchronous Learning Network (ALN)

A Workshop on Advancing HBCU Participation

Asynchronous Learning Network Development (ALN)

May 17 – 19, 2006

Held at

Alabama A&M University
Agricultural Research Center Auditorium

Co-Sponsored by:

Our Collaborating Institutions are:

Tuskegee University

Fort Valley State University

Florida A&M University

Jackson State University

Alcorn State University

Tennessee State University

Langston University

Alabama A&M University team:

ALN Workshop Agenda

Time	Wednesday – May 17, 2006

6:00 - 8:00pm	Reception and Registration: Holiday Inn, Downtown Welcome Comments by Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr., AAMU and Dr. A. Frank Mayadas, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

	Thursday – May 18, 2006

7:30am	AAMU Transit will leave the Holiday Inn for AAMU Campus.

Time	Title/ Speaker(s)

8:00 - 8:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast: Lobby of Agricultural Research Bldg., Alabama A&M University.

Session I: Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr., Presiding

8:30 - 9:00am	Welcome and Opening Remarks: Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr., PI, ALN Workshop Coordinator, AAMU Dr. Robert R. Jennings, President, Alabama A&M University Dr. Robert Taylor, Interim Dean, SAES, AAMU Dr. Jan Poley, President, American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) Dr. Frank Mayadas, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

9:00 - 9:45am	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Online Learning: An Opportunity that is Here Today," Dr. Burks Oakley, II, Assoc. Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

9:00 - 9:45am	Participant Introductions and Workshop Goals: Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr. and Jan Poley

10:15 - 10:30am	Break

10:30 - 11:00am	Sloan Foundation’s Five Pillars of Quality ALN: Dr. Frank Mayadas, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

11:00 - 11:30am	Online Learning Pedagogy Dr. Chris Odionu, CIO, AAMU

11:30 - 12:15am	Course Management System: A New Form of Transportation, Mrs. Angela West Jones, Education Delivery Specialist, Hampton University, Hampton, VA

12:15 - 1:15pm	Lunch: Bertha Jones Conference Center

1:15 - 1:45pm	Importance of Collaboration for Program Development and Funding. Dr. Jan Poley, President, American Distance Education Consortium

1:45 - 2:30pm	Four Mini Cases of Ongoing ALN Collaborations (10 minutes each) Consortium for Bioinformatics Instruction (USDA/CSREES Grant), Dr. Venkata Atluri, Department of Computer Science, AAMU 1890 Family and Consumer Sciences – Distance Instructional Alliance, Dr. Cynthia Smith, Chairperson, Dr. Dorothy Brandon, AAMU/FCS Community Development On-Line Master’s Program, Ms. Susan Fey, Program Coordinator, NCRCRD, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Protocols for Sharing Resources Between HBCU’s; Michael Johnson, Distance Education Consultant, Tuskegee University & John Munro, Professor, University of Virgin Islands, St. Croix

2:30 - 3:30pm	Institution Break-Out Sessions: School Team reviews of ALN Pillars – Pedagogy – CMS - Funding - Collaborations

3:30 - 4:15pm	Report – Out from Small Groups

4:15 - 5:00pm	Effective Practice Wiki: "Building the Sloan-C Community": Dr. John Bourne, Manager, The Sloan Center at Olin & Babson

5:00 - 5:30pm	Wrap-Up and Adjourn: Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr.

Dinner-On-Your-Own- Return to Hotel via Bulldog Transit

Friday – May 19, 2006

7:30am	Bulldog transit Leaves Hotel for Campus

8:00 - 8:30am	Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30am	KEYNOTE: "Institutional Policy Considerations for Building HBCU Support for Online Course and Program Development," Dr. Bruce Chaloux, Director, Electronic Campus, Southern Region Education Board (SREB), Atlanta, GA

9:30 - 10:00am	Student/Faculty Support Issues for ALN Collaborations in HBCU’s, Ms. Gwendolyn A. Godard, Associate Director, Center for Distance Learning, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC

10:00 - 10:15am	Review of Pre-Workshop Survey Findings for Faculty and Student Support, Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr., ALN Workshop Coordinator, AAMU

10:15 - 10:30am	Break

Dr. Jan Poley and Dr. Taylor Byrd, Jr. – Facilitators

10:30 - 11:00am	Commitment to Collaborate

11:00 - 11:30am	Break out Group Discussions (5 groups)

11:30 - 12:00pm	Report out from Groups

12:00 - 12:20pm	Oral Review and Evaluation

12:20 - 12:30pm	Wrap-Up and Closure of Workshop

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