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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
7:30-8:30 a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome address by UNK College of Education Dean Mark Reid
8:45-9:45 a.m.
Keynote speaker Brad McLain, director of corporate research at the National Center for Women and Information Technology and executive director for the Center for STEM Learning at the University of Colorado Boulder
10-10:30 a.m.
“Stop and drop that tech! Innovative teaching does not begin on a device,” Heather Stukey, principal, Windy Hills Elementary
“Infuse-empower-inspire: Reimagining your elementary math instruction,” Chris Knoell, professor, UNK Teacher Education
“Literature review: CS community response to COVID-19,” Keith Tran, computer science major, UNL
10:45-11:15 a.m.
“The four pillars of digitally infused education,” Rebecca Nelson, assistant professor; Dawn Mollenkopf, professor; and Martonia Gaskill, associate professor; UNK Teacher Education
“COVID’s cultural accommodations,” Toni Hill, associate professor, UNK Family Science; and Olimpia Leite-Trambly, instructional designer, Nebraska Wesleyan University
“Bibliometric analysis and COVID-19: The state of research conducted during the recent emergency remote learning,” Jineth Oviedo, biochemistry engineering doctoral candidate, Pontificia Universidad Catolic de Valparaiso (Chile); Fabian Otalora, biochemistry engineering doctoral candidate, Antonio Narino University (Colombia); Hector Lunal, biochemistry engineer, Intelecto Analises Tecnicas e Servicos (Brazil); and Martonia Gaskill, associate professor, UNK Teacher Education
11:30 a.m. to noon
“Virtual reality, 3D and 2D learning: Overview of data on students’ experiences in medicine education,” Paul Dye, educational technology and design, University of Nebraska Medical Center/iEXCEL
“Artificial intelligence in educational technology: Separating fact from fiction,” Frank Thiel, instructional designer, UNK Online
“NEscore: Your roadmap to e-module development,” Peggy Moore, director, UNMC E-Learning; and April Elker, program coordinator, UNMC E-Learning
12:15-1:15 p.m.
“Inclusion goes to work and school” workshop, Brad McLain, director of corporate research at the National Center for Women and Information Technology and executive director for the Center for STEM Learning at the University of Colorado Boulder
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