Rocky Mountain Chapter of STC April Meeting

Program:	What's It Good For? Exploiting the Characteristics of Instructional Technologies and Strategies to Improve Instruction
Presented By:	Patti Shank
When:	Thursday, April 17, 2008
Where:	Student Center , Auraria Campus, Room TIV 440/450 900 Auraria Parkway , Denver
Cost:	STC Members: Price for STC members (except students). This option includes dinner.	$20.00
	Nonmembers: Price for those without STC membership. Dinner is included.	$25.00
	Students: Price for enrolled students (both STC members and nonmembers). This option includes dinner.	$15.00
	Program Only: Price for those who do not want dinner (STC members, nonmembers, and students). This option includes a beverage, but no food is provided.	$10.00
	Make your reservation by April 14th; here is the link to the Acteva page with complete details: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=155474
Agenda:	6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Networking 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Announcements and Program
Directions, Transportation, and Parking:	A map and driving instructions are available at this website: http://www.tivoli.org/tivoli/map.html
Details:	Many designers and developers use available instructional technologies (such as audio or graphics) and strategies (such as multiple choice items and rollovers) because they have the tools to build them. But technologies and strategies used indiscriminately tend to give instruction a cookie-cutter feel and make it feel trivial or disconnected from reality. Research shows that instructional technologies and strategies have characteristics which can be exploited to improve learning and other instructional outcomes. In this session, participants will: Analyze the natural characteristics of common instructional technologies and strategies Use this knowledge to choose technologies and strategies for a variety of instructional scenarios This session will be extremely interactive and will be done as a facilitated group analysis rather than a one-way presentation. About the Speaker
	Patti Shank is the president of Learning Peaks LLC, an internationally known instructional design consulting firm that provides consulting, training, and performance support solutions to government, corporate, and higher education clients. She is a frequent conference speaker and workshop leader, has written numerous articles and chapters on instructional design and instructional authoring, and was an award-winning contributing editor for Online Learning Magazine. Patti is the co-author of Making Sense of Online Learning (2004), editor of The Online Learning Idea Book (2007), and co-editor of The e-Learning Handbook (2008). She has a PhD in instructional design and is a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT). Her research on new online learners won an EDMEDIA (2002) best research paper award. She is passionate and outspoken about the results needed from instructional design and instruction and immersed in improving instructional design processes, interaction, and usability of online instruction and information. Other passions: Phish Food, Jericho, and Stephen King's Dark Towers series. Her website: http://www.learningpeaks.com/

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