SUNY Potsdam will host the 12th Annual SUNY Conference on Instructional Technologies (CIT) from Wednesday, May 28 through Friday, May 30, 2003. Hundreds of faculty and staff members throughout the State University of New York system will be in attendance, along with representatives invited from private colleges in the North Country and across the border.
The theme of this year's SUNY Conference on Instructional Technologies explores the exciting new possibilities for creative collaborations.
"New and existing technologies are one of the many drivers dynamically redefining the structure, resources and boundaries of higher education," said Justin Sipher, director Computing and Technology Services at SUNY Potsdam and CIT 2003 Host Campus Liaison and Planning Committee Member. "Technology provides innovative opportunities for teamwork in the traditional classroom and in distance learning, which opens the door for creative collaboration in teaching, learning, and research. CIT explores how many of these partnerships can enable and enhance students' ability to be successful in the information age."
The goal of this year's conference is to give presenters an opportunity to report on their efforts for collaboration as well as to offer a forum for discussing new possibilities to technologically enrich the learning environment.
CIT 2003 will feature more than 150 workshops, presentations and poster sessions on a variety of topics related to instructional technology ranging from applications of new software, to discussions of teaching techniques in state-of-the-art learning. Presentations will cover the uses of Web-based instruction systems, discipline-specific curricular software, digital video on demand and the application of computer-based simulations to the lecture hall. Roundtable discussions will take place, featuring topics such as copyrighting in the digital age, information literacy, advanced graphic arts, reaching out to "virtual" students and funding technology on campus. In addition, there also will be a technology showcase featuring 28 vendors from leading technology companies.
The conference welcomes technology users at all levels of experience. Each workshop and presentation is rated for the beginner, intermediate or advanced user.
This year's keynote speaker is the distinguished James Oliverio, professor and director of the new Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida. Oliverio, a five-time Emmy Award-winning composer and producer whose credits include soundtracks for film and television, as well as large-scale multimedia productions. He also was given the "Most Creative and Courageous" award for use of Internet2 at last year's global SuperComputing Conference.
SUNY Potsdam will have a special high-speed connection to the Internet2 during the conference. Internet2 is a not-for-profit consortium, led by over 200 U.S. universities, developing and deploying advanced network applications and technology, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet. With participation by over 60 leading companies, Internet2 recreates the partnership of academia, industry and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy.
The SUNY Provost's Faculty Access to Computing Technology (FACT) <https://www.fact.suny.edu> Committee, SUNY University Faculty Senate, SUNY Council of Community Colleges and The SUNY Training Center (TC) <https://tc.suny.edu> are sponsoring SUNY CIT 2003. The registration deadline is May 14. Registration is $125 for SUNY registrants and $150 for non-SUNY registrants before May 2. After this date, registration will be $150 for SUNY registrants and $200 for non-SUNY registrants.
For more information about the conference or to register online, please visit www.cit.suny.edu <https://www.cit.suny.edu/> or call (315) 464-4078.
SUNY System Administration
via MCC Public Affairs
05/01/2003 |