Montgomery County Community College

Threads-Topics

• Teaching and Learning
  • Examining the role and function of educational technology in the 21st century
  • Evaluating the impact of technology on student learning
  • Using computer-assisted and multimedia instruction
  • Game-based learning
  • The use of computer and video games for learning
  • Impact of digital games in education
  • Digital game-based learning
• Student Success and Support Services
  • Admissions
  • Registration
  • Enrollment management
  • Orientation
  • Reporting
• Security and Identity Management
  • Privacy issues
  • Cyber awareness
  • Practicing safe computing
• Library
  • Using technology to teach information literacy
  • E-reserves, copyright, etc.
  • Management, support and upgrading technology in libraries
  • Using technology for assessment in libraries
  • Other library and technology-related topics
• Emerging Technology
  • Handheld computing appliances—gizmos and gadgets to aid learning
  • Podcasting
  • Internet2
  • Location aware devices and applications
  • Mobile computing
  • Cloud computing
  • Open content
  • eBooks
  • Augmented reality
• E-Learning
  • New approaches to course delivery methods (online or hybrid)
  • Quality course design
  • Demonstration of best practices
  • Interactive technologies to engage and build community among learners
  • Classroom assessment techniques for e-learning

Session Types

• Forum Sessions (50 minutes)

• PowerPoint presentations
• Lecture-type

• Hands-On Lab Sessions (50 minutes)

• Software training
• Creating multimedia

• Roundtable Discussion (50 minutes)

• Staying on the cutting edge of change
• Strategies for encouraging the use of technology
• Technology in the high school

• Poster Sessions (50 minutes)