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Everett Butler, Founder of Leveraged Learning Labs, LLC | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Following the Blended Media Recipe
Time: 10:00 am - 10:40 am
Instructional Designers, like Master Chefs, are always on the lookout for new and better recipes. Both need to be prudent in choosing ingredients so the blend is appealing, tasteful and beneficial. This session will include a demonstration of blended media practices in action. Attendees will learn how to:

Susan MacAurthur, Instructional Designer at PricewaterhouseCoopers | Speaker Bio
Angie Farelli, Instructional Designer at PricewaterhouseCoopers | Speaker Bio
Katherine Dall, Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Using Thiagi for Online Design
Time: 10:00 am - 10:40 am
Session information coming soon.

Marty Rosenheck, Ph.D., CPT, VP and Chief Learning Strategist at Cedar Interactive | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Using Cognitive Learning Strategies to increase Speed to Proficiency
Time: 10:00 am - 10:40 am
Do you want to produce highly proficient performers in as short a time as possible, resulting in substantial benefits and savings to your organization? By incorporating strategies from the cognitive learning sciences in our elearning, we can significantly accelerate the process of developing proficient performers. Participants will discuss how to design an elearning model that incorporates seven learning principles from cognitive science (learning by doing, the teachable moment, scaffolding, simple-to-complex, spiraling, integration, and community of learners). In this highly interactive session, we will share ideas and best practices for increasing speed-to-proficiency.

Andy Buzinski, Assistant Director, Education for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Virtual Classroom/Webinar Planning, Procedures and Training Documents
Time: 11:00 am - 11:40 am
This open forum session will give particpants an opportunity to engage in large and small group discussions on the following topics associated with the development of virtual classrooms/webinars:

• Key concepts
• ID for training software operators
• Documents for planning/design
• WebEx task guides and procedures
• Procedure/reference guides for participants and presenters
• Success stories

Dennis Glenn, Founder of Discourse, LLC | Speaker Bio
Bob Wisniewski, Sr. Vice-President, Starcom MediaVest Group | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Five Keys to Blended Learning
Time: 1:45 pm - 2:25 pm
The economy has forced a large number of corporations to rethink their face-to-face instruction model. This presentation will showcase Starcom Media Vest's transition to blended elearning. Dennis will highlight the five key enablers to this successful conversion and provide specific examples of successful blended learning opportunities.

Issue One: Find a Champion
Issue Two: Complete an Asset Inventory
Issue Three: Use Social Networks
Issue Four: Select the Appropriate Technology
Issue Five: Understand Your Assessment Model

Christine O'Malley, Instructional Designer and Developer at Alliant Quality Partners | Speaker Bio
Andrea Grief, Process Improvement Consultant at Alliant Quality Partners | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Teaching Procedures through eLearning
Time: 1:45 pm - 2:25 pm
You know that procedures are a necessary reality, especially in heavily regulated industries such as banking or healthcare. You also know that procedures can be very difficult for the learner to comprehend, especially when they are written using language that is new to them or geared toward a more advanced audience. One reason procedures are difficult to comprehend is because they are presented as flat, one-dimensional products, which they are not. Participants will see a demonstration utilizing elearning to teach company procedures and discover why elearning is preferable to the "Read and Understand" approach many companies take.

Judy Martins, CLO of Mid American Regional Training INStitute | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Engaging Everyone in eLearning
Time: 1:45 pm - 2:25 pm
The most important "e" in elearning is "engagement". Participants will discuss and analyze the four basic personality / learning styles: "Big Picture," "Minute Detail," "Speaker" & "Doer". Participants will collaborate in small groups to define tenants of their assigned style. Then, the large group will listen to the four groups' summary presentations and examine why 75% of these learners will not respond well to basic elearning. The group will discuss ways that we can engage style and explore the kinds of techniques that can be used to get each style involved and keep them involved in the elearning.

Ed Duffy, HPT Consultant | Speaker Bio
Presentation: Who said good training can’t be fun?
Time: 2:45 pm - 3:25 pm
As HPT professionals, we are faced with a number of challenges to make sure training is cost effective, meets business objectives, is relevant for learners, and shows a return on investment. Amidst all of these challenges, creating a brand of training that is actually “fun” can pay dividends for learners, stakeholders, and you, the curriculum designer.

Ruth Gannon Cook, Ed.D., Asst. Prof. DePaul University | Speaker Bio
Presentation: From Textbooks to Web 3P0s: Keeping Learning Joined at the Brain
Time: 2:45 pm - 3:25 pm
Participants will discuss online training and learning, how it is touted, and how it can be misused or maximized for learner retention. All too often trainers will look at the corporate environment, technologies that will be used, and learning objectives with little attention to the learners’ prior experiences and sociocultural histories and environments. If learners’ existent learning can be linked effectively with the new information to be presented, learners are more likely to retain new knowledge (Gannon-Cook, Crawford, 2008). Participants will explore the effective use of semiotic tools that are embedded in the instructional design of materials. Research has demonstrated that Semiotics, if used and embedded in course design and implementation, allows for better acceptance of new knowledge.