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Program-2023

The SUNY Online Summit is an annual event and gathering of the SUNY Online Teaching community of practice. This event took place as a face-to-face event at the DoubleTree Hotel, Syracuse, NY (March 8-10, 2023), and as a live virtual event. The event was recorded, no guarantees are made regarding quality of recordings. Materials and resources were collected from the presenters, and are provided as is. Times listed were approximate and ET. 

DAY 1: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The SUNY Online Summit was recorded and broadcast LIVE!
9:00AM – 10:00AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

10:00AM Welcome! – Alexandra M. Pickett

10:00AM – 11:30AM 

Opening Remarks

Special Guest SUNY Provost-in-Charge Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik

Presentation

SUNY/SUNY Online Update

Kim Scalzo, Interim Senior Associate Provost, SUNY Digital Innovation and Academic Services (DIAS)
Dan Feinberg, Interim Director, SUNY Online

Track: Plenary


11:30AM – 12:30PM

Panel: Investigating Videoconference Tools for HyFlex Courses

Moderator: Chris Price, SUNY CPD

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Tracks: Online Faculty, Online Admin/Leadership, Online Instructional Designers


12:30PM -1:30PM   LUNCH  (open networking opportunity)

1:30PM – 2:30PM 

Panel: Effective Online Practices Awards and Showcase

Moderator: Erin Maney, SUNY Online Communications & Community Engagement Manager.

Track: Plenary


2:30PM – 3:30PM

Panel: Using AI to improve online learner writing and online instructor effectiveness

Panel Moderator: Dan Feinberg, Interim Director, SUNY Online
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Tracks: Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty


3:30PM – 3:45PM  BREAK

3:45PM – 5:15PM

ChatGPT Workshop: A Hands-on Guide to AI Challenges and Opportunities

Daniel Stanford, Faculty Development and Instructional Technology Consultant

TracksOnline Instructional DesignersOnline FacultyOnline Admin/Leadership

5:15PM – 6:15PM

Update on Migration to the New DLE

Harry Cargile, Director of Academic Technology Strategy and Integration, SUNY Online.

Tracks: Online Instructional Designers, Online Admin/Leadership


6:15PM Wrap-up, Survey, and Preview of Day 2.


DINNER on your own. Open networking opportunities.

DAY 2: Thursday, March 9, 2023

The SUNY Online Summit was recorded and broadcast LIVE!
8:00AM – 9:00AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00AM – 9:15AM Welcome & Introductions! – Alexandra M. Pickett

9:15AM – 10:15AM

The Seven Principles of Blended Learning

Norman Vaughan, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Tracks: Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty


10:15AM – 11:15AM

Scaling Techniques for Asynchronous Online Courses

Robert Stephan, PhD, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Religious Studies and Classics, College of Humanities, University of Arizona

Tracks: Online Faculty, Online Instructional DesignersOnline Admin/Leadership


11:15AM – 11:30AM BREAK

 11:30AM – 12:30PM 

Panel: Online Students

Co-Moderators:

    • Dr. Michele Forte, Manager of Student Supports,SUNY Online, and is an Associate Professor and Mentor in Community and Human Services at SUNY Empire State College. Kiara Williams, Program Manager of the Braven Leadership and Career Accelerator @ The City College of New York (CCNY), Georgia State University Class of 2021 and Every Learner Everywhere Inaugural Student Fellow.

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Tracks: Online Student Support, Plenary


12:30 -1:30PM   LUNCH  (open networking opportunity)

1:30PM – 2:30PM

14th Annual Unsession!

Moderator: Alexandra M. Pickett, Director, Online Teaching, SUNY Online. https://bit.ly/unsession2023 – sign up! Add your name, links & info. to this shared doc!

Tracks: Plenary, (Online Student Support, Online Admin/Leadership, Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty)


2:30PM – 3:30PM

Recognition: Online Teaching Ambassadors

Moderator: Erin Maney, SUNY Online Communications & Community Engagement Manager
with Alexandra M. Pickett, Director, Online Teaching, SUNY Online

Tracks: Plenary, (Online Student Support, Online Admin/Leadership, Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty)


3:30PM – 3:45PM  BREAK

3:45PM – 4:45PM

Supporting Online Learner Success with Pathways and Recognition of Prior Learning

Bridie Killoran, Careers and Learning Pathways Manager, Atlantic Technological University
Dr Carina Ginty, Head of Teaching and Learning, Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Galway, Ireland.

Tracks: Online Student Support, Online Admin/Leadership, Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty


4:45PM – 5:45PM

ActiveFlex: Courses that Adapt to Your Life and Schedule

Mark Gale, Associate Professor of Instructional Design, Athens State University
Joy Oettel, Instructional Designer/Multimedia Specialist, Athens State University

Tracks:  Online Instructional DesignersOnline FacultyOnline Admin/LeadershipOnline Student Support


5:45PM  Wrap-up, Survey, and Preview of Day 3.


6:00PM Summit Dinner (in the hotel Superior and Erie salons)

7:00PM – 8:00PM

Networking/Social: Dessert Social

Facilitators: John Zelenak, Alexandra M. Pickett, Robert Piorkowski, Erin Maney 

Track: Plenary


DAY 3: Friday, March 10, 2023

The SUNY Online Summit was recorded and broadcast LIVE!
8:00AM – 9:00AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome & Introductions! – Alexandra M. Pickett

9:00AM-10:00AM 

Following the data…how to support online students through data-informed action

Bettyjo Bouchey, Vice Provost, Digital Strategy & Operations at National Louis University

Tracks:  Online Admin/Leadership, Online Student Support, Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty


10:00AM – 11:00AM

How do Universities Define “Online Learning”?

Marc T. AustinAssociate Provost and Dean of Augusta University Online

Tracks: Online Admin/Leadership, Online Instructional Designers


11:00AM – 12:00PM  

Panel: Hot Topics in FERPA 

Moderator: Kim Scalzo, Interim Senior Associate Provost of Digital Innovation and Academic Services.

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Tracks: Online Admin/Leadership, Online Student Support, Online Instructional Designers, Online Faculty


The Summit concludes!

See you next year!


The SUNY Online Summit is an annual event and gathering of the SUNY Online Teaching community of practice. This event took place as a face-to-face event at the DoubleTree Hotel, Syracuse, NY (March 8-10, 2023), and as a live virtual event. The event was recorded, no guarantees are made regarding quality of recordings. Materials and resources were collected from the presenters, and are provided as is. Times listed were approximate and ET.