Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004
2nd Floor Meeting Rooms
Reitz Union
11am - 4pm

Presentations by Room

UF Office of Academic Technology

Room Time Presentation Title Presenter Organization
286 1:00 - 1:50pm WebcastOnline Teaching and Learning Through Vista Douglas F. Johnson Learning Support Systems

UF Departments, Schools, Offices, and Centers

Room Time Presentation Title Presenter Organization
276 11:00 - 11:50am Florida LamdaRail Network Shines on UF Dave Pokorney,
CTO, Director of Engineering - Florida LambdaRail, LLC
Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
272 11:00 - 11:50am How to Block Spam Steve Ulmer, CNS Open Systems Group Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
272 1:00 - 1:50pm Safe Computing Jordan Wiens, UF Security Engineer Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
272 2:00 - 2:50pm UF Computer Training Opportunities —They're Here and They’re Free Marie Dence, UF Information Technology Training Committee Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
272 3:00 - 3:50pm VoIP — Using the Internet as your Phone John Madey, Director of UF Telecommunications Computing & Networking Services (CNS)
284 2:00 - 2:50pm WebcastTransparent Reality Simulation as an e-Learning Tool Samsun (Sem) Lampotang,
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
284 11:00 - 11:50am WebcastNational Curriculum in Radiology Reporting Chris Sistrom, MD Department of Radiology
284 3:00 - 3:50pm WebcastThe Use of Virtual Interactive Characters in Medical Education Amy O'Meara Stevens, Assistance Professor, Hostpitalist Surgical Services
Department of Surgery
Scott Lind, Professor, Department of Surgery
Benjamin Lok, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer & Information Sciences and Engineering
287 11:00 - 11:50am Going the Distance: Everything You Wanted to Know About Distance Education at the University of Florida but Were Afraid to Ask Christopher D. Sessums,
Director, Distance Learning
Distance, Continuing & Executive Education
278 1:00 - 1:50pm GEMS (Graduate Education Monitoring System) Edward A. Ross, Associate Professor Division of Nephrology
287 3:00 - 3:50pm Research Anytime Anywhere @ Your Library Carol A. Turner, Director for Public Services George A. Smathers Libraries
Jana Ronan
Angela Mott
287 2:00 - 2:50pm Library Resources and Services to Support Distance Learning – Health Science Center Libraries Linda C. Butson, Assistant Director of Outreach Services Health Science Center Libraries
Mary Edwards, MLIS Distance Learning Librarian
276 2:00 - 2:50pm The UF High Performance Computing Center (HPC) Grid: Collaboratve Power at Work Charles A. Taylor, Senior HPC Systems Engineer High Performance Computing Center
284 1:00 - 1:50pm WebcastXAM: An Internet Application for High Stakes Examinations Richard Rathe, Assoc. Dean for Information Technology, Assoc. Prof. of Family Medicine Office of Medical Informatics
G. Cornwall
C. Karle
278 11:00 - 11:50am Cyber Visions: the Emerging Role of Information Technology in Architecture John Maze, Assistant Professor School of Architecture
276 3:00 - 3:50pm ERP Implementation at UF Michael Conlon
Director of Data Infrastructure
UF Bridges

IT Vendors

Room Time Presentation Title Presenter Company
278 3:00 - 3:50pm Document Cameras — Visual Presenters Bob Mallory, Vice President
Educational Market Development
Audio Visual Innovations (AVI)
285 11:00 - 11:50am IBM Scholars Program Nicole Curry, IBM PCD Sales Specialist, Florida Public Sector IBM
285 1:00 - 1:50pm VitalSource Technologies Personal Library & Key Nicole Curry, IBM PCD Sales Specialist, Florida Public Sector IBM
278 2:00 - 2:50pm Development and Validation Testing of ICuro — A Real-time, Automatic Data Integration Device for Paperless ICUs Willa H. Drummond, MD ICU DataSystems
288 1:00 - 1:25pm Teaching and Learning with Syntax Free Maple 9.5 Danny Clark, Academic Associate
MapleSoft Inc.
Ted Shapiro, Territory Manager
288 1:25 - 1:50pm Maple T.A., Testing and Assessment for Mathematics and Sciences Danny Clark, Academic Associate
MapleSoft Inc.
Ted Shapiro, Territory Manager
287 1:00 - 1:50pm Microsoft Technologies in Education Tony Franklin, Microsoft Productivity Advisor, Public Sector Group Microsoft
285 2:00 - 2:50pm A Tech Update on SGI Road Map Carlos Rojas, System Engineer
SGI
Bill Stott, Account Manager
James River Technical
286 3:00 - 3:50pm WebcastThe Classroom of Tomorrow, Today
Sarah Garriock, Account Manager Silicon Chalk
286 2:00 - 2:50pm WebcastSMART Interactive Technology in Higher Education Dennis Varner SMART Technologies
276 1:00 - 1:50pm GRID Computing in the University Environment Ric Collins, Director of Academic Solutions United Devices, Inc.
286 11:00 - 11:50am Improving Student Performance, Recruitment and Retention with the Tegrity Learning Solution Gary Barnett, Southeast Regional Director Tegrity, Inc.

WebcastPresentations available by webcast.