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2001 Evaluations

Executive Summary

The annual Faculty Summer Institute on Learning Technologies (FSI) is the capstone event of the ION program year. Held on the Urbana campus of the University of Illinois from May 21-23, 2001, this year’s institute brought together over two-hundred faculty, administrators, and support staff for two and a half days of activities, all revolving around online teaching and learning. Participants who were able to attend the entire conference were eligible to earn 1.5 Continuing Education Units. Eighty-six attendees requested and received a letter verifying the CEUs earned.

The program included:

• Two plenary sessions that highlighted exemplary online courses created by community college faculty within the state of Illinois.
• A Keynote address by Dr. Burks Oakley II who outlined the current state of online learning.
• An electronic poster session showcasing exceptional online course materials and programs developed by faculty and staff at ION partner institutions and vendors of electronic course materials and course management programs. The session had fourteen exhibits.
• Five sets of concurrent breakout sessions, each consisting of 8-12 small-group discussions and hands-on workshops. A total of 48 breakout sessions were held covering forty-seven different topics, including sessions focusing on online teaching strategies and best practices for specific disciplinary areas, and a special session to discuss issues of importance to administrators on the ION Steering Committee.