Networking Coffee Break - Pre-Conference Friday AM
Friday June 12, 2020 - 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

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Between pre-conference workshops, grab a fresh cup of coffee or tea and join us to network with other attendees.

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Lead Presenter: Conference Staff, Online Learning Consortium

Online Learning Consortium

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CogBooks

CogBooks is a global leader in learning technology that has been partnering with educational institutions, associations and companies to deliver quality, innovative, personalized and adaptive learning curricula since 2005. Since inception, more than 200,000 learners worldwide have benefited from the use of CogBooks technology or courseware products.

CogBooks’ mission is to expand access to and equity in education and improve course and learner outcomes at an affordable cost. The company delivers a transformative positive impact on teaching and learning outcomes by applying science-based methods to education, whether delivered on-campus or online. CogBooks has been recognized for its innovative approach by many organizations, including receiving a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop adaptive courseware for colleges as part of the Next Generation Courseware Challenge.

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Contact: Nic Rebne
Chief Operations Officer
913-747-8223
nicholasrebne@cogbooks.com
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MERLOT

MERLOT (www.merlot.org) celebrating its 22nd year as an educational resource for learning and online teaching with the release of a newly designed website, is an international community of over166,000 faculty, staff, students, administrators, librarians, etc in education. All are interested in discovering, using, and sharing Open Educational Resources (OERs) for the improvement of technology-enhanced teaching and learning.

The MERLOT globally-renowned collection of more than 90,000 online learning materials, has been peer- or crowd-source reviewed by members of the community.

MERLOT’s Smart Search facilitates easy discovery of relevant online materials in more than a dozen different digital libraries, and from the World Wide Web. The new MERLOT Content Builder, released in November 2019, allows MERLOT members to create FREE accessible and scalable educational websites such as a web building exercise for students, a teaching e-Portfolio or author online learning activities the day before you assign them to your students? Not creative? Templates and guidelines are provided to do it easily!

MERLOT is free to use, and is sustained through the support of higher education institutions from around the world, led by the California State University. More than 25 editorial boards of discipline-specific subject matter experts develop and curate MERLOT's collection with quality assurance methods. Many higher education and K-12 institutions, non-profit associations, special interest groups, and corporations have adopted and integrated MERLOT services into their online education initiatives.

Contact: Barbra Bied Sperling
MERLOT Manager of Technical Development and Services
562.951.8488
bsperling@calstate.edu
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Contact: Barbra Bied Sperling
Manager of Technical Services, MERLOT
5627065723
bsperling@calstate.edu
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SmarterServices

SmarterServices™ LLC offers a suite of software solutions that empower nearly 600 educational institutions—K-12 schools, colleges, universities—to analyze relevant data about student readiness, organize all proctoring tasks and authenticate learners. Our data-driven solutions include SmarterMeasure-Learning Readiness Indicator which measures non-cognitive skills and identify at-risk students, and SmarterProctoring™ the first and only Proctoring Process Management System™ which organizes and manages the complete proctoring workflow for students, faculty, and proctors. We also provide SmarterID which uses facial recognition to ensure that the right person is actually doing the work in the online course. Since 2002, over five million students have benefited from SmarterServices products.

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Contact: Mac Adkins
Chief Academic Officer
(877) 499-7627
mac@smarterservices.com
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Cidi Labs

Cidi Labs was started in partnership with Utah State University to enable "SaaS-sharing" of locally-developed instructional design tools and innovations. Our flagship product, DesignPLUS: Design Tools for Canvas, is the leading advanced course authoring toolset to natively integrate with the Canvas LMS. New products for course readiness tracking (ReadyGO), file and page cleanup (TidyUP), and accessibility checking (UDOIT Cloud) were added to the Cidi Labs toolbox for instructional designers in 2019.

With more than 200 higher education and K-12 organizations as customers, institutions of all sizes are improving the instructional design and learning process with Cidi Labs tools. Request a sandbox and learn more about Cidi Labs at https://cidilabs.com/contact-cidi-labs/.

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Contact: Mike Zackrison
CEO and Cofounder
801-550-2226
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Innovative Educators

Innovative Educators, a Women Owned Business, is based in Boulder, Colorado. Our expertise is in providing affordable, relevant and manageable online solutions for student support services, ongoing orientation for students and parents, academic advising and planning, teaching and instruction, and professional development, supported with practical training and excellent customer service.

Innovative Educators is dedicated to providing superior training focused on critical issues facing students and educators today. Our primary goal is to provide the information, training, and skills necessary to implement positive change on a personal, professional, and institutional level.

As former college employees, we understand the needs of not only students, but also faculty, staff and administrators. Our combination of higher ed, online learning, and instructional design background gives us first-hand experience in providing these much needed services to students and allows us to provide creative direction and consultation that is truly meaningful and on-point given we understand the content and the learning environment.

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Contact: Erica Kennon
Partner Relations
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erica@ieinfo.org
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Online Learning Consortium

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is the leading professional organization devoted to advancing quality online learning by providing professional development, instruction, best practice publications and guidance to educators, online learning professionals and organizations around the world. OLC is a key factor in the transformation of the e-Education field. Through our conferences, quality learning opportunities, and tools for individual and institutional success we have been a part of this swift growth. The Online Learning Consortium, Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Resources:

Institutional Membership (.pdf)
Professional Membership/Certificate and Mastery Series Programs (.pdf)
Conferences: Accelerate vs. Innovate (.pdf)
Quality Scorecard Suite/Quality Scorecard Navigator (.pdf)
Instructional Designer Programs and Courses (.pdf)
Leadership Programs (.pdf)
Institute for Professional Development 2020 Schedule (.pdf)
Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL)
OLC Innovate 2020 Social Media Contests (.pdf)

Are you on social media? Join the fun!

#IspyOLC Social Media Game
Watch for OLC logo items during the live sessions and, when you spot one, snap a pic, post to social media with #IspyOLC, and be entered to win! Learn more.

#OLCInnovate Social Media Contest
Share what you're learning during OLC Innovate in your social media posts and include #OLCInnovate to be entered to win! Learn more.

Contact: Matt Norsworthy
Director of Strategic Partnerships
912-977-0459
matt.norsworthy@onlinelearning-c.org
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VoiceThread

Stunningly simple and accessible, VoiceThread is the future of meaningful communication in a time-shifted world. This cloud-based application brings your media and people’s audio, video, and text commentary together in one online space. The results are highly interactive and engaging conversations that are secure, easy to create, and even easier to participate in. We believe that a stronger human presence in any course will help all types of learners, but achieving this can be a challenge. VoiceThread is the solution. It improves instructor immediacy and social presence in courses while maintaining the flexibility of an asynchronous learning environment. Professors report an improvement in the quality of work that students submit and increased engagement with the coursework when they use VoiceThread. Hearing student voices and seeing their faces helps with comprehension assessment and building social connections. Learning should be personal, interactive, and warm. VoiceThread makes this a reality for any course.

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Contact: Lisa Barry
VP of Enterprise Sales
708-949-6509
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Session Information

Session Start: 10:30 AM

Session Duration: 30min

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Intended audience: All Attendees

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Audience Level: All

Session Type: Other

Location: Zoom Room 1

Networking Coffee Break - Pre-Conference Friday AM Friday June 12, 2020 - 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

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Lead Presenter: Conference Staff, Online Learning Consortium

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Networking Coffee Break - Pre-Conference Friday AM
Friday June 12, 2020 - 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM