Today’s WebinarFusion 2016

Top 10 Reasons You Need to Be ThereBarry Dahl for the Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community

Upcoming WebinarsTechnologies and Apps for

Everyone in the Brightspace Community

• Tue. Apr. 12 at 3:00 ET• Amy Minneman, Barry Dahl,

Sarah Griffiths, Mike Condon

The D2L Dating Game: Which Brightspace Tool is the Best Match for Me?

• Tue. May 10 at 3:00 ET• Amanda Dills, Oklahoma City

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Friday, April 15 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Normandale CC - Bloomington, Minnesota

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Wednesday, June 1 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM Nova Scotia Community College - Halifax

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Today’s WebinarFusion 2016

Top 10 Reasons You Need to Be ThereBarry Dahl for the Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community

103 Days to Fusion

Trip Down Memory Lane

• 2006 Desire2Learn Users Conference• Guelph, Ontario

• 2007 Desire2Learn Fusion• Duluth, Minnesota

• 2004 Desire2Learn Users Conference• Madison, Wisconsin

• 2005 Desire2Learn Users Conference• Madison, Wisconsin

More Memories

• 2009 Fusion• St. Paul, Minnesota

• 2008 Fusion• Memphis, Tennessee

• 2010 Fusion• Chicago, Illinois

2011 - 2015

• 2012 Fusion• San Diego, California

• 2011 Fusion• Denver, Colorado

• 2013 Fusion• Boston, Massachusetts

• 2014 Fusion• Nashville, Tennessee

• 2015 Fusion• Orlando, Florida

What, When, Where

• Fusion 2016• Marriott Marquis

Washington, D.C.

•July 18-19 Main conference

• July 20 Post-conference workshops

Photo from The District - http://thedistrict.com

1. Mobile App

• Available for download 4-6 weeks prior to Fusion.

• New and improved for 2016!

• Fewer modules, simpler to navigate• Bigger and better Fusion Challenge

Not a Top 10 Reason, but…..

• Don’t forget about the early bird registration deadline • Ends April 29

• $750 early bird rate

2. Welcome Reception• Sunday night• 7:00 – 9:00

• Mezzanine Level• Appetizers and Open Bar• Activities and Networking

3. Professional Learning Opportunities

• Enterprise Sessions• K-12 Sessions• Higher Ed Sessions

• Three Major Tracks1. Instruction and Design2. Technical and

Development3. Leadership and Strategy

• Executive Summit• By special invitation

• Extensibility Lab

4. Featured Presentations

• Featured presenters have been selected for each breakout session time slot.

• Large rooms for large crowds. Big ideas! Great learning!

4. Featured Presentation – Tuesday afternoon

• Jon Becker, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Title: Connected Learning that Matters

• Description: Come learn about the pillars of connected learning and how they have been applied to design awesome learning

experiences that take advantage of the affordances of the modern web. 

@jonbecker

4. Featured Presentation – D2L Leading Educators

• Jaclyn Broadbent, Deakin U.

• Enhancing the quality of feedback to students: using audio and video feedback tools

• Shaun Iles, Mohawk College• Gamification: What is it and how I

incorporate it in my course delivery

5. Sir Ken Robinson • Keynote Topic: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative

• Monday Keynote, 4:00 – 5:00

• Author of Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education

• Named one of TIME’s Principal Voices

• TEDTalk viewed by estimated 300 million people in over 150 countries.

From Welby to Sir Ken

Remember the 2015 Social Event?

6. Get Your News On!

Join us for a thought-provoking and inspiring evening exploring the chronicles of modern history, with exclusive entertainment and a great beat to dance the night away.

Night at the Newseum!

6. Social Event at the Newseum

• Monday Night 7:30 – 10:30

• Partyvators!! • You’re going to remember

• www.newseum.org

• Twitter: @Newseum

6. Night at the Newseum

7. Solutions Spotlight

• Highlighting some of the newest developments in the Brightspace Product Suite

• New offerings by D2L Services and Consulting

• Sneak peek of the upcoming releases over the next few months

7. Solutions Spotlight• Examples from 2015:

• Sneak peek of Pulse

• Launched new Insights• Storybuilder• Course Catalog• App Finder

7. Solutions Spotlight

• Tuesday• 8:30 – 9:30 AM

• Expect surprises

• Expect smiles

8. Quality Matters sessions

• Monday 1:30 – 2:30• Quality Matter Overview• Brenda Boyd, Director of Professional Development & Consulting

• This session includes an overview of Quality Matters. • It is appropriate for faculty, instructional design staff, administrators, and other stakeholders of a quality assurance turnkey process.

• You will learn about Quality Matters (QM), the QM Rubric, the QM peer review process, and QM professional development and how all the pieces come together in an effective implementation of QM.

8. Quality Matters

• Use QM as Guide to Design Accessible and Engaging Courses within Brightspace Learning Environment

• Beth McMahon, Northland CTC and Robin O’Callaghan,Winona State University

• Setting The Tone In A Brightspace Course With QM Standard One• Misty Green and Rob Coyle, University Maryland University College

• Faculty Support for Online Course Design:  Flexible Not Flimsy• Robin O’Callaghan and Mary Bohman, Winona State University

9. Closing Keynote:

Angela Maiers

9. Angela Maiers

10. Post Conference Workshops

• Hands-on workshops, focused on practical skills and ideas you can implement at your organization.

• Sessions are delivered by D2L Trainers and Subject Matter Experts.

• Reduced cost for 2016!

10. Workshops Offered

• Gamifying Your Course Brightspace Course - A Real Call of Duty

• Competency Based Education in Brightspace

• User Experience and User Interface within Brightspace

10. Other Workshops

• Off The Record: Secret Techniques for Custom Solutions

• Instructional Design Best Practices

• A Whole New World: Discovering the Learning Environment

And many more!!

Will the Moose be There?

11. Things to do in The District

Trip Advisor Top 10 Things to do in Washington DC

6. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

7. Newseum8. Korean War Veterans

Memorial9. World War II Memorial10. FDR Memorial

1. Lincoln Memorial2. National Gallery of Art3. Smithsonian Air &

Space Museum4. U.S Holocaust

Memorial Museum5. Library of Congress

Q & ADon’t forget to register for the other upcoming webinars:

• Technologies and Apps for Everyone in the Brightspace Community - Tuesday, April 12 at 3:00 ET

• The D2L Dating Game: Which Brightspace Tool is the Best Match for Me? - Tuesday, May 10 at 3:00 ET