Gathering, light breakfast, and introductions (Rutherford Room, SUB, Teaneck side of Metropolitan Campus)
Updates and business agendas
Informal presentations: Mary Jane Clerkin of Berkeley College and Peter Shapiro of Bergen CC

21st Century Learning at the Crossroads technology conference at Kean University

EATF Meeting

Internet2 Day for Community College Teaching & Learning
(Open only to faculty, staff, and students of community colleges)

Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY AT UMDNJ
All NJEDge.Net Academic & Hospital Members Invited

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

UMDNJ's Academic Systems and Technologies division of IST in collaboration with the New Jersey Higher Education Network (NJEDge.Net) is pleased to announce a half day educational event focusing on high performance computing hardware/software/network organization and implementation.

DRG/VRG Meeting

DLAAB / EATF Meeting

Montclair State University's edTeXpo conference - The Personalization of Learning

NJEDge.Net New Optical Network Regional Meeting
(Please note that the location has changed to NJIT)

NJEDge will be conducting a regional meeting to update the membership on the new regional optical network. During this important meeting Verizon and Cisco will provide an overview and presentation of the new network architecture.

Agenda and other information  

Apple Podcasting Event   Flyer

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

MAGPI Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Certification

Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

On Wednesday, August 23, 2006, MAGPI will sponsor their second "MAGPI Internet2 Commons Videoconferencing Certification" Course. The comprehensive training will run from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., and will be conducted via videoconferencing. This training session is FREE since NJEDge.Net is a member of MAGPI.

These training sessions are technical in nature and are geared toward tech coordinators, videoconference technicians, or others interested in the technical aspects of IP videoconferencing*.

• Montclair State University
• Room :CO 310, College Hall.
• Directions :Click here
• Rutgers University - Camden Campus Center
• Room : Room 231, Business and Science BuildingRoom
• Directions :directions and other info
• Map:Click here
• Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus
• Room:Room 010, Kilmer Area Library
• Directions :directions and other info
• Map:Click here
• Parking: Park in lot 101 as shown on the map

Emprisa Networks Webinar for NJEDge members

Time: 2:00 PM

Webinar Presentation and Product Demonstration on Emprisa Networks E-NetAware Network Configuration and Change (NCCM) Software Solution.

"iTunes U". iTunes U is a free, hosted service for colleges and universities that provides easy 24/7 access to your educational content, lectures and interviews. NJIT has recently been accepted as an iTunes U school and will present about that process.

Instructional Technologies and Media Services is pleased to be the local host for the “1st MAGPI Math and Science Virtual Forum”, on Thursday July 6, 2006 from 9:30AM-11:30AM in 1403 GITC. This will be a LIVE, Interactive, teleconference utilizing Internet2. All interested faculty, staff & students are invited to attend.

VRG Meeting 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The future is now!

For our last business meeting of the year, the VRG is going to hold its meeting virtually in HIGH DEFINITION. Thanks to Lifesize Corporation, manufacturer of the first h.323 high definition codec, the VRG has access to this new exciting technology. We have selected three sites, each of the sites will be displaying the others in 1280 X 720 p resolution. We’ve also asked Sony Corporation to demonstrate some high definition production equipment that can be plugged into the Lifesize codec. Make sure you are here to participate in the video conferencing future!

Full Agenda

Northern Location:

Podcasting in Higher Education - If you were to search "Podcasting" through a search engine in the fall of 2001, you would likely have found 31 hits. If you were to search Podcasting today, it would be closer 38 million hits. The iPod sparked a revolution, changing the way we access, collect and listen to music. Now it's a force on campus, a portable and powerful learning tool that allows anywhere, anytime access to lessons, lectures, presentations and broadcasts. Please join us Wednesday, June 7 to look at Podcasting, Apple will demonstrate how it works and discuss look at how podcasting has effected teaching and learning in higher education.

Push Technologies to Enhance Web-based Teaching

Carlos R. Morales, M.S.Ed., C.O.I.
Instructional Designer
Center for Instructional and Technological Innovation
New Jersey City University

This presentation focuses on recent advances in push technologies, which simply “push” or send content, data and various types of information to the user. Many of these technologies are based on a subscription model, which automatically delivers up-to-date information. The technologies to be discussed are:

• Blogs
• Podcasting
• RSS and similar technologies

Special emphasis will be given to how these technologies can be used to enhance faculty to student communication, information dissemination and retrieval and dynamic resources as part of the ever-increasing assortment of instructional technology tools.

St. Joseph Hall is building 12 on the map. Parking is directly behind the building and to the right of the building. Please be aware that we have begun construction on a new building on campus so visitors who have been to the College of Saint Elizabeth may find that some of the parking available in the past is now being used for construction vehicles. We have plenty of parking available for the meeting, however. Come around to the front of St. Joseph Hall and you will see signs directing you to Ward Dining Room upon entering the building.

NJEDge.Net is pleased to invite you to attend the NJEDge.Net Sungard Higher Education session. We strongly encourage CIO’s, Networking Directors, Disaster Recovery and Security Officers, Directors of Distance Learning and Educational Technology to join us to learn about the unique offerings of Sungard. Sungard’s Availability Services including Professional Services, Hosting and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery is positioned to take advantage of the NJEDge new network design. The Academic Development Services is CMS agnostic and brings value over and beyond your CMS on campus.

The AGENDA and the Power Point Presentations can be found in the (More Info) link.

Seats at this session are very limited and are open to all NJVCCC and NJEdge.Net higher education institutions on a first come first served basis. Cost per seat is $150 to Maryland Online/Quality Matters for the training.

Reserving spaces in this session is to be completed through Kay Kane from Quality Matters. Please print the registration form from this link to register. You can Fax the completed form if you like.  ALL instructions are on the form.

"Quality Matters is the federally funded award-winning approach to continuous quality improvement for online courses. Quality Matters is a FIPSE-sponsored grant project designed to improve the quality of shared online courses by establishing a peer-reviewed quality assurance review process. This workshop will train you to become a Quality Matters Peer Course Reviewer. You will become familiar with the Quality Matters toolset and participate in a peer course review of online courses using the review tools. Ideally, participants in this hands-on workshop should be experienced online instructors, instructional designers and/or faculty trainers. After successfully completing this training, you will be eligible to serve on a Quality Matters peer course review. In addition you will gain ideas to improve your own courses."

For general information about Quality Matters, please see their website: http://qualitymatters.org

EATF Meeting

Agenda:

• 9:30 am - Coffee
• 10:00 am - Business Meeting
• 12:00 pm - Lunch
• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Copyright Symposium (More Info)

Location:

• Ruggiero Room
  Library Building
  Georgian Court University

What is the definition of intellectual property? Who owns the products of research and collaboration? Our panel will include an intellectual property attorney, faculty, librarians, and administrators. Focusing on emerging issues in the field, their discussion will provide context, strategies, and projections for educators who are dealing with such questions as:

1. What constitutes intellectual property? Who owns intellectual property? What is the meaning of “work for hire” in higher education?
2. What is current practice regarding intellectual property in the areas of research and course design?
3. What dimensions does technology add to the issue of intellectual property?
4. Forecasts: What are the implications for scholarship and for academia in the future?

(More Info)     (Locations)

DLAAB Colloquium: Is the Technology Worth It?

2:00 - 4:00 pm

William Paterson University will be hosting a DLAAB April 7th Colloquium from 2:00 - 4:00 PM.

Presenters: Dr. Catherine Kelley, Assistant Provost for Educational Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University Dr. Sandra Miller, Director of Instruction & Research Technology, William Paterson University

Overview: Faculty and others interested in using educational technologies to enhance their classes often ask whether delivering a class fully online, in hybrid format, or supplementing with the use of technologically-advanced materials is worth the time and money that it takes to develop such classes. Does the use of technology improve, hinder, or make no difference? Our presentation will outline current research and thinking on assessment frameworks for using technology to enhance teaching and learning. We will also discuss ways to ask this question that are likely to lead to useful answers for faculty members and administrators, and that will not result in the "no significant difference" phenomenon that has often been reported in the research literature.

• William Paterson University
• Room: Hobart Hall, ITV Room 132A
• Directions: Directions and Area Map
  Click on University Map, see Entry 2 for visitor parking.
  Hobart Hall is building #3 over a the foot bridge.

• Middlesex County College
  • Room: Instructional Resources Center IRC 117
  • Maps & Directions at: http://www.middlesexcc.edu/about/control.cfm/ID/837
  • Parking:
    Report to the Gateway Center for parking decal - Parking Lot 3
• Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  • Room: Townsend Residentail Life Center Multipurpose Room
  • Parking Instructions:
    Attendees should park in Parking Lot #4.
    Even though Lots 6 & 7 are closer to the venue,
    stickers are required for those lots.
    Without a sticker, the car will be ticketed.
  • (Driving Directions) (Campus Map)

Agenda to Include Speakers From:

• National Constitution Center
• Cleveland Museum of Art

Information Technology for Research: The Impact of National Directions in Cyberinfrastructure

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

This symposium will focus on providing a forum for faculty and staff to understand cyberinfrastructure and in what ways it will impact and enhance their research programs. This event will present funding agencies' priorities as well as ongoing initiatives that address cyberinfrastructure technologies. It will also begin a dialogue on how the Rutgers research community and other NJEDge members can collaborate and respond to the challenges and promises of a cyberinfrastructure.

Locations: Rutgers University - Camden, Newark and New Brunswick campuses

7:30am - 4:15pm

9:30 am - 2:30 pm

Video Conferenced Location Sites:

• Montclair State University
  • Location – University Hall Room Number: UN1010
  • Parking - Red Hawk deck (hourly charge, unfortunately)
  • On campus directions: Exit Red Hawk deck from 5th floor pedestrian ramp and follow walkway. University Hall is large white building with clock tower.
  • (Campus Map)   (Driving Directions)
• Sussex County Community College
  • Location – Room B317
  • Park in the student lot on left after the entrance.
  • (Driving Directions and Maps)
• Mercer County Community College
  • Location – The Conference Center at Mercer/Mercer County College
  • Meeting will be held in Auditorium (first floor)
  • (Campus Map)   (Parking and Driving Directions)
• Atlantic Cape Community College
  • Location - Building D2, Room 131
  • Parking is in Lot P2
  • (Campus Map) (Driving Directions)

Sex, Lies, and Video Games: The Truth about Females and Computing

12:00pm - 1:15 pm

Presented By:
Maria M. Klawe
Professor of Computer Science and Dean of Engineering
Princeton University

Location:

Bowl 016 (Lower Level) Robertson Hall Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University

If no street parking is available, there is a garage on Spring St. Here's a web site on parking in town: (Parking - Princeton Info)

Video Conferenced Sites:

NJIT - New Jersey Institute of Technology GITC - Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Room 1400 (#13 on this map of campus)

Montclair State University College Hall Room 310 (Parking)

Passaic Valley High School 160 East Main Street Little Falls, NJ (973) 890-2500 ITV Room 207 (Directions)

(More Info)

Date: February 17th, 2006
Locations:

• New Jersey Institute of Technology
  GITC, Room 1400 (#13 on this map of campus)
  
  (Map, Directions, and Parking)
  
  
• County College of Morris
  Randolph Campus
  Cohen Hall, Room B-111. (Bldg. 7 on the map)
  
  (Directions) (Campus Map)

Visitor parking: P5 on the map. If that lot is full, go across the road from P5 to the Security building (Bldg. 11) to get a temporary parking permit and ask where they should park.


• Mercer County College
  Communications Building, Room CM158
  
  Parking Instructions: Follow signs for Security. Inform Security of the location of the event (CM158) and you will be directed to closest lot.
  
  (Driving Directions) (Campus Map)
  
  
• Ramapo College
  Room SC-136-8 (known as the Alumni Lounges)
  
  (Driving Directions)
  
  Parking Instructions: Parking is in the main lot, fairly far from the building where the Colloquium will take place.
  
  Anyone needing special accommodations should contact the security office before the event: 201-684-6666.
  
  

Working Title:
How Does the Millennial Generation Differ from Other Generations at the Same Age?

Description:
They already know that they don’t want to work or play like their parents’ generation. They are called the Millennials, Gen Y, Next Gen, Echo Boomers, or…”Don’t Label Us.” They use information, and learn, differently. They were born between 1979 and 1994, and they are the largest generation since the Boomers (1946 to 1964). Millennials currently crowd our colleges and universities, both because they are a larger generation and because more of them are going to college than ever before. Millennial researcher, Richard Sweeney, will discuss how Millennials differ from generations before them at the same age and explore the implications for colleges and universities. Mr. Sweeney will then pose questions to a live panel of about 12 Millennials videoconferencing from three different NJ colleges/universities, as he attempts to confirm and expand on the research. Audience participants at all sites will be given an opportunity to ask their own questions of the panel.

Presenter and Panel Moderator:
Richard T. Sweeney
University Librarian
Robert W. Van Houten Library
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102-1982
Voice: 973-596-3208 Fax: 973-643-5601
http://www.library.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeney/

Tentative Agenda for the Program:
2:00pm Introductions --Live Interactive Video Conference - Ellen Spaldo

2:05pm – 2:45pm Presentation by Richard Sweeney on the Millennial research.

2:45pm – 4:00pm Live Panel of Millennials (who will not have heard the prior presentation). The audience will be permitted to ask questions during the latter portion of this part of the program.

4:00pm Adjournment

NJEDge.Net Regional Membership Meeting

10:00am - 1:00 pm (including Lunch)

Description: NJEDge.Net will be conducting a regional membership meeting to provide an update on current plans for the next generation NJEDge Network and to seek input, comments and suggestions from the membership before finalizing recommendations to the President's Council. The new hybrid architecture provides new capabilities, improved quality of service and better positions the NJ higher education community for the future. A primary objective in these planning efforts has been to reduce costs to the membership by in-sourcing the network core and introducing additional access providers to increase competition and adjust to changing market conditions. An overview of the new proposed architecture will be presented as well as a detailed presentation of new pricing plans.

Meeting open only to member institutions. (Listing of NJEDge.Net Members)

Location:
CoRE Auditorium
Busch Campus
Rutgers University

EATF Conference Call

Education Technology Management Seminar

11:30am - 2:30pm

Hosted by: Richard Stockton College

Powerpoints

• AMX - Managing the Electronic Classroom
• Seminar Stockton

(More Info) (Registration) (Flyer - Adobe PDF)

Center Hall
Busch Campus Student Center
Rutgers University

Parking in lots across from center. No permit needed.

Agenda

9:30 - 12:00
NJEDge.Net Infrastructure Revisited
Video on Demand Delivery and Its Impact on Network Bandwidth & Traffic
Video Conferencing Standards & Network Bandwidth
Campus Expectations: http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/fall05/20050920-cetf-decker.ppt

12-00 - 1:00
Lunch

1:00 - 2:30

VRG: Cable Channel and Legislation

DRG:
Cisco Unified Wireless Overview

The Cisco Unified Wireless Overview will include a discussion on:

1. Lightweight AP Solutions
2. Location Technology
3. Security/Authentication
4. Roadmap
5. Indoor and Outdoor WiFi

 Followed by a live demonstration of WCS managing a WiFi Deployment in Cisco HQ in San Jose California.

New Jersey WebCT Day 9:30 - 3:00
Explore steps for planning a successful enterprise-wide deployment and discover ways to extend your resources by collaborating.

With Carol Vallone, President & CEO, WebCT

9:30am - Registration
10:00am - Innovation & Outcomes: Voices of Experience - Carol Vallone
11:00am - Embedding Assessment in Online Programs - Steve Tello, UMass
12:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - Choose between Session I and Session II
Session 1: Fulfilling a Strategic Vision for e-Learning with WebCT or
Session II: Expanding Usage and Extending your e-Learning Environment
3:00pm - Program Ends

Location:

Raritan Valley Community College
Grand Conference Rooms A & B, North Branch, New Jersey

(More Info)

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Location: NJIT Newark
Building and Room: Campus Center Conference Room 240 (second floor)
Free Parking: Parking Deck

Reach Beyond the Classroom: Humanize your online course!

From the University System of Georgia to Hawaii's eSchool, US institutions of all shapes, sizes, and missions have been successfully using web conferencing tools such as Horizon Wimba's Live Classroom to hold highly engaging - and cost effective - online classes and meetings. This session will closely examine how Horizon Wimba's collaborative tools can accommodate both the instructional and administrative needs of New Jersey's diverse post-secondary institutions.

We will discuss faculty-friendly, easy-to-use yet powerful tools for:

• Adding synchronous (Live Classroom) and asynchronous vocal collaboration (Voice Tools) into your course online courses. All a learner or instructor needs is a computer with a microphone and speakers, and an internet connection.
• Using and managing Horizon Wimba's suite of tools through our PowerLink for WebCT Campus Edition + Vista and Building Block for Blackboard.

If there is interest from the group, and if time permits, we will also discuss creating accessible, CMS-ready learning objects from Microsoft Word documents with Course Genie.

Broadband Networks, Internet2 and Clinical Informatics: How Will They Impact Future Practice and Delivery of Health Care, Education and Research?

Co-Sponsored by the UMDNJ IAIMS Project, Informatics Institute and Department of Information Services & Technology

8:00am- 4:00pm

UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ

Students on Copyright Issues Part I

What do students need to know about copyright laws?

Students need to be knowledgeable about copyright issues. Infringements can affect their academic standing and can have serious legal repercussions for their institutions. The proliferation of the Internet, and the rules set by the Teach Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have changed how we view and use copyright in academia. Topics for this teleconference will include fair use, peer-to-peer file sharing, piracy, the public performance of copyrighted works, and using copyrighted materials on websites.

Participating Sites

Montclair State University, College Hall CO 310, (Map and Directions) http://www.montclair.edu/welcome/directions.html

Burlington County College, Library, Room LTC, (Map and Directions) http://www.bcc.edu/pages/352.asp

Middlesex County College, Instructional Resources Center, IRC 117, (Map and Directions) http://www.middlesexcc.edu/about/control.cfm/ID/837

For parking decal and details call the Gateway Center

William Paterson University, ITV Room, Hobart Hall 132, (Map and Directions) http://ww2.wpunj.edu/aboutus/directions.cfm

To VIEW ONLY using real player you may  Click here1-3 pm

Who should attend: Students, Faculty and Staff - Come share your experience and insights!

DRG Meeting

11:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Conference Center

The meeting will begin in Room 101 and then move to Conference Room A for our speaker.

The program will focus on the effect of recently enacted and proposed federal legislation in the area of intellectual property on institutions of higher education and their faculty. Among the kinds of legislation to be discussed are those that deal with the following issues:

• Anti-circumvention
• Database protection
• Digital rights management
• Fair Use
• Broadcast flags
• P2P file sharing
• Orphan works

Presenter:
Luis Rodriguez
Associate Dean for Public Services
Harry A. Sprague Library
Montclair State University

(Biography for Luis Rodriguez)

Locations:

• Ramapo College, Skybox Arena (Directions)
• Montclair State University, College Hall Room 310 (Directions)
• Georgian Court University, Little Theater, Arts & Sciences Building (Directions)
• Gloucester Community College, Room 608, Learning Resource Center (Directions)

Hurricane Video Conference

More Info

1 pm - 3:30 pm

Video Digital Delivery Project, NJEDge.Net and VALE

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Agenda

• Introduction and Overview of Video Digital Delivery
• Films Media Group
• Lunch
• Software on Demand

Location:
FDU (Madison Campus)
Building 8, the George Rothman Institute

Directions to the College at Florham

Campus Map

Visitor parking for attendees will be available in the student lots. Special permits are not needed.

DRG / VRG Joint Annual Luncheon

11 am - 4 pm

Location:
Breakers Hotel & Restaurant
(732) 449-7700
1507 Ocean Ave
Spring Lake, NJ 07762

MULTICAST TRAINING by Cisco

Agenda

Multicast is fast becoming a choice technology enabler for next generation applications in Education, Entertainment, the Military, Corporate Enterprise, and the Service Provider /Telecom space. From wireless multicast for live operations in health care and the mobile military to enterprise IPT, video conferencing, content distribution, gaming, video surveillance and internet radio, multicast has a growing use in numerous business and private areas today. Among the other areas noted which are and can be used in education, specifically multicast enables E-Learning, Remote E-Learning and I2 E-learning scenarios, which in turn enables increase for student enrollment though remote-class for anywhere access.  Additionally as more video is used with in education institutions, multicast becomes the tool of choice to reduce Video on demand bandwidth in the network.

This Cisco Multicast Training session will deliver basic and advanced concepts for multicast enablement and management in the NJEDge network and participant Higher Education networks. In addition to general multicast concepts Cisco specific routing and switching equipment configuration and management will be covered in a lab environment. Ten (10) lab pods with three(3) routers, a switch and an aggregate firewall will be available for 3-4 users each.

The Cisco Instruction Team will be:
Paul Gilbert                   Distinguish Engineer and Product Manager
Sheri Lynn Moran       Consulting Engineer
Rich Grayson               Consulting Engineer
Walter King                   Systems Engineer
Albert Garcia                Systems Engineer Manager
Clinton Hahn                Account Manager

Location:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
499 Thornall St. 8^th Floor
Edison, NJ 08837

DLAAB / EATF Meeting

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

'A look at CourseGenie'

Location:
Ward Dining Room in St. Joseph Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth
(map)  (directions)

NJEDge.Net K-20 Initiative

10 am - 2 pm

Agenda

1. Organization Issues
   1. Mission of the NJEDge K-20 Initiative
   2. Goals
                           Increased systemic collaboration between K-12 and Higher Education    
                          Identify, review, plan new projects          
                          Msg of VC and asynchronous learning
   3. Working Subgroups
                          Technical         
                          Research           
                          Curriculum/education
2. NJ participation in national/international activities
   1. Internet2
3. Role of other K-12 / Higher Education groups with the K20 Initiative:  Alliances, relationships, etc.
   1. GSLC
   2. NJECC
   3. NJAET
   4. NJTEC
   5. Higher Ed:  EATF, VRG, DLAAB, DRG
4. Projects
   1. Ie Global Nomads
   2. Science in cinema
   3. More
5. web catalog projects / content providers
6. NJEDge.Net infrastructure & architecture
   1. Models
   2. New network offerings
7. Keystone Conference
8. Top issues for 2005-2006

Location:
Sambol Room (on the 2nd floor of the library)
Georgian Court University (directions)
(The guard at the gate will give you parking information. Please let them know that you are there for the NJEDge.Net K20 Initiative.)

Tech Expo at College of Saint Elizabeth

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

To attend the event, RSVP: atc@cse.edu

PROPOSALS for New York/New Jersey Blackboard User Group Conference Due (more information)

EATF Meeting at FDU

1. Introduction of attendees

2. Updates

• NJEDge.net
• DLAAB/CFDI
• VRG

3. Programming Wrap-up:

• Faculty Showcase

4. New Business - Program to Plan:

• Designing Learning Spaces Symposium (continued from last meeting)

5. New Business:

• Members A/V Pricing Proposal (tentative)

6. Programs for Next Academic Year ***bring ideas with you!!!

7. Future Meeting Locations - a Discussion

8. Meeting Enhancements - Ideas on Vendors/Presentations You Would Like to See at Future EATF Meetings

9. Other Business

Location:
Madison campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in the Hartmann Lounge in the Mansion
Directions to the Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison campus
Schematic maps with links and parking
Campus map

DRG Meeting

9:30 am - 3:00 pm

Agenda

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Registration
Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Atrion/Mirage Networks

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
DRG General Business

Welcome Jeff Giacobbe as DRG Co-chair

Discussion Items:

• Multicast Training
• Pix 7.0 Code Released

Q1 Labs – Q1 QRadar – Sandy Bird, Co-Founder

QRadar integrates the functionality of network anomaly detection, flow analysis, security information management (SIM), intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and vulnerability management in one architecture.

Noon – 1:00 PM
Lunch Sponsored by Q1 Labs

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Cisco – CCA – Justin Cheen

Cisco Clean Access, formerly CleanMachines from Perfigo, is a network-centric solution for enforcing compliance with security policies on all devices that request network access, including registered employees, periodic consultants, or unexpected guests.

Mirage Networks  - CounterPoint– Mike McElroy / Lee Bentch

CounterPoint is a behavior based, "out of band" security appliance that enables you to identify and surgically mitigate Worm Traffic, Rouge Access Points and any Rapidly Propagating Threat at the source of the attack, without effecting anyone else on the network.

Locations:

• Montclair State University - College Hall-  Room 310  (directions and map)  


• Rutgers - Busch Campus - Busch Campus Center room 122abc (map)                 


• Rutgers - Camden Campus - Business & Science Building, room 231
227 Penn Street, Camden, N.J (directions)

THE 2nd ANNUAL COURSE REDESIGN AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Plenary Speaker: Carol Twigg, Director, Center for Academic Transformation.

Location: Seton Hall University

CFDI Meeting at Brookdale Community College

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Topic: 'Lessons Learned: Preventing Plagiarism Using Turnitin.com'

A discussion on the lessons learned by FDU and NJIT in combatting plagiarism particularly in the use of Turnitin.com. FDU has been using
the service for the past semester and NJIT is entering its fifth academic year of use. From these two perspectives, the discussion will include recommendations on: implementing the service, administration, faculty & student training, and an assessment of the effects it has had on both identifying plagiarism and preventing it.

Group discussion will hopefully include the efforts on other campuses using Turnitin or other services, and faculty development to prevent plagiarism & cheating, and for promoting academic integrity in general.

Presenters:
Dr. Catherine Kelley of FDU
Mr. Ken Ronkowitz of NJIT
Mr. Neil Clarke, FDU

Tentative Agenda:
11:30 - 12:00 - Gathering and introductions
12:00 - 1:30   - Presentation and discussion
1:30 - 2:30 - Lunch and Business portion of the meeting

Location
Brookdale Community College
Student Life Center
Fort Hancock Room, 1st Floor
Park in Lot 7 or 6
(Directions and Campus Map)

DLAAB Colloquium 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

A Media-Rich Highly Interactive Speech Course

MaryJane Clerkin (bio), Berkeley  College 

This presentation will provide an example of a media-rich asynchronous speech course that utilizes Blackboard applications, Wimba Voice Software, and  Logitech WEbCam Messenger to produce a highly interactive speech course.

Locations:

• William Paterson University - Valley Road Auditorium (directions)
  
• NJIT Room 1403, GITC (map and directions)
  
• Middlesex County College
      Instructional Resource Center, Room IRC 117 (directions)
      (Visitors should call at the Gateway Center at the Woodbridge Avenue entrance for a parking permit and directions to the nearest visitor's parking lot)
  
• Ocean County College - Technology Building, Room 105 (directions)
  
• Rowan University - Memorial Hall, Training Room A (directions)

Maple Day
(A workshop co-sponsored by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and NJEDge.Net, New Jersey Higher Education Network )

Agenda

Location:
Busch Campus Center room 116
Rutgers University

Alternative CMS Afternoon

This event will provide a first look into 3 alternative Course Management Systems:

• Angel
• Desire2Learn
• Sakai

This program is geared to CIO’s, Academic Computing Directors, Educational Technologists & Leaders of eLearning Efforts.  NJEDge.Net plans additional opportunities in the fall.

1:00 – 2:00 Angel  

2:15 – 3:15 Desire 2 Learn 

3:30 – 4:30 Sakai 

Location
Rutgers University
Busch Campus Center, Room 116AB

Registration

TIME: 8:30 AM – 1:45 PM

Agenda:

LOCATION: Rutgers University (directions)
Busch Campus Center
Multipurpose rooms A, B, C
Piscataway, NJ

DRG / VRG Joint Meeting

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Agenda

• Introduction
• ‘Who has what equipment’ Survey for NJEDge.Net membership
  by Tony Selimo, Sussex County College
• Portal update and Multicast update
  by Jim Stankiewicz, Verizon
• Multicast Training for NJEDge.Net members
  By Walter King, Cisco
• ClickToMeet, Situation with FVC and other updates
  by Charlie McMickle, NJEDge.Net
• Packetshaper/Packeteer and effect on packets ‘out of sequence’ at NJIT
  Bruce Tarby, Atrion Communications & Frank Aversa, NJIT
• Lunch
• Troubleshooting video,data issues - Discussion
  Moderated by Tony Selimo

Locations:

• Brookdale Community College - WMHEC Room 202
  
• NJIT

  Room GITC #3710. Please park at the parking deck.
  Directions
  Campus Map ("2. Campus Center" on this map or "CTR" on the Parking map)
  Parking Information (Parking Deck, at the bottom left on Summit Street)
  

  
  
• Rutgers University (Camden Campus) (directions and map)
  room 337B (focus room)
  Parking is available on 3rd street in lot # 14, the second lot Behind the Business & Science Bldg.
  Please stop by Mary Sturdivant's office, 1st floor room 125, to pick up a visitor tag to hang in your car.
  The meeting will be held in the Business & Science Bldg.

Blackboard Day
(No Registration Fee. We thank Blackboard for their support.)

Detailed Agenda

• Course Management System
• Content Management System including Learning Object Responsitory
• ePortfolio

The event will be held in the Arts and Science Center (1st building on the right). The security guard will point out the location. Event will be in the Little Theater. Signs will be posted. (Directions)

Affiliate Technology Day at NJIT
2nd floor, Student Center, NJIT

9 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Affiliate / Vendor Registration

Directions
Campus Map ("2. Campus Center" on this map or "CTR" on the Parking map)
Parking Information (Parking Deck, at the bottom left on Summit Street)

More information

6th Annual Faculty to Faculty Best Practices Showcase at

Registration and All Other Information Available here

Click here to watch live stream from the event

Location (main building): Atrium (#42 on campus map)

Video Resources Group (VRG) Meeting - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Agenda

Locations:
Passaic County Community College - Meeting is in the Conference Room, just off the main lobby
  Attendees can park anywhere in the lot that surrounds the building, there is plenty of parking space (directions)
Stockton College - Carnegie Library Center in Atlantic City  

DLAAB Meeting at Middlesex County College

11:30 am - 2:30 pm (Working Lunch is included)

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jason Scorza (bio)

Middlesex County College
Instructional Resource Center, Room IRC 235 (directions)
(Visitors should call at the Gateway Center at the Woodbridge Avenue entrance for a parking permit and directions to the nearest visitor's parking lot)

EATF Meeting at Bloomfield College

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Agenda

Meeting will be held in College Center Room 1 (Directions and Campus Map)

Copyright: The essential Issues for Faculty and Staff
(2:00 pm - 4:00 pm)

Watch live webcast (needs Windows Media Player 9 or higher)

Presenters:
Jim Robertson, NJIT
Ken Ronkowitz, NJIT

Overview:       
This two-hour presentation will be of interest to faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and university administrators.  It will focus on copyright issues in face-to-face, online, and blended learning environments.

Topics will include:
Copyright myths; public domain and permissions; fair use; doing a fair use analysis; good faith defense; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the TEACH Act; licensing and copyright; copyright issues in course management systems; and faculty rights and responsibilities with regard to copyright and relevant legislation.

Locations:
William Paterson University
    HOBART HALL ITV Room 132A (directions)
    Parking is best over by Morrison Hall where there are guest spots
Montclair State University
    Distance Learning College Hall 310
    Hourly parking is available at the Red Hawk Deck as you enter onto the Campus.
    Rates for 6-8 hours range between $7-10.
    Campus Directions and bus/train information
Middlesex County College
    Instructional Resource Center, Room IRC 117 (directions)
    (Visitors should call at the Gateway Center at the Woodbridge Avenue entrance for a parking permit and directions to the nearest visitor's parking lot)
Atlantic Cape Community College
  Event will be held in D131 - Mays Landing Campus
  (Directions) (Map)

NJ CIO Forum at The College of NJ

To register, (click here) (Registration limited to CIO's)
(Please register by January 30)

9:45 am - 4 pm (lunch included)

9:45 am Coffee

10:00 am
Welcome & Introductions Nadine Stern, TCNJ
NJEDge.Net Overview George Laskaris
WebCT Update Chuck Chulvick, RVCC / Sheri Prupis

10:30 am Session I
Developing a statewide IT Purchasing Alliance Mike McKay, Rutgers

12:00 pm Lunch
Discussion about the Future Role of the NJCIOs Group Nadine Stern, TCNJ / Tony Mordosky Rowan

1:45 pm Session II
Developing an inventory of statewide IT resources, systems Robert Pescinski, Hudson

3:15pm Closing

DLAAB Colloquium 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Details

Watch Live Stream

Presenters:
Dr. Bonnie M. Mullinix (bio)
Mr. Ken Ronkowitz (bio)

Rubrics in the Age of Accountability: Transparent Assessment in Support of Learning

Rubrics (definition) provide a powerful tool for grading and assessment that can also serve as a transparent and inspiring guide to learning. Rubrics have been used to increase transparency and accountability across K-12 and higher education, and in corporate and govenment settings. This session will demystify rubrics by reviewing types of rubrics (holistic, analytic, general, and task-specific), steps to creating a rubric, and effective uses of rubrics (by students and faculty). We will explore characteristics of quality rubrics through construction of a "Rubric of Rubrics." An online tool for rubric development will be shared interactively with the audience. We will also consider the importance of rubrics in encouraging self-reflective learning.

Video Conference Locations:
FDU : Metropolitan Campus (directions) THIS LOCATION IS NOW FULL.
Dickinson Hall 1132 - inside the Continuing Education Suite
Hackensack side of Metropolitan Campus.
Parking: Park in Visitor's Lots on both sides of Dickinson Hall

FDU: Madison Campus (Please note a 2nd FDU location has been opened)
Dreyfuss 214 (directions & map)
Parking: Follow signs to Visitor's Lot

Gloucester County College : Room 608, Learning Resource Center (directions)

Ramapo College : Pavilion Room 1 (directions)

Rowan University :Training Room A - Memorial Hall (directions)

Verizon Day

8:30 am - 2:30 pm

The account team is cordially inviting you to our Verizon road show scheduled for Thursday, January 20th from 8:30-2:30 at the Rutgers CORE auditorium on Busch Campus, Piscataway.

In 2005, Verizon is consolidating all of higher education under two Corporate Account Managers to unify the way higher education is handled within Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions Group.

The Road Show is designed to introduce the account team to all of higher education, and to conduct presentations on where Verizon is heading as an corporation. Moreover, we will be introducing new products and services that we plan on rolling out as overlay services on the MPLS network, the NJEDge.Net IP/VPN extranet, or value added services to enhance the network.

This presentation is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Verizon as a company as well as what the account team is positioning through NJEDge.Net. Refreshments will be provided in the morning and lunch will also be provided courtesy of Verizon.

Parking and directions to follow.

Agenda (click here for more information):

• Sign In/Breakfast              8:30 am - 9 am


• Verizon/NJEDge Overview/Introductions    9 am - 9:30 am


• Local/LD Overview           9:30 am - 9:50 am


• Audio Conferencing         9:50 am - 10:10 am    John McCann


• Security                             10:10 am - 10:40 am   Tom Welch


• Break                                10:40 am - 11:00 am


• Data Storage                   11:00 am - 11:20 am   Mike Nikitas


• TLS/VON                          11:20 am - 11:45 am   John Montesjardi


• VOIP/Hosted IP/iobi        11:45 am - 12:15 pm  Karen Erasmi


• NJEdge Reminders         12:15 pm - 12:30 pm  George Laskaris


• Lunch                                12:30 pm - 1:15 pm


• iobi Demo./VCAP Recap   1:15 pm - 2:00 pm TBD
  
  BONUS DRAWING for Free Security Scan 2:00 pm

IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, please see: (http://ur.rutgers.edu/news/weather/weather.shtml)

3rd Annual Rich Media Showcase followed by afternoon VRG Meeting

The Educational Activities Task Force* & The Video Resources Group* present

VENDOR SHOW (Participating Vendors)
Empowering Faculty & Staff with Rich Media

9:30 am - 3:00 pm (followed by 1:00 VRG Meeting) at Brookdale Community College - Lincroft Campus
Student Life Center (Warner Student Life Center)
Room: Navesink

FEATURED SPEAKER: Susan Amirian (biography) - 10:30 am
Putting Tablet PCs to the Test:

(Registration form for interested exhibitors) Exhibit space is limited and the focus of this event is rich media. Our planning committee reserves the right to reject vendor applications that do not fit the theme of the showcase.

(Registration for participants)
(Please note that this event is underwritten by our vendors, there is no fee for the participants.)

ADVANCED AV SYSTEMS will raffle off an Apple IPOD. To participate in the raffle, you MUST REGISTER and MUST BE PRESENT at 12:30 pm.

Inventive Technology, Inc. will raffle off Free 30 Day trial of their software MediaCAST Solution.

Directions

3 Day Training in WebCT at NJIT

Details

Attend a visit from Turning Technologies (http://www.turningtechnologies.com) to demonstrate their primary product in higher education, the Turning Point student response systems at Drew University

As many of you are aware of by now, Turning Point allows you to add real-time interaction to any PowerPoint (or other Microsoft Office product) presentation. It helps to gather students' responses to a question and displays the aggregate responses in a table or chart. Its vPad feature also allows you to pose more open-ended questions such as fill-in-the-blank and short essay. It does all of this by creating an additional toolbar within Microsoft Office applications that allows interaction in the classroom, generating and importing question lists in Microsoft Word as well as viewing reporting results in Microsoft Excel.

Drew will be piloting Turning Point for the Spring semester and would be interested in collaborating with other faculty and support staff from neighboring institutions that have used the application or plan to in the future.

Meeting Time: 2:00 pm

Combined NJEDge.Net DRG / VRG Meeting

Optimizing Data Networks to Support Videoconferencing

Many of our member campuses have found the process of implementing a converged network to support applications that require QOS to be challenging and complex. This meeting will summarize what we have learned and outline some strategies to improve and maximize video performance. Best practices as well as troubleshooting methodologies will be presented in the context of optimizing video performance in complex network environments containing firewalls and traffic shapers. Other considerations such as Quality of Service implications, device certification and gatekeeper configuration are also incorporated into the meeting. Other topics include implementing "by-pass" video networks to avoid congestion and complexity in campus data networks.

Preliminary Agenda

Meeting Locations: NJIT and Rowan University
Meeting Time: 10:00 - 2:30 pm
Coffee at 9:30, Lunch will also be served

NJIT Visitors
Note: Parking will be available at the NJIT parking deck

• Driving Directions to NJIT
  
• Summit St. Parking Deck Map
  
• Public Transportation Directions
  
• Campus Map

Rowan University Visitors
Note: Park in Lot P. The parking guard is aware of the meeting.

• Directions to Rowan University
• Road Map of Glassboro & surrounding Area
• Campus map

EATF Meeting at DeVry University

Agenda 10 am - 2 pm
--------------------------------
1. Introduction of attendees

2. Updates

• NJEDge.net
• DLAAB/CFDI
• VRG

3. NJEDge.net presentation - Sheri Prupis

4. Programming Discussion:

• Rich Media Showcase
• Faculty Showcase

5. Recaps of Past Recent Events

6. New Business:

• Spring Program Ideas (roundtable discussion)
• Element K/Turnitin.com discussions (pricing renewals/issues)

7. Other Business

Our meeting will be held at DeVry University. We thank John Goswick of DeVry for offering his institution and making the arrangements.

Directions to DeVry can be found at this link:

http://www.devry.edu/northbrunswick/campus.html

The meeting will be held in the Woodbridge room (room 233) located on
the second floor.

November 19, 2004 10:00 to 12:30
Location Change: NJ Institute of Technology, GITC, Room 3710
Parking will be available in the deck

Co-sponsored by NJEDge.Net

Bring your PC or tablet if you would like to use Lecture123.

Record and Publish Rich Content for Web Playback and Collaboration
Inviting all participants in the instructional process: instructional designers, faculty, IT staff, deans.

Agenda
9:45 Registration, Coffee & Bagels
10:00 Introduction
10:15 Instructional Design Perspective
10:30 Lecture123 Presentation and Demo
11:15 Faculty Case Studies
12:15 Conclusion

For the past 2 years a small team of seasoned Rutgers computer scientists and faculty have developed a simple and natural elearning system making it extremely easy to present, record, and playback lectures and educational content along with a patent pending question/answer collaboration layer. Everything is web based with a focus on ease of use.

Lecture123 addresses this major flaw of asynchronous tools by bringing asynchronous learning closer to the synchronous one, while maintaining the low cost, simplicity and two degrees of freedom for students - space and time. Lecture123 allows creation of online materials which gradually, through the interactive question and answer capability, converge to the point where all questions have been asked and answered. This is accomplished using our patent pending technology of incorporating questions and answers directly, seamlessly, and simply into the presentation.

Come learn more about Lecture123, see how it’s being used, and explore the possibilities of use in your institution.

COPYRIGHT in the 21st Century

November 11, 2004 9:30 - 12:15

Live at
Video Conferenced at
Monclair State University (Montclair MSU College Hall Room 310)
Brookdale Community College (Western Monmouth Higher Education Center: Room 201 --- # 3680 on route 9 South, Freehold, NJ )
Gloucester County College (The video conference will be held in the ITV Room, adjacent to the Library and parking in the Student "D" lot does not require a parking pass.) Directions

Details

VRG / EATF Joint Meeting 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the College of Saint Elizabeth

Directions, Campus Map (St. Joseph Hall is building 12 on the map; parking is in the lots right next to it.)

10:00 - 12:00 Business Meeting
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch - compliments of EXTRON
12:45 - 2:00 Demonstrations

Cory Moss from Audio Visual Associates will be bringining in an Extron representative to demonstrate IP control of LCD projectors and possibly other A/V equipment at our meeting. This demonstration should lead to a nice discussion of the use of this technology on campuses in higher education. With the need to monitor more and more SMART classrooms on our campuses, this technology provides great possibilities in this time of lean budgets and small technical support staff.

We thank Extron for sponsoring the lunch for this combined meeting.

Agenda

Welcome/Introductions of activity groups

• Attendee introductions

VRG Items

• Web Commander deployment
• Click to Meet
• Colleges using NJEDge.net - Who's up and Who's not
• Polycom/Miranda sites
• Joint conference ideas

EATF/NJEDge.net Items

• NJEDge.net annual conference update
• Upcoming activity to plan (Faculty Showcase)
• Other activities to consider for spring

Lunch Break (12:00pm) - compliments of EXTRON

AVA/Extron Demonstration

General discussion

WebCT Day sponsored by WebCT
This event is now filled and registration is closed

at Ocean County College (Directions)
Technology Building Lecture Hall.
Parking Lot #1

Thanks to WebCT's generous support there is no fee for this event.
Co sponsored by NJEDge.Net & the New Jersey Virtual Community College Consortium

(PDF File with details and important contact information)
9:45 coffee and registration
10:00 welcome: Ocean County College, NJEDge.Net, NJVCCC
10:30 product update: campus edition & Vista
12:00 lunch (WebCT)
1:00 Using the WebCT Exemplary Course Project to Transform Online Courses

The WebCT Exemplary Course Project provides instructors and course developers the opportunity to look at their course in a fundamentally different way. Through examples in this year’s exemplary courses we will identify elements associated with quality in online courses based on a set of criteria related to course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, technology use and learner support. Faculty and course designers will walk away with new ideas to make their courses exemplary!

3:00 closing

CFDIConference Call 10:00 am - noon

1. NJEDge.Net updates
2. Review CFDI activities of last year
3. Plan new offerings
4. Discuss possible mechanisms for organizing and disseminating information, i.e. a CFDI webpage at the NJEDge.Net site
5. Tentative schedule of follow-up meetings
6. Other business

Come to the conference to see the new things we've been doing. Learn more about what lies ahead for our network. Network with colleagues to listen and learn from experts, exhibitors, and just some really interesting people.

We continue to add track sessions and forums for the October 11th-13th NJEDge.Net Conference Program

We have added a Panel Discussion concerning Students & Online Music, featuring Casey Green, Howard Strauss and Steve Worona which will be moderated by Stephen Landry from Seton Hall University.

Concurrent Track Sessions have been added in the following areas:

Weblogs and ePortfolios
Innovative On-line Student Services
Middlestates Accreditation Issues
Privacy, Security & Anonymity
Network Directory Services
New Jersey Digital Highway
Wireless Networks
Faculty Centered Faculty Development

New Training Programs have been added to the schedule in the following areas:

Webcommander
Click-to-Meet
Virus & Spam filtering
Managing Campus Networks to support IP-Video

Live Conference Demonstrations include:

Live performance from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Lecture 123 software for faculty
Internet2 Access Grids and the Internet2 Commons
Statewide & International Videoconferencing
K-20 Outreach Initiatives
A Window to the World's Moving Images

Is it Time to Redesign?
Critical Features of Redesigning College and University Courses with Examples of Current Best Practice
First Annual Symposium Details
cosponsored by Seton Hall University and NJEDge.Net

Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079
Registration Location: Walsh Library
Contact Information: Aimee 973 275-2932

Fifth Annual Faculty Best Practices Showcase
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, New Jersey

(Register online) Registration Fee $35.00

Schedule as a word document

NJ Faculty will present compelling uses of technology and new instructional methodologies in post-secondary education. Presentations will cover a wide range of applications and learning activities for both hybrid and online courses.

Presentation Details

NJEDge.Net Affiliate member, MRA International, will be showing the TABLET PC

The Educational Activities Task Force* &
The Video Resources Group* present
VENDOR SHOW
Empowering Faculty & Staff with Rich Media

Thursday, February 25, 2004 9:30 - 3:00
(followed by 1:00 VRG Meeting)
at Brookdale Community College (Lincroft Campus)
Student Life Center Navesink I,II,III

Details Directions