July 23: (A)synchronized Swimming

American Popular Culture: My Journey From the Del Fuegos, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Petty to College Professor

Dr. Warren Zanes

Dr. Warren Zanes is a New York Times bestselling author and Grammy-nominated producer. The former Executive Director of Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and VP of Education and Programs at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Warren has taught at several American universities, presently New York University. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, the Oxford American, and more.  He is the editor of collections on Jimmie Rodgers and Tom Petty, has written books including Dusty in Memphis, Revolutions in Sound: Fifty Years of Warner Bros. Records, and Petty: The Biography, which Rolling Stone named one of the top ten music books of 2015. After conducting interviews for Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Zanes acted as Consulting Producer for the Oscar-winning Twenty Feet from Stardom and a producer on the 8-part PBS series Soundbreaking. A former member of Warner Bros. recording artists The Del Fuegos, he has released four solo recordings.

Note: this session will not be recorded.

Character Animator: Real time Animation

Matthijs Clasener Motion Design Teacher, GLR, Rotterdam

If only everything in life was as clear and intuitive as Adobe Character Animator. Even its name is gloriously straightforward. Matthijs Clasener introduces you to real-time motion capture animation so intuitive and smooth, you can even livestream your creations. Prepare to be wowed.

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How Florida Atlantic University Gains New Insights and Transformed Financial Planning Across the Enterprise

Amy Cavasos, Finance & HR Information Systems, FAU. Stacey Bell, Associate Vice President for Finance, Planning and Analysis, FAU

Interested in learning how Florida Atlantic University provided users with the ability to combine historical and current data for trend analysis, budget decision-making, and other related analytics across financial management, payroll, and HR ? Or how the office of the CFO transformed financial planning capabilities to continuously plan and collaborate without stepping foot on campus? Join this session to learn about the benefits of Workday Prism Analytics and Workday Adaptive Planning at Florida Atlantic University.

Digital Disruption and Slack 

Samantha Becker, Executive Director of Creative and Communications, ASU & Warick Pond, Executive Director of Strategic Implementation Office, ASU

In this session, two ASU leaders involved in the enterprise rollout of Slack will share top lessons learned around strategy, communications and community, and operational change management. Does it really matter what you call a Slack channel? How do you get people excited to use yet another platform? What does it take to get 2,000 courses on Slack? We'll be tackling those burning questions and more, so get ready for actionable tips to make your team or organization's use of Slack as meaningful and valuable as possible

Surfing Chaos: Narratives Across the Digital Divide

Tom Haymes, Ideator, Ideaspaces

What a strange trip 2020 has been. From politics to pandemic to jarring digital shifts in teaching and learning and now to the politics of pandemic education it’s been hard to make sense of it all. As we struggle as teachers and educational leaders, our students are also adrift in a sea of chaos. College itself is a chaotic experience for them. There is so much to make sense of in the whirling hurricane of thought and ideas that they encounter. What am I supposed to learn? What’s important? What’s the point of it all? This was daunting when I entered college 30 years ago. Now the pandemic has cast these fragile communities of learning to the digital winds. Join us on a Learning Man hike through the construction of narratives within classes, degrees, and lifelong learning. It will challenge participants to present the narratives of learning (and the tools available to them) that they present their students and our student participants to consider the maps (tools) they are being given to navigate the complex pathways back to the Learning Man campfire. (We promise to send out search parties for those left behind in the desert.)

Meeting the Unique Needs of Your Faculty and Student Workers

Ron Wagner VP Higher Education Strategy, Workday. Kelly Williams, Principal Solution Consultant, Workday

Academic institutions are structured quite differently than organizations with corporate management. Faculty, provosts, deans, student workers, and other academic professionals have specific needs relating to information management, processing, and reporting. Hear how Workday provides a flexible foundation for managing academic pay and appointments, professorships, committees, grant funding, adjunct and student hiring, tenure, certifications, and much more. This session will include a live product demonstration.

*Note: This session will not be recorded. 

Using Data Insights and Analytics to Improve Remote Learning

Emma Giles, COO; Ayse Baybars, Chief Joy Officer

These past 5 months have been a whirlwind. Students are at home, and...so are we. So how do we know how they’re doing? Sure, we can do tests, and we can mark attendance, but do we really know how they’re doing? Who’s struggling - who’s falling behind? Who’s excelling and could help a friend? Are students using school resources? How much? Are there internet resources out there that could help all of our students if we knew about them? So many questions. So little time. 

Join Team Sophya as we do a deep dive into data, analytics, insights, and privacy in the learning environment. We’ll start with an emoji-filled competitive flashcard game bonanza (yes, there are prizes), hear from breakout participants about data that’s been helpful or that you wish you could have, and see how robust data can lead to improved curricula and ultimately to the educational holy grail: personalized learning (for real, this time!).

Canvas Community, COVID, and You

The Canvas Community is the global home for all users of the Canvas learning management system. With over 750,000 members, the Canvas Community is a vibrant and collaborative space for educators, technologists, students, and admins worldwide. Every day, tens of thousands of people come to the forum looking for answers and opportunities to connect with and help one another.  When the COVID-19 pandemic closed onsite in-person learning around the world, we saw a tidal wave of increased activity in the Community.  Like Canvas itself, the Community withstood the deluge and came out stronger than before.  Learn how you can become involved in the Canvas Community and what is in store as we move to a new community platform.