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Presentations and Powerpoints
(listed in order of occurance)
Wednesday, November 18
Workshop Series #1
Time: 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Track: Marketing, Recruiting & Retaining
Adult Learning in a Changed Economy: Implications from Market Research
Richard Garrett, Managing Director, Eduventures, Inc.
Track: PLA
Unleashing PLA 2.0 and Unlocking Talent
Presenters: Victoria M. Ferrara, Assessment Director, Kaplan Higher Education; Bill Pryor, Business Analyst, AcademyOne; Nate Daigle, Manager, Prior Learning Assessment Center, Kaplan University
New Directions: Research, Theory, and Practice
Preparing Older Workers for Encore Careers: A University and Community Perspective
Presenters: Phyllis Snyder, CAEL; Maria Malayter, National-Louis University; Susie Perkins, Tecumseh Area Partnership
Track: ALFI and Adult Learners
It’s Not about Us!Promoting a Learner-Centric Environment!
Presenter: Kathleen Poll, Director of Administration for Continuing and Distance Education, Pennsylvania State University
Track: Business and Government Policies
Employability: Linking Classroom Performance to Career Success
Business Roundtable Survey Release
Presenters: Steven B. Robbins, ACT, Inc.; Gary M. Nolan, ACT's Workforce Development Division
Workshop Series #2
Time: 2:00–3:15 p.m.
Track: Marketing, Recruiting & Retaining
“Consumer” Information for Adult Learners: How Transparency by Design is Changing the Status Quo
Handout
Presenters: Cali Morrison, Project Coordinator, Transparency by Design, WCET; Kim Pearce, Director of Assessment and Institutional Research, Capella University; Jennifer Stephens, Dean of Assessment, American Public University System
Track: PLA
Expanding Horizons: Exploring Alternative Assessment Formats
Presenters: Sara Leiste, Coordinator, Prior Learning Assessment, Capella University; Kathryn Jensen, Coordinator, Prior Learning Assessment, Capella University
Track: New Directions: Research, Theory, and Practice
Preparing Students for Globalization through Corporate and Community Partnerships
Presenters: C. Kelly Ottman, MSOE; Robert Deahl, Marquette University
Track: ALFI and Adult Learners
Ten Research Pillars in Support of ALFI
Presenters: Tom Flint, Executive Director of Academic Strategies, Kaplan University; Laurie Dodge, Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Assessment and Planning, Brandman University
Track: Business and Government Policies
A Working Model for Corporate Onsite College Degree Programs
Presenters: Dorothy Martin, National Tuition Assistance Program Manager, Verizon Wireless; Cathy Stewart, Director of Onsite Programs, Strayer University
Thursday, November 19
Keynote Speaker: Shirley Pippins,Senior Vice President for Programs and Services, American Council on Education (ACE)
If Not Now When: A Once in a Life Time Opportunity
Roundtable #1
5) Degree Attainment Among Adult Learners
Maureen O’Conor, Recent Graduate, Loyola University Chicago
7) Experiential Instructional Activities for Non-Traditional Students
Presenters: Susan Nesbitt, Ph.D., Director of the Center of Continuing Studies, University of Connecticut; M. Carolina Orgnero, Post Doctoral Fellow & Instructor, University of Connecticut; Patricia Harkins, Program Manager in BGS & Instructor, University of Connecticut
Supplemental pdf
10) Portfolio Assessment–LIM Helps Alumni Go From Associates Degree to Baccalaureate
Richard Coe, Continuing Education Coordinator, LIM – The College for the Business of Fashion; Jo-Ann Rolle, SVP for Academic and Student Affairs, LIM – The College for the Business of Fashion
11) Prior Learning Assessment for Young Adults
Ross Garmil, Assistant Director, Credit for Prior Learning, University of Illinois at Springfield
International Roundtable #1
2) RPL Learners’ Perceptions: I Knew I Could Make It and I Did!
Julia Motaung, Policy Analysis Unit (PAU), Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
Workshop Series #3
Time: 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Track: Marketing, Recruiting & Retaining
Strategies for Developing a Community of Learning in Your Organization
Presenters: JoAnn M. Shaw, Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, Center for Lifelong Learning, BJC HealthCare; Jeanne V. Bonzon, Senior Program Manager, Center for Lifelong Learning, BJC HealthCare
Track: Marketing, Recruiting & Retaining
Your Toughest Marketing Questions Answered…And More!
Brenda Harms, Client Consultant, Stamats, Inc.
Track: New Directions: Research, Theory, and Practice
Using Multimedia for Adult Online Learning
Presenters: Beth Rubin, Director, SNL Online, School for New Learning, DePaul University; Lisa Ramos-Torrescano, Instructional Designer, School for New Learning, DePaul University; Dee Schmidgall, Multimedia Designer, School for New Learning, DePaul University
Track: Business and Government Policies
Building Green Skills for Emerging Green Jobs
Joel Simon, Senior Consultant, CAEL
Workshop Series #4
Time: 2:15–3:30 p.m.
Track: Marketing, Recruiting & Retaining
Picking Up Where They Left Off: Making the Transition from the Battlefield to the Classroom
Presenters: Marcy Shapiro, SOCGuard Project Director, Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges
Track:New Directions: Research, Theory, and Practice
Proving PLA Effectiveness
Presenters: Becky Klein-Collins and Judith Wertheim, CAEL
Plenary Session
The Future of Learning: What Might It be Like?
Merrilea J. Mayo, Director of Future of Learning Initiatives, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Friday, November 20
Informational Roundtable #2
2 ) Corporate Articulation and Prior Learning Assessment in Today’s Economy
Catrina Roitman, Operations Manager of PLA and Corporate Articulation, University of Phoenix
7) Transforming Institutional Practices to Recruit and Retain Underemployed and Undereducated Adult Learners
Kate M. Carey, Ohio Board Of Regents; Lauren Ferguson, Owens Community College; Martino Harmon, Rhodes State College; Marcie Hawkins, Zane State College
9) Who Are the Non-Traditional Students in Our Classrooms? A Look at the Characteristics of Today’s Learners
Anne Marie Pinchera, Examination Publication Coordinator, Excelsior College
10) www.Online.PLA
Sara Leiste, Prior Learning Assessment Coordinator, Capella University; Kathryn Jensen, Prior Learning Assessment Coordinator, Capella University
Workshop Series #5
Time: 10:00–11:15 a.m.
Track: Business and Government Policies
Adult Learning: Obstacles and Opportunities
Presenter: Ali Lakhani, Director, Academic Alliances, Apollo Group, Inc. | 
