MacLearning.org and Apple invite you to AcademiX 2009: four regional conferences focused on spurring change in teaching and scholarship through emergent digital learning environments.

AcademiX 2009 features a unique format, designed to stimulate collaboration with your colleagues. National and regional speakers will discuss their applications beyond the LMS, and showcase their innovative uses of Apple technology in emerging digital learning environments.



In addition to these stimulating speakers, each AcademiX 2009 conference will close with a poster session, showcasing local academic innovators and their projects.



Finally, each Academix 2009 conference will also include an optional pre-conference training day, featuring hands-on training opportunities with Apple learning technologies.



Who Should Attend Academix 2009?

Higher Education information technologists, developers, and academic computing specialists, as well as faculty, researchers, and instructional technologists.



Fees

The AcademiX 2009 conferences are offered free of charge. The pre-conference training sessions are also offered free of charge. Meals will be provided during the program agenda.



Conference Themes

Topics explored at AcademiX 2009 will include the democratization of content creation, new tools for distribution such as iTunes U, mobile devices, and more. Each conference will also focus on how to deploy and support technology, successful strategies for faculty and administrative engagement, and how technology is spurring change in teaching and scholarship.



Speakers

Confirmed speakers for the AcademiX 2009 conference include:



* Dr. Charles Severance, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Dr. Severance also works with the IMS Global Learning Consortium as the IMS Developer Network Coordinator. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project.



Dr. Severance will speak on the topic "Evolving Teaching and Learning: Beyond the LMS." His talk will discuss some of the stresses and conflicts in the uses of the current LMS systems and explore how we can gently evolve LMS systems into a whole new life form without upsetting the LMS ecosystem. The concept of placing LMS systems into content instead of placing content into LMS systems will be introduced and early research into the area will be shown and described.



* Dr. Paul D. Hammond, Director of Digital Initiatives, Department of English and Dr. Richard E. Miller Chair, Department of English and Executive Director, Plangere Writing Center Rutgers University.



Their talk will explore the question: with expertise being redistributed by web 2.0 technology, what is the role of higher education to be in the 21st century?




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Submit your poster session

Each conference will host a poster session to give you and your peers a chance to present your innovative uses of Apple technology. Posters will be judged and prizes will be given to the top three. All attendees are welcome to submit a poster session proposal on the registration page for the conference. If your proposal is accepted, we will provide you with a Keynote template and printing instructions.



How to submit a proposal

When you register for a specific AcademiX 2009 conference, you will be given the opportunity to submit your poster proposal, in 250 words or less.



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Pre-Conference Training Sessions

Conference attendees are invited to attend one of two pre-conference training sessions, offered at each of the four Academix 2009 conferences.



These pre-conference training sessions are offered free of charge. These sessions are held from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm on the day prior to the regular conference. Attendance is limited, and acceptance is strictly first-come, first-served.



These training sessions focus on two Apple technologies popular with academic technologists: Podcast Producer and iPhone & iPod touch applications development.



Podcast Producer training session

Podcast Producer is a complete, end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing, and distributing high-quality media. Join Apple for an in-depth look at Podcast Producer, exploring this revolutionary new service of Mac OS X Server and learn how you can automate rich media capture, encoding, and distribution.



What you'll learn at the Podcast Producer training session:

- What is Podcast Producer?

- Understand the components of a Podcast Producer deployment

- How to plan, extend and scale a Podcast Producer infrastructure

- Managing Podcast Producer

- Editing and developing workflows



Who should attend the Podcast Producer training session:

- IT Management looking to automate capture, production and distribution rich media content for RSS podcasting, iTunes U and customized portals.

- Organizations involved looking to centralize and simplify the automatic capture, creation, submission, encoding, archiving, and publishing process.

- Educators looking to simplify media creation both inside and outside of class.

- Current content creators including Faculty development centers, admissions, athletics.

- Deans charged with managing their college's internal and external communications.



Introduction to iPhone Development session

Designed for developers, this session will focus on building both web and native applications for the iPhone OS platform. Learn the basics of Dashcode, a powerful tool for building graphical user interfaces for iPhone web apps.



What you'll learn at the Introduction to iPhone Development session:

- how to build both web and native applications for the iPhone and iPod touch with Apple's developer tools.

- how to build a simple web application with Dashcode and the iPhone Simulator (using HTML, JavaScript and CSS), and a simple native application with Xcode, Interface Builder and the iPhone Simulator (using Objective-C)

-the various deployment scenarios including how to get applications onto iPhones (although the actual hands-on portion will be limited to the iPhone Simulator itself)



Who Should Attend the Introduction to iPhone Development session:

Attendees should have some familiarity with software development; experience with Objective-C would be ideal.



For Public Employees

Apple would be happy to host you for meals at this event; however, please consult your ethics official to ensure that no state laws, local laws, or school rules prevent your acceptance of this associated expense. In addition, please note that attendance at this event by a public official or employee may constitute acceptance of a reportable gift. Should you have any questions regarding ethics or gift laws relevant to this education event, please feel free to contact Genevieve Lewis in Apple Government Affairs at (408) 974-6550.



Questions

For questions, please email academix2009@apple.com.

Update: Agenda: Academix 2009 - MIT



9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Comments

Scott Morris, Learning Services & Communities,

Strategic Education Solutions, Apple Inc.



9:45 AM Open: The New Deal for Education

Dr. M. S. Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean & Director,

Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT), MIT



10:30 AM The Center Cannot Hold: Living, Learning, and Leading in a Networked World

Dr. Paul D. Hammond, Director of Digital Initiatives, Department of English

Dr. Richard E. Miller Chair, Department of English and Executive Director, Plangere Writing Center Rutgers University



11:15 AM Break



11:30 AM Track A

iTunes U: Case Study Panel

Kate James, Open Course Ware, Production Mgr.,

Video Coordinator, MIT

Jim Marko, New Media Producer, NJIT



11:30 AM Track B

MyUOC - A fresh approach to Learning Systems from the Open University of Catalonia

Jeff Merriman, Associate Director,

Software Strategy and Development, Executive Director,

Open Knowledge Initiative, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, MIT



12:30 AM Lunch



1:30 PM Track A

Podcast Producer: Case Study Panel

Elise S. Eisenberg, DDS, MA, Dir of Informatics & Digital Support Srvs, NYU College of Dentistry

Brandon Muramatsu, iCampus Diffusion Coordinator &

Andrew McKinney, Senior Software Architect, MIT,

Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

John Zornig, Senior Architect, Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology, The University of Queensland



1:30 PM Track B

iPods and 2nd Language Acquisition

Alex Chapin, Principal Curricular Technologist, Middlebury College



2:30 PM Break



2:45 PM Track A

The Changing Practice of Science: Emergent Technologies in Science and Science Education

Drew McCormack, Ph.D., Research and Software Developer (Theoretical Chemistry), Free University, Amsterdam. MacResearch.org Board Member, and CEO of The Mental Faculty



2:45 PM Track B

The Future of Mobility at MIT

Andrew Yu, Mobile Platform Manager and Architect,

Information Services & Technology, MIT



3:45 PM Break



4:00 PM Evolving Teaching and Learning: Beyond the LMS

Dr. Charles Severance, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan

IMS Developer Network Coordinator and previously the Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project



5:00 PM Break



5:30 PM Reception and Poster Session



7:00 PM End Conference Business - Voting and Awarding of Prizes



8:00 PM MIT Museum Closes





Update: Pre-conference sessions are now full

Due to strong demand, registrations for the pre-conference training sessions at MIT are full. No additional registrations for these sessions will be accepted.





Lodging for Academix 2009

Overnight accommodations have been arranged with the Residence Inn Boston Cambridge Center, at a rate of $169.00 per night, single or double occupancy. Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 12.45%) in effect at the time of check-out.



Residence Inn Boston Cambridge Center

6 Cambridge Center,

Cambridge, MA, 02142,

781-537-5563



Please choose your hotel preference on the registration page for reservations to be made in your name.



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Additional Speakers for Academix 2009

Confirmed for the MIT conference is Dr. M. S. Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean & Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.



Dr Kumar's talk, " 'Open': The New Deal for Education," will illuminate some of the educational value proposition and implications of network-enabled open education. It will identify factors and conditions that can propel us towards a vision of education as an important, empowering, and democratizing force in the modern world, based on an abundance of resources and relationships.



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Please note: The AcademiX 2009 conferences are offered free of charge. Meals will be provided during the program agenda. Apple would be happy to host you at this event; however, attendance by a public official or employee may constitute acceptance of a reportable gift. Please consult your ethics official to ensure that no state laws, local laws, or college or university rules prevent your acceptance of costs associated with this event.