Conference on Information Technology in Education
Elizabethtown, PA; September 18th, 2004
Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

Paper Sessions Schedule

Conference Schedule
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Brossman Student Center (BSC)
9:00 am - 10:50 am
Opening Session
Event Space, BSC
  9:00 am - 9:10 am WELCOME

Martha Pennington, Conference Chair
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Linguistics
Elizabethtown College, PA

David Parkyn
Provost and Senior Vice President
Professor of Religious Studies
Elizabethtown College, PA

    KEYNOTE TALKS
  9:10 am - 10:00 am Gerald Engel, "The Range of the IT Field and Where We All Fit In"
Leonhardt Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Connecticut, CT
IEEE Computer Society 2005 President
 
10:00 am - 10:50 am Paul Tymann, "Bioinformatics: A Recipe for Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration"
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
ACM SIGCSE Symposium 2005 Program Co-Chair
10:50 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
Event Space, BSC
11:00 am - 12:20 pm Five Parallel Paper Sessions
(20 minutes per paper)
Nicarry Hall
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Break
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon Event
Event Space, BSC
12:30 pm - 1:10 pm Lunch
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm

Invited Speaker:
Dennis Christopher
, "Navigating NASA: How to Find Information in a Labyrinth of 2.5+ Million Web Pages? "
Senior Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm Coffee Break
Event Space, BSC
2:10 pm - 3:30 pm Four Parallel Paper Sessions
(20 minutes per paper)
Nicarry Hall
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm Coffee Break
Event Space, BSC
3:40 pm - 5:00 pm Panel Session on Computing History
Event Space, BSC

Invited Speaker:
Paul Shaffer, "ENIAC: Dawn of the Age of Information"
Curator of the ENIAC Museum
University of Pennsylvania, PA
and others

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Closing Session
Event Space, BSC
  5:00 pm - 5:10 pm Student Paper Awards
  5:10 pm - 5:20 pm Raffle Draw
  5:20 pm - 5:30 pm Conference Chair Talk
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Dinner
Event Space, BSC
 
Eric Nohr, "Information Security Lifecycle. An Approach for Today and Tomorrow"
D&E Communications - Conference Sponsor
 

Banquet


    Paper Sessions
Tentative Schedule
  I. Computing and IT-Oriented Education
Morning Session

Session 1. Course Distributed Learning Environments

106 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Jo-Ann Rolle, Excelsior College, NY
  11:00 am - 11:20 am Integrating Distance Education into Higher Education - Cultural Considerations
      Deirdre Folkers, Penn State York, PA
  11:20 am - 11:40 am Use of Internet Sources in International Studies Teaching and Research
      Wayne Selcher, Elizabethtown College, PA
  11:40 am - 12:00 pm The "Web Technology" Distance Course
      Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, MI
Afternoon Session Session 2. IT-Oriented Teaching and Learning Strategies
125 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: David Richards, Penn State Hazleton, PA
  2:10 pm - 2:30 pm A Simple Program Development Environment for Use in Introductory C++ Programming Courses
      Cynthia Martincic, Saint Vincent College, PA
Br. David Carlson, Saint Vincent College, PA
  2:30 pm - 2:50 pm A Tutor for Regular Expressions: Algorithms and Implementation
      Pavel Azalov, Penn State Hazleton, PA
Michelle Cullen, Penn State Hazleton, PA
Robert Rinish, Penn State Hazleton, PA
  2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Using Classroom Management Systems to Enhance Learning in a Computer Programming Course
      Ronald Harkins, Miami University, OH
  3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Implementation of a Training Project of a System for E-Commerce Using Java Agents
      Daniela Orozova, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria
Afternoon Session Session 3. Educational IT. Knowledge Evaluation and Assessment
127 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, MI
  2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Andragogy in the Information Age Educating the IT Adult Learner
      Rebecca Rutherfoord, Southern Polytechnic State University, GA
  2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Use of IT to Conduct Comprehensive Assessment of Skills Learned by Engineering Technology Students
     

Sohail Anvar, Penn State Altoona, PA
Jo-Ann Rolle, Excelsior College, NY

  2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Service-Learning and Information Technology Education: Is There Room for Both?
      J. Brian Adams, Franklin and Marshall College, PA
  3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Life Beyond Google ™
      Margaret Benitez, Elizabethtown College, PA
  II. Emerging Technologies
Morning Session   Session 4. Innovative Use of Information Systems
125 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Ronald Harkins, Miami University, OH
  11:00 am - 11:20 am Faculty, Students, and the Real World: Issues with Large, Real World Information Technology Projects
     

Larry Newcomer, Penn State York, PA
Sammir Shah, Penn State York, PA

  11:20 am - 11:40 am Overcoming Stereotypes about Computing with Multimedia
      Glenn Blank, Lehigh University, PA
Sally Hiestand, Lehigh University, PA
Fang Wei, Lehigh University, PA
  11:40 am - 12:00 pm Realization of a Study Project "Flight's Inquiry Information System" Using JavaServer Pages
      Daniela Orozova, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria
  12:00 pm - 12:20 pm A Fuzzy System to Find Career Orientation Value of the Course
      Prakash Khanale, Dnyanopasak College, India
Anil Vaingankar, Shivaji University, India
Afternoon Session Session 5. Web-Based Learning Environments. Network Security
133 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Prakash Khanale, Dnyanopasak College, India
  2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Security in Electronic Mail and Instant Messaging Environments
      B. Bhagyavati, Columbus State University, GA
  2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Hands-on Experiences in Undergraduate Computer Network Courses
      Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University, PA
Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University, PA
Gregory Makodean, Bucknell University, PA
  2:50 pm - 3:10 pm WME Site Organization and Customization Support
      David Chiu, Kent State University, OH
  3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Web Services and PHP
      Chrisina Draganova, London Metropolitan University, U. K.
  III. IT in Academic Disciplines
Morning Session   Session 6. IT in Math and Science Teaching
127 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Clifford Wagner, Penn State Harrisburg, PA
  11:00 am - 11:20 am On the Use of IT in Teaching of Math at Kettering University
      Boyan Dimitrov, Kettering University, MI
  11:20 am - 11:40 am Web-Based Mathematics Education Pilot Project
      Michael Mikusa, Kent State University, OH
Paul Wang, Kent State University, OH
David Chiu, Kent State University, OH
Xun Lai, Kent State University, OH
Xiao Zou, Kent State University, OH
  11:40 am - 12:00 pm Mathematical Typesetting in the Computerized Classroom: Issues and Options
      James Hughes, Elizabethtown College, PA
Gabriela Sanchis, Elizabethtown College, PA
  12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Educational Multimedia Created by Mathematics, Science and Technology Educators
     

Sylvia Sorkin, Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Donna Tupper, Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Andrew Beiderman, Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Kathleen Harmeyer, Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Todd Abramovitz, Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Marianne Cinaglia, Rowan University, NJ

Morning Session   Session 7. IT Strategies in Teaching Languages. Cyberethics
133 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: Rodney Tosten, Gettysburg College, PA
  11:00 am - 11:20 am Newspaper and Show and Tell in the 21st Century Japanese Classroom
      Mayumi Ishida, Dartmouth College, NH
Yasuhiro Omoto, University of California Berkeley, CA
  11:20 am - 11:40 am Innovative Uses of Technology in a Japanese Language Classroom
      Mahua Bhattacharaya, Elizabethtown College, PA
  12:00 pm - 12:20 pm The Invisibility Factor in Cyberethics
      Gabriel Ricci, Elizabethtown College, PA
Afternoon Session Session 8. E-Learning. Business IT Applications
106 Nicarry Hall
    Session Chair: David Bauman, Elizabethtown College, PA
  2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Trusted and Secure E-Commerce Infrastructures: Some Reflections from the Pedagogic Front Line
      Tim French, University of Luton, U. K.
Chrisina Draganova, London Metropolitan University, U. K.
  2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Holistic Approach to the Creation of a Dynamic E-Commerce Site in a Team Facilitating Environment
      Frouke de Quillettes, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, PA
Barbara Brazon, Penn State Hazleton, PA
Richard Fanning, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, PA
  2:50 pm - 3:10 pm E-Learning as Entrepreneurial Opportunity and Learning Tool for New Ventures: An International Perspective
      Petru Sandu, Elizabethtown College, PA
  3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Should MBA Students Excel in EXCEL: Comparative Analysis
      Stephen Azaloff, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, AZ
    IV. Student Research
Morning Session   Session 9. Undergraduate IT-Oriented Student Research
207 Nicarry Hall
   

Session and Jury Chair: J. Brian Adams, Franklin and Marshall College, PA
Jury Member:
B. Bhagyavati, Columbus State University, GA
Jury Member:
Cynthia Martincic, Saint Vincent College, PA

  11:00 am - 11:20 am To Have or Not To Have: Minorities and Technology
      Lisa Butler, Elizabethtown College, PA
  11:20 am - 11:40 am A DBMS Project for the Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay
      Anne Pearce, Elizabethtown College, PA
  11:40 am - 12:00 pm A Real-World Problem Solved with Geographic Information Systems
      Douglas Carl, Elizabethtown College, PA