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2025 UCF Digital Learning Day - Ballroom A & B Stream

Here at UCF and across higher education, “digital learning” may have a different meaning based on the context. For this event, Digital Learning means empowering faculty to leverage educational technology, tools, and resources in support of UCF’s mission. This includes a particular emphasis on exploring pioneering ways to positively impact students and the quality of the learning experience in all course modalities. Learn More at: https://digitallearning.ucf.edu/digta... **Agenda** 9:15 – 10:00 a.m. | Keynote: The Impactful Eight: Driving the Future of Learner-Centered Education Explores eight powerful strategies shaping the future of higher education and how learner-centered design can transform teaching practices. 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Creating a Pressbook for Your Students Demonstrates how faculty can create and customize Pressbooks as open educational resources that improve access and engagement. 11:25 – 11:55 a.m. | Enhancing Learning with Instructional Videos: Student Perceptions and Motivation Across Course Modalities Shares research on student feedback regarding instructional videos and their impact on motivation in face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning. 1:15 – 1:45 p.m. | Using Films as Virtual Physics Labs and Authentic Assessment: An Online Alternative Highlights an innovative approach using film analysis as a replacement for physical labs, providing flexible, authentic assessment options. 1:55 – 2:25 p.m. | Enhancing Instructional Videos with Multimedia Learning Principles and Generative AI Presents techniques to improve instructional video design by combining multimedia learning principles with AI-generated enhancements. 2:35 – 3:05 p.m. | Empowering Online Learners: Boosting Autonomy, Competence, and Connection Through Self-Determination Theory Framework Examines strategies for increasing student engagement and retention by fostering autonomy, competence, and relatedness in online courses. 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing: New Habits of the Faculty Mind: A Learning Scientist Approach to Teaching Encourages faculty to adopt evidence-based teaching habits rooted in learning science to improve student outcomes. Keynote Presentation by Melissa Loble: Melissa Loble serves as Chief Academic Officer for Instructure, where she oversees thought leadership and academic strategy to drive educational industry advancements. Melissa’s role includes promoting strategic customer, organization, and stakeholder partnerships, as well as engaging in governmental working groups to help influence legislation in the ed tech space. Additionally, she helps to foster growth of Instructure’s customer base and catalyze Instructure employee development. Driving innovation and creating positive learning experiences are central pillars to Melissa’s mission. Melissa has spent 25 years in the educational technology world, working for a number of technology suppliers and educational institutions in a variety of teaching, learning, and technology leadership capacities. She has taught throughout her career, starting as a high school social science teacher and now teaching courses that focus on managing technology for educational change and crafting innovative learning environments. She also currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for 1Edtech. Melissa earned her BA in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, her MA in educational policy from Teachers’ College, Columbia University, and an MBA in leadership from the Columbia Business School. Closing Keynote by Dr. Anissa Lokey-Vega: Anissa Lokey-Vega serves as Associate Vice Provost and Professor of Instructional Technology at Kennesaw State University. Her portfolio includes the university curriculum, digital learning, and academic policy. She has led several strategic projects including the establishment of a campus-wide micro-credentialing initiative, Double Owl Pathways, and uHoo Analytics, a custom faculty learning analytics system. Dr. Vega earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Tennessee; and completed her doctorate in Instructional Design and Technology from Georgia State University. She lives in Marietta, Georgia with her husband and three children.