eLumenation 2021: Full Schedule

eLumenation Conference 2021

1:00pm PDT

State of eLumen Address

eLumen CEO, Joel Hernandez, provides his annual update on eLumen. He will celebrate new releases and partner product announcements, share new customer engagement opportunities, and give a preview of our 2021-2022 roadmap. With a new round of investment in 2021, exciting new organizational alignments, and stronger-than-ever partner offerings, the entire eLumen team is excited to share another eLumenation with you!

Speakers

Joel Hernandez

CEO, eLumen, Inc

Tuesday July 27, 2021 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Online

eLumen

Company All
Audience All
Subject eLumen

1:30pm PDT

Keynote Address

President of San Antonio College, Dr. Robert Vela, will discuss the ever changing landscape of education, strategies employed by the college to improve student success, and San Antonio College's journey to achieving the prestigious Aspen Award for top community college in the United States.

Speakers

Dr. Robert Vela

President, San Antonio College

Tuesday July 27, 2021 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Online

eLumen

Company All
Audience All
Subject eLumen

2:00pm PDT

Improving Student Performance with Strong Assessment Practices

Understanding and using data for improvement and/or reporting takes for granted that we know why we are collecting data and how we would like to use it. This session will reveal the real value in collecting student performance data, how to make collecting student performance data efficient and grounded across all subjects, and how assessment data can be used to fuel the most important initiative - student success.

Speakers

Megan Blevins

Director of Training and Development, eLumen, Inc

Instructional Technologist, Hartnell Community College; Instructional Systems Specialist, US Department of Defense; Assessment Specialist/Test Specification Editor, Contractor for McGraw Hill; Faculty, K-12. B.S. Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison; M.S. Instructional Systems... Read More →

Tuesday July 27, 2021 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Subject Assessment

2:00pm PDT

Connecting with eLumen - APIs and Integrations

Join eLumen's Principal Architect, Dan Conley, for an overview of eLumen's APIs and integrations. This discussion will touch on the various ways eLumen can load and exchange data, from initial set-up through ongoing updates during the academic year. This presentation is intended for those working on data-related uploads and download processes for the institution.

Speakers

Dan Conley

Principal Architect, eLumen, Inc

Tuesday July 27, 2021 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Online

Technical

Company eLumen
Audience Technical
Subject Integrations

2:30pm PDT

Client Roundtable: Curriculum

Join representatives from Merced College, Cabrillo College, and Los Angeles Community College District who are strategically involved in curriculum development. They will discuss how they met the challenges associated with the changing landscape of curriculum. Learn how they developed custom workflows, problem solved distance education documentation, improved approval processes and more to address new initiatives.

Speakers

Jessica Carroll

Instructional Procedures Analyst, Cabrillo College

Gabriella Garcia

Academic Support Specialist, Merced College

Libby Soria

Professor of Child Development, Merced College

Dan Keller

Dean of Curriculum and Instructional Support Services, LACCD

Tuesday July 27, 2021 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
Online

Curriculum

Company College
Audience Faculty, Curriculum Specialist, Project Lead, Staff, Curriculum Committee
Subject Curriculum

2:30pm PDT

Creating a College Program Review Cycle that Facilitates Inclusiveness and Completion for the Entire College

Bakersfield College Program Review Committee facilitates the reviews of nearly 140 instructional, CT, Hybrid, non-instructional and administrative programs. As PRC develops its cycle, we meet with Assessment, Curriculum and other committees to update the forms included in program review. “Adjusting the dial” through dialog with committees, PRC ensures the cycle is relevant and supports every program to be student-ready, and all services and activities from admissions to the classroom, and every program and service in between, are intentionally designed to facilitate student equity, success, progression, and completion. Streamlining the resource request process has greatly increased operational transparency to our community.

Speakers

Kristin Rabe

Media Services Manager, Bakersfield College

Kimberly Nickell

Student Success Lab Coordinator; Professor, Education, Bakersfield College

Richard McCrow

Dean of Instruction, Bakersfield College

Tuesday July 27, 2021 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
Online

Strategic Initiatives

Audience Administration, Project Lead
Subject Program Review, Strategic Initiatives

3:15pm PDT

Badgr and Pathways

This presentation will be co-presented by eLumen and Badgr Pro experts Dr. Renah Wolzinger and Robert Bajor. You will learn how to design eLumen Pathways and how the badges and pathways data can be awarded and shared. We will talk about pathway design, competencies and assessment, and the benefits for both the institution and students. We will focus on implementation, what is involved, how to set up the platform and integrate with your LMS and how you can quickly adjust your pathways to evolve with the changes in the workforce.

Speakers

Nate Otto

Open Badges Technical Architect, Badgr

I love open education, #OpenBadges, free culture, Progress of the Useful Arts and Sciences, people-powered politics, and local food. I lead the Open Badges team at Concentric Sky, where we build the leading open source issuer/backpack implementation of IMS's Open Badges specification... Read More →

Renah Wolzinger, Ed.D.

Director of Solutions Engineering, eLumen, Inc

Excited to meet everyone and answer any questions you may have about eLumen, badges, competencies and more. I am a current faculty and have spent my career developing curriculum and managing CTE programs. Looking forward to eLumenation 2021!

Tuesday July 27, 2021 3:15pm - 3:45pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Company All
Audience Administration, Project Lead
Subject Partner, Integrations

1:00pm PDT

Product Roadmap Review

Please join our director of product management as he presents our product roadmap and shares how eLumen helps keeps your promise to the learner.

Speakers

Jason Phillip Sparks, M.Ed.

Director of Product Management, eLumen, Inc

Jason Philip Sparks, M.Ed. is a seasoned product leader and assessment enthusiast with over 15 years’ experience in product management and higher education leadership. Sparks has managed product development efforts across multiple cross-functional development teams co-located around... Read More →

Wednesday July 28, 2021 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Online

eLumen

Company All
Audience All
Subject Assessment, Curriculum, Program Review, Integrations

2:00pm PDT

Using Section Attributes & Demographics to Make Meaningful Improvements to General Education Learning Outcomes (GELO).

This session will show how Pima Community College has aggressively used section attributes and demographic features to target interventions and improve their GELO outcomes. This college uses data already collected in their data warehouse and attaches it to different kinds of sections and students in order to track their progress in general education. Using the results of that data, they work with faculty, and co-curricular areas to draft improvement plans.

Speakers

Stephen Ebel

Research Analyst, Pima Community College District

Wendy Weeks

Director - Academic Quality Improvement, Pima Community College

Wednesday July 28, 2021 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Company College
Audience Staff, Project Lead, Administration
Subject Assessment, Program Review, Reports

2:00pm PDT

Client Roundtable: Catalog

Working on a catalog? Looking to streamline your catalog development? Join us for a roundtable solutioning discussions around catalog addendums/change log, general education, and more. Learn from catalog builders at colleges as they share their best practices! College of Marin, Modesto Junior College Bakersfield College, Lake Tahoe Community College

Speakers

Megan Blevins

Director of Training and Development, eLumen, Inc

Grace Yuan

Curriculum Specialist, College of Marin

Josh Sigman

Web Developer, Modesto Junior College

Wednesday July 28, 2021 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Online

Catalog

Company College, eLumen
Audience Curriculum Specialist, Project Lead, Technical
Subject Catalog, Curriculum

2:45pm PDT

Success on Purpose: Get the Most Out of your Customer Journey

eLumen's Customer Success team is growing to enhance your customer experience! Come learn about the new holistic success and support experience, and how to get the most success out of your journey with eLumen.

Speakers

Megan Blevins

Director of Training and Development, eLumen, Inc

Melissa Kibrick

Director of Customer Success, eLumen, Inc

Education Technology Consultant, Metiri Group. B.A. Human Development and B.S. Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. Education, University of California, Irvine

Wednesday July 28, 2021 2:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
Online

eLumen

Company All
Audience Administration, Staff, Project Lead
Subject eLumen

3:15pm PDT

Career Trends with EMSI

Learn about the power of workforce data in program authoring and the student catalog. Hear from Matt Miller, Emsi, and Jason Sparks, eLumen, on how insights into current and future career trends can help an institution and its learners make smarter decisions about program development and career pathways.

Speakers

Jason Phillip Sparks, M.Ed.

Director of Product Management, eLumen, Inc

Matt Miller

Partnership Development, Emsi Burning Glass

Wednesday July 28, 2021 3:15pm - 3:45pm PDT
Online

Technical

Company Partner
Audience Project Lead, Administration, Staff, Faculty
Subject Partner, Integrations

3:15pm PDT

Wizarding the Data Load

In this session, we will demonstrate how a successful data load solution may be implemented, through identifying and extracting SIS data and staging it in an intermediary workspace, validating the extracted data and converting it to an XML file for upload. The presentation will include examples of dependency and referential integrity checking of the data, as well as creating a functional specification that covers the scope of the SIS data that is extracted, and how it is mapped to the respective eLumen items. Finally, we will demonstrate a fully self-contained integration solution that generates the XML file directly from SQL Script and stages the file for upload.

Speakers

Matthew Reeves

Database Administrator / SQL Data Warehouse Programmer,, Cabrillo College

Wednesday July 28, 2021 3:15pm - 3:45pm PDT
Online

Technical

Company All
Audience Staff, Administration, Project Lead
Subject Data Load

3:45pm PDT

Course Compentencies

This presentation will focus on competencies taught in courses and the differences between Course and Learning outcomes as they relate to assessment. Competency attainment is a hot topic in education, as we continually align course design with current competency frameworks, especially in career-oriented programs. We will share best practices on where to find current competency frameworks, micro-credentials, industry credentials, skills vs. competencies, and more. Our focus will be how this information helps with program development, institutional data, and continuous improvement. We will also discuss how students can differentiate their learning path and share competencies with others such as potential employers and other institutions.

Speakers

Renah Wolzinger, Ed.D.

Director of Solutions Engineering, eLumen, Inc

Lena Tran, Ed.D, MBA

Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Innovation, San Jose City College

Wednesday July 28, 2021 3:45pm - 4:15pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Audience All, Project Lead, Staff
Subject Assessment, Curriculum

1:00pm PDT

The Development of Program Builder

Join the product management team as we present the evolution of the new program builder.

Speakers

Kristofer Skrade

Design and User Experience Manager, eLumen, Inc

Director of Product Design, 1517 Media; Director of Curriculum Design, sparkhouse. B.A. English Language and Literature; M.Div. Theology and Theological Studies, Luther Seminary; M.A. Design Management, Savannah College of Art and Design.

Jason Phillip Sparks, M.Ed.

Director of Product Management, eLumen, Inc

Thursday July 29, 2021 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Online

eLumen

Company eLumen
Audience Project Lead, Administration
Subject Curriculum, Product

1:30pm PDT

Connect and Learn with Instructure & eLumen

Making connections to learning is what it’s all about! Partners eLumen and Instructure will show you how they enable learning success by directly connecting learning outcomes to course-embedded assessment and stackable credentials that show students the skills they’ve earned in there learning path.

Speakers

Renah Wolzinger, Ed.D.

Director of Solutions Engineering, eLumen, Inc

Melissa Loble

Chief Customer Experience Officer, Instructure

Thursday July 29, 2021 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Company Partner, eLumen
Audience Faculty, Staff, Administration
Subject Partner, Integrations

2:00pm PDT

The Truth of the Matter: A Roundtable Discussion on Culture of Assessment, Assessment Research Methods, and National Competencies and Standards

Colleges and Universities use eLumen to accomplish tasks ranging from the everyday tasks of assessment, to managing curriculum and creating catalogs, to planning, program review, and reporting, with major stopovers at badging, student portfolios, and pathways to student success. Building on those capabilities, though, eLumen also provides a foundation on which to develop a true culture of assessment, to employ true research methods to answer complex questions regarding assessment data, and to accomplish a true alignment of national competencies and standards with Institutional and Program Learning Outcomes. This roundtable discussion presents approaches to the truth of the matter in all of these areas at two institutions, a college offering liberal arts and specialized programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels and a university focused on specialized graduate education.

Speakers

Joseph Sullivan

Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness and Associate Professor of English, Marietta College

Scott Hines

University Librarian and Director of Technology, Palo Alto University

Thursday July 29, 2021 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Online

Assessment

Company All
Audience Project Lead, Staff, All, Administration
Subject Assessment

2:30pm PDT

How to use Program Builder

Program Builder, the newest enhancement to the eLumen Curriculum system, is an amazing and dynamic tool. This session will cover best practices on inputting common program formats, but we encourage you to experiment beforehand and bring your insights for sharing!

Speakers

Megan Blevins

Director of Training and Development, eLumen, Inc

Thursday July 29, 2021 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Online

Curriculum

Company eLumen
Audience Staff, Administration, Faculty, Curriculum Specialist, Curriculum Committee
Subject Curriculum

2:45pm PDT

Data and Dashboards: Clients helping clients to present relevant data to the community - Student Service setup, DE & Correspondence Education, Research and development

In this session, individuals from Southwestern College and Santiago Canyon College will share how institutional research offices have used reports and data from eLumen to improve the SLO assessment processes and increase access to SLO assessment data on their campuses. Workshop is hands on!

Speakers

Briana Todhunter

Principal Research & Planning Analyst, Southwestern College

Aaron Voelcker

Dean of Instituational Effectiveness, Santiago Canyon College

Thursday July 29, 2021 2:45pm - 3:30pm PDT
Online

Reports

Audience Administration, Staff
Subject Assessment, Curriculum

3:30pm PDT

Closing Remarks & Client Award Recognition

As we strive to adjust the dial on education, come and celebrate all the helpful sessions attended and see which colleges have earned awards for their efforts and ingenuity!

Speakers

Company All
Audience All
Subject Assessment, Catalog, Curriculum, Data Load, eLumen, Integrations, Partner, Product, Program Review, Reports, Strategic Initiatives