Old Dominion University 2021 PACE Institute
Setting the PACE: Learning Through Innovation
April 7, 2021
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Virtual
Cost: $99 (Special discount for members of the ODU Community)
The Program Acceleration for Collaborative Entrepreneurship, (PACE) was launched in May 2019. At that time, three entrepreneurial trailblazers in the fields of education, business, and industry offered an invitation-only event to faculty and administrators at ODU. Michael Morris, Jeff Stamp, and David Newton inspired over 75 attendees to dream big and do the work.
PACE 2021 continues to encourage community and campus engagement with innovative practices and entrepreneurship. Join us for an informative, experiential, and entertaining day to listen, learn, and share.
Topics covered, include:
- An introduction to Heutagogy
- Navigating Safely in Virtual Spaces
- Social Entrepreneurship in the Community
- Lessons Learned from a Global Pandemic
- Experiential Learning in a Virtual Space
- Augmented and Virtual Reality Made Easy
Who should attend?
The Institute is open teaching and administrative faculty from higher education, community colleges and K-12 institutions. This event counts as 0.8 CEUS.
The event page with Zoom links will be shared via email on April 5th. For additional questions, please email pace@odu.edu.

Keynote Address: Heutagogy in Formal Education: Building Competency, and Capability with Technology.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Helen Crompton, is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University. With a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education and Technology in Education, she focuses her research on technology integration and learning with technologies, such as mobile devices, artificial intelligence, virtual/mixed/augmented reality. She is the director of the Technology Enhanced Learning Lab (TELL), the Virtual Reality Lab and Dr. Crompton is the CEO of Crompton Consulting. The United Nations has recognized Dr. Crompton as one of nine leading mobile learning experts in the world. Learn More
Keyword: Heutagogy... It's not just about students learning. It is about teaching them to think.
Dr. Crompton, along with her ODU colleagues will explore this concept in Education throughout the day.
Morning Session
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Track 1: Research | Track 2: Community | Track 3: Curriculum | |
8:00 a.m. | SET-UP: Zoom link opens at 8:15am | ||
8:30 a.m. | Institute Launch: Nancy Grden |
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8:40 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. | Opening Plenary: Dr. Helen Crompton (30 minutes) with Q&A to follow wiht Cathy Lewis Heutagogy in Formal Education: Building Competency, and Capability with Technology |
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9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | iHelp (Intelligent Holistic Emergency Logistics Platform) By: Ghaith Rabadi |
Walking the Walk: Building Entrepreneurial Skills and Conducting Community Outreach Through Student Led Walking Tours By: Cathleen Rhodes |
Creating Augmented Realities: Amplifying Course Concepts with BlippAR By: Megan Mize |
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. | Re-focusing University Landscapes on Women By: Annette Finley-Croswhite |
An Eager Stable of Volunteers: Thinking Entrepreneurially with a Service-Oriented Student Organization By: Brendan O'Hallarn |
Entrepreneurship in Human Services and Non-profit Fundraising By: Frank Scaringello |
Business French: Gateway to International Entrepreneurship By: Peter Schulman |
Bridging Perspectives: Infusing Principles of Executive Attention using Innovative Interprofessional Approaches to Improve Learning Outcomes By: Anne Michalek |
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11:30 a.m. - 12p.m. | The Enabling Power of Information Security & Privacy with Doug Streit, Kate Rhodes) (30 minutes - 15 minutes presentation + Q&A/discussion with Helen Crompton) Safely Navigating the Digital Landscape with Doug Streit Questions and Discussions with Dr. Helen Crompton |
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5-10 Minute Break | |||
Noon | Entertainment | ||
12:10 p.m. | Lunch Plenary: Dr. Helen Crompton Agency, Digital Citizenship, and Artificial Intelligence Giovanna Genard and Raul Briceno (25 Minutes) REYES: Repairing the broken pipelines in STEM-H |
Afternoon Session
Track 1: Research | Track 2: Community | Track 3: Curriculum | |
1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Open time for reviewing Asynchronous Video Submissions: Adapting Classroom Creativity Exercises for Engineering Distance Learning Students (Holly Handley) The Raspberry Pi Teaching Mine, Hands-on Projects (Ayman Elmesalami) Tiny Computers Make a Big Impact (Soad Ibrahim) |
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1:40 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. | Open Q&A with Asynchronous Presenters | ||
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. | How Signals of Existing Funding Sources Moderate Gender Effects on Business Accelerator Acceptance By: Jing Zhang, Matthew Farrell, Fatemeh, Veronika Ermilina |
Leveraging Collaborative Communities of Practice to Expand Clinical Competency By: Patricia Laverdure |
Entrepreneurial Play: Incorporating Creativity into the Entrepreneurial Classroom through Games and Game-based Learning By: Kevin Moberly, Margaret Konkol, Delores Phillip |
Mapping the Maritime Landscape of Hampton Roads: What is Past is Prologue By: Tom Allen, George McLeod, Chris Davis |
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3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. | Preparing to Negotiate Online By: Aaron Arndt |
Empathy for Action in a Design Community By: John Baaki |
Innovate Monarchs: Using Design Thinking to Harness Innovation and Creativity with Students By: Karen Sanzo, Jennifer Grimm |
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Heutagogy in Gaming WrapUp: Kevin Moberly and Lisa Mayes |
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4:30 p.m. | Wrap Up with Helen Crompton and Cathy Lewis / Q&A Session |
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