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Sync-Up with Symposium Social Networking!
Join us
Wednesday, June 10th @ 2pm ET for a 30 minute session to learn how to
fully utilize our social network for the Symposium. Learn how to
customize your conference schedule, chat with other attendees, set-up
meetings onsite, and more! To join this session, click: here.
The
session will also be recorded and available for on-demand viewing for
those unable to attend live. Questions? Contact RT Brown at rtbrown@sloanconsortium.org.
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*Join the Sloan Consortium on Linkedin, Twitter & Facebook*
Stay connected with The Sloan Consortium and its
members through the Sloan-C networking groups on Twitter and Linkedin.
Learn what others in online education are doing as well as receive news
and conference updates from the Sloan Consortium.
Linkedin: Click here to join the Sloan Consortium group.
Twitter: Click here to follow the Sloan Consortium.
Facebook: Click here to join the Sloan Consortium group.
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Sloan-C Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning Symposium - Thank you to our Coast-to-Coast Sponsors!
We would like to give special recognition to our
Coast-to-Coast sponsors for their support of the 2009 Emerging
Technology Symposium. Please visit them onsite at the San Francisco
symposium, where they will be available to answer questions on the many
new and exciting emerging technologies you will learn about at the
Symposium. All attendees, both onsite and virtual, are also invited to
visit our Coast-to-Coast sponsors in the Virtual Exhibit Hall at http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/virtualexhibithall,
where you will be able to learn more about their product offerings and
communicate with them in an online discussion board to ask detailed
questions on how their programs and products might assist you in
improving your online learning program. The Virtual Exhibit Hall is now
open, and will remain open throughout the conference.
Our Coast-to-Coast Sponsors include:
- Compass Knowledge Group - Diamond Partner
- Sonic Foundry - Conference Technology Partner
- Colloquy - Sterling Partner
Platinum Level Coast-to-Coast Sponsors:
- Elluminate
- Embanet
- Epsilen
- Figleaf Software
- Learning Objects
- Sentenceworks
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2009 Sloan-C Effective Practice Awards
Sloan-C invites posting of Effective Practices from individuals/teams/instructors and from institutions. Awards for the best individual Effective Practices submitted between November 2008 and August 15, 2009 will be eligible for awards to be presented at the 15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on ALN, in October 2009. Effective practices are automatically eligible for nomination. Each year, an awards committee selects awardees. Awards committee members are unaffiliated with the nominated institutions. Individual Sloan-C Effective Practices Awards recognize practices that are selected for awards according to these criteria:
Innovation: the practice is inventive or original
Replicability: the practice can be implemented in a variety of learning environments
Potential impact: the practice would advance the field if many adopted it
Supporting documentation: the practice is supported with evidence of effectiveness
Scope: the practice explains its relationship with other quality elements
Visit the Effective Practices page for more information and to submit, http://www.sloanconsortium.org/effective/index.asp.
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15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning - Registration Opening Soon
The 15th Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning:
"The Power of Online Learning: Opportunities for Tomorrow." is taking
place October 28 - 30, 2009. Online and blended learning transforms
education and training from location and time-boundactivities to
anytime, anywhere experiences. This conference addresses solutions to
the challenges presented by online and blended learning to boundaries
between the academy and the world, as well as between the virtual and
the real. Online and blended learning connects learners around the
globe with each other, with instructors and experts world-wide, and
with an enormous range of resources to support learning that is both
highly individualized and highly collaborative. For fifteen years, the
Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning has been the lead
conference in online and blended learning, continuously improving and
responding to emerging trends.
Last
year's annual conference attracted over 1100 participants to Orlando
for more than 180 presentations, as well as exhibits, pre-conference
workshops, keynote and plenary addresses, and a variety of other
special events.
Visit www.sloanconsortium.org/aln for more information.
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Share Your Views: Another Way to Participate in the Sloan-C Community
Below are discussion forums of interest from www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org. Feel free to share your ideas.
Emerging Tech. for Admin., Infrastructure, & Support Services
How have the myriad new applications and technologies affected
support systems and models? What are creative and cost effective
applications of technology for staff and faculty development and
training, library, academic and student support services? What are
effective approaches to technology selection, open source untilization
and partnerships, peer learning, and self-learning paradigms? How do
institutions use tehcnologies to scale for capacity enrollment while
improving quality?
Click here to join the discussion.
Immersive Learning and Virtual Environments
What are replicable or shareable examples of immersive and virtual,
environments that improve outcomes in these areas: learning,
accessibility, affordability, faculty satisfaction, and student
satisfaction? How do virtual worlds, gaming, virtual
science or engineering labs, and succeed in experiential
and service learning, collaboration, practice for critical skills and
training? What models support investment in researching and developing
immersive learning tools, which sometime have higher costs in
development, faculty training or staff time?
Click here to join the discussion.
Inventive Uses of Media and Tools
Which emerging technologies make sense for use in everyday
instruction? What is the evidence that inventive uses of media and
tools improve outcomes in these areas: learning, accessibility,
affordability, faculty satisfaction, and student satisfaction?
Click here to join the discussion.
Pedagogy and New Learning Environments
How do new technologies improve teaching and learning? How do
emerging technologies effect instructional design? How do we support
faculty in learning new tools? How do emerging technologies support
assessment of all types-from the explicit (acquisition, display,
understanding) to the implicit (built-in, hidden, or ubiquitous)? What
is the instructional value of new technologies and how can this value
be demonstrated to aid selection?
Click here to join the discussion.
New Learning Communities
How are new social networking applications transforming online and
hybrid educational environments? These applications (include
innovations such as blogs, wikis, CRM, and other applications) How do
these affect student learning and satisfaction; the roles of faculty,
administration, and staff; access to educational opportunities; and the
formation of non-traditional networking? What new learning communities
are forming to bridge disciplines, institutions, regions, and nations?
What evidence measures the effectiveness of these communities? What
principles guide their development?
Click here to join the discussion.
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2009 Sloan-C College Pass Professional Development Package
*A cost effective solution for faculty training*
A 2009 College Pass Professional Development Package provides:
- 150 seats per year in over 30 Sloan-C online workshops which cover a variety of key online education topics
- A cost-effective and convenient way to improve quality in online education while networking with new colleagues
- Supplements your on-campus efforts with access to a wide variety of topic coverage from experts around the nation
Online workshops are 1 - 2 weeks long with
convenient synchronous and asynchronous delivery. Sloan-C's online
workshops are based on years of Sloan-C research and effective
practices - anytime, anywhere flexibility combined with an attention to
quality and access to top experts and new colleagues in the field. Now
you can provide your institution complete access to these workshops
through the end of 2009 with the Sloan-C College Pass Professional
Development Package.
Register for a 2009 College Pass Professional Development Package today at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/info/2009colpass or e-mail info@sloanconsortium.org.
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Sloan-C 2009 Institutional Membership
*Join the Sloan-C Community of educators from around the world.*
Membership in the Sloan Consortium provides knowledge, practice, community, and direction for educators.
A 2009 Institutional Membership includes:
- 10 $50 coupons toward the 15th Annual Conference on Online Learning Networks in 2009 in Orlando, FL
- 20 $150 coupons toward over 30 Sloan-C online workshops for faculty, staff, and administrators in online education
- Full access to Sloan-C effective practices, networking opportunities, and many Sloan-C publications
Register for a 2009 Institutional Membership today at http://www.sloanconsortium.org/membership.
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Learn From the Experts - The Sloan-C 2009 Workshop Series
Advanced Techniques with Podcasting for Educators - June 17 - 26
Many
educators know a couple, some practice three or four, but this unique
workshop experience reveals practical tips to making podcasting a
dominate force in the online classroom. The facilitators walk through
podcasting essentials and establish pedagogical linkages. Content is
tightly focused on engaging the online learner and the workshop is
designed to be interactive in nature. Prerequisite: Podcasting in
Higher Education: Current Trends and Applications.
Click here for details and
registration.
Fair Use & The TEACH Act: A Closer Look - June 17 - 26
For those who already possess a basic understanding
of copyright law, this workshop offers a closer look at the fair use
defense and The TEACH Act. The workshop provides insight into how
courts really evaluate the fair use factors when confronted with actual
cases. In addition, the 9th Circuit's recent decision in Perfect 10 v.
Amazon.com, Google.com et al. will be discussed.
Click here for details and
registration.
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