Faculty Summer Institute Call for Proposals
Are you in the Midwest and looking for an opportunity to present at a conference on a topic related to e-learning? Check-out the following call for proposals for the 2009 Faculty Summer Institute to be held at the University of Illinois.
Deadline for Submissions: March 2, 2009
Conferences and Institutes, Illinois Online Network (ION) and Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) at the University of Illinois invites you to join other faculty, developers, and innovators from across the state of Illinois and beyond in this four-day conference devoted to the exchange of information and ideas at the 12th Annual Faculty Summer Institute (FSI) 2009, Anywhere, All The Time: Transforming Learning, May 18-21, 2009 on the Illinois campus in Urbana, Illinois.
FSI 2009 will offer more than 50 presentations, including hands-on workshops, forums, keynotes, learning teams, and panel discussions. Not only is registration free for this exciting conference, but presenters are also paid for presenting!
The Steering Committee designs the conference to introduce participants to the use of the internet and computer technologies in teaching and learning, advance the knowledge of those already familiar with e-learning, and provide an opportunity for faculty teaching in similar disciplines to share best practices.
Travel freeze or budget constraints? There is no registration fee to attend this conference and presenters are paid $150 per session!
Proposal Submission Process
- Review the conference website, http://www.illinois.edu/goto/fsi2009, and the Software and Equipment Request Policies.
- Login to the conference website and submit a proposal (75 words or less) by March 2, 2009. Create a login at the conference site.
- You can login to the proposal system prior to April to update the session details and check the status of the submission.
- You will be notified on the status of your proposal in mid April.
- Plan to attend the Faculty Summer Institute May 18-21, 2009, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
- Specific time slots for sessions will be allocated in April. Please plan on attending the full conference.
For more details, visit http://www.illinois.edu/goto/fsi2009
CNIE Conference 2008
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) is proud to present its inaugural conference April 27-30, 2008, in Banff, Alberta. Created in 2007, CNIE is the result of a merger of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) and the Association for Media and Technology in Education (AMTEC).
CNIE strives to:
- Advance the use of technology in all educational settings including distributed learning, open/distance education and institutional contexts at all levels, and
- Promote research into the theory and practice of distributed, distance and other technology-enhanced learning.
Presentations are invited that will inspire participants to reach new heights as they work toward these goals. More details regarding the Call for Proposals may be found on the conference website: http://www.athabascau.ca/CNIE-RCIE/english/program/
The deadline for the Call for Proposals is January 15th, 2008.
2008 Illinois Online Conference
The 6th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching & Learning will be held February 13-15, 2008. This online event will feature dozens of presentations by and for K-20 professionals.
Keynote Sessions this year span both 3-D virtual *and* physical learning spaces. Julian Lombardi of Duke University will explore Croquet, an open environment for creating collaborative virtual worlds for learning, while Rachel Gutter, the School Sector Manager of the US Green Building Council, will focus on making our ground-based learning more eco-friendly and sustainable. In addition, several IOC 2008 sessions and networking events will be held in 3-D spaces like Second Life and Qwaq Forums.
There is still time to submit your proposal to speak at IOC 2008. Details are available at ilonlineconf.org. Group rates are also available.
mLearn 07
This series of posts from Stephan Ridgway summarizes, and even better, provides audio from, the mLearn 07 conference. Stephan Ridgway, Talking VTE Podcast
http://talkingvte.blogspot.com/search/label/mlearn07
One session in particular that caught my eye is the session entitled, “Studywiz: A Big Platform in a Small World”. I hope to download the mp3 file of that session to listen as well as several of the others as well. It looked like it was a great conference. Anyone who attended, feel free to comment with your reflections.
Free Online Conference - Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations
Thanks to a link from Nancy White, I just came across the free online conference “Corporate Learning: Trends and Innovations” that is currently underway.
- An exciting opportunity for corporate leaders, directors, CLOs, trainers, and consultants to discuss the directions and innovations in corporate learning.
- A free online conference, running from November 15-20, 2007. World renowned speakers will present live (all sessions will be recorded). Of greatest value, we feel, will be the opportunity for attendees to engage in dialog with each other through online forums - forming connections and exchanging ideas and visions on corporate learning.
- A different kind of conference experience with many opportunities for active participation for attendees who wish. All sessions will be recorded and available within a few minutes after the session for people who cannot attend at that time.
At first glance, this looks to be a great online event. If I am able to make sufficient progress on wrapping-up my dissertation, I may be able to check out a few of the sessions. Complete details on the conference and to register, visit http://www.complexive.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page