The following conferences may be of interest to the readers of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education. Recommendations for conferences to be listed in future issues may be sent to: burmeist@nova.edu
Syllabus 10th Annual Education Technology Conference. July 27-31, 2003, San Jose, CA: San Jose Marriott & Stanford University
“Syllabus 2003 is a conference for faculty, administrators, and IT professionals who want to explore the application of information technology in higher education institutions and discover how new media are best integrated into the teaching and learning process. In its tenth year, the conference welcomes both new and returning attendees to a new venue in San Jose, CA and Stanford University. With ample opportunity for networking, attendees will be encouraged to exchange views on the issues and challenges pertinent to teaching and administration in today's technology-enhanced environments.”
Education Technology 2003. August 6-8, 2003, Arlington, VA: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
“The Education Technology conference continues the Society's practice of bringing professionals from the education, industry, and government communities together to present information on their accomplishments in the areas of technology-based learning systems, management systems, research, and applications. The conference will focus on new technologies as well as existing applications which have been successfully utilized for some years. As has been the case at SALT®-sponsored conferences over the past 25 years, the attendees will participate in a meeting format which encourages an atmosphere of collegial interchanges.”
Distance Learning 2003 (Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning). August 13-15, 2003, Madison, WI: Monona Terrace Convention Center
“Each year 200 presenters contribute to the sharing of new knowledge, skills, and distance learning applications among conference participants. This year's conference will feature distance educators who are working smarter to build successful strategies, methods, and techniques. To survive and thrive in challenging times, we need to learn from successes and seek out practical, new ways of developing cost-effective learning environments for education and training.”
Online Learning Conference & Expo. September 22-24, 2003, Los Angeles, CA
“No other U.S. event brings together more resources, more expertise and more opportunities for you to accelerate your online learning curve. From the Expo hall and our Hands-on Learning Labs to in-depth breakout sessions and case studies, you'll find everything you need to create, deliver and manage online learning in your organization at Online Learning Conference and Expo. Plus, when you register for Online Learning Conference and Expo, you'll also receive FREE admission to several co-located events and session tracks, including Performance Support, the Click2learn User Conference and much more.”
NAWEB: The Web-Based Learning Conference. October 18-21, 2003, New Brunswick, Canada: University of New Brunswick
Ninth annual conference on Web-based teaching and learning. “The North American Web-based Learning Conference, 2003, will focus on innovative and practical uses of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning, extending the reach of existing campuses and creating ‘virtual’ campuses of a new and unique nature.”
Annual Convention of the International Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT). October 22-26, 2003, Anaheim, CA
“Surfing New Waves” is the theme for this year's conference. “You're invited to share your Research, Best Practices, Experiences & Vision! The AECT convention explores the technology and learning landscape and what's coming ashore for educators who effectively negotiate the changing currents and lead new trends and developments in … e-learning, new media, distance education, digital television, personal digital devices learning and instructional theory, technology and “No Child Left Behind”, copyright and intellectual property in the digital age, technology and student achievement, universal design, school media specialist and teacher collaboration, technology infusion, student multi-media production, media and information literacy, online course development and web course tools, classroom technologies, and much more.”
WCET 15th Annual Conference. November 2-5, 2003, San Diego, CA.
Sponsored by the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunication, focusing on the effective use of technology in higher education.
Educause 2003. November 4-7, 2003, Anaheim, CA
“The theme of the conference is ‘Balancing Opportunities, Expectations, and Resources.’ It's clear to all of us working with technology in higher education that the struggle to find balance will continue indefinitely. To be sure, new opportunities and challenges will come, along with new demands from our constituents for bigger, better, faster information systems and services. Somewhere, somehow, in the middle of the complexity, we need to find the right combination of resources, effort, and approach to satisfy the demand in the most appropriate manner for our institutions. It isn't getting easier, but EDUCAUSE 2003 can help.”
E-Learn 2003. November 7-11, 2003, Phoenix, AZ.
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), “the E-Learn conference series is an international forum designed to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas on the research, issues, developments, and applications of a broad range of topics related to e-Learning.”
