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
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.” http://naweb.unb.ca/
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 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.” http://www.aect.org/default.asp
T+L2 Conference. October 22-24, 2003, Anaheim, CA
“The T+L2 Conference combines cutting-edge national trends with local concerns and success stories - vision with practical reality. Leaders from all across the country and abroad come together to share their insights and discoveries at top-notch workshops and roundtables. You'll discover schools that have put technology and problem-solving to work in outstanding ways.” http://www.nsba.org/T+L/
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. http://www.wiche.edu/wcet/Events/
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.” http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2003/
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.” http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/
eLearning Producer Conference & Expo. November 12-14, 2003, San Francisco, CA
“The eLearning Producer Conference & Expo -- the annual conference of The eLearning Guild -- will help you develop and hone your skills, expand your professional network, and discover new technologies, techniques and strategies that will be essential to your success in the coming year. That is why we call the eLearning Producer Conference & Expo 2003 “The Essential Conference for e-Learning Designers, Developers and Managers.” http://www.elearningguild.com/pbuild/linkbuilder.cfm?selection=do c.394
Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks. November 14-16, 2003, Orlando, Florida
“Asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) are helping to transform education and training from site-based, time-bound experiences to anytime-anywhere online learning environments. By connecting learners with each other, with their instructors, and with a wide range of resources, ALNs allow a high degree of interaction and collaboration.” http://www.aln.ucf.edu/
Computer Digital Expo (Enterprise IT Week). November 17-20, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada: Mandalay Bay Convention Center
“Jupitermedia's broad and deep Computer Digital Expo conference consists of four days of Seminars, Panels and Roundtables that cover important Information Technology subjects organized in up to ten tracks. Our business-to-business audiences are IT decision makers (VP/IT, CTO, CIO, IT Director titles) and IT implementers (applications developers, ISVs, VARs, network managers, product developers).” http://www.cdxpo.com/program.html
International Conference on Computers in Education. December 2-5, 2003, Hong Kong
“The International Conference on Computers in Education 2003 (ICCE 2003) aims to incrementally build on the foundations of a vibrant “Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education” community that has been effectively and continually fostered in the past ICCE conferences in the region and worldwide. It will bring together public and private leaders and policy makers, scholars, school principals, teachers, organizational development professionals from around the world and particularly from the Asia-Pacific region to share information, resources and methods, best educational practices, and develop a deeper understanding of the fundamental issues relating to the implementation and integration of ICT in education.” http://www.icce03.org/
Online Educa Berlin. December 3-5, 2003, Berlin: Hotel InterContinental
With 1127 registered participants from 64 different countries representing all continents at the 2002 conference, ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN has established itself as the world's largest international e-learning conference and also Europe's largest gathering of e-learning and distance education professionals. http://www.online-educa.com/en/
Syllabus: Technology for Higher Education. December 8-10, 2003, Cambridge, MA: Hyatt Regency
Fifth annual Boston-area Education Technology Conference. “Syllabus fall2003 will feature informative sessions relevant to technology for teaching and administration in higher education institutions. College-level faculty, department chairs, administrators, and IT directors will want to participate. The conference will provide a setting for exploring technologies in context along with a collegial atmosphere for exchanging strategies and best practices with peers. The three-day event will incorporate a range of session types, from in-depth skill development workshops to highly strategic panel discussions and visionary keynotes. Breakout sessions will be offered in five timely conference tracks.” http://www.syllabus.com/fall2003/
Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). January 22-24, 2004, Orlando, FL
“Since the first personal computers were introduced into schools over twenty years ago, educators have been exploring the connections between technology and curriculum. For the last twenty-three years, the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) has provided a venue where teachers, media specialists, principals, and district administrators come together, not only to review the latest technological trends but also to share successful curriculum integration practices and strategies. Each year over 12,000 attendees choose among hundreds of high-quality concurrent sessions, workshops, and vendor exhibits.” http://www.fetc.org/fetc2004/
24th Annual ICE Conference. January 29-31, 2004, Indianapolis: Indiana Convention Center.
The theme is “No Technology Left Behind.” As educators across the country are challenged with No Child Left Behind, Indiana Computer Educators continue to seek the best possible integration of technology to support the learning needs of every child and the professional development needs of every teacher. http://www.iupui.edu/~ice/conference.html
