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
TCEA 2005 Annual Convention and Exposition. February 7–11, 2005. Austin, TX: Convention Center
“Celebrating our Silver Anniversary and TCEA 2005 will be a special gathering place for all of us. We will offer all the quality professional development opportunities, fun activities, and chances to meet and network with other education professionals that TCEA conventions have become known for.” http://www.tcea.org/Convention/2005/Attendees/Default.asp
SALT New Learning Technologies Conference. February 16–18, 2005. Orlando, FL
“The New Learning Technologies Orlando Conference will continue 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 30 years, the attendees will participate in a meeting format which encourages an atmosphere of collegial interchanges. “http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?pn=orlando&ss=l
Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference. February 20–22, 2005. Hershey, PA: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center.
“The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO), Pennsylvania Education Technology Conference (PETC), Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT), Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and the Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit Instructional Materials Services Directors (IMS Directors) had a vision to create a single technology conference that would meet the needs of all aspects of education from instruction to administration to technology application. In 2004, this collaborative effort, now known as PETE & C, brought together over 1500 participants interested in new technology and how it can benefit their school districts.” http://www.peteandc.org/
Training 2005 Conference and Expo. February 28–March 2, 2005. New Orleans, LA: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
“Where will you find the largest gathering of decision makers charged with developing and implementing e-learning? Only at the Training Spring Conference and Expo. No other U.S. event brings together more resources, more expertise and more opportunities for you to accelerate your professional development and online learning curve. In its 28th year, Training Spring Conference & Expo draws on the combined expertise of Training magazine, Presentations magazine, TDF e-Net, Presentations Industry Update, Online Learning News & Reviews and Creative Training Techniques—and dozens of other publications in the worldwide VNU family.” http://www.trainingconference.com/
16th Annual SITE Conference. March 1–5, 2005. Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Civic Plaza
“SITE 2005 is the 16th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).” http://site.aace.org/conf/
e-Learning 2005. April 2–5, 2005. Dallas, TX: Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria
”This is your one-stop conference for e-Learning! Budget cuts and rising enrollments are requiring educators to do more with less and, more than ever, we need to learn from each other. Network with other distance educators! Share challenges, successes, and howto secrets with fellow educators in Dallas this spring! Experience ‘Big D's’ unique blend of southwestern style, Old West charm and modern sophistication! e-Learning 2005 will feature preconference workshops, keynote speakers, and vendors exhibiting the latest e-learning technologies and services, and more than 60 one-hour concurrent sessions.” http://144.162.197.250/eLearning2005.htm
WEMA Spring Conference. April 13 – 15, 2005. Green Bay, WI: Regency Suites & KI Convention Center
Distance Education and Training Council's 79th Annual Conference. April 17–19, 2005. Charleston, SC: Westin Francis Marion
Teaching Professor. May 20–22, 2005. Schaumburg, IL: Hyatt Regency Woodfield
Conference strands include “vitality and advocacy, learning, sensible technology, and teaching as scholarly work.” This conference is directed to experienced professors, deans, chairs, faculty mentors, new faculty members, and other learning center professionals charged with improving teaching and learning. http://www.teachingprofessor.com/
AMTec 2005. May 24–27, 2005. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary Macewan Students’ Union Conference Center
“AMTEC is a Pan-Canadian community of educators, media producers, researchers, librarians and other professional staff who work to facilitate and improve learning through the appropriate application and integration of educational technology. POWERING UP NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES will present a perspective on a variety of topics including adaptation to local conditions, crossing traditional disciplinary and conceptual boundaries, diversity and multiple perspectives, and analyzing and addressing student learning needs.” http://www.ucalgary.ca/~amtec/index.html
National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). June 27–30, 2005. Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Convention Center
“Join more than 16,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world, gathering in the historic and revolutionary city of Philadelphia. Our purpose? To spark a revolution in learning. How? With hundreds of sessions in multiple program formats that highlight promising practices for leaders in urban, suburban, and rural school settings; that explore essential questions about technology and the construction of knowledge; and that emphasize the importance of focusing on the needs, goals, and learning environments of today's students.” http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/
The 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). July 5–8, 2005. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: National Kaohsiung Normal University
Conference theme: Next generation e-learning systems; intelligent applications and smart design. “The conference will bring together people who are working on the design, development, use and evaluation of technologies that will be the foundation of the next generation of e-learning systems and technologyenhanced learning environments.” http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2005/
Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning (21st). August 3–5, 2005. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison
“The Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning is recognized internationally for the quality and integrity of its program. Each year the conference provides a forum for the exchange of information on distance education and training. The conference addresses the needs of educators, trainers, managers and designers from throughout the world who are involved in the application of technology to the teaching and learning process and in the planning, administration, and management of distance education programs.” http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/
