Conference Calendar

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“The ED-MEDIA conference series is the largest, most prestigious international conference dedicated to educational multimedia/ hypermedia and telecommunications. As the premiere conference in this field, ED-MEDIA 2001 will attract to Tampere more than 1,000 attendees from 50+ countries.”http://www.uta.fi/hyper/edmedia/“NECC is an annual forum to learn, exchange, and survey the leaps and bounds being made in the field of education technology. Through hands-on workshops, lecture-format and interactive “short” sessions discussions with key industry speakers, and the largest vendor exhibition of its kind, participants have the unique opportunity to discover and share what they need to develop the appropriate use of technology in their classrooms, districts, and universities.”http://confreg.uoregon.edu/necc2001/“The Education Technology 2001 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.”http://www.salt.org/Ed_Conf/Conference/confmain.htm“The Association for Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education conference will be an opportunity to share experiences, innovations, and successes with colleagues via individual or panel presentations.”http://www.acuta.org/events/calendar.cfmWCCE 2001 will explore the use of ICT in education and the teaching of Informatics. Progress since WCCE1995, experiences and predicted trends for the future will be shared. It will be a conference for everyone involved in education and training, and it will be attractive to both experienced practitioners and beginners who wish to update their knowledge and skills. http://www.WCCE2001.dk“The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2001) will bring together researchers, academics and industry practitioners who are involved or interested in the design and development of advanced and emerging learning technologies. Understanding of the challenges faced in providing technology tools to support learning process and ease the creation of instruction material will help building a direction for further research and implementation work.”http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2001/“Widely recognized as a premier conference in distance education, this event attracts more than 1100 distance educators, trainers, and executives from the United States, Canada, and around the world.”http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Theme: 2001—Educational Odyssey: Issues in Open, Flexible and Distance Learning Details from: David Roberts, Faculty of Rural Management, University of Sydney, PO Box 883, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia. Telephone: (+61 2) 6360 5687. Fax: (+61 2) 63605590 E-mail: David.Roberts@oac.usyd.edu.au“Where Telecommunications and the Internet Meet—The New World of Open Communications.”http://www.i-telecomexpo.com/itx/Theme: Supporting the student in open and distance learning. Details from: Penny Stuart, Conference Secretary, Cambridge International Conference, The Open University, East Anglia Region, Cintra House, 12 Hills Road,Cambridge, CB2 1PF, UK Telephone: (+44 1223) 364721 ext. 66162. Fax: (+44 1223) 355207. E-mail: p.a.stuart@open.ac.ukThemes include the future of borderless education, distance education: standards for quality assurance, the various models of transnational education from online to on-the-ground, challenges for transnational corporations for reskilling and retaining a global workforce, and transnational GATE principles.http://www.edugate.org/conferences.htmlTechKnowledge brings together the worlds of technical training and learning technologies into one exciting venue. TechKnowledge is the one can’t-miss event for trainers and workplace performance professionals who are interested in: applying technology to soft skills training, applying technology to technical skills training, and applying OJT and classroom principles to technical and skills training.http://www.astd.org/virtual_community/speaker_corner/This conference brings together faculty, staff, and administrators from PK-12 schools, technical colleges, public and private higher education, state agencies and libraries, as well as training directors from business and industry. This conference highlights the effective use of technology in education at all levels. It helps to promote alliances that improve teaching and learning for all. In its eighth consecutive year, the conference creates a forum for more than 2,000 Wisconsin educators to present, learn and discuss the applications of technology. The conference will offer more than 200 sessions, 20 pre-conference interactive workshops and hands-on labs, 150 vendor exhibits, keynote presentations and poster sessions.http://www.gwetc.org/This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to the Web. This encompasses the use, applications and societal and legal aspects of the Internet in its broadest sense.http://www.aace.org/conf/webnet/http://www.elearningexpos.com/“There’s something for everyone at T+L. You’ll find special workshops for everyone on your district technology team, plus a school technology excellence fair, even a facility design display.”http://www.nsba.org/T+L/programs/index.html“ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN provides a major annual international forum for the eLearning industry to examine and evaluate the processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate to the twenty-first century. ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2001 will be an event aimed at eLearning practitioners from all educational and training sectors.”http://www.online-educa.comFor over a decade, this conference has played a key role in helping educators at all levels increase their understanding of the role of technology in education. The GaETC brings together approximately 4,000 educators to share new ideas, to learn about the latest in educational technology, and to provide a forum for discussion among professionals concerned with education. The GaETC includes more than 200 concurrent sessions, nationally known speakers and presenters, conference workshops focusing on the latest in technological innovations and software, and over 250 commercial exhibits featuring state-of-the-art technology.http://www.gaetc.org/http://www.elearningexpos.comICSE 2002, the premier conference for software engineering will present the latest inventions, achievements, and experiences in software engineering research and practice.http://www.icse-conferences.org/2002/index.html

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