Development Opportunities

Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium

Sponsored by: Sloan Consortium, MERLOT, MoodleMoot and San Jose State University
Date: Monday, July 19, 2010 - Thursday, July 22, 2010
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010
Location: San Jose, CA

The 3rd Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. This year, the MERLOT International Conference joins forces with both the Sloan Consortium and MoodleMoot to present the Symposium. Registration opens February 2, 2010.

This conference focuses on the technologies that drive online learning effectiveness, highlighting research, applications and best practices of important emerging technological tools.

Experts, intermediate users and novices are welcome to participate in the conference activities, which will include face‐to‐face and virtual components. Tracks call for demonstrations of research and practice related to pedagogy, immersive learning, innovation, community and scale as well as hands‐on use of technology, and include the following:

• The Cutting Edge
• Pedagogy
• Faculty Development
• Inventive Uses of Media and Tools
• Immersive Learning and Virtual Environments
• The New Learning Communities
• Emerging Technologies for Administration, Infrastructure, and Support
• Services
• Architecture and Applications
• Pre‐conference workshops

For more information, please visit the website.

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Call for Proposals

We invite you to submit a proposal for the 3rd Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium, to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.

Tracks call for demonstrations of research and practice related to pedagogy, immersive learning, innovation, community and scale as well as hands‐on use of technology. We encourage submissions related to instruction, networking, assessment, open educational resources, new media and support services.

When submitting your abstract for review, you will have the option to have it considered for one of the following Conference Tracks.

Program Tracks include:

• The Cutting Edge
• Pedagogy
• Faculty Development
• Inventive Uses of Media and Tools
• Immersive Learning and Virtual Environments
• The New Learning Communities
• Emerging Technologies for Administration, Infrastructure, and Support
• Services
• Architecture and Applications
• Pre‐conference workshops

For more information, a PDF for the Call for Papers and details on online submission of proposals, please visit the website.

Submission Deadline Monday, February 1, 2010

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