03.10.06
Looking for a Good Conference?
If you are looking for a good conference that lets you do some real interacting with your colleagues, try the Faculty Summer Institute at the University of Illinois. It’s an informal conference aimed at educators who are interested in distance learning, online courses, etc.. It is mainly organized by ION (the Illinois Online Network) at the University of Illinois. I have worked with ION for a number of years and they really are pioneers in the area of online learning.
I have spoken with the organizers about the format and topics for this year and it looks better than ever. It will not only have the usual presentations on timely topics, but will have some tracks and groupwork in those tracks, so there will be an opportunity for hands-on collaboration. In addition, the collaborative technologies we like to talk about will be used (conference blogs, wikis, etc.) in the conference itself. I highly recommend attendance if you are interested in online learning.
