And here’s the actual newsletter.
The Distance for April/May 2008
ADETA AGM
at 12:00 pm on June 20th in the Alberta Room in the Dining Centre
on the University of Calgary campus
Lunch will be provided
At this meeting elections will be held for positions on the ADETA Board of Directors,
including the President of ADETA and 5 Directors.
We are currently accepting nominations for Board positions. Please send your nomination(s) to rodcorbett@gmail.com
6th Annual Canadian E-Learning Conference June 17 – 20, 2008
Theme: Enhancing Learning with Technology: Is IT Working?
Location: University of Calgary Campus
Dates: June 17-20, 2008
This is a blended conference combining face-to-face presentations with a variety of technology tools.
Join participants from across Canada and around the world as we share and discuss how technologies enhance learning.
· Hear about current “best practices” in eLearning for K-12, post- secondary and workplace environments
· Experience a variety of delivery techniques in our short presentations
· See the skill sets needed to operate effectively in an eLearning environment
· Participate both before and after through discussion forums
Keynote Speakers
Stefan Sikora, PhD - Educational theorist and philosopher
Lara Oerter - Vice President, North America Higher Education Strategy & Operations of Blackboard, Inc.
Clayton R. Wright, PhD – An expert in educational technology, distance education, instructional design, and professional development
Full Registration: $300 + GST
Single Day Registration: Attendance for just one day is $100 + GST
Online Participation is only $75 + GST (provide full access to online postings, discussions and live presentations)
Check out Conference details at: www.conference.adeta.org
Who is Toni Guffei?
Toni Guffei has recently joined the ADETA team in the role of Communications Officer. With more than 15 years experience in marketing and communications, Toni brings a strong skill set to promote the organization and upcoming events.
She is currently a part time instructor at MRC in the business school and the incoming President for the Calgary Council for Advanced Technology. Her combined education and technology expertise provides the right fit to assist ADETA in getting the word out about its benefits to members!
From the Blogs of ADETA Members
If you are publishing a blog or eNewsletter that other members would find useful to read the add it to the list on the wiki. We will highlight blog postings in this and future issues.
ADETA PD Events Schedule
ASTD 2008 International Conference & Exposition, June 1-4, 2008 in San Diego, California, USA. Find out more?
click here.
CANHEIT 2008 - Theme “On the EDGE” in Calgary, Alberta from June 15 to 18, 2008. Call for Participation:
http://canheit.ucalgary.ca/ The Canadian Higher Education and Information Technology Conference (CANHEIT) is a unique event, focusing on IT issues of Canadian significance and of primary interest to universities and community colleges.
6th Annual E-Learning Conference in June 17- 20, 2008 ADETA together with the Universites of Calgary, Alberta and British Columbia, SAIT, Mount Royal College and other Calgary institutions will host the conference in Calgary on the UofC campus. This event will be the principle professional development event for ADETA in the Spring of 2008 and include the AGM. Call for proposals and updates can be found at
http://conference.adeta.org
Fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) July 13-17, 2008 London, UK. General conference theme ‘Access to Learning for Development’. The conference website
http://www.col.org/pcf5 provides detailed information.
Elevate 2008 - Reaching New Heights in Educational Videoconferencing August 24-27, 2008 in Banff, Alberta. Join participants at an international conference in exploring future directions in educational videoconferencing and related technologies. For more information and to register, please visit
http://www.vcalberta.ca/elevate2008
5th Annual International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) Conference, October 16th - 19th, 2008, is being held in Edmonton at the Shaw Conference Centre. This outstanding international conference is being co-hosted by MacEwan (Faculty Development) and the U of A (University Teaching Services). Call for Proposals and conference info at
http://www.indiana.edu:80/~issotl08/
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FYI - The New ADETA.org Website was used to host the online activities for the Symposium 2007. http://adeta.org
The new ADETA.org website is based on the Drupal CMS, which provides interactive and collaborative features to use to build a strong online community centre for ADETA members. Please go there and sign up for a free account, which will also become your current membership. If you are a member already, we still need you to sign up at this site. You will not end up with two memberships.
When you set up your profile, please fill in the fields of your interest and expertise. This will allow other ADETA members to network with you. Also make sure you enable the option to receive email from ADETA, which will allow us to continue to email you the eNewsletter. If you opted out of that, please consider subscribing to the site with your RSS feed reader.
This newsletter is distributed monthly by the Alberta Distributed Education and Technology Association.
If you would like to become a member of ADETA and have this newsletter emailed to you directly or if you have any questions or comments about this newsletter, email georginas@shaw.ca
