Innovations in e-Learning Symposium

The Innovations in e-Learning Symposium is put on by the George Mason University Instructional Technology Program and the Defence Acquisition University.  The link to this website is:  http://innovationsinelearning.gmu.edu/index.html.  This symposium was held in Fairfax Virginia at the Johnson Center on the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University on June 3, 4, 5, 2008.  Even though this conference is already over I feel like it was important enough to still talk about because of the emphasis on technoloyg and learning.  Our education world is constantly changing as technology advances and some of the workshops this conference had fit right into that category.  The registration fee for each workshop is $150 and will include a Certificate of Completion.  Another reason this workshop grabbed attention is that is it ideal for instructional and/or curriculum designer, (which is what I am currently doing).  It's also geared towards managers, learning officers, learning consultants, instructors, researchers, and training and development professionals.
 
Workshops for June 3
  • Mobile Learning 101
  • What is Web 2.0 and why should I care?
  • Audacity 101: Hand-On Audio Editing
  • Collaboration in a Virtual World

One of the workshops I found to be the most interesting would be the "Collaboration in a Virtual World.  This is because it was about teachers/faculty/instructors trying wanted to get ideas about how to get students more involved into discussion and activities in an online course.   This workshop also discussed creative techniques to use that others may not have experiencd and implemented into their online courses.   Since most of our classes are online I was mostly interested in this topic because this is something that would make learning more interesting for the students.

On June 4 & 5 there were some keynote speakers and the fee for this two-day event was $250.  The speakers were:  Frank Anderson, Jr, Stephen Downes, Henry Kelly, Sid Meier, and David Thornburg.
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