16th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning
November 3-5, 2010
Orlando, FL
Orlando, FL
Features pre and post-conference workshops, keynote and plenary sessions, as well as over 200 featured sessions, best-in-track, panel and individual sessions as well as onsite and virtual poster sessions. Register before October 15 for Early Bird registration pricing.
Venue: One of Orlando’s premier hotels, the Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center is located just twenty minutes from Orlando International Airport. Rates start at $159 for a double Queen room; for reservations, go to http://sloanconsortium.org/2010aln/travel.
Keynote Address
Peter P. Smith, Ed.D.
Peter P. Smith, Ed.D.
Colleges for the 21st Century: the New Ecology of Learning
Emerging information technology and Web 2.0 have permanently changed the possibilities and potential of higher education. With the decline of content as the critical determinant of quality, there are three over-arching quality indicators that support "merit for the many": personalization, customization, and mobility.
Dr. Peter Smith will address these quality indicators in his keynote address. In the talent-friendly College for the 21st Century (C21C), he argues, services will be organized around the needs of the learner, not the habits of the institution. Sharing common characteristics, C21Cs will tap into a new ecology of learning that supports personalized and customized learning around the world. Their purposes will include recognizing, creating and then validating merit in each learner and making it portable.
Plenary Speaker
Barbara Means, Co-director, Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International
Barbara Means, Co-director, Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International
Research on the Effectiveness of Online Learning: Insights, Controversies, and Gaps
Despite the rapid spread of online course offerings in higher education and other educational and training settings, rigorous research examining its effectiveness and the critical elements of effective online learning experiences is limited.
A meta-analysis of the online learning literature from 1996 through July 2008 found 50 independent effects from studies that contrasted (a) an online to a face-to-face condition, (b) measured student learning outcomes, (c) used a rigorous research design, and (d) provided adequate information for calculating the magnitude of the difference between online and face-to-face learner outcomes. The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The advantage over face-to-face classes was significantly large in those studies contrasting blends of online and face-to-face instruction with entirely face-to-face instruction. The available research does not support the conclusion that blended instruction is superior as a medium of instruction, however. In the studies included in the meta-analysis, blended conditions often included additional learning time and instructional elements not present in control conditions. Several authors have suggested that results from such meta-analyses should not be generalized to full courses, and especially not to courses for students who have struggled academically. Responding to these criticisms, this presentation will describe the design principles for online learning that can be derived from available research and areas where further research is needed.
Plenary Speaker
Julie Young, President and Chief Executive Officer Florida Virtual School
Julie Young, President and Chief Executive Officer Florida Virtual School
Through the Looking Glass: Florida Virtual School's Journey to invent New Worlds of Learning
Join us as Julie Young, President of Florida Virtual School, shares insights from the development journey of the nation's largest and most successful K-12 public online learning program. Learn how her team transcended traditional educational boundaries and reinvented the learning processes - and how they are continuing to do so. Don't miss this glimpse of next-generation, tech-supported learning environments.
FREE- Live Conference Preview Webinars!
Our third in a series of 4 webinars takes place Wednesday, October 20 @ 2:00pm ET. This installment is a sneak preview into the social networking site that will be available to all attendees during the event. This free 1 ½ hour webinar will give you instructions about how to access the social networking site to meet and network with others at the event, schedule the sessions you wish to attend and enter the contests to win great prizes.
This webinar takes place Tuesday, October 26 @ 2:00pm ET. Learn about the virtual conference option and how you can be part of this event by attending live streamed sessions and networking with other attendees in our social networking site. You can even enter the social networking contests and win great prizes. Don’t miss out. Come find out more about this convenient, cost-effective option for the conference.
Can't travel to Orlando? Register for the Virtual Attendee Option!
We once again offer an option that will allow participants to make the conference come to them! The Virtual Attendee Option provides the opportunity for individuals and institutions to attend select sessions of the 16th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, November 3-5, 2010 via live webcast services provided by Mediasite. Over 40 sessions will be broadcast live, including keynote and plenary sessions, numerous featured and special interest sessions, and our new Great Ideas sessions. The Virtual sessions will stream live online starting November 3rd at 1:00pm Eastern Time, with sessions continuing through 12:30pm on Friday, November 5th. On-demand access of all recorded sessions is provided to all onsite and virtual attendees post-conference for one year. View the virtual attendee program here.
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is composed of institutions and organizations dedicated to continually improving the quality, scale, and breadth of their online programs, according to their own distinctive missions, so that education becomes a part of everyday life, accessible and affordable for anyone, anywhere, at any time, in a wide variety of disciplines.
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