tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220559822024-03-17T20:00:35.218-07:00eLearning TechnologyTony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1047125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-19765419905962681902017-10-23T11:00:00.000-07:002017-10-23T11:00:03.314-07:00Learning Management Systems (LMS) - Never Ending Conversation<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two articles are trending right next to each other on <a href="https://www.elearninglearning.com/" target="_blank">eLearning Learning</a> this week:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the past few years, I've been involved in many </span><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/lms-selection-process.html">LMS Selection Processes</a>. It's good to see articles that are focusing more on getting more out of their LMS without switching to a different provider. Of course, there's still a lot about every LMS that leaves users uninspired, or even frustrated. <br />
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That leaves us with all sorts of conflicting advice around the LMS. Craig Weiss in <a href="https://elearninfo247.com/2017/10/11/state-of-the-e-learning-industry-2017/" target="_blank">State of the eLearning Industry 2017</a> talks about rapid growth and expanding capabilities. Meanwhile Ben Betts says what a lot of us feel: <a href="https://www.ht2labs.com/blog/no-business-want-learning-management-system-lms/#.WeIg2miPJPY" target="_blank">No Business Should Want a Learning Management System</a>.<br />
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Clearly, the need to deliver and track eLearning is not going away. Frankly, I'm squarely in Craig's camp. The LMS is not going anywhere. Learn to get more out of it. And hopefully the tools will grow to include greater value without frustrating users.<br />
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If you are interested in the latest thinking and trends on Learning Management Systems, you should take a couple minutes to sign up on <a href="https://www.elearninglearning.com/" target="_blank">eLearning Learning</a> and then personalize your subscription with LMS as a topic. You'll get great articles from hundreds of sources (like the ones above) delivered to your inbox.<br />
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Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-27252577387246967932017-10-16T08:30:00.000-07:002017-10-16T08:30:18.225-07:002017 eLearning Learning MVP Awards - Call for Nominations<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdVxPEG7nz1BcYC7aXEk_W2Bs8o_iRmNyV8xHy1W1xtWNPc-5Cv4VwN9-FKsPfpYJYzn4LlnVOUqDUSciKf1jc07n3UXevxC8BkYsc7Bm09zvkdkloCNN6wEaqjiAcGCcgbUX7w/s1600/2017-MVP-Awards.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="774" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdVxPEG7nz1BcYC7aXEk_W2Bs8o_iRmNyV8xHy1W1xtWNPc-5Cv4VwN9-FKsPfpYJYzn4LlnVOUqDUSciKf1jc07n3UXevxC8BkYsc7Bm09zvkdkloCNN6wEaqjiAcGCcgbUX7w/s320/2017-MVP-Awards.png" width="320" /></a>The <a href="https://www.elearninglearning.com/pages/mvp-awards-2017/" target="_blank">2017 eLearning Learning MVP Awards</a> have just put out their call for nominations. These awards will recognize the Most Valuable Posts (MVP) as judged by readers and the well respect judges. You can find details on nominations by visiting the page.<br />
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It's personally gratifying to see this happening. While I've not been active blogging (is this really my first post since 2015?), the community of bloggers continues to thrive and anything that highlights the amazing content produced by the diverse blogging community is great. <br />
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I also am excited that this awards is focused on top individual posts in different categories. So instead of the usual top blogs getting the awards, I believe a more diverse set of blogs will be recognized.<br />
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And since I'm writing my first post here in so long and it's about blogging and the blogging community, it's a bit funny to look back at old posts like: <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/12/blogging-to-peak-in-2007.html" target="_blank">Blogging to Peak in 2007?</a> Clearly that was not true. Of course, neither was <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/10/lcbs-big-question-should-all-learning_02.html" target="_blank">LCB's Big Question - Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging?</a> Although many bloggers will tell you it's one of the top personal learning tools.<br />
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Hopefully, I'll take my own advice and get back into it.<br />
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This week on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/" target="_blank">eLearning Learning</a>, the top two articles were funny to see side-by-side:<br />
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You can find them on the <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/edition/weekly-developing-elearning-phillips-2015-05-09/" target="_blank">Weekly Edition</a>. Both articles may be interesting to read, but it also highlights how hot Micro-Learning is right now. Lot’s more content can be found on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/micro-learning" target="_blank">Micro-Learning on eLearning Learning</a>, including it’s Top Ten articles.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.bottomlineperformance.com/the-myth-of-micro-learning/">The Myth of “Micro-Learning”</a>- Bottom-Line Performance, May 13, 2015 </li>
<li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2015/04/micro-learning-as-workplace-learning.html">Micro-Learning as a Workplace Learning Strategy</a>- ID Reflections, March 31, 2015 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.dashe.com/blog/mobile-learning/micro-learning-every-day-tasks/">Micro-Learning: Making Learning Part of Everyday Tasks</a>- Social Learning Blog, March 11, 2014 </li>
<li><a href="http://blog.originlearning.com/6-ways-to-use-micro-learning-in-your-organization/">6 Ways to Use Micro-Learning in Your Organization</a>- Origin Learning, December 16, 2014 </li>
<li><a href="http://blog.edynco.com/instructional-design/how-to-create-a-microlecture/">How to create a microlecture?</a>- Edynco, March 26, 2014 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.learndash.com/micro-learning/">Micro-Learning’s Meteoric Rise</a>- LearnDash, May 11, 2015 </li>
<li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2014/03/from-courses-to-micro-learning.html">From Courses to Micro-Learning</a>- ID Reflections, March 5, 2014 </li>
<li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2014/03/from-micro-learning-to-corporate-moocs.html">From Micro-Learning to Corporate MOOCs</a>- ID Reflections, March 7, 2014 </li>
<li><a href="http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/2015/04/27/micro-learning-as-a-workplace-learning-strategy-chattopadhyay/">Micro-learning as a workplace learning strategy [Chattopadhyay]</a>- Learning Ecosystems, April 27, 2015 </li>
<li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2014/08/micro-learning-its-role-in-formal.html">Micro-Learning: Its Role in Formal, Informal and Incidental Learning</a>- ID Reflections, August 7, 2014</li>
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I mentioned in my post <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2012/10/online-systems-for-behavior-change.html">Online Systems for Behavior Change</a> that I'm working on a very interesting project that is designed to lead to some important changes in behavior that has already had dramatic impacts. But we want to do even better and so we are studying some parallel offerings and what they are doing relative to promoting specific behavior in their systems. <br />
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Ultimately, we are trying to design something that will motivate users to take action that we know will have positive impact. However, there's often this gap between what people know they should do and getting them to actually do it (and that's not just with online systems). <br />
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I'm reviewing: <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a>, <a href="http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/c/womens-training/apps/nike-training-club">Nike Training Club</a> and <a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/">SparkPeople</a>. I've included lots of screen shots of what I'm seeing and some thoughts as I'm going through them. I'm not claiming this is scientific in any real way. Rather, I'm collecting some thoughts in terms of design concepts.<br />
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I would very much welcome feedback/comments on this:<br />
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<li>What else have you seen or used that motivates action in online systems for behavior change?</li>
<li>What articles have you seen that talk about use of goals, badges, points, community, etc. for motivating user action?</li>
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Nice walkthrough of your profile, but interestingly it didn't take me into it automatically.<br />
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Provides an interesting concept in terms of allowing users to earn points to be able to change their avatar. Similarly, it shows you holes where badges would go. Suggested activities with progress indicator and easy click to access. Shows recently completed activity and rewards earned.<br />
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Tons of Badges and explanation of the badges:<br />
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Nice statistics.<br />
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I will say that I found the content presentation to be fairly standard. It uses very familiar voice/language that makes it feel comfortable. But there wasn't anything that special or different about it.<br />
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Practice was also not all that different and generally was very simple. The system does have a good use of progress indicators. And it also has very simple, consistent format.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jeEryjeWP5I/ULDrkIBrC8I/AAAAAAAABCw/k1rzNHOus2A/s1600-h/image161.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="325" src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-N_epRuZcmqQ/ULDrlIzs1aI/AAAAAAAABC4/zaHTXD56u74/image16_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="544" /></a><br />
Each practice results in rewards and clear indication of how to move on. Uses longest streak, quick answers and total leaves (points).<br />
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Shows you how to use it in your classroom.<br />
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Teachers can setup students in the system so that they can get reports on their progress.<br />
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Can see stats easily on your class to determine how they are doing. As a teacher, this could be a great tool to help figure out where you might want to spend more time. The interface is really easy to understand.<br />
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Nike Training Club</h1>
This happens to be a program that my wife and daughter love. Its very easy to get into and start using. Choose your goal then your level. Then your workout.<br />
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You can see pictures and videos ahead of time or while you are doing it.<br />
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Don't forget to plan your music that goes along with the workout.<br />
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During the workout, it's easy to understand what's going on. There are voice commands that give you pointers and count down just like a trainer would.<br />
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There's a nice summary of your workout at the end.<br />
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You can automatically share your workout with friends.<br />
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The system really excels in terms of stats and rewards.<br />
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<h1>
SparkPeople</h1>
Quick call to action to sign-up.<br />
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Step 1 - setting goals<br />
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Window expanded based on entered goals to see what your planned goals turned into. You can see the specific plan elements and easily change your goals on the same page.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TExXS_TkbGM/ULDtWtcG4ZI/AAAAAAAABJA/mDvb8okpRD8/s1600-h/image251%25255B1%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="486" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/-w8oV8-M6JGY/ULDtYKmXtyI/AAAAAAAABJI/_gLJKI4Iuto/image_thumb14.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
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Time to enter a bunch of preferences, its not clear how this impacts my experience. Even after using the system for a while, it wasn't clear to me. Likely it would have put me into additional teams (smaller forums - described below).<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BjoJ01EeWzs/ULDteWb_AHI/AAAAAAAABJw/3__UjU7T9ko/s1600-h/image361.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="489" src="https://lh6.ggpht.com/-Drx326z05AQ/ULDtf-CqoqI/AAAAAAAABJ4/hvGXP0X0c2I/image_thumb21.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
I'll be honest, its way too hard to use food trackers like this for me. In this case, I tried typing in what I had for breakfast and it didn't come up with a reasonable choice. What no normal Raisin Bran cereal. It took me a bunch of tries to find that I needed to type in the brand of cereal first. Entering the sandwich I made for lunch. Way too much work for me personally, but I understand the value.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CM8Der7OYaE/ULDtg60FYVI/AAAAAAAABKA/JjhWM9dKurk/s1600-h/image41.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="486" src="https://lh6.ggpht.com/-PykiGGAAnQI/ULDtiJchOII/AAAAAAAABKI/60DrbBtSXAo/image_thumb241.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
Same interface for tracking fitness, but so much easier to enter because there are a LOT fewer items.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6iJrYkPfW9s/ULDtjxuRkVI/AAAAAAAABKQ/8wHT3dhmi18/s1600-h/image46.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="500" src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-gW7r0XM8Coo/ULDtlXHTWrI/AAAAAAAABKY/rSg_HJpvMNk/image_thumb27.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
Periodically you get a pop-up or other calls to action around the points.<br />
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Ugly ad right in the middle:<br />
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I won 3 points:<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CznsCF6z15I/ULDtyvtFxZI/AAAAAAAABLA/wqo0srPSils/s1600-h/image561%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="332" src="https://lh6.ggpht.com/-ihjsrahSUws/ULDt06hG1gI/AAAAAAAABLI/own-DTPYrJU/image561_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
I'm not sure I buy this aspect of points, but I do think they've done a great job using a menu of actions along with associated points that basically motivate you to do the things that will be good for you to do on the system. For example, posting in the forums earns you points. Tracking each food item earns you points. Maybe this would get me to be willing to spend the time on each item.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y8OBm_aIv-8/ULDt2SFbEzI/AAAAAAAABLQ/zBb-3e5kbj4/s1600-h/image65%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRAeBQhdeMt5b-2jJgnjAdiULZjqIoAHA-ZuSbNrBL4y-BDoTJ_8A_FzVaUFW0enTAXQSDTz-8NQVpO91_etj7HanoveTrAsPlOqv4mYP4lceQiFxjBeQvqOLIsmPwCjC3uuzPg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsdwL6Bp9WMBqDGN3mQlS-TXssHoMRGb1Z1fHUXYwWuJwFkiUFLnkEv5LF_Ptoa33zfnenwvvZmwB-mj1TeLZBPX-wt0jQZKKRzb99tb7tX4iXDsVtEhkHIiOx0BQBFksTCoGAQ/s1600-h/image4%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="346" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/-WDkCKIQVorg/ULDt62GoK6I/AAAAAAAABLo/kRtUGk-euII/image4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
They also use this same approach to get you to try out additional features or refer other people.<br />
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SparkPeople makes heavy good use of streaks as a motivational tool. These tie back to points and basically help to motivate daily use. Of course, you get to cheat on most things by going back to previous days and entering values to keep your streaks alive.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YgeY2y6MUUI/ULDuBhCB8iI/AAAAAAAABMA/4GX7FXfgyIs/s1600-h/image1%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="435" src="https://lh3.ggpht.com/-OhACdtmBMfA/ULDuELW-raI/AAAAAAAABMI/fkKnmnvYpww/image1_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
Also can earn trophies, which I've been calling badges on other other sites. Like the other sites, its easy to see what badges are possible and to find out what it will take to earn additional badges. It's interesting to see that they use both badges and the central points mechanism. I wonder if this gets lost a little.<br />
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SparkPeople does a lot of things to get people to interact with other users. It starts with automated personal emails.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hKoXqMP2BbI/ULDuKuXvl2I/AAAAAAAABMw/t0WyakHo5c0/s1600-h/image%25255B29%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="189" src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ee8cW1d6aLM/ULDuLa9vDXI/AAAAAAAABM4/MgRr0PQnEjU/image_thumb%25255B16%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
And lots of use of community. You can see they have teams, message boards, challenges, member tips, member pages, member blogs, member success stories, and featured items. You could easily spend a lot of time just in the community. It also could be a bit overwhelming for first time users. So, they have done some nice things to help first timers get started. This is key as most users do not jump in and start communicating.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GIrLRxps8yI/ULDuNGbOuyI/AAAAAAAABNA/pQcxSXuE1rE/s1600-h/image%25255B31%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="389" src="https://lh5.ggpht.com/-Bvtc3q4Jh8k/ULDuO2m15DI/AAAAAAAABNI/G4rFEs8In-A/image_thumb%25255B18%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560" /></a><br />
Automatically add you into a few teams. For example, all the people who joined the same week I joined.<br />
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People somewhat automatically share aspects of what they are trying to achieve.<br />
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<h1>
Design Aspects</h1>
There are some interesting common items between the systems.<br />
<ul>
<li>Badges / Trophies are shown as gray until its filled in with color when you earn it. Each makes it clear what is required to earn the item.</li>
<li>Each system offers early rewards and it steps up in complexity from there.</li>
<li>Streaks are used in Khan and SparkPeople as additional incentives. </li>
</ul>
Nike and Khan have simple, clean interfaces and a fairly limited set of actions. The interfaces are very consistent.<br />
Obviously, SparkPeople has somewhat thrown everything at the user, hasn't worried as much about the look of the interface, but has done a few things that stand out to me in terms of design:<br />
<ul>
<li>Establish a clear goal around weight loss and possibly some other goals. It's interesting to me that setting a goal is not much of a part of Khan or Nike. In some ways, the broader efforts of Nike with Nike+ helps with longer term perspective. There's an implicit goal in Khan Academy in terms of completing content. Still there's something good about establishing a longer-term goal. Of course, then you need to break it down into smaller goals. That's something that SparkPeople does really well with Points.</li>
<li>Points as a central theme. The menu of actions that have points directly tied to them is a great idea. This is a good way to provide structured actions that tie back to the central motivational scheme. Khan also provides points as a motivator. Interesting, points don't really get me much in SparkPeople, but in Khan I can do simple things like changing my avatar. </li>
<li>Lots of community options and a good job drawing people into the community. Nike does a little of this with posting to your friends about your workout. Again, looking at Nike+ more broadly they are doing some interesting things around community. Still the Nike Training Club is somewhat isolated.</li>
</ul>
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Society Publishers (ALPSP), Said Business School, Oxford, UK. <a href="http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=283">http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=283</a></p> <p>December 11-13, 2012 International Congress of <b>Quality Management in Education and Training</b> <b>Systems</b>: Role of Good Practices and Prospective Studies in Improving the Quality of Education Systems, 9<sup>th</sup>, Rabat, Morocco. <a href="http://cimqusef.amaquen.org/index.php/cimqusef2012/cimqusef2012">http://cimqusef.amaquen.org/index.php/cimqusef2012/cimqusef2012</a></p> <p>December 11-14, 2012 Global Symposium on <b>ICT and Education</b>, organized by the World Bank, Seoul, Korea. <a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:23296235~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:282386,00.html">http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,contentMDK:23296235~pagePK:210058~piPK:210062~theSitePK:282386,00.html</a></p> <p>December 12, 2012 <b>Care and Preservation of Audiovisual Collections</b>, organized by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar/2012/12/12/care-preservation-of-audiovisual-collections">http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar/2012/12/12/care-preservation-of-audiovisual-collections</a></p> <p>December 12-14, 2012 Society for<b> Research into Higher Education</b> (SRHE) Annual Conference: What Is Higher Education For?, Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, UK. <a href="http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2012/index.asp">http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2012/index.asp</a></p> <p>December 12-14, 2012 International Conference on <b>Future Generation Communication Technology</b> (FGCT), organized by the British Computer Society, London, UK. <a href="http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct/">http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct/</a></p> <p>December 12-14, 2012 <b>Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems </b>(MOBIQUITOUS): Computing, Networking and Services, 9<sup>th</sup>, annual, Beijing, China. <a href="http://mobiquitous.org/2012/show/home">http://mobiquitous.org/2012/show/home</a></p> <p>December 13-14, 2012 <b>Shaping the Future of ICT Research</b>: Methods and Approaches, organized by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 8.2, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.ifip82-2012.usf.edu/">http://www.ifip82-2012.usf.edu/</a></p> <p>December 13-15, 2012 International <b>Distance Education</b> Conference, 2<sup>nd</sup>, organized by Sakarya University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). <a href="http://www.id-ec.net/">http://www.id-ec.net/</a></p> <p>December 13-15, 2012 International <b>Science, Technology and Engineering</b> Conference (ISTEC), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.iste-c.net/">http://www.iste-c.net/</a></p> <p>December 14-16, 2012 Hong Kong International Conference on <b>Education, Psychology and Society</b>, Marriott Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.hkiceps.org/">http://www.hkiceps.org/</a></p> <p>December 15-16, 2012 Workshop on <b>Information Technologies and Systems</b>: Digital Innovation for Sustainability, 22<sup>nd</sup>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/">http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/</a></p> <p>December 16-19, 2012 International <b>Conference on Information Systems</b> (ICIS): Digital Innovation in the Service Economy, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://icis2012.aisnet.org/">http://icis2012.aisnet.org/</a></p> <p>December 16-20, 2012 <b>Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics</b>: Creative and Critical Thinking in Mathematics through Technology, 17<sup>th</sup>, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://atcm.mathandtech.org/">http://atcm.mathandtech.org/</a></p> <p>December 29-30, 2012 International Conference on <b>Computer Science and Information Technology</b> (ICCSIT), 5<sup>th</sup>, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conference, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.iccsit.org/">http://www.iccsit.org/</a></p> <p>December 30-31, 2012 International Conference in <b>Humanities, Social Sciences and Global Business Management </b>(ISSGBM), Singapore. <a href="http://www.issgbm-conf.org/index.htm">http://www.issgbm-conf.org/index.htm</a></p> <h2><b>January 2013</b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>January 2-5, 2013 The Association for <b>Science Education</b> Annual Conference, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK. <a href="http://www.ase.org.uk/conferences/annual-conference/">http://www.ase.org.uk/conferences/annual-conference/</a></p> <p>January 3-4, 2013 <b>ICT Educator</b> Conference: Doing What Matters for ICT Education, 5<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Mid-Pacific Information and Communications Technologies Center (MPICT), hosted by the City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.mpict.org/pdf/_Winter_ICT_Educator_Conference_Jan_3-4_2013_in_SF_-_Invitation_and_CFP.pdf">http://www.mpict.org/pdf/_Winter_ICT_Educator_Conference_Jan_3-4_2013_in_SF_-_Invitation_and_CFP.pdf</a></p> <p>January 3-4, 2013<b> New Presidents </b>Program, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp">http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp</a></p> <p>January 3-5, 2013 <b>College Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, sponsored by the Clute Institute for Academic Research, Maui, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.cluteinstitute.com">http://www.cluteinstitute.com</a></p> <p>January 3-6, 2013 National Institute on the <b>Teaching of Psychology</b> (NIToP), 35<sup>th</sup>, annual, co-sponsored by the Association for Psychological Science, University of Florida and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, The TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://nitop.org">http://nitop.org</a></p> <p>January 3-6, 2013 International Congress for <b>School Effectiveness and Improvement</b> Conference (ICSEI 2012), 26<sup>th</sup>, Santiago, Chile. <a href="http://www.icsei.net/">http://www.icsei.net/</a></p> <p>January 3-6, 2013 <b>Modern Language</b> Association (MLA) Annual Convention, 128<sup>th</sup>, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.mla.org/convention">http://www.mla.org/convention</a></p> <p>January 3-6, 2013 International Conference on <b>Distributed Computing and Networking</b> (ICDCN), 14<sup>th</sup>, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. <a href="http://www.icdcn.org/">http://www.icdcn.org/</a></p> <p>January 4-6, 2013 National <b>Effective Teaching</b> Institute, organized by the American Society for Engineering Education, Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>January 4-7, 2013 <b>Presidents Institute</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp">http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp</a></p> <p>January 6, 2013 <b>Search Marketing</b> <b>SMX</b>, Jerusalem, Israel. <a href="http://searchmarketingexpo.com/israel/">http://searchmarketingexpo.com/israel/</a></p> <p>January 6-8, 2013 June 5-7, 2012 <b>BlogWorld and New Media Expo</b>, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.blogworldexpo.com/">http://www.blogworldexpo.com/</a></p> <p>January 6-9, 2013 <b>Hawaii International Conference on Education</b>, 11th, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.hiceducation.org/">http://www.hiceducation.org/</a></p> <p>January 7-8, 2013 Committee on <b>College Teaching and Learning</b> (CCTL) Conference on Teaching and Learning, 12<sup>th</sup> annual, Niagara University, Niagara, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.niagara.edu/conference-information/">http://www.niagara.edu/conference-information/</a></p> <p>January 7-8, 2013 <b>Mobile Device Security</b> Summit: The Growing and Constantly Changing Challenge, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, USA. <a href="http://www.sans.org/">http://www.sans.org/</a></p> <p>January 7-8, 2013 <b>Virtualization and Cloud Computing</b>, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, USA. <a href="http://www.sans.org/">http://www.sans.org/</a></p> <p>January 7-9, 2013 International Conference on <b>Multimedia Modeling</b>, 19<sup>th</sup>, Huangshan, China. <a href="http://mmm2013.org/">http://mmm2013.org/</a></p> <p>January 7-9, 2013 World Congress on <b>Engineering Education</b> (WCEE), Doha, Qatar. <a href="http://engineeringleaders.org/">http://engineeringleaders.org/</a></p> <p>January 7-10, 2013 Institute for the Development of <b>Excellence in Assessment Leadership</b>, organized by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.abet.org/ideal/">http://www.abet.org/ideal/</a></p> <p>January 7-10, 2013 <b>Academy of Management Africa</b> Conference, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa. <a href="http://meeting.aomonline.org/international/southafrica/">http://meeting.aomonline.org/international/southafrica/</a></p> <p>January 7-10, 2013 Hawaii International Conference on <b>System Sciences</b> (HICSS), 46<sup>th</sup>, Grand Wailea Maui, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</a></p> <p>January 7-11, 2013 <b>Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN</b> (LION 6), Catania, Italy. <a href="http://www.intelligent-optimization.org/LION7/">http://www.intelligent-optimization.org/LION7/</a></p> <p>January 8-11, 2013 International <b>Consumer Electronics Show</b> (CES), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/">http://www.cesweb.org/</a></p> <p>January 8-11, 2013 <b>Higher Ed Tech</b> Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://higheredtechsummit.com/">http://higheredtechsummit.com/</a></p> <p>January 9-10, 2013 <b>Digital Health</b> Summit, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://digitalhealthsummit.com/">http://digitalhealthsummit.com/</a></p> <p>January 9-11, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Aided Design</b> (CAD), 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Milan, Italy. <a href="http://www.naun.org/conferences/2013/milan/cad/">http://www.naun.org/conferences/2013/milan/cad/</a></p> <p>January 9-12, 2013 Association for <b>Science Teacher Education</b> (ASTE) International Conference: Science Education through a Historical Cultural Lens, Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. <a href="http://theaste.org/meetings/2013conference/">http://theaste.org/meetings/2013conference/</a></p> <p>January 9-12, 2013 <b>American Mathematical Society </b>and the<b> Mathematical Association of America </b>Joint Meeting, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.ams.org/meetings/national/national">http://www.ams.org/meetings/national/national</a> or <a href="http://www.maa.org/meetings/jmm.html">http://www.maa.org/meetings/jmm.html</a></p> <p>January 10-11, 2013 Institute for <b>New Chief Academic Officers</b>, organized by the American Council on Education (ACE), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/Leadership/ExecutiveLeadershipGroup/Programs/cao_institute.htm">http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/Leadership/ExecutiveLeadershipGroup/Programs/cao_institute.htm</a></p> <p>January 10-11, 2013 <b>World Universities</b> Forum, 6th, Robson Square, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://ontheuniversity.com/conference-2013/">http://ontheuniversity.com/conference-2013/</a></p> <p>January 10-11, 2013 <b>Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations</b> (OCUFA): Academia in the Age of Austerity, Pantages Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://ocufa.on.ca/conferences/academia-in-the-age-of-austerity/">http://ocufa.on.ca/conferences/academia-in-the-age-of-austerity/</a></p> <p>January 10-12, 2013 <b>Academic Boot Camp</b>, sponsored by the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Pomona, California, USA. <a href="http://www.iats.com/academic-boot-camp/">http://www.iats.com/academic-boot-camp/</a></p> <p>January 11-14, 2013 Hawaii International Conference on <b>Arts and Humanities</b>, 11<sup>th</sup>, annual, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.hichumanities.org/">http://www.hichumanities.org/</a></p> <p>January 12-13, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Education Technology </b>(ICIET), Brussels, Belgium. <a href="http://www.iciet.org/">http://www.iciet.org/</a></p> <p>January 13-14, 2013 <b>Technology, Knowledge and Society</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, international conference, Robson Square, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://techandsoc.com/conference-2013/">http://techandsoc.com/conference-2013/</a></p> <p>January 13-15, 2013 International <b>Higher Education Teaching and Learning</b> Association (HETL) Conference: Exploring Spaces for Learning, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/hetl2013/">http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/hetl2013/</a> or <a href="http://herl.org/">http://herl.org/</a></p> <p>January 13-15, 2013 <b>CASE-NAIS Independent Schools</b> Conference, 43<sup>rd</sup>, annual, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/CASE-NAIS12.html">http://www.case.org/Conferences_and_Training/CASE-NAIS12.html</a></p> <p>January 13-16, 2013 Association for<b> Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education</b> (ACUTA), Winter Seminar, Hyatt Regency, Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.acuta.org/">http://www.acuta.org/</a></p> <p>January 13-17, 2013 Association of <b>Physical Plant Administrators</b> (APPA) Institute for Facilities Management and Leadership Academy, Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.appa.org/">http://www.appa.org/</a></p> <p>January 14-16, 2013 International <b>Digital Curation</b> Conference (IDCC): Infrastructure, Intelligence, Innovation – Driving the Data Science Agenda, 8<sup>th</sup>, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/international-digital-curation-conference-idcc">http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/international-digital-curation-conference-idcc</a></p> <p>January 15-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Advanced Information System, E-Education and Development</b> (ICAISED), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.icaised.com/">http://www.icaised.com/</a></p> <p>January 15-17, 2013 <b>Digital Book World</b> (DBW) Conference and Expo, Hilton New York Hotel, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://conference.digitalbookworld.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=41056&">http://conference.digitalbookworld.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=41056&</a></p> <p>January 15-17, 2013 <b>Immersive Learning</b> Conference and Symposium, 2<sup>nd</sup> annual, sponsored by NexLearn, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.immersivelearninguniversity.com/">http://www.immersivelearninguniversity.com/</a></p> <p>January 16-18, 2013 National <b>School Supply and Equipment</b> Association (NSSEA) <b>Ed Expo</b>, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.edexpo.com/2013/index.cfm">http://www.edexpo.com/2013/index.cfm</a></p> <p>January 16-18, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional</b> Conference: People + Process + Technology – IT Matters, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/midatlantic-regional-conference">http://www.educause.edu/midatlantic-regional-conference</a></p> <p>January 16-19, 2013 Association of <b>American Colleges and Universities</b> (AAC&U) Annual Meeting, 69<sup>th</sup>, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm</a></p> <p>January 16-20, 2013 Society for<b> Social Work and Research</b>, 17<sup>th</sup>, annual, Sheraton San Diego Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.sswr.org/conference2013_highlights.php">http://www.sswr.org/conference2013_highlights.php</a></p> <p>January 16-20, 2013 <b>Asia Pacific Medical Education</b> Conference, 10<sup>th</sup>, National University of Singapore, Singapore. <a href="http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/meu/apmec10/index.shtml">http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/meu/apmec10/index.shtml</a></p> <p>January 18-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Advances in Computing and Emerging E-Learning Technologies</b> (ICAC2ET), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Singapore. <a href="http://www.icac2et.com/">http://www.icac2et.com/</a></p> <p>January 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning</b> (IC4E), 4<sup>th</sup>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.ic4e.net/">http://www.ic4e.net/</a></p> <p>January 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Innovation and Information Management </b>(ICIIM), Singapore, <a href="http://www.iciim.org/">http://www.iciim.org/</a></p> <p>January 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Computer Networks</b>, Singapore, <a href="http://www.icicn.org/">http://www.icicn.org/</a></p> <p>January 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Internet and Cloud Computing Technology </b>(ICICCT), Singapore. <a href="http://www.icicct.com/">http://www.icicct.com/</a></p> <p>January 20-23, 2013 <b>Pacific Telecommunications Council</b> (PC’13), Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.ptc.org/">http://www.ptc.org/</a></p> <p>January 21-22, 2013 <b>Asia Regional OpenCourseWare and Open Education</b> Conference (AROOC): Open Education en Route to Conceptual Society, organized by the Thailand University Project, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://arooc2012.thaicyberu.go.th/">http://arooc2012.thaicyberu.go.th/</a></p> <p>January 21-25, 2013 <strong>International Conference on </strong><strong>Thinking</strong><strong>: Expanding Global Thinking, 16<sup>th</sup>, Wellington, New Zealand.</strong> <a href="http://thinkingconference.org/">http://thinkingconference.org/</a> or<strong> </strong><a href="http://icot2013.core-ed.org/">http://icot2013.core-ed.org/</a></p> <p>January 22-24, 2013 <b>NMC Horizon Summit: The Future of Education</b>, Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa, Lost Pines, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nmc.org/2013-horizon-summit-travel-lodging">http://www.nmc.org/2013-horizon-summit-travel-lodging</a></p> <p>January 22-25, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Technology and Travel Tourism</b> (ENTER), organized by the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT), 19<sup>th</sup>, Innsbruck, Austria. <a href="http://www.ifitt.org/congresses/website/enter2013/">http://www.ifitt.org/congresses/website/enter2013/</a></p> <p>January 22-25, 2013 Association for <b>Library and Information Science Education</b> (ALISE) Annual Conference: Always the Beautiful Question – Inquiry Supporting Teaching, Research, and Professional Practice, Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://ali.memberclicks.net/2013-conference">http://ali.memberclicks.net/2013-conference</a></p> <p>January 22-25, 2013 <b>Wisconsin State Education and Convention</b> and Exhibit Show, 91<sup>st</sup>, Frontier Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.wasb.org/">http://www.wasb.org/</a></p> <p>January 23, 2013 <b>ePortfolios</b>: Foundational Knowledge, Student Voices, and Best Practices, organized by the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.aaeebl.org/">http://www.aaeebl.org/</a></p> <p>January 23-24, 2013 <b>Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education</b> (POD-AACU) Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=927:-the-2013-pod-aacau-organizational-development-institute-call-for-proposals&catid=2:national-updates&Itemid=46">http://www.nerche.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=927:-the-2013-pod-aacau-organizational-development-institute-call-for-proposals&catid=2:national-updates&Itemid=46</a></p> <p>January 23-25, 2013 <b>Computers, Privacy and Data Protection</b> (CPDP) International Conference: Reloading Data Protection, 6<sup>th</sup>, Brussels, Belgium. <a href="http://www.cpdpconferences.org/">http://www.cpdpconferences.org/</a></p> <p>January 23-25, 2013 <b>Deans </b>Conference, organized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.aacsb.edu/conferences/">http://www.aacsb.edu/conferences/</a></p> <p>January 23-26, 2013<b> </b>Association of<b> American Colleges and Universities</b> (AACU): The Quality of U.S. Degrees – Innovations, Efficiencies and Disruptions to What Ends?, 98<sup>th </sup>annual meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/index.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/index.cfm</a></p> <p>January 23-26, 2013 <b>American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education</b> Conference, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aacn.nche.edu/events/2013/01/23/doc">http://www.aacn.nche.edu/events/2013/01/23/doc</a></p> <p>January 24-25, 2013 <b>e-Learning </b>Symposium, 8<sup>th</sup> annual, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. <a href="http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/6196">http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/</a></p> <p>January 24-25, 2013 <b>eLearning Software</b>: Productivity Tips and Secrets, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>January 24-25, 2013 The Carnegie Conference: <b>Integrating Traditional and Digital Marketing Strategies</b>, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.carnegiecomm.com/about/the-carnegie-conference/">http://www.carnegiecomm.com/about/the-carnegie-conference/</a></p> <p>January 24-25, 2013 <b>Project-Based Learning</b> Plugged In, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Workshop_Schedule_Location.htm">http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Workshop_Schedule_Location.htm</a></p> <p>January 24-26, 2013 Association of <b>Mathematics Teacher Education </b>(AMTE), 17<sup>th</sup>, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.amte.net/conferences">http://www.amte.net/conferences</a></p> <p>January 25, 2013 <b>Libraries and Online Learning</b>: A Powerful Partnership, an Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Midwinter Symposium, Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ala/mw">http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/ala/mw</a></p> <p>January 25, 2013 <b>LMS unConference</b>, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://edtechgroup.org/lmsunconference/">http://edtechgroup.org/lmsunconference/</a></p> <p>January 25-26, 2013 <b>Educa</b>: National Training Event for Educators, Helsinki, Finland. <a href="http://web.finnexpo.fi/Sites1/Educa/en/Pages/default.aspx">http://web.finnexpo.fi/Sites1/Educa/en/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>January 25-27, 2013 <b>Educon 2.4</b>, EduCon is both a conversation and a conference about education and technology. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://educon24.org/">http://educon24.org/</a></p> <p>January 25-29, 2013 <b>American Library Association</b> Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/index.cfm">http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/index.cfm</a></p> <p>January 26-27, 2013 The <b>Southern African ICT for Education Summit</b>, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. <a href="http://africanbrains.net/edusa/">http://africanbrains.net/edusa/</a> or <a href="http://www.zapaday.com/event/356514/1/The+Southern+African+ICT+for+Education+Summit.html">http://www.zapaday.com/event/356514/1/The+Southern+African+ICT+for+Education+Summit.html</a></p> <p>January 26-30, 2013 International Meeting on <b>Simulation in Healthcare</b> (IMSH), organized by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Peabody Orlando Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="https://ssih.org/events/imsh-2013-central">https://ssih.org/events/imsh-2013-central</a></p> <p>January 26-31, 2013 International Conference on <b>Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science</b>, 39<sup>th</sup>, <a href="http://www.spindl.com/index.php?nadakce=nastavit&akce=&langx=english">Špindlerův Mlýn</a>, Czech Republic. <a href="http://www.sofsem.cz/sofsem13/index.php">http://www.sofsem.cz/sofsem13/index.php</a></p> <p>January 27-28, 2013 <b>Health 2.0</b> Middle East Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.health2con.com/events/">http://www.health2con.com/events/</a></p> <p>January 27-31, 2013 <b>Lotusphere</b>: Business Made Social, 20<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by IBM and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/conference/">http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/conference/</a></p> <p>January 28-29, 2013 <b>Integrated Strategic Planning and Resource Allocation</b>, organized by Academic Impressions, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences">http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences</a></p> <p>January 28-31, 2013 <b>Emerging Media </b>Conference (EmMeCon), San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://wappow.com/emerging-media/">http://wappow.com/emerging-media/</a></p> <p>January 28-31, 2013 <b>Council for Higher Education Accreditation</b> (CHEA) Annual Conference, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.chea.org/default.asp">http://www.chea.org/default.asp</a></p> <p>January 28-31, 2013 <b>Florida Educational Technology</b> (FETC) Conference, Orange Country Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.fetc.org/">http://www.fetc.org/</a></p> <p>January 28-31, 2013 International Conference on <b>Innovation and Management </b>(IAM), Sapporo, Japan. <a href="http://iam2013w.conf-online.org/">http://iam2013w.conf-online.org/</a></p> <p>January 28-February 1, 2013 <b>Alpine Rendez-Vous: Technology Enhanced Learning</b>, Villard-de-Lans, Vercors, French Alps. <a href="https://metah.imag.fr/alpine-rendez-vous/home/?lang=fr">https://metah.imag.fr/alpine-rendez-vous/home/?lang=fr</a></p> <p>January 28-February 2, 2013 <b>Linux.Conf.Au</b>, Canberra, Australia. <a href="http://lcaunderthestars.org.au/">http://lcaunderthestars.org.au/</a></p> <p>January 29-30, 2013 <b>Learning Technologies</b> 2013, 14<sup>th</sup>, Olympia 2, London, UK. <a href="http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/">http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/</a></p> <p>January 29-30, 2013 <b>Learning Without Frontiers</b> Conference, Olympia, London, UK. <a href="http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/">http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/</a></p> <p>January 29-30, 2013 <b>Big Data Analytics</b> Summit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://www.tmforum.org/Conferences/734/Home.html">http://www.tmforum.org/Conferences/734/Home.html</a></p> <p>January 29-31, 2013 <b>LearnTec</b> 2013 International Convention and Trade Fair for Educational and Information Technology, 21<sup>st</sup>, Karlsruhe, Germany. <a href="http://www.learntec.de/">http://www.learntec.de/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013 <b>Australasian Computing Education</b> Conference, 15<sup>th</sup>, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://www.opvclt.monash.edu.au/conferences/ace2013/">http://www.opvclt.monash.edu.au/conferences/ace2013/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013 <b>Australasian Computer Science Week</b>, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://acsw2013.cis.unisa.edu.au/">http://acsw2013.cis.unisa.edu.au/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013 <b>Australasian Web</b> Conference (AWC), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~awc2013/">http://cs.adelaide.edu.au/~awc2013/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013, <b>Australasian Database</b> Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/adc/">http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/adc/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013 <b>Australasian Information Security</b> Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/conferences/acsw-aisc2013/">http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/research/conferences/acsw-aisc2013/</a></p> <p>January 29-February 1, 2013 <b>Health Informatics and Knowledge Management</b>, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://sim.unisa.edu.au/hikm/id.html">http://sim.unisa.edu.au/hikm/id.html</a></p> <p>January 29-February 3, 2013 <b>National Teacher of the Year Program</b> Conference, organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Hotel Valley Ho, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html">http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html</a></p> <p>January 30-31, 2013 <b>Mobile Healthcare</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://mobilehealthsummit.ca/">http://mobilehealthsummit.ca/</a></p> <p>January 30-31, 2013 <b>Information Industry Summit</b> (IIS), organized by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), Pier Sixty, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.siia.net/iis/2013/">http://www.siia.net/iis/2013/</a></p> <p>January 30-February 1, 2013 <strong>American Society for Training and Development</strong><strong> (ASTD) TechKnowledge</strong><strong>, San Jose, California, USA.</strong> <a href="http://www.astd.org/Events/TechKnowledge">http://www.astd.org/Events/TechKnowledge</a></p> <p>January 30-February 1, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education and Educational Technologies</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, organized by the North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://naun.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2213">http://naun.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2213</a></p> <p>January 30-February 1, 2013 <b>Using Mobile Devices to Transform Teaching and Learning</b>, organized by Academic Impressions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.academicimpressions.com/conference/using-mobile-devices-transform-teaching-and-learning">http://www.academicimpressions.com/conference/using-mobile-devices-transform-teaching-and-learning</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, 2013 <b>British Educational Technology Show </b>(BETT), London, UK. <a href="http://www.bettshow.com/">http://www.bettshow.com/</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, 2013 <b>Assistive Technology Industry Association</b> (ATiA) Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1">http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, 2013 International Conference on <b>Communications and Information Technology</b> (CIT), organized by the North Atlantic University Union, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.naun.org/">http://www.naun.org/</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, 2013 <b>Ontario Library Association Super Conference</b>, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.accessola.com/">http://www.accessola.com/</a></p> <p>January 31-February 2, 2013 Jon C. Dalton Institute on <b>College Student Values</b>: Character in an Age of Self-Promotion – Exploring the Role of Social Media on College Student Development, 23<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.studentvalues.fsu.edu/">http://www.studentvalues.fsu.edu/</a></p> <p>January 31-February 2, 2013 <b>Macworld</b> Conference and Expo, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.macworldexpo.com/">http://www.macworldexpo.com/</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE </i></b><b><i>for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p>January 18-20, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing</b>, 10<sup>th</sup>, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Playa Vista, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-12/">http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-12/</a> or <a href="http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=17922&copyownerid=2394">http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=17922&copyownerid=2394</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, <b>2012</b> Conference on <b>e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East</b>: Sustainable Innovation in Education – Capacity-building, Blended Learning and Beyond, 5<sup>th</sup>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://congress.hbmeu.ac.ae/learning/call-paper-2012">http://congress.hbmeu.ac.ae/learning/call-paper-2012</a></p> <p>January 30-February 2, <b>2012</b> <b>e-Health and Environment Conference in the Middle East</b>: Building an Innovative and Competitive Vision for e-Health and Environment in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, 4<sup>th</sup>, <a href="http://congress.hbmeu.ac.ae/ehealth/conference-overview">http://congress.hbmeu.ac.ae/ehealth/conference-overview</a></p> <p>January 30-February 3, <b>2012</b> <b>EDUCAUSE Management Program</b>, Miami, Florida, USA. <a href="http://net.educause.edu/TheEDUCAUSEInstituteManagementProgram/1734">http://net.educause.edu/TheEDUCAUSEInstituteManagementProgram/1734</a></p> <h2><b>February 2013 </b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>February 1-2, 2013 <b>Facilities for 21<sup>st</sup> Century Education</b>, organized by the Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI), Blue Valley Center for Advance Professional Studies, Overland Park, Kansas, USA. <a href="http://www.cefpi.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1">http://www.cefpi.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1</a></p> <p>February 2-3, 2013 International Conference on <b>Educational and Information Technology </b>(ICEIT), 2<sup>nd</sup>, organized by the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT) and the International Journal of Information and Education Technology (IJIET), Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.iceit.org/">http://www.iceit.org/</a></p> <p>February 3-5, 2013 International Forum of <b>Innovators in University Teaching</b>, organized by Imam University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <a href="http://ifiut.imamu.edu.sa/en/index.php/2012-05-05-23-25-27">http://ifiut.imamu.edu.sa/en/index.php/2012-05-05-23-25-27</a></p> <p>February 3-6, 2013 <b>National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities</b> (NAICU) Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.naicu.edu/events/2013-annual-meeting">http://www.naicu.edu/events/2013-annual-meeting</a></p> <p>February 3-6, 2013 International <b>Academic</b> Conference, 5<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES), Buenos Aires, Argentina. <a href="http://www.iises.net/conferences/buenos-aires-conference-february-3-6-2013/">http://www.iises.net/conferences/buenos-aires-conference-february-3-6-2013/</a></p> <p>February 4-6, 2013 <b>Higher Education Enterprise Mobile App</b> Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. <a href="http://usfweb3.usf.edu/heemac/index.html">http://usfweb3.usf.edu/heemac/index.html</a></p> <p>February 4-6, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative</b> (ELI) 2013, online and Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/eli/events">http://www.educause.edu/eli/events</a></p> <p>February 4-7, 2013 <b>Education Summit</b>:<b> </b>Education across Space and Time – Meeting the Needs of the Distance Learner, biennial, hosted by the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) and the Distance Education Research Consortium (DEHub), Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.odlaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=109">http://www.odlaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=109</a></p> <p>February 4-7, 2013 <b>e-Learning and Distance Learning</b>: From Practice to Performance, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <a href="http://eli.elc.edu.sa/2013/en">http://eli.elc.edu.sa/2013/en</a></p> <p>February 4-8, 2013 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on <b>Web Search and Web Data Mining</b>, 6<sup>th</sup>, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.wsdm2013.org/">http://www.wsdm2013.org/</a></p> <p>February 4-8, 2013 <b>Texas Computer Education Association</b> (TCEA) Convention and Exposition, 33<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.tceaconvention.org/2013/public/Content.aspx?ID=1231">http://www.tceaconvention.org/2013/public/Content.aspx?ID=1231</a></p> <p>February 5, 2013 <b>E-Learning</b> Symposium, hosted by the E-Learning Council, Houston, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.elearningcouncil.com/content/e-learning-symposium-2012-austin">http://www.elearningcouncil.com/</a></p> <p>February 5-7, 2013 <b>Document Recognition and Retrieval</b> (DRR), 20<sup>th</sup>, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cs.rit.edu/~drr2013/">http://www.cs.rit.edu/~drr2013/</a></p> <p>February 5-8, 2013 World Conference on<b> Educational Sciences </b>(WCES), 5<sup>th</sup>, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.wces.info/">http://www.wces.info/</a></p> <p>February 6-8, 2013 <b>Open Research</b>, Auckland, New Zealand. <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/nzauopenresearch/">https://sites.google.com/site/nzauopenresearch/</a></p> <p>February 6-8, 2013 Conference on <b>Higher Education Pedagogy</b>, 5<sup>th</sup> annual, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/">http://www.cider.vt.edu/conference/</a></p> <p>February 6-8, 2013 Conference for <b>Industry and Education Collaboration</b>, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>February 6-8, 2013 <b>Academic Chairperson</b> Conference: Engage, Inspire, Share, 30<sup>th</sup>, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/academicchairpersons/30th/">http://www.dce.k-state.edu/conf/academicchairpersons/30th/</a></p> <p>February 6-8, 2013 <b>Professional/Scholarly Publishing </b>(PSP): The (R)evolution of Value – Building Collaboration, Innovation and Sustainability, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.publishers.org/psp/2012annualconferenceprogram/">http://www.publishers.org/</a> or <a href="http://www.psp2013conference.com/">http://www.psp2013conference.com/</a></p> <p>February 6-9, 2013 International <b>Self-Directed Learning</b> Symposium, 27<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Society for Self-Directed Learning, Courtyard by Marriott, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.oltraining.com/SDLwebsite/indexSDL.php">http://www.oltraining.com/SDLwebsite/indexSDL.php</a></p> <p>February 7-8, 2013 International Conference on <b>Management, Leadership and Governance</b> (ICMLG), Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia at Bangkok University, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icmlg/icmlg2013/icmlg13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icmlg/icmlg2013/icmlg13-home.htm</a></p> <p>February 7-9, 2013 <b>Academic Affairs</b> Winter Meeting, organized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Point Clear, Alabama, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>February 7-9, 2013 <b>American Association of Colleges of Nursing Faculty Development</b> Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.aacn.nche.edu/events/2013/02/07/faculty-development">http://www.aacn.nche.edu/events/2013/02/07/faculty-development</a></p> <p>February 7-9, 2013 National Association for <b>Bilingual Education </b>(NABE): Celebrating our Multicultural Nation through Bilingual Education, 42<sup>nd</sup>,<sup> </sup>annual, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.nabe.org/conference.html">http://www.nabe.org/conference.html</a></p> <p>February 8-10, 2013 <b>Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching</b>: Teaching for Brain-Based Learning, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. <a href="http://www.lillyconferences.com/">http://www.lillyconferences.com/</a> or <a href="http://www.uncg.edu/tlc/lillyconference/">http://www.uncg.edu/tlc/lillyconference/</a></p> <p>February 8-10, 2013 <b>Good Teaching</b> Conference North, sponsored by the California Teachers’ Association, Marriott Hotel, San Jose, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cta.org/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/02/Good-Teaching-Conference-North.aspx">http://www.cta.org/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/02/Good-Teaching-Conference-North.aspx</a></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>February 8-10, 2013 </strong><b>American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, Long Beach, California, USA. <a href="http://www.apsanet.org/content_31632.cfm">http://www.apsanet.org/content_31632.cfm</a></p> <p>February 9-10, 2013 <b>ICT and Languages</b> Conference, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. <a href="https://www.languagessoutheast.ac.uk/events">https://www.languagessoutheast.ac.uk/events</a></p> <p><strong>February 10-11, 2013 </strong><strong>New Librarians</strong><strong> Symposium, 6<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Australian Library and Information Association, Brisbane, Australia. </strong><a href="http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/">http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/</a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>February 10-13, 2013 </strong><b>Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo</b> and Conference (PETE & C), Hershey Lodge and Conventions Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.peteandc.org/">http://www.peteandc.org/</a></p> <p>February 10-14, 2013 <b>Microsoft</b> <b>Tech-Ed Africa</b>, Durban, South Africa. <a href="http://www.tech-ed.co.za/">http://www.tech-ed.co.za/</a></p> <p>February 11-13, 2-13 <b>Midwest Education Technology</b> Conference (METC), St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://2013.metcconference.org/index.php">http://2013.metcconference.org/index.php</a></p> <p>February 11-13, 2013 <b>Ohio Educational Technology</b> Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA. <a href="http://www.etech.ohio.gov/conference/">http://www.etech.ohio.gov/conference/</a></p> <p>February 11-13, 2013 <b>Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership</b>, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. <a href="http://www.portical.org/ar_conference/index.html">http://www.portical.org/ar_conference/index.html</a></p> <p>February 12-13, 2013 <b>iLearning</b> Paris Forum, 8<sup>th</sup>, Espace Champerret, Paris, France. <a href="http://www.ilearningforum.org/">http://www.ilearningforum.org/</a></p> <p>February 12-14, 2013 <b>Global TIME</b>: <b>Global Conference on Technology, Innovation, Media and Education</b> Online Conference, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), offered online, <a href="http://aace.org/conf/gtime/">http://aace.org/conf/gtime/</a></p> <p>February 12-14, 2013 <b>Tools of Change for Publishing</b> Conference, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, produced by O’Reilly Media, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://oreilly.com/conferences/index.html">http://oreilly.com/conferences/index.html</a></p> <p>February 12-14, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional</b> Conference, online and Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences</a></p> <p>February 12-15, 2013 <b>Australian Library and Information Association Online</b>: Be Different. Do Different. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia. <a href="http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/2013.html">http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/2013.html</a> or <a href="http://www.information-online.com.au/index.html">http://www.information-online.com.au/index.html</a></p> <p>February 12-15, 2013 International Conference on <b>Academic Libraries</b>: Academic Library Services through Cloud Computing – Moving Libraries to the Web, 2<sup>nd</sup>, New Delhi, India. <a href="http://www.ipu.ac.in/ical2013/index.htm">http://www.ipu.ac.in/ical2013/index.htm</a></p> <p>February 12-15, 2013 <b>iConference</b> 2013: Scholarship in Action – Data, Innovation, Wisdom, hosted by the College of Information, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/">http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/</a></p> <p>February 13-15, 2013 <b>Canada MoodleMoot</b>: From Coding to Networking – Building Moodle on a Human Scale, sponsored by BCcampus, Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://moodlemoot.ca">http://moodlemoot.ca</a> or <strong><a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=33">http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=33</a></strong></p> <p>February 13-15, 2013 International Conference on <b>Web-based Education</b> (WBE), organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Innsbruck, Austria. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-792.html">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-792.html</a></p> <p>February 13-16, 2013 <b>Learning Disabilities Association of America</b> International Conference, 50<sup>th</sup> annual, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.ldanatl.org/conference/index.asp">http://www.ldanatl.org/conference/index.asp</a></p> <p>February 13-16, 2013 <b>Technology Institute for Music Educators</b> (TI:ME) Music Technology Conference, 11<sup>th</sup>, annual, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.ti-me.org/">http://www.ti-me.org/</a></p> <p>February 14-16, 2013 <b>Educating for Creative Minds</b>, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.learningandthebrain.com/">http://www.learningandthebrain.com/</a></p> <p>February 14-17, 2013 <b>Creativity</b> Workshop, Singapore. <a href="http://www.creativityworkshop.com/conferences.html">http://www.creativityworkshop.com/conferences.html</a></p> <p>February 14-18, 2013 <b>American Association for the Advancement of Science </b>(AAAS) Annual Meeting, 179<sup>th</sup>, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.aaas.org/meetings/">http://www.aaas.org/meetings/</a></p> <p>February 15-16, 2013 <b>Digital Learning</b> Spring Conference: Transforming Learning through Technology, sponsored by BC Partners for Online Learning, Coast Plaza Hotel at Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, USA. <a href="http://conference.learnnowbc.ca/">http://conference.learnnowbc.ca/</a></p> <p>February 15-16, 2013 <b>Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching</b>, 20<sup>th</sup>, presented by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/conferences/gaconf/2013.html">http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/conferences/gaconf/2013.html</a></p> <p>February 15-17, 2013 <b>Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching</b>, hosted by the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. <a href="http://lillyconferences.com/">http://lillyconferences.com/</a></p> <p>February 15-17, 2013 International Conference on <b>Inclusive Education</b>: Meeting Challenges of Inclusive Education, 1<sup>st</sup>, sponsored by the Asian Centre for Inclusive Education (ACIE), Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh. <a href="http://www.ac-ie.org/conference.php">http://www.ac-ie.org/conference.php</a></p> <p>February 15-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Agents and Artificial Intelligence</b> (ICAART), 5<sup>th</sup>, Vilamoura, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://www.icaart.org">http://www.icaart.org</a></p> <p>February 15-19, 2013 <b>Association of Teacher Educators </b>(ATE)<b> </b>Annual Meeting: Living and Learning Across a Lifetime, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.ate1.org/pubs/2013_Annual_Meetin_1.cfm">http://www.ate1.org/pubs/2013_Annual_Meetin_1.cfm</a></p> <p>February 17-18, 2013 <b>Future Innovation Technology and Creativity</b> (<b>FITC): </b>Design and Technology Conference – The Intersection of Design, Development and Technology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. <a href="http://www.fitc.ca/">http://www.fitc.ca/</a> or <a href="http://www.felix.meritis.nl/">www.felix.meritis.nl/</a></p> <p>February 17-19, 2013 <b>Community College Conference on Learning Assessment</b>, organized by Valencia College, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida. <a href="http://wp.valenciacollege.edu/learningassessment/">http://wp.valenciacollege.edu/learningassessment/</a></p> <p>February 17-19, 2013 Texas A & M <b>Assessment</b> Conference, 13<sup>th</sup> annual, College Station Hilton Hotel, College Station, Texas, USA. <a href="http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/index.html">http://assessment.tamu.edu/conference/index.html</a></p> <p>February 17-20, 2013 <b>eLearning</b>, organized by the Instructional Technology Council (ITC), Hyatt Regency San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.itcnetwork.org/">http://www.itcnetwork.org/</a></p> <p>February 17-20, 2013 Association of <b>International Education Administrators</b> (AIEA) Annual Conference: Re-imagining Higher Education in a Global Context, 31<sup>st</sup>, New Orleans Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www.aieaworld.org/events/conferences.htm">http://www.aieaworld.org/events/conferences.htm</a></p> <p>February 18-20, 2013 <b>Training</b> 2013 Conference and Expo, sponsored by <i>Training Magazine</i>, 36<sup>th </sup>annual, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.trainingconference.com">http://www.trainingconference.com</a> or <a href="http://www.trainingmagevents.com/">www.trainingmagevents.com</a></p> <p>February 18-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Science and Information Technology, </b>Bangalore, India.<b> </b><a href="http://coneco2009.com/2012/ccsit/index.html">http://coneco2009.com/2012/ccsit/index.html</a></p> <p>February 18-22, 2013 <b>UNESCO Mobile Learning Week</b> (MLW), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Paris, France. <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/m4ed/unesco-mobile-learning-week/">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/icts/m4ed/unesco-mobile-learning-week/</a></p> <p>February 18-22, 2013 <b>Moodlemoot Dublin</b>, Dublin, Ireland. <a href="http://moodlemoot.ie/">http://moodlemoot.ie/</a></p> <p>February 19-21, 2013 <b>IntegraED PDX</b> Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://integratedpdx.oetc.org/">http://integratedpdx.oetc.org/</a></p> <p>February 19-23, 2013 <b>Didacta Trade Fair for Education and Training</b>, Köln, Germany. <a href="http://www.didacta.de/">http://www.didacta.de/</a></p> <p>February 20-22, 2013 <b>Educational Developers Caucus</b> Conference, organized by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.stlhe.ca/constituencies/educational-developers-caucus/edc-conferences/">http://www.stlhe.ca/constituencies/educational-developers-caucus/edc-conferences/</a>.</p> <p>February 20-22, 2013 International Conference on <b>Early Childhood Education</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by the North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), Cambridge, United Kingdom. <a href="http://www.naun.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2477">http://www.naun.org/wseas/cms.action?id=2477</a></p> <p>February 20-22, 2013 <b>Digital Health Communication Extravaganza</b>: Converging Networks, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://dhcx.hhp.ufl.edu/">http://dhcx.hhp.ufl.edu/</a></p> <p>February 20-23, 2013 International Conference on <b>ICT for Africa</b>: Consolidating Africa’s Competitiveness through Bespoke ICTs, 5<sup>th</sup>, Harare, Zimbabwe. <a href="http://ictforafrica.jmcub.com/index.php">http://ictforafrica.jmcub.com/index.php</a></p> <p>February 20-23, 2013 Joint Meeting of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) and the Association for Informal Logic and Critical Thinking (AILACT): <b>Teaching Critical Thinking and Informal Logic</b>, Riverside Hilton, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://philosophyteachers.org/cfp-aapt-at-2013-central-apa/">http://philosophyteachers.org/cfp-aapt-at-2013-central-apa/</a></p> <p>February 20-23, 2013 <b>NextMed: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality</b>, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://nextmed.com/">http://nextmed.com/</a></p> <p>February 20-23, 2013 International Conference on <b>Engineering Education</b>, 10<sup>th</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Cambridge, UK. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a></p> <p>February 21-22, 2013 <b>Moodlemoot Austria</b>, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria. <a href="http://www.edaktik.at/moodle/course/view.php?id=37">http://www.edaktik.at/moodle/course/view.php?id=37</a></p> <p>February 21-22, 2013 <b>Personal Digital Archiving</b>, organized by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, National Digital Information Infrastructure Programs and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://mith.umd.edu/pda2013/">http://mith.umd.edu/pda2013/</a></p> <p>February 21-22, 2013 <b>eLearning Instructional Design</b>: Best Practices, Tips and Techniques, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>February 21-23, 2013 <b>American Association of School Administrators </b>(AASA)<b> </b>National Conference on Education, 145<sup>th</sup>, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aasa.org/conferences/index.cfm">http://www.aasa.org/</a></p> <p>February 21-23, 2013 WNRCASN <b>Education for Leadership</b>: Imagining the Possibilities, organized by the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. <a href="http://www.nursing.ualberta.ca/WNRCASN2013">http://www.nursing.ualberta.ca/WNRCASN2013</a></p> <p>February 21-23, 2013 Council on <b>Undergraduate Research</b>, Hamilton Crown Plaza, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/cur_dialogues/">http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/cur_dialogues/</a></p> <p>February 21-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Graphics Theory and Applications</b> (GRAPP), 8th, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://grapp.visigrapp.org/">http://grapp.visigrapp.org/</a></p> <p>February 22-23, 2013 <b>Confluence</b>: International Conference on <b>Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. <a href="http://www.confluenceindia.co.in/">http://www.confluenceindia.co.in/</a></p> <p>February 22-25, 2013 <b>Community Colleges for International Development </b>(CCID): Currents of Change, 37<sup>th</sup>, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://ccid.cc/programs/annual_conference/index.htm">http://ccid.cc/programs/annual_conference/index.htm</a></p> <p>February 23-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Emerging Technologies – Micro to Nano</b> (ETMN), Goa, India. <a href="http://emtm2n.bits-pilani.ac.in/">http://emtm2n.bits-pilani.ac.in/</a></p> <p>February 23-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Research and Development </b>(ICCRD), 5<sup>th</sup>, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. <a href="http://www.iccrd.org/">http://www.iccrd.org/</a></p> <p>February 23-24, 2013 <b>Innovations in Medical Education</b>: Transforming Health Professions Education through Innovation, University of Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA. <a href="http://keck.usc.edu/Education/Division_of_Medical_Education/Conference_2013.aspx">http://keck.usc.edu/Education/Division_of_Medical_Education/Conference_2013.aspx</a></p> <p>February 23-26, 2013 Conference on the<b> First-Year Experience</b>, 32<sup>nd</sup>, annual, sponsored by the National Resource Center First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, co-hosted by Rollins College, Valencia College and University of Central Florida, Orlando, California, USA. <a href="http://www.sc.edu/fye/annual/index.html">http://www.sc.edu/fye/annual/index.html</a></p> <p>February 23-27, 2013 <b>Computer Supported Cooperative Work</b> (CSCW), 16<sup>th</sup>, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://cscw.acm.org/">http://cscw.acm.org/</a></p> <p>February 24-25, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education and Management Innovation</b> (ICEMI), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.icemi.org/index.htm">http://www.icemi.org/index.htm</a></p> <p>February 24-25, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Computer Applications </b>(ICICA), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.icica.org/">http://www.icica.org/</a></p> <p>February 24-25, 2013 Journal Conference on <b>e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning</b> (JC4E), Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.ijeeee.org/conf.htm">http://www.ijeeee.org/conf.htm</a></p> <p>February 24-26, 2013 <b>National Federation of Advanced Information Services</b> (NFAIS): In Search for Answers – Unlocking New Value from Content, 55<sup>th</sup> annual, Hyatt at the Bellevue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.nfais.org/">http://www.nfais.org/</a></p> <p>February 24-27, 2013 <b>Network and Distributed System Security</b> (NDSS), 20<sup>th</sup>, annual, organized by the Internet Society (ISOC), San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/events/ndss-symposium-2013">http://www.internetsociety.org/events/ndss-symposium-2013</a></p> <p>February 24-March 1, 2013 January 30-February 4, 2012 <b>Digital World</b> 2012 including International Conferences on <b>Digital Society</b> (ICDS), 7<sup>th</sup>; <b>Advances in Computer-Human Interactions</b> (ACHI), 6<sup>th</sup>; <b>Information, Process, and Knowledge Management</b> (eKNOW), 5<sup>th</sup>; <b>Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services</b>, (GEOProcessing), 5<sup>th</sup>; <b>eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine</b> (eTELEMED), 5<sup>th</sup>; <b>Mobile, Hybrid, and Online Learning</b> (eL&mL), 5<sup>th</sup>; </p> <p>February 25-26, 2013 <b>Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission Seminar</b>, organized by the Council of Independent Colleges, location to be announced, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/vocation_mission.asp">http://www.cic.edu/projects_services/grants/vocation_mission.asp</a></p> <p>February 25-26, 2013 <b>Heartland e-Learning</b> Conference: THINK, University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA. <a href="http://www.uco.edu/heartlandconference/">http://www.uco.edu/heartlandconference/</a></p> <p>February 25-28, 2013 <b>Mobile World</b> Congress, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/">http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/</a></p> <p>February 25-28, 2013 Council of <b>College and Military Educators</b> (CCME), annual, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.ccmeonline.org/annualsymposium">http://www.ccmeonline.org/annualsymposium</a></p> <p>February 25-March 2, 2013 International <b>Technology and Persons with Disabilities</b> Conference, 28<sup>th</sup> annual, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/">http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/</a></p> <p>February 26-27, 2013 <b>Education Technology Strategies for K-12 Schools, Colleges and Universities</b>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://educationtechnologysummit.com/">http://educationtechnologysummit.com/</a></p> <p>February 26-27, 2013 <b>Faculty Marketing Innovation</b>, organized by Liquid Learning Ltd., Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore. <a href="http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/February/">http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/February/</a></p> <p>February 26-March 1, 2013 <b>Illinois Computing Educators' </b>(ICE) Technology Conference: Innovate, Collaborate, Educate, Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference">http://www.iceberg.org/ice_conference</a></p> <p>February 26-March 1, 2013 <b>MoodleMoot Germany</b>, Munich, Germany. <a href="http://moodlemoot.moodle.de/">http://moodlemoot.moodle.de/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2013 <b>Universities Australia Higher Education</b> Conference, Canberra, Australia. <a href="http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/conference">http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/conference</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2013 <b>National Association of Independent Schools</b> (NAIS) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.nais.org/">http://www.nais.org/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2013 <b>Information Communication Technology</b>, Kiev, Ukraine. <a href="http://www.ictexpo.info/en/">http://www.ictexpo.info/en/</a> or <a href="http://www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/information-communication-technology.html">http://www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/information-communication-technology.html</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2013 <b>Multimedia Systems</b>, sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGMM, Oslo, Norway. <a href="http://www.mmsys.org/">http://www.mmsys.org/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2013 Society for <b>Case Research</b> Annual Meeting, Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.sfcr.org/">http://www.sfcr.org/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 2, 2013 Association of <b>University Technology Managers</b> (AUTM) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.autm.net/2013_AUTM_Annual_Meeting/7865.htm">http://www.autm.net/2013_AUTM_Annual_Meeting/7865.htm</a></p> <p>February 27-March 2, 2013 <b>International Association of Facilitators</b> Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. <a href="http://www.iaf-world.org/">http://www.iaf-world.org/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 3, 2013 <b>Music Library</b> Association, 82<sup>nd</sup>, annual, San Jose, California, USA. <a href="http://program.musiclibraryassoc.org/">http://program.musiclibraryassoc.org/</a></p> <p>February 28-March 1, 2013 <b>International Society for the Social Studies</b> Annual Conference, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.theisss.org/">http://www.theisss.org/</a></p> <p>February 28-March 2, 2013 <b>American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education</b> (AACTE), 65<sup>th</sup>, Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://aacte.org/">http://aacte.org/</a></p> <p>February 28-March 2, 2013 <b>General Education and Assessment</b>: A Sea Change in Student Learning, organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>February 28-March 2, 2013 American Association of<b> Colleges for Teacher Education</b> (AACTE), 65<sup>th</sup>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://aacte.org/">http://aacte.org/</a></p> <p>February 28-March 2, 2013 <b>National Association of Secondary Principals</b> (NASSP) Annual Convention and Exposition, 97th, Washington, D.C., USA. <a href="http://www.nasspconference.org/">http://www.nasspconference.org/</a></p> <p>February 28-March 2, 2013 <b>Team-Based Learning Collaborative</b> (TBLC), 13<sup>th</sup> annual, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://tblc.roundtablelive.org/">http://tblc.roundtablelive.org/</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE </i></b><b><i>for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p>February 1-3, <b>2012</b> <b>European Conference on Information Technology in Education and Society</b> (TIES): A Critical Insight, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://www.ties2012.eu/en/index.html">http://www.ties2012.eu/en/index.html</a></p> <p>February 15-17, <b>2012</b> <b>Assistive Technologies </b>(AT), 2<sup>nd</sup>, sponsored by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Innsbruck, Austria. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/</a></p> <p>February 16-18, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Information Systems and Economic Intelligence </b>(SIIE), 5<sup>th</sup>, Djerba, Tunisia. <a href="http://www.siie.fr/index.php?dims_url=YXJ0aWNsZWlkPTEm">http://www.siie.fr/index.php?dims_url=YXJ0aWNsZWlkPTEm</a></p> <p>February 20-21, <b>2012</b> <b>Green Universities </b>Forum, 3<sup>rd</sup> annual, Rendezvous Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/green-universities-conference">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/green-universities-conference</a></p> <h2><strong>March 2013</strong></h2> <p>March 1-3, 2013 <b>Equity and Human Rights</b> Conference, sponsored by the California Teachers’ Association, Hyatt San Francisco Airport, Burlingame, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cta.org/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/03/Equity-and-Human-Rights-Conference.aspx">http://www.cta.org/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/03/Equity-and-Human-Rights-Conference.aspx</a></p> <p>March 2-3, 2013 <b>Japan MoodleMoot</b>: Moodle Teachers, Administrators and Developers Conference, 5<sup>th</sup>, Tokyo Kasei University, Tokyo, Japan. <a href="http://moodlejapan.org/home/">http://moodlejapan.org/home/</a></p> <p>March 2-5, 2013 <b>American Council on Education</b> (ACE): Leading Change, 95<sup>th</sup> annual, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CAOS1">http://www.acenet.edu/</a></p> <p>March 3-5, 2013 <b>Engineering Research</b> Council of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>March 3-7, 2013 <b>Academic </b>Conference, sponsored by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Gozo, Malta. <a href="http://www.internationaljournal.org/germany.html">http://www.internationaljournal.org/</a></p> <p>March 4-5, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Technology, System and Management</b> (ICITSM), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.icitsm.com/">http://www.icitsm.com/</a></p> <p>March 4-5, 2013 International Conference on <b>Innovation and Entrepreneurship</b> (ICIE), Amman, Jordan. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2013/icie13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2013/icie13-home.htm</a></p> <p>March 4-6, 2013 <b>Going Global</b> 2013: Global Education – Knowledge-based Economies for 21<sup>st</sup> Century Nations, organized by the British Council, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://ihe.britishcouncil.org/going-global">http://ihe.britishcouncil.org/going-global</a></p> <p>March 4-6, 2013 International <b>Technology, Education and Development</b> (INTED) Conference, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, Valencia, Spain. <a href="http://iated.org/inted2013/">http://iated.org/inted2013/</a></p> <p>March 4-6, 2013 <b>Global Learning Summit</b>, 6<sup>th</sup>, annual, Singapore. <a href="http://www.globallearningsummit.com">http://www.globallearningsummit.com</a></p> <p>March 4-6, 2013 World Congress on <b>Computing and Information Technology</b> (WCIT) comprising International Conference on <b>Digital Enterprises and Information</b> (2<sup>nd</sup>), International Conference on <b>e-Technologies and Networks for Development</b> (2<sup>nd</sup>), International Conference on <b>Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic</b> (2<sup>nd</sup>), and International Conference on <b>Green Computing, Technology and Innovation</b> (1<sup>st</sup>), organized by the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/wcit/">http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/wcit/</a></p> <p>March 4-7, 2013 <b>American College Personnel Association</b> (ACPA): Inspiring Communities of Wellbeing, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://convention.myacpa.org/vegas2013/">http://convention.myacpa.org/vegas2013/</a></p> <p>March 5-6, 2013 International Conference on <b>Human Computer Interaction and Learning Technology </b>(HCILT), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Abu Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.ichciit.com/">http://www.ichciit.com/</a></p> <p>March 5-7, 2013 <b>Data Quality</b>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.dqasiapacific.com/">http://www.dqasiapacific.com/</a></p> <p>March 5-7, 2013 <b>Gartner Symposium/ITxpo</b>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.gartner.com/EventsCal">http://www.gartner.com/EventsCal</a></p> <p>March 5-7, 2013 <b>Education and Development</b> Conference, 8<sup>th</sup> annual, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://www.tomorrowpeople.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=93">http://www.tomorrowpeople.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=93</a></p> <p>March 6-7, 2013 <b>E-Learning</b> Summit, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/e-learning-summit">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/e-learning-summit</a></p> <p>March 6-8, 2013 <b>Design Principles and Practices</b>, 7<sup>th</sup>, international conference, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. <a href="http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/conference/">http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/conference/</a></p> <p>March 6-8, 2013 <b>Analytics</b> Symposium: Measuring Strategic Programs for Impact and Value, Intercontinental Miami, Miami, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.knowledgeadvisors.com/events/symposium/">http://www.knowledgeadvisors.com/events/symposium/</a></p> <p>March 6-8, 2013 <b>New Learning Technologies </b>Conference, organized by the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT), Caribe Royale Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.salt.org/">http://www.salt.org/</a></p> <p>March 6-8, 2013 <b>International Association of Facilitators Oceania </b>Conference, Adelaide, Australia.<b> </b><a href="http://www.iaf-world.org/index/Events/News/12-07-31/Oceania_Conference_and_CPF_Event_Confirmed_for_Adelaide_in_March_2013.aspx">http://www.iaf-world.org/index/Events/News/12-07-31/Oceania_Conference_and_CPF_Event_Confirmed_for_Adelaide_in_March_2013.aspx</a></p> <p>March 6-9, 2013 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Technical Symposium on <b>Computer Science Education</b> (SIGCS): The Changing Face of Computing, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.sigcse.org/sigcse2013/">http://www.sigcse.org/sigcse2013/</a></p> <p>March 7-8, 2013 <b>National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education</b> (NAACE) Conference: Learning without Limits, Leicester, UK. <a href="http://www.naace.co.uk/events/conference2013">http://www.naace.co.uk/events/conference2013</a></p> <p>March 7-9, 2013 <b>Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds </b>Global Conference, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Lisbon, Portugal, <a href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/experiential-learning-in-virtual-worlds/call-for-papers/">http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/experiential-learning-in-virtual-worlds/call-for-papers/</a></p> <p>March 7-9, 2013 Association for <b>Teacher Education in Europe</b> (ATEE) Winter Conference: Learning and Teaching with Media and Technology, 5<sup>th</sup>, Genoa, Italy. <a href="http://www.atee1.org/">http://www.atee1.org/</a></p> <p>March 7-9, 2013 International <b>Technology and Engineering Educators Association</b> (ITEEA) Annual Conference: Improving Technology and Engineering Education for All Students – A Plan of Action, 75<sup>th</sup>, Columbus, Ohio, USA. <a href="http://www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/conferenceguide.htm">http://www.iteaconnect.org/Conference/conferenceguide.htm</a></p> <p>March 7-10, 2013 <b>National Art Education</b> Association (NAEA) Annual Convention, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.arteducators.org/">http://www.arteducators.org/</a></p> <p>March 7-10, 2013 Midwest <b>Nursing Research</b> Conference, 37<sup>th</sup> annual, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.mnrs.org/annual-conference/general-information">http://www.mnrs.org/annual-conference/general-information</a></p> <p>March 8-10, 2013 <b>T3 – Teachers Teaching with Technology</b> International Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.t3ww.org/">http://www.t3ww.org/</a> or <a href="http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/pd_internationalconferences.html">http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/pd_internationalconferences.html</a></p> <p>March 8-10, 2013 <b>National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs</b> (NACCTEP): Think Big, 11<sup>th</sup>, annual, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nacctep.com/">http://www.nacctep.com/</a></p> <p>March 8-17, 2013 <b>South by Southwest</b> (SXSW – Music, Film, Interactive), 27<sup>th</sup>, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://sxsw.com/">http://sxsw.com/</a></p> <p>March 10-12, 2013 <b>BrainStorm</b> 14.0: K12 Technology Conference for IT Personnel, 14<sup>th</sup> annual, Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.brainstormk12.com/future-conferences/">http://www.brainstormk12.com/future-conferences/</a></p> <p>March 10-13, 2013 <b>Innovations</b> Conference, sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.league.org/i2013/">http://www.league.org/i2013/</a></p> <p>March 10-13, 2013 Intensive Course in <b>Journal Publishing</b> – Asia, 6<sup>th</sup>, organized by the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) Publishers, Nanyang University, Singapore. <a href="http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/ijc-asia-2013/">http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/ijc-asia-2013/</a></p> <p>March 10-15, 2013 <b>Comparative and International Education </b>Society (CIES) Conference: Educational Quality – Global Imperatives and Contested Visions, 57<sup>th</sup> annual, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www.cies.us/groups.htm">http://www.cies.us/groups.htm</a></p> <p>March 11-12, 2013 <b>Global Summit on Education</b>: Emerging Trends for Sustainability in Global Education – Opportunities and Challenges, Dynasty Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://worldconferences.net/gse2013/">http://worldconferences.net/gse2013/</a></p> <p>March 11-13, 2013 <b>Consortium for School Networking Initiative </b>(CoSN) International Symposium, 12<sup>th</sup>, Sheraton San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cosn.org/ConferenceArchives/tabid/5570/Default.aspx">http://www.cosn.org/ConferenceArchives/tabid/5570/Default.aspx</a></p> <p>March 11-13, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Northeast Regional Computing </b>(NERCOMP) Annual Conference: Improvising the Future, online and Providence, Rhode Island, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/nercomp-annual-conference">http://www.educause.edu/nercomp-annual-conference</a></p> <p>March 11-14, 2013 <b>Asia Pacific Association of International Education</b> (APAIE), Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.apaie.org/">http://www.apaie.org/</a></p> <p>March 11-15, 2013 <b>International Wireless Communications Expo</b> (ICWE) Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.iwceexpo.com/iwce2013/public/enter.aspx">http://www.iwceexpo.com/iwce2013/public/enter.aspx</a></p> <p>March 12-14, 2013, <b>e-Gov Africa</b> Forum: Connecting Commonwealth Cultures, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, Nairobi, Kenya. <a href="http://www.events.cto.int/default.aspx?event=e-Gov%202012">http://www.events.cto.int/default.aspx?event=e-Gov%202012</a></p> <p>March 12-14, 2013 <b>National Facilities Management and Technology</b> (NFMT), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.nfmt.com/">http://www.nfmt.com/</a></p> <p>March 13-15, 2013 <b>Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association</b> (UCISA) Conference, BT Convention Centre, Liverpool, UK. <a href="http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/acog/Events/2013/ucisa2013.aspx">http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/acog/Events/2013/ucisa2013.aspx</a></p> <p>March 13-15, 2013 <b>Learning Solutions</b> Conference and Expo, organized by the eLearning Guild, Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/">http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/</a></p> <p>March 13-15, 2013 <b>National Service-Learning</b> Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.nylc.org/national-service-learning-conference">http://www.nylc.org/national-service-learning-conference</a></p> <p>March 13-15, 2013 <b>Digital Memories</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, organized by Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Lisbon, Portugal. <a href="http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/digital-memories/call-for-papers/">http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/digital-memories/call-for-papers/</a></p> <p>March 13-15, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) <b>Engineering Education</b> (EDUCON), 4<sup>th</sup>, Berlin, Germany. <a href="http://www.educon-conference.org/educon2012/index.htm">http://www.educon-conference.org/educon2012/index.htm</a></p> <p>March 13-16, 2013 Conference on <b>College Composition and Communication </b>(CCCC): The Public Work of Composition, organized by the National Council of Teachers, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.ncte.org/cccc/conv/futureconventions">http://www.ncte.org/cccc/conv/futureconventions</a></p> <p>March 14-15, 2013 International Conference <b>New Perspective in Science Education</b>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, Florence, Italy. <a href="http://www.pixel-online.net/npse2013/">http://www.pixel-online.net/npse2013/</a></p> <p>March 14-16, 2013 <b>Computer-Using Educators (CUE)</b> Annual Conference: Educate, Innovate, Explore, Palm Springs, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cue.org/conference/">http://www.cue.org/conference/</a></p> <p>March 14-16, 2013 <b>Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching</b>, 25<sup>th</sup>, hosted by the International Alliance of Teachers Scholars, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, California, USA. <a href="http://lillyconferences.com/">http://lillyconferences.com/</a> or <a href="http://www.iats.com/conferences/lilly-conference/">http://www.iats.com/conferences/lilly-conference/</a></p> <p>March 14-16, 2013 The <b>Education Show</b>, Birmingham, UK. <a href="http://www.education-show.com/">http://www.education-show.com/</a></p> <p>March 14-16, 2013 <b>Digital Media and Learning</b> (DML) Conference: Democratic Futures – Mobilizing Voices and Remixing Youth Participation, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://dmlcentral.net/events/5047">http://dmlcentral.net/events/5047</a> or <a href="http://dml2013.dmlhub.net/">http://dml2013.dmlhub.net/</a></p> <p>March 15-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Foreign Language Learning and Teaching </b>(FLLT), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://www.fllt2013.org/">http://www.fllt2013.org/</a></p> <p>March 16-17, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Technology and Science </b>(ICITS), Bali, Indonesia. <a href="http://www.icits.org/">http://www.icits.org/</a></p> <p>March 16-18, 2013 International <b>English Language Teacher Educator</b> Conference, 3<sup>rd</sup>, organized by the British Council, Hyderabad, India. <a href="http://isatt.net/dev/">http://isatt.net/dev/</a> or <a href="http://www.britishcouncil.in/">http://www.britishcouncil.in/</a></p> <p>March 16-18, 2013 <b>ASCD</b> Annual Conference: Learning – Our Story. Our Time. Our Future., sponsored by ASCD (formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx">http://www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx</a></p> <p>March 16-19, 2013 <b>American Association of Colleges Master’s Education</b> Spring Annual Meeting, Fairmont Washington DC Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aacn.nche.edu/conferences">http://www.aacn.nche.edu/conferences</a></p> <p>March 16-19, 2013 <b>American Association for Applied Linguistics </b>(AAAL), Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.aaal.org/">http://www.aaal.org/</a></p> <p>March 16-20, 2013 <b>Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education</b> (NASPA) Annual Conference: Bold without Boundaries, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.naspa.org/conf/default.cfm">http://www.naspa.org/conf/default.cfm</a></p> <p>March 16-20, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers <b>Virtual Reality</b> (VR), Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://ieeevr.org/2013/">http://ieeevr.org/2013/</a></p> <p>March 17-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Innovations in Information Technology</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, organized by the United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.it-innovations.ae/iit2013/index.html">http://www.it-innovations.ae/iit2013/index.html</a></p> <p>March 17-19, 2013 National Congress on <b>Rural Education</b>, 18<sup>th</sup>, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. <a href="http://www.usask.ca/education/ruraled/index.htm">http://www.usask.ca/education/ruraled/index.htm</a></p> <p>March 17-20, 2013 <b>Electronic Resources and Libraries</b>, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/">http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/</a></p> <p>March 17-20, 2013 <b>Teaching Academic Survival Skills</b> (TASS) Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. <a href="http://tassconference.org/">http://tassconference.org/</a></p> <p>March 18-20, 2013 <b>College Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, sponsored by the Clute Institute for Academic Research, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.cluteinstitute.com">http://www.cluteinstitute.com</a></p> <p>March 18-20, 2013 <b>Assessment</b> Conference: Quality Through Effective Curricula Management, organized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Phoenix, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.aacsb.edu/assessment/index.html">http://www.aacsb.edu/assessment/index.html</a></p> <p>March 18-20, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional</b> Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences</a></p> <p>March 18-21, 2013 <b>VoiceCon: Enterprise Communications</b>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.voicecon.com/orlando/">http://www.voicecon.com/orlando/</a></p> <p>March 18-22, 2013 Symposium on <b>Applied Computing</b>, 28<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Coimbra, Portugal. <a href="http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2013/">http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2013/</a></p> <p>March 18-22, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on <b>Pervasive Computing and Communications</b>, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.percom.org/">http://www.percom.org/</a></p> <p>March 19-20, 2013 <b>Simulation-Based Training</b>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, organized by Liquid Learning, Swissotel, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/March/">http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/March/</a></p> <p>March 19-22, 2013 International Conference on<b> Intelligent User Interfaces</b> (IUI), Santa Monica, California, USA. <a href="http://www.iuiconf.org/">http://www.iuiconf.org/</a></p> <p>March 19-22, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education, Training and Informatics</b> (ICETI), 4<sup>th</sup>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.iiis2013.org/icsit/website/default.asp?vc=31">http://www.iiis2013.org/icsit/website/default.asp?vc=31</a></p> <p>March 19-22, 2013 International Conference on <b>Society and Information Technologies</b> (ICSIT), 4<sup>th</sup>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.iiis2013.org/icsit/website/default.asp?vc=29">http://www.iiis2013.org/icsit/website/default.asp?vc=29</a></p> <p>March 20-21, 2013 The <b>e-Assessment Question</b>: Assessment Tomorrow, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, America Square Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom. <a href="http://www.e-assess.co.uk/">http://www.e-assess.co.uk/</a></p> <p>March 20-22, 2013 <b>Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning</b> (MACUL) Conference, Detroit, Michigan, USA. <a href="http://www.macul.org/conferences/">http://www.macul.org/conferences/</a></p> <p>March 20-22, 2013 <b>Advances in Business-Related Scientific Research</b> (ABSRC) Conference, Novotel Venezia Mestre, Venice, Italy. <a href="http://www.absrc.org/">http://www.absrc.org/</a></p> <p>March 20-22, 2013 <b>Royal College of Nursing (RCN) International Nursing Research</b> Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. <a href="http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/rs/2013_-_annual_conference">http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/rs/2013_-_annual_conference</a></p> <p>March 20-23, 2013 <b>Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages</b> (TESOL) Convention, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.tesol.org/">http://www.tesol.org/</a></p> <p>March 20-24, 2013 <b>American Counseling Association</b> (ACA), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. <a href="http://www.counseling.org/Convention/">http://www.counseling.org/Convention/</a></p> <p>March 21-23, 2013 Workshop on the <b>Impact of Pen-based and Touch Technology on Education</b> (WIPTTE), 5<sup>th</sup>, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.wipte.org/default.aspx">http://www.wipte.org/default.aspx</a></p> <p>March 21-23, 2013 <b>Governance Leadership Institute</b>, organized by the Association of<b> </b>Community College Trustees (ACCT), San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.acct.org/events/">http://www.acct.org/events/</a></p> <p>March 21-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Technology in Collegiate Mathematics </b>(ICTCM), 25<sup>th</sup>, annual, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.ictcm.org/">http://www.ictcm.org/</a></p> <p>March 22-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Systems and Technologies</b> (ICIST), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Tangier, Morocco. <a href="http://www.ijist.net/icist13/">http://www.ijist.net/icist13/</a></p> <p>March 22-24, 2013 <b>Good Teaching</b> Conference South, sponsored by the California Teachers’ Association, Los Angeles Airport Marriott, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cta.org/en/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/03/Good-Teaching-Conference-South.aspx">http://www.cta.org/en/Professional-Development/Events/Calendar/Conference/2013/03/Good-Teaching-Conference-South.aspx</a></p> <p>March 24-27, 2013 European Conference on <b>Information Retrieval </b>(ECIR), 35<sup>th</sup>, annual, Moscow, Russia. <a href="http://ecir2013.org/">http://ecir2013.org/</a></p> <p>March 24-27, 2013 Society for<b> College and University Planning</b> (SCUP): Place Making – Strategic Identity + Creation, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.scup.org/page/regions/pa/2011">http://www.scup.org/</a></p> <p>March 24-28, 2013 <b>Commission on Adult Basic Education</b> (COABE), Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www.coabe.org/html/conferences.html">http://www.coabe.org/html/conferences.html</a></p> <p>March 24-30, 2013 <b>Creativity</b> Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic. <a href="http://www.creativityworkshop.com/conferences.html">http://www.creativityworkshop.com/conferences.html</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 Association of <b>University Administrators</b> (AUA) Conference and Exhibition, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK. <a href="http://www.aua.ac.uk/news-48-Annual-Conference-and-Exhibition-2013-Call-for-Session-Proposals.html">http://www.aua.ac.uk/news-48-Annual-Conference-and-Exhibition-2013-Call-for-Session-Proposals.html</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 <b>e-Gov Africa</b> Forum, sponsored by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, 7<sup>th</sup>, Munyono, Uganda. <a href="http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=88">http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=88</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 <b>Librarians’ Information Literacy </b>(LILAC)<b> </b>Annual Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. <a href="http://lilacconference.com/WP/">http://lilacconference.com/WP/</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Human Machine Interaction</b> (HMI), 1<sup>st</sup>, co-sponsored by the Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties, Hotel Hilton, Chennai, India. <a href="http://hmi2013.in/">http://hmi2013.in/</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 <b>Advanced XML</b>: Further Adventures with XSLT, organized by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Digital Library Federation, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/XSLT-workshop.shtml">http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/XSLT-workshop.shtml</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 <b>Academic Library Planning and Revitalization</b> Institute, organized by Academic Impressions, Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences">http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences</a></p> <p>March 25-27, 2013 <b>Social Media Strategy for Higher Education</b>: Beyond the Basics, organized by Academic Impressions, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences">http://www.academicimpressions.com/conferences</a></p> <p>March 25-28, 2013 <b>Texas Distance Learning Association</b> (TXDLA) Conference, 16<sup>th</sup>, annual, Moody Gardens Hotel, Galveston, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.txdla.org/events.asp">http://www.txdla.org/events.asp</a></p> <p>March 25-29, 2013 Society for <b>Information Technology and Teacher Education</b> (SITE) 24<sup>th</sup>, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://site.aace.org/conf/">http://site.aace.org/conf/</a></p> <p>March 25-29, 2013 <b>Game Developers</b> Conference: Games for Change, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/conference/gamesforchange.html">http://www.gdconf.com/conference/gamesforchange.html</a></p> <p>March 26-27, 2013 <b>Open Educational Resources</b> (OER13): Creating a Virtuous Circle, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. <a href="http://www.oer13.org/">http://www.oer13.org/</a></p> <p>March 26-28, 2013 <b>Russian Education Forum</b>, Moscow, Russia. <a href="http://www.schoolexpo.ru/2012/eng/news/exhibition/17231.stm">http://www.schoolexpo.ru/</a></p> <p>March 27-28, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Systems and Technology Management for Innovation and Regional Development</b> (ISTMID), 5<sup>th</sup>, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan. <a href="http://aasrc.org/conference/?author=1">http://aasrc.org/conference/?author=1</a></p> <p>March 27-28, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Science and Information Technology</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, Amman, Jordan. <a href="http://www.inomics.com/economics/conferences/2012/7/25/csit-2013-5th-international-conference-computer-science-and-informat">http://www.inomics.com/economics/conferences/2012/7/25/csit-2013-5th-international-conference-computer-science-and-informat</a></p> <p>March 27-29, 2013 The <b>SoTL Commons</b>: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2013/index.htm">http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2013/index.htm</a></p> <p>March 27-30, 2013 World Conference on <b>Information Systems and Technologies</b> (WorldCIST’13), Algarve, Portugal. <a href="http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist13/">http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist13/</a></p> <p>March 28-29, 2013 <b>Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement</b> (SoTE) Conference, Orem, Utah, USA. <a href="http://www.uvu.edu/facultycenter/sote/index.html">http://www.uvu.edu/facultycenter/sote/index.html</a></p> <p>March 29-31, 2013 Online Conference on <b>Multidisiplinary Social Sciences</b>, sponsored by the Australian Cultural and Educational Institute, offered online. <a href="http://www.auaicei.com/">http://www.auaicei.com/</a></p> <p>March 31-April 2, 2013 <b>RosEvaluation</b> Conference: Assessment for Program and Institutional Accreditation, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.rose-hulman.edu/offices-services/institutional-research,-planning-and-assessment/2011-rosevaluation-conference.aspx">http://www.rose-hulman.edu/offices-services/institutional-research,-planning-and-assessment/2011-rosevaluation-conference.aspx</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE </i></b><b><i>for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p><b><i></i></b></p> <p>March 3-4, <b>2012</b> <b>Ed Tech Teacher</b> (ETT) Winter Conference: Leading Change in Changing Times, hosted by Microsoft New England Research and Development (NERD) Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/winter-conference">http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/winter-conference</a></p> <p>March 16-17, <b>2012</b> <b>Celebration of Teaching and Learning</b>, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://thirteencelebration.org/">http://thirteencelebration.org/</a></p> <p>March 19-20, <b>2012</b> <b>Student Demand Driven Education</b>: A Challenging Transformation in Response to Student Needs, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/student-demand-driven-education-conference">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/student-demand-driven-education-conference</a></p> <p>March 21-23, <b>2012</b> <b>Blended Learning</b> Conference, 5<sup>th</sup>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/Featured-Liquid-Learning-Events/">http://liquidlearning.com.au/llg08/Featured-Liquid-Learning-Events/</a></p> <p>March 26-30, <b>2012</b> Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on <b>Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Education</b> (WMUTE2012), 7<sup>th</sup>, Takamatsu, Japan. <a href="http://wmute2012.info/">http://wmute2012.info/</a></p> <h2><b>April 2013</b></h2> <p>April 1-2, 2013 International Conference on <b>Security Science and Technology</b>, Singapore, <a href="http://www.icsst.org/">http://www.icsst.org/</a></p> <p>April 1-2, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Network Technology</b>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Singapore. <a href="http://www.icint.org/">http://www.icint.org/</a></p> <p>April 2-4, 2013 International Conference on <b>Educational Technologies </b>(EDUTE), 9<sup>th</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a> or <a href="http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=3463">http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=3463</a></p> <p>April 2-4, 2013 International Conference on <b>Engineering and Technology Education</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a></p> <p>April 2-4, 2013 <b>Early Education and Technology for Children </b>(EETC), 3<sup>rd</sup>,<sup> </sup>annual, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. <a href="http://www.eetcconference.org/">http://www.eetcconference.org/</a></p> <p>April 2-4, 2013 <b>CiTE, The Pearson eCollege Users</b> Conference, J. W. Marriott Chicago, Chicago, USA. <a href="http://pearsonevents.com/cite2013/">http://pearsonevents.com/cite2013/</a></p> <p>April 2-4, 2013 <b>Communications</b> Conference, organized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/Upcoming_Events.aspx">http://www.aascu.org/Upcoming_Events.aspx</a></p> <p>April 2-5, 2013 <b>Archiving</b> Conference sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.imaging.org/IST/conferences/archiving/">http://www.imaging.org/IST/conferences/archiving/</a></p> <p>April 3-5, 2013 <b>Forum on Education Abroad</b>: Moving Beyond It Was Great – Student Learning and Development in Education Abroad, 9<sup>th</sup> annual, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.forumea.org/events.cfm">http://www.forumea.org/events.cfm</a></p> <p>April 3-5, 2013 <b>e-CASE & e-Tech: </b>International Conference on<b> e-Commerce, e-Administration, e-Society, e-Education and e-Technology</b>, Kitakyushu, Japan. <a href="http://e-case.org/2013/">http://e-case.org/2013/</a></p> <p>April 3-6, 2013 <b>Council for Exceptional Children</b> (CEC) Convention and Expo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/ConventionExpo/">http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/ConventionExpo/</a></p> <p>April 3-7, 2013 Association of <b>Independent Information Professionals</b> (AIIP), 27<sup>th</sup>, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.aiip.org/">http://www.aiip.org/</a></p> <p>April 3-7, 2013 <b>Information Architecture</b> (IA) Summit, sponsored by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://2013.iasummit.org/">http://2013.iasummit.org/</a></p> <p>April 4-5, 2013 <b>Research Data Access and Preservations</b> (RDAP) Summit, 4<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.asis.org/rdap/">http://www.asis.org/rdap/</a></p> <p>April 4-5, 2013 <b>Coalition for Networked Information</b> (CNI) Membership Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/future-meetings/">http://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/future-meetings/</a></p> <p>April 4-6, 2013 International <b>Asia-Pacific Web</b> (APWeb) Conference, 15<sup>th</sup>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~apweb2013/">http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~apweb2013/</a></p> <p>April 4-6, 2013, <b>Student Success and the Quality Agenda</b>, organized by the Network for Academic Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Miami, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>April 4-6, 2013 <b>Computer Technology</b> Conference: All Things Technology, Fort McDowell, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://comptechconf.com/">http://comptechconf.com/</a></p> <p>April 4-6, 2013 <b>Department and Division Chair </b>Workshop, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>April 4-6, 2013 <b>College English</b> Association (CEA) Conference, 44<sup>th</sup>, annual, Savannah, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.cea-web.org/">http://www.cea-web.org/</a></p> <p>April 4-7, 2013 <strong>The Chair Academy’s</strong><strong> International Conference for Post-Secondary Leaders, 22<sup>nd</sup>, annual, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.chairacademy.com/">http://www.chairacademy.com/</a></p> <p>April 4-7, 2013 <b>National Center for Student Leadership</b>, Hyatt Regency Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.ncslcollege.com/conferences/">http://www.ncslcollege.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>April 4-7, 2013 <b>Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities</b> (ACAH), Osaka, Japan. <a href="http://acah.iafor.org/">http://acah.iafor.org/</a></p> <p>April 5, 2013 Academy for Innovation in Medical Education (AIME) <b>Medical Education</b> Day, organized by the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.med.uottawa.ca/AIME/eng/">http://www.med.uottawa.ca/AIME/eng/</a></p> <p>April 5-6, 2013 International Conference on <b>E-Learning and Knowledge Management Technology </b>(ICEKMT), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://www.icekm.com/">http://www.icekm.com/</a></p> <p>April 5-9, 2013 The <b>Higher Learning Commission</b> (HLC) Annual Conference: Transitioning to Pathways and Implementing the Criteria for Accreditation, 118<sup>th</sup>, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://annualconference.ncahlc.org/">http://annualconference.ncahlc.org/</a></p> <p>April 6-9, 2013 National Association for <b>Research in Science Teaching</b> (NARST) International Annual Conference, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA. <a href="http://www.narst.org/">http://www.narst.org/</a></p> <p>April 7-9, 2013 Society for<b> College and University Planning</b> (SCUP) Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.scup.org/page/regions/pa/2011">http://www.scup.org/</a></p> <p>April 7-9, 2013 The <b>Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business</b> (AACSB) International Conference and Annual Meeting (ICAM), Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.aacsb.edu/ICAM2013/">http://www.aacsb.edu/ICAM2013/</a></p> <p>April 7-10, 2013 The <b>Higher Education Technology Agenda</b> (THETA) Australasia, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Australia. <a href="http://theta.edu.au/">http://theta.edu.au/</a> or <a href="http://www.caudit.edu.au/">http://www.caudit.edu.au/</a></p> <p>April 7-11, 2013 <b>American Chemical Society</b> National Meeting and Exposition: Chemistry of Energy and Food, 245<sup>th</sup>, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541">http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541</a></p> <p>April 8-10, 2013 <b>Computers in Libraries</b>, 28<sup>th</sup> annual, Hilton Washington, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/">http://www.infotoday.com/cil2012/</a></p> <p>April 8-12, 2013 <b>Learning Analytics and Knowledge</b> (LAK), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Leuven, Belgium. <a href="http://lakconference2013.wordpress.com/">http://lakconference2013.wordpress.com/</a></p> <p>April 8-12, 2013 International Conference on <b>College Teaching and Learning</b>: Reality Learning, 24<sup>th</sup>, Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.teachlearn.org/">http://www.teachlearn.org/</a></p> <p>April 8-12, 2013 International Association of <b>Teachers of English as a Foreign Language</b> (IATEFL), 48<sup>th</sup> annual, Liverpool, UK. <a href="http://www.iatefl.org">http://www.iatefl.org</a></p> <p>April 9-10, 2013 <b>Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program</b>: Strategic Skills for Success, organized by the Association of Research Libraries, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.arl.org/events/calendar/index.shtml">http://www.arl.org/events/calendar/index.shtml</a></p> <p>April 9-10, 2013 <b>Swiss eLearning</b> Conference (SeLC), Holiday Inn, Zurich, Switzerland. <a href="http://selc.ch/content/index_eng.html">http://selc.ch/content/index_eng.html</a></p> <p>April 9-11, 2013 <b>Emerging Technologies for Online Learning</b> International Symposium, 6<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by Sloan Consortium and MERLOT, Planet Hollywood Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/et4online/welcome">http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/et4online/welcome</a> or <a href="http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm">http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm</a></p> <p>April 9-11, 2013 <b>Information and Communications Technology </b>Exhibition and Conference, 8<sup>th</sup>, Karachi, Pakistan. <a href="http://www.connectitpakistan.com/">http://www.connectitpakistan.com/</a></p> <p>April 9-12, 2013 <b>National Summit on Educator Effectiveness</b>, organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Marriott Louisville Downtown, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. <a href="http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html">http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html</a></p> <p>April 9-May 11, 2013 <b>Strategic Planning for Your First-Year Experience</b> Course, organized by the National Resource Center First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina, USA, offered online. <a href="http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/index.html">http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/index.html</a></p> <p>April 10-11, 2013 <b>Australian Institute of Training and Development</b> (AITD) Conference, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.aitd.com.au/conference">http://www.aitd.com.au/conference</a></p> <p>April 10-12, 2013 <b>Plymouth e-Learning</b> Conference (PELeCON), 8<sup>th</sup>, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. <a href="http://pelecon.net">http://pelecon.net</a> or <a href="http://www.pelecon.co.uk/">http://www.pelecon.co.uk/</a></p> <p>April 10-12, 2013 <b>Med-e-Tel</b>: International <b>eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum</b> for Education, Networking and Business, organized by the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), Luxembourg, <a href="http://www.medetel.eu/index.php">http://www.medetel.eu/index.php</a></p> <p>April 10-12, 2013 <b>Advances in Computer Science and Engineering </b>(ACSE), 8<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Phuket, Thailand. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/</a></p> <p>April 10-12, 2013 International Conference of <b>Asian Special Libraries</b>: Special Libraries towards Achieving Dynamic, Strategic and Responsible Working Environment, Pasay City, Philippines. <a href="http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/Themes-ICoASL-2013.htm">http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/Themes-ICoASL-2013.htm</a></p> <p>April 10-12, 2013 <b>InfoComm: Information Communications Marketplace</b>, Beijing, China. <a href="http://www.infocomm.org/">www.infocomm.org</a></p> <p>April 10-13, 2013 Association of <b>College and Research Libraries</b> (ACRL), 16<sup>th</sup> biennial conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/index.cfm">http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/index.cfm</a></p> <p>April 10-13, 2013 <b>Education Technology Policy</b> Summit, organized by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://setda.org/web/guest/events">http://setda.org/web/guest/events</a></p> <p>April 11-12, 2013 <b>Residence Abroad, Social Networks and Second Language Learning</b>, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. <a href="http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/6649">http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/6649</a></p> <p>April 11-12, 2013 <b>European Conference on Intellectual Capital</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecic/ecic2013/ecic13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecic/ecic2013/ecic13-home.htm</a></p> <p>April 11-12, 2013 <b>Learning at the Moment of Need</b>: Connecting Learning to Performance, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>April 11-12, 2013 <b>EdTechTeacher iPad Summit</b>, Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Centre, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://ipadsummit.org">http://ipadsummit.org</a></p> <p>April 11-13, 2013 National Conference on <b>Undergraduate Research </b>(NCUR), 27<sup>th</sup>, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.<b> </b><a href="http://www.cur.org/ncur_2013/">http://www.cur.org/ncur_2013/</a></p> <p>April 11-13, 2013 Leadership 3.0 Symposium: <b>Leadership, Technology, Innovation</b>, Irvine, California, USA. <a href="http://www.lead3.org/">http://www.lead3.org/</a></p> <p>April 11-14, 2013 <b>National Science Teachers</b> Association (NSTA) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nsta.org/conferences/future.aspx">http://www.nsta.org/conferences/future.aspx</a></p> <p>April 12-14, 2013 <b>Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Wikimedia</b> (GLAM-WIKI), organized by Wikimedia, London, UK. <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_2013</a></p> <p>April 12-17, 2013 International<b> Performance Improvement </b>(ISPI)<b> </b>Conference: Many Approaches – Discover What Works, 51<sup>st</sup>, Reno, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.ispi.org/">http://www.ispi.org/</a></p> <p>April 13-14, 2013 <b>Global Health and Innovation</b> Conference (GHIC), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. <a href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/">http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/</a></p> <p>April 13-15, 2013 <b>National School Boards Association </b>(NSBA): Take the Leap - Leadership, Education, Achievement, Progress, 73<sup>rd</sup>, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.nsba.org/conference/">http://www.nsba.org/conference/</a></p> <p>April 14-16, 2013 <b>Distance Education and Training Council’s </b>(DETC) Annual Conference, 87<sup>th </sup>annual, InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html">http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html</a></p> <p>April 14-16, 2013 <b>Eastern Evaluation Research Society</b> (EERS) Annual Conference, 36<sup>th</sup>, Absecon, New Jersey, USA. <a href="http://www.eers.org/">http://www.eers.org/</a></p> <p>April 14-16, 2013 <b>Engineering Deans</b> Institute, organized by the American Society for Engineering Education, Manhattan, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>April 14-16, 2013 Conference on <b>Excellence in Gateway Course Completion</b>, organized by the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education at Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.jngi.org/gateway/">http://www.jngi.org/gateway/</a></p> <p><strong>April 14-17, 2013 </strong>Association for<b> Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education</b> (ACUTA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, 42<sup>nd</sup>, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.acuta.org/wcm/acuta/">http://www.acuta.org/wcm/acuta/</a><strong></strong></p> <p>April 14-17, 2013 <b>American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers </b>(AACRAO)<b> </b>Conference: Collaborating Towards a Global Community – Bridges to the Future, 99<sup>th </sup>annual, Moscone Center West, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>April 14-17, 2013 <b>National Association of Campus Card Users </b>(NACCU), 20<sup>th</sup> annual, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, California, USA. <a href="http://www.naccu.org/">http://www.naccu.org/</a></p> <p>April 14-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Management of Technology</b> (IAMOT): Science, Technology and Innovation in the Emerging Markets Economy, 22<sup>nd</sup>, Porto Alegre, Brazil. <a href="http://www.iamot.org/">http://www.iamot.org/</a></p> <p>April 14-18, 2013 International Association of <b>Scientific and Technological University Libraries</b> (IATUL): Doing It Together – Effective Collaboration in Scientific and Technological University Libraries, Cape Town, South Africa. <a href="http://www.iatul.org/conferences/">http://www.iatul.org/conferences/</a></p> <p>April 15-16, 2013 <b>Sandbox Summit@MIT</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, annual, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.sandboxsummit.org/events.html">http://www.sandboxsummit.org/events.html</a></p> <p>April 15-16, 2013 International Information Conference on <b>Search, Data Mining and Visualization</b> (II-SDV), Nice, France. <a href="http://www.ii-sdv.com/home-page.html">http://www.ii-sdv.com/home-page.html</a></p> <p>April 15-17, 2013 <b>Ireland International Conference on Education </b>(IICE), Dublin, Ireland. <a href="http://www.iicedu.org/">http://www.iicedu.org/</a></p> <p>April 15-17, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Technology</b>: New Generations (ITNG), 10<sup>th</sup>, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.itng.info/">http://www.itng.info/</a></p> <p>April 15-17, 2013 <b>Education Innovation</b> Summit, 4<sup>th</sup>, organized by Arizona State University, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://edinnovation.asu.edu/">http://edinnovation.asu.edu/</a></p> <p>April 15-17, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Security Professionals</b> Conference: No Boundaries – Security in an Open World, offered online and in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/events/security-professionals-conference">http://www.educause.edu/events/security-professionals-conference</a></p> <p>April 15-17, 2013 <b>Digital Media Europe</b>: Innovation, Monetisation, Advertising and Networking, organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, London, United Kingdom. <a href="http://www.wan-ifra.org/events/digital-media-europe-2013">http://www.wan-ifra.org/events/digital-media-europe-2013</a></p> <p>April 15-19, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)<b> </b>Symposium Series<b> </b>on<b> Computational Intelligence</b> (WCCI), Singapore. <a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/epnsugan/index_files/SSCI2013/index.html">http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/epnsugan/index_files/SSCI2013/index.html</a></p> <p>April 16-17, 2013 <b>Digital Health</b>, Birmingham, UK. <a href="http://www.hc2013.bcs.org/">http://www.hc2013.bcs.org/</a></p> <p>April 16-18, 2013 <b>Technology, Colleges, and Community</b> (TCC) Worldwide Online Conference: Emerging Technologies for Learning – Best Choices and Current Practices, 18<sup>th</sup>, annual, to be held online. <a href="http://tcchawaii.org/">http://tcchawaii.org/</a> or <a href="http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu">http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu</a></p> <p>April 16-18, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Enterprise IT Leadership</b> Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/events/enterprise-it-leadership-conference">http://www.educause.edu/events/enterprise-it-leadership-conference</a></p> <p>April 16-19, 2013 International Forum on <b>Quality and Safety in Health Care</b>: Improving Quality, Reducing Cost, Saving Lives, London, UK. <a href="http://internationalforum.bmj.com/about-the-forum/future-forums-1?searchterm=2013">http://internationalforum.bmj.com/about-the-forum/future-forums-1?searchterm=2013</a></p> <p>April 16-19, 2013 International Exhibition and Conference on <b>Higher Education</b> (IECHE), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <a href="http://iehe.mohe.gov.sa/web/index.php?lang=en">http://iehe.mohe.gov.sa/web/index.php?lang=en</a></p> <p>April 16-19, 2013 <b>TEDMED</b>: The Future of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.tedmed.com/home">http://www.tedmed.com/home</a></p> <p>April 16-20, 2013 <b>National Business Education Association</b>, Atlanta, Georgia,<b> </b>USA. <a href="http://www.nbea.org/">http://www.nbea.org/</a></p> <p>April 17-18, 2013 <b>Higher Education Academy</b> <b>STEM</b> (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: Where Practice and Pedagogy Meet, 2<sup>nd</sup>, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. <a href="http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/STEM_annual_conf">http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/STEM_annual_conf</a></p> <p>April 17-18, 2013 <b>UK Evaluation </b>Society Annual Evaluation Conference: Evaluating to Make a Difference – Achieving Results through Learning and Accountability, Senate House, University of London, London, UK. <a href="http://www.evaluation.org.uk/events/event/2013-Annual-Evaluation-Conference">http://www.evaluation.org.uk/events/event/2013-Annual-Evaluation-Conference</a></p> <p>April 17-19, 2013 <b>Gulf Education and Training</b> Exhibition (GETEX), including the <b>Global EdTech</b> Forum, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. URL not available when this conference list was assembled, contact <a href="mailto:info@universityfairs.com">info@universityfairs.com</a></p> <p>April 17-19, 2013 <b>American Society for Indexing</b> Conference: The Art and Craft of Indexing, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi7.dll/4DCGI/events/330.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=330">http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi7.dll/4DCGI/events/330.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=330</a></p> <p>April 17-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Science and Information Literacy</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania. <a href="http://bcu.ulbsibiu.ro/conference/">http://bcu.ulbsibiu.ro/conference/</a></p> <p>April 17-20, 2013 <b>National Council of Teachers of Mathematics </b>(NCTM) Annual Meeting and Exposition, 91<sup>st</sup>, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=452">http://nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=452</a></p> <p>April 17-20, 2013 <b>Museums and the Web</b>, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/">http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/</a></p> <p>April 19-20, 2013 Consortium for <b>Computing Sciences in Colleges</b> South Central Regional Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana. USA. <a href="http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/ccsc/">http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/ccsc/</a></p> <p>April 19-22, 2013 International <b>Reading</b> Association (IRA) Convention, 58<sup>th</sup>, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.reading.org/convention.aspx">http://www.reading.org/convention.aspx</a></p> <p>April 20-23, 2013 <b>American Association of Community Colleges</b> (AACC) Annual Convention, 93<sup>rd</sup>, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/</a></p> <p>April 20-24, 2013 <b>Canadian Conference on Medical Education</b> (CCME): The Quest for Quality Improvement – Going for Gold through Medical Education, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.mededconference.ca/home.php">http://www.mededconference.ca/home.php</a></p> <p>April 20-24, 2013 <b>Experimental Biology</b>, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://experimentalbiology.org/EB/pages/default.aspx?splashpage=1">http://experimentalbiology.org/EB/pages/default.aspx?splashpage=1</a></p> <p>April 21-23, 2013 <strong>Technology and Innovation in Education</strong><strong> (TIE) 2013, 27<sup>th</sup> annual, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. </strong><strong><a href="http://conference.tie.net/">http://conference.tie.net/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>April 22-23, 2013 </strong>International Conference on <b>Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technology</b> (CGAT), 6<sup>th</sup>, and <b>Cloud Computing and Virtualization</b> (CCV), Singapore. <a href="http://www.cgames.com.sg/">http://www.cgames.com.sg/</a></p> <p><strong>April 22-25, 2013 </strong><b>International</b> <b>Federation of Training and Development Organisations</b> (IFTDO) World Conference and Exhibition: Human Capacity Building for the Emerging World Order, 42<sup>nd</sup>, New Delhi, India. <a href="http://www.iftdo.net/">http://www.iftdo.net/</a></p> <p>April 22-26, 2013 <b>Commonwealth Cybersecurity</b> Forum: Bringing Safety, Resilience and Security into Cyberspace, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 3<sup>rd</sup> annual, <a href="http://www.events.cto.int/default.aspx?event=Cyber_S_2013">http://www.events.cto.int/default.aspx?event=Cyber_S_2013</a></p> <p>April 23, 2013 <b>Securing Your Network</b> Against Cyber Attacks, Phishing and Scams, organized by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), offered online. <a href="http://www.cosn.org/Events/201213WebinarSeries/April23SecuringYourNetwork/tabid/13540/Default.aspx">http://www.cosn.org/Events/201213WebinarSeries/April23SecuringYourNetwork/tabid/13540/Default.aspx</a></p> <p>April 23-25, 2013 <b>Internet World</b>, Earls Court, London, UK. <a href="http://www.internetworld.co.uk/">http://www.internetworld.co.uk/</a></p> <p>April 23-25, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education and Educational Technology</b>, 12<sup>th</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Morioka City, Iwate, Japan. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a></p> <p>April 23-25, 2013 <b>International Universities Conference</b>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, annual, organized by the Eastern European University Association, Moscow, Russia. <a href="http://eeua.ru/articles/article_layout/id/1">http://eeua.ru/articles/article_layout/id/1</a></p> <p>April 23-26, 2013 <b>FMX</b> 2013 Conference on<b> Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media</b>, 18<sup>th</sup>, Stuttgart, Germany. <a href="http://www.fmx.de">www.fmx.de</a></p> <p>April 23-26, 2013 <b>International</b> <b>Federation of Training and Development Organisations</b> (IFTDO) World Conference and Exhibition: Capability Building for Cutting Edge Organizations in New Business Order, 42<sup>nd</sup>, New Delhi, India. <a href="http://www.iftdo.net/">http://www.iftdo.net/</a></p> <p>April 23-26, 2013 International <b>Gender and Education</b> Association Conference: Compelling Diversities, Educational Intersections – Policy, Practice, Parity. London South Bank University, London, UK. <a href="http://www.genderandeducation.com/issues/conference_2013/">http://www.genderandeducation.com/issues/conference_2013/</a></p> <p>April 24-25, 2013 HRD <b>Learning and Organisation Development </b>Conference and Exhibition, London, UK. <a href="http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd">http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/hrd</a></p> <p>April 24-26, 2013 <b>International Association of Universities (IAU) Global Meeting of Associations</b> (GMA): Institutional Diversity in Higher Education – Strength or Threat for Associations?, University of Salford, Manchester, UK. <a href="http://www.iau-aiu.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=273">http://www.iau-aiu.net/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=273</a></p> <p>April 25-26, 2013 International Scientific Conference on<b> eLearning and Software for Education</b> (eLSE), 9<sup>th</sup>, Bucharest, Romania. <a href="http://www.elseconference.eu/">http://www.elseconference.eu/</a></p> <p>April 25-26, 2013 <b>European Next Web</b> Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://thenextweb.com/conference/">http://thenextweb.com/conference/</a></p> <p>April 25-27, 2013 <b>European Teacher Education Network </b>(ETEN) Annual Conference: Education Designed for All, Limburg Catholic University College, Limburg, Belgium. <a href="http://www.eten-online.org/">http://www.eten-online.org/</a></p> <p>April 25-27, 2013 <strong>International Conference on </strong><strong>New Trends in Education and Their Implications</strong><strong> (ICONTE), 4<sup>th</sup>, Konyaalti-Antalya, Turkey. <a href="http://www.iconte.org/">http://www.iconte.org/</a></strong></p> <p>April 25-27, 2013 <b>What Is Radio</b>? Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Radio Conference, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.aejmc.org/home/events/regional-meetings/">http://www.aejmc.org/home/events/regional-meetings/</a></p> <p>April 25-28, 2013 Asian Conference on <b>Technology in the Classroom </b>(ACTC), Osaka, Japan. <a href="http://www.actc.iafor.org/">http://www.actc.iafor.org/</a></p> <p>April 25-28, 2013 <strong>Asian Conference on Language Learning </strong><strong>(ACLL), Osaka, Japan. <a href="http://www.acll.iafor.org/">http://www.acll.iafor.org/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>April 26-28, 2013 <b>Future Educators Association</b> National Conference, 24<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by the Phi Delta Kappa International, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.pdkintl.org/member/summit.htm">http://www.pdkintl.org/member/summit.htm</a></p> <p>April 26-28, 2013, International Conference on <b>Computer Science and Education </b>(ICCSE), 8<sup>th</sup>, Colombo, Sri Lanka. <a href="http://iccse.xmu.edu.cn/">http://iccse.xmu.edu.cn/</a></p> <p>April 27-29, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Communications Technologies</b> (IETICT), Beijing, China. <a href="http://www.ietict.org/">http://www.ietict.org/</a></p> <p>April 27-May 1, 2013 <b>American Educational Research Association </b>(AERA) Annual Meeting: Education and Poverty – Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aera.net/">http://www.aera.net/</a></p> <p>April 27-May 2, 2013 Conference on <b>Human Factors in Computing Systems</b> (CHI): Changing Perspectives, 32<sup>nd</sup>, sponsored by ACM SUGGHI, Paris, France. <a href="http://chi2013.acm.org/">http://chi2013.acm.org/</a></p> <p>April 28-May 1, 2013 <b>United States Distance Learning Association</b> (USDLA) National Conference, 6<sup>th</sup>, location to be announced, USA. <a href="http://www.usdla.org/2013-usdla-national-conference/">http://www.usdla.org/2013-usdla-national-conference/</a></p> <p>April 28-May 1, 2013 <b>Print and ePublishing</b> Conference (PePcon), Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://pepconference.com/">http://pepconference.com/</a></p> <p>April 29-30, 2013 National <b>Student Teaching and Supervision</b> Conference, 7<sup>th</sup>, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.student-teacher-supervision.org/">http://www.student-teacher-supervision.org/</a></p> <p>April 29-30, 2013 Pacific Rim International Conference on <b>Disability and Diversity</b>, 29<sup>th</sup> annual, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/">http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/</a></p> <p>April 29-May 1, 2013 <b>Campus Technology </b>Forum, Hyatt Grand Manchester, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://events.campustechnology.com/events/CT-Forum-Conference/Home.aspx">http://events.campustechnology.com/events/CT-Forum-Conference/Home.aspx</a></p> <p>April 29-May 1, 2013 <b>Lectora</b> User Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://lectora.com/lectora-user-conference-2013">http://lectora.com/lectora-user-conference-2013</a></p> <p>April 30-May 2, 2013 International Association of <b>Scientific, Technical and Medica (STM) Publishers</b> Conference, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/stm-spring-conference-2013/">http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/stm-spring-conference-2013/</a></p> <p>April 30-May 3, 2013 Association of <b>Research Libraries</b> (ARL) Membership Meeting,162<sup>nd</sup>, Chapel Hill/Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, USA. <a href="http://www.arl.org/events/futuremms/index.shtml">http://www.arl.org/events/futuremms/index.shtml</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE </i></b><b><i>for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p>April 2-4, <b>2012</b> <b>MoodleMoot UK/Ireland</b> 2012, Crown Plaza Hotel, Northwood, Dublin, Ireland. <a href="http://moodlemoot.org/">http://moodlemoot.org/</a></p> <p>April 24-26, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Networked Digital Technologies</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Canadian University of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.ndtconf.org/index.php">http://www.ndtconf.org/index.php</a></p> <p>April 25-28, <b>2012</b> Conference of the Americas on <b>International Education</b> (CAIE), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <a href="http://caie-caei.org/?lang=en_us">http://caie-caei.org/?lang=en_us</a></p> <h2><b>May 2013</b></h2> <p>May 1-2, 2013 <b>Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning</b>, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. <a href="http://learningandteaching.dal.ca/dcutl/index.html">http://learningandteaching.dal.ca/dcutl/index.html</a></p> <p>May 1-3, 2013 <b>Canadian Network for Innovation in Education</b> (CNIE) Conference: Leadership in Education, 6<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.cnie-rcie.ca/?q=node">http://www.cnie-rcie.ca/</a></p> <p>May 1-3, 2013 <b>Assessment, Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, organized by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Spokane, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-assesspacnwteachinglearningconf.aspx">http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/_e-assesspacnwteachinglearningconf.aspx</a></p> <p>May 1-3, 2013 Society for<b> College and University Planning</b> (SCUP) North Atlantic Regional Conference: Global, Local, or “Glocal” – Identity for Higher Education in an International Context, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.scup.org/page/regions/pa/2011">http://www.scup.org/</a></p> <p>May 1-3, 2013 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) <b>Hypertext and Social Media</b> Conference, Paris, France. <a href="http://ht.acm.org/ht2013/call-for-papers/">http://ht.acm.org/ht2013/call-for-papers/</a></p> <p>May 1-5, 2013 Society for <b>Teachers of Family Medicine</b> (STFM) Annual Spring Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://stfm.org/conferences/annual/an/futuredates.cfm">http://stfm.org/conferences/annual/an/futuredates.cfm</a></p> <p>May 2-3, 2013 <b>Manitoba Association for Distributed Learning and Training </b>(MADLaT) Conference, 12<sup>th</sup>, Princess Street Campus, Red River College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. <a href="http://www.madlat.ca">www.madlat.ca</a> or <a href="mailto:info@madlat.ca">info@madlat.ca</a></p> <p>May 2-3, 2013 <b>Learning and Entertainment Evolutions</b> Forum (LEEF), Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.goleef.com/">http://www.goleef.com/</a></p> <p>May 2-4, 2013 International Conference on <b>Communication, Media, Technology and Design</b>, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Cyprus. <a href="http://www.cmdconf.net/">http://www.cmdconf.net/</a></p> <p>May 2-4, 2013 <b>Web Science</b>, part of the <b>European Computing Research Congress</b>, sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Paris, France. <a href="http://www.websci12.org/">http://www.websci12.org/</a></p> <p>May 2-4, 2013 <b>American Nursing Informatics </b>Association (ANIA) Nursing IT Innovations, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nursingsociety.org/sttievents/nursingconferences/pages/nursingconferences.aspx">http://www.nursingsociety.org/sttievents/nursingconferences/pages/nursingconferences.aspx</a></p> <p>May 3-4, 2013 <b>Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education </b>(WCCCE), 18<sup>th </sup>annual, Capilano University, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.cs.ubc.ca/wccce/2013/">http://www.cs.ubc.ca/wccce/2013/</a></p> <p>May 3-4, 2013 <b>StudyWorld </b>2013: International Fair for Higher and Continuing Education, Berlin, Germany. <a href="http://www.studyworld2013.com/">http://www.studyworld2013.com/</a></p> <p>May 3-4, 2013 <b>Global Conference on Education</b>, sponsored by the School of Education, University of Riverside, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.uofriverside.com/edconference.html">http://www.uofriverside.com/edconference.html</a></p> <p>May 3-5, 2013 <b>Organizing Student Minds for School Success</b>, Arlington, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://www.learningandthebrain.com/">http://www.learningandthebrain.com/</a></p> <p>May 3-6, 2013 <b>Council of Science Editors</b> (CSE) Annual Meeting: Communicate Science Effectively – The World Depends on IT, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1">http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1</a></p> <p>May 3-8, 2013 <b>Medical Library Association</b> (MLA): One Health – Information in an Interdependent World, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.mlanet.org/am/meetings.html">http://www.mlanet.org/am/meetings.html</a></p> <p>May 4-8, 2013 <b>Adobe MAX</b>, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://max.adobe.com/">http://max.adobe.com/</a></p> <p>May 5-7, 2013 <b>American Telemedicine Association </b>(ATA) International Meeting and Trade Show, 18<sup>th</sup>, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.americantelemed.org/">www.americantelemed.org</a></p> <p>May 5-8, 2013 International Conference on <b>Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare</b>, 7<sup>th</sup>, Venice, Italy. <a href="http://pervasivehealth.org/2013/show/home">http://pervasivehealth.org/2013/show/home</a></p> <p>May 6-8, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Supported Education</b> (CESDU), 5<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) and co-organized by the Aachen University (RWTH), Aachen, Germany. <a href="http://www.csedu.org/">http://www.csedu.org/</a></p> <p>May 6-9, 2013 <b>eLearning DevCon</b> 2013, Aria Resort, Las Vegas, USA. <a href="http://www.elearningdevcon.com">www.elearningdevcon.com</a></p> <p>May 6-9, 2013 International Conference on <b>Sociology</b>, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, hosted by the Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/sociology.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/sociology.htm</a></p> <p>May 6-10, 2013 <b>Eurographics</b>, 34<sup>th</sup>, annual, sponsored by the European Association for Computer Graphics, Girona, Spain. <a href="http://www.eg.org/">http://www.eg.org/</a> or <a href="http://eg2013.udg.edu/">http://eg2013.udg.edu/</a></p> <p>May 8-10, 2013 International Conference on <b>Web Information Systems and Technologies </b>(WEBIST), 9<sup>th</sup>, Aachen, Germany. <a href="http://www.webist.org/">http://www.webist.org/</a></p> <p>May 8-10, 2013 <b>OpenCourseWare Consortium</b> Global Meeting: Learning Beyond</p> <p>Borders - Delivering Quality Education to Your Fingertips, Bali Ayodya Resort, Bali, Indonesia. <a href="http://conferences.ocwconsortium.org/">http://conferences.ocwconsortium.org/</a></p> <p>May 8-10, 2013 International Conference on <b>Cloud Computing and Services Science</b> (CLOSER), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Aachen, Germany. <a href="http://closer.scitevents.org/">http://closer.scitevents.org/</a></p> <p>May 9-10, 2013 International Conference on <b>Research Facilities</b>, organized by Tradeline Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/">http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>May 9-10, 2013 <b>Riding the Wave of Change </b>Conference: National Education and Technology Conference, sponsored by the Evergreen School Division, Lakeview Resort, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. <a href="http://www.esd.mb.ca/wave/">http://www.esd.mb.ca/wave/</a> or <a href="mailto:lroche@esd.mb.ca">lroche@esd.mb.ca</a></p> <p>May 9-10, 2013 <b>Simulations for eLearning</b>: Best Practices for the Almost-Real World, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>May 9-11, 2013 <b>American Council of Learned Societies</b> Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.acls.org/about/annual_meeting/">http://www.acls.org/about/annual_meeting/</a></p> <p>May 9-11, 2013 <b>Africa Health</b> Exhibition, Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. <a href="http://africahealthexhibition.com/">http://africahealthexhibition.com/</a></p> <p>May 12-15, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management</b> (ISCRAM), Baden-Baden, Germany. <a href="http://iscram2013.org/?q=node/21">http://iscram2013.org/?q=node/21</a></p> <p>May 13-14, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Management and Evaluation</b> (ICIME), 4<sup>th</sup>, Saigon, Vietnam. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icime/icime2013/icime13-home.htm</a></p> <p>May 13-15, 2013 <b>Global University Network for Innovation</b> (GUNi) Conference, 6<sup>th</sup>, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Campus Nord, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://www.guninetwork.org/guni.conference/2013-guni-conference">http://www.guninetwork.org/guni.conference/2013-guni-conference</a></p> <p>May 13-15, 2013 International <b>Educational Technology</b> Conference (IETC), 13<sup>th</sup>, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.iet-c.net/">http://www.iet-c.net/</a></p> <p>May 13-16, 2013 <b>Management World</b>, Nice France.<b> </b><a href="http://www.tmforum.org/Conferences/734/Home.html">http://www.tmforum.org/Conferences/734/Home.html</a></p> <p>May 13-16, 2013 <b>Learning Impact</b> 2013, sponsored by IMS Global Learning Consortium, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.imsglobal.org/learningimpact2013/">http://www.imsglobal.org/learningimpact2013/</a></p> <p>May 13-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Communication and Mass Media</b>, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/media.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/media.htm</a></p> <p>May 13-17, 2013 International <b>World Wide Web</b> (WWW) Conference, 22<sup>nd</sup>, hosted by W3C Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <a href="http://www2013.org/">http://www2013.org/</a></p> <p>May 13-17, 2013 World Summit on the <b>Information Society</b>, organized by UNESCO, ITU, UNCTAD and UNDP, Geneva, Switzerland. <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/communication-and-information-events/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=5560&cHash=04dad58b71">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/events/calendar-of-events/communication-and-information-events/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=5560&cHash=04dad58b71</a></p> <p>May 14-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Supported Education</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a></p> <p>May 14-16, 2013. International Conference on <b>Perpetual Education</b> (CPED), 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by the North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.naun.org/">http://www.naun.org/</a></p> <p>May 14-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Child and Adolescent Education</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by the North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.naun.org/">http://www.naun.org/</a></p> <p>May 14-16, 2013 <b>Department and Division Chair Workshop</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>May 14-17, 2013 <b>Foundations of Digital Games</b>, Chania, Crete, Greece. <a href="http://www.fdg2013.org/">http://www.fdg2013.org/</a></p> <p>May 14-17, 2013 <b>Bulgarian</b> <strong>Comparative Education </strong><strong>Society</strong><strong>: </strong><strong>International Perspectives on Education, 11<sup>th</sup>, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. <a href="http://bces.conference.tripod.com/">http://bces.conference.tripod.com/</a></strong></p> <p>May 15-16, 2013 <b>Enterprise Search Europe</b>, London, UK. <a href="http://www.enterprisesearcheurope.com/2013/">http://www.enterprisesearcheurope.com/2013/</a></p> <p>May 15-18, 2013 <b>STEM</b> (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Forum and Expo, sponsored by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2013stl/">http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2013stl/</a></p> <p>May 16, 2013 <b>Ryerson Faculty</b> Conference, The Learning and Teaching Office, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. <a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/programs/conference/">http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/programs/conference/</a></p> <p>May 16-17, 2013 <b>Mobilism</b>, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://mobilism.nl/2013">http://mobilism.nl/2013</a></p> <p>May 16-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Animation and Social Agents</b> (CASA), 26<sup>th</sup> annual, Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://conference.ntu.edu.sg/casa2012/Pages/home.aspx">http://conference.ntu.edu.sg/casa2012/Pages/home.aspx</a></p> <p>May 18-22, 2013 Association for <b>Institutional Research</b> (AIR), Long Beach, California, USA. <a href="http://airweb.org/">http://airweb.org/</a></p> <p>May 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Communication and Management</b>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Copenhagen, Denmark. <a href="http://www.icccm.org/">http://www.icccm.org/</a></p> <p>May 19-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Knowledge Discovery </b>(ICKD), Copenhagen, Denmark. <a href="http://www.ickd.org/">http://www.ickd.org/</a></p> <p>May 19-21, 2013 <b>Scholarship of Teaching and Learning</b> (SOTL) Academy: Collaborative Engagement, 5<sup>th</sup>, annual, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. <a href="http://www.gvsu.edu/stla/">http://www.gvsu.edu/stla/</a></p> <p>May 19-22, 2013 <strong>American Society for Training and Development</strong><strong> (ASTD) Conference and Exposition, Dallas, Texas, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.astd.org/content/conferences/">http://www.astd.org/content/conferences/</a></p> <p>May 20-23, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education</b>, 15<sup>th</sup> annual, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/education.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/education.htm</a></p> <p>May 20-23, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Technology and Computer Science</b>, 9<sup>th</sup> annual, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/computer.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/computer.htm</a></p> <p>May 21-22, 2013 <b>Streaming Media East: </b>The Business and Technology of<b> Online Video</b>, Hilton New York, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/">http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/</a></p> <p>May 21-23, 2013 <b>Department and Division Chair Workshop</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), St. Paul, Minneapolis, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>May 21-23, 2013 <b>Thinking Digital</b>: Technology, Ideas and Our Future, 6<sup>th</sup>, The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, UK. <a href="http://www.thinkingdigital.co.uk/">http://www.thinkingdigital.co.uk/</a></p> <p>May 21-24, 2013 <b>Future in Review </b>Conference, 11<sup>th</sup>, Laguna Beach, California, USA. <a href="http://www.futureinreview.com/index.php">http://www.futureinreview.com/index.php</a></p> <p>May 21-25, 2013 <b>Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium</b> (CALICO) Conference: Navigating the Complexities of Language Learning in the Digital Age, 30<sup>th</sup>, University of Hawaii, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="https://calico.org/page.php?id=468">https://calico.org/page.php?id=468</a></p> <p>May 21-June 22, 2013 <b>Models and Methods of Student Advising</b>, organized by the National Resource Center First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina, USA, offered online. <a href="http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/index.html">http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/index.html</a></p> <p>May 22-24, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Resources Management</b> (Conf-IRM): Managing IT in a Consumerized IT World, Natal, Brazil. <a href="http://www.conf-irm2013.org/aboutconfirm.html">http://www.conf-irm2013.org/aboutconfirm.html</a></p> <p>May 22-24, 2013 <b>Information Technology in Education</b> Conference (ITEC): Defence, Training, Simulation, and Education, Fiera di Roma, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.itec.co.uk/">http://www.itec.co.uk</a></p> <p>May 22-24, 2013 <b>Innovations in Online Learning</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://iolconference.org/">http://iolconference.org/</a> or <a href="http://iolconference2013.eventbrite.com/#">http://iolconference2013.eventbrite.com/#</a></p> <p>May 22-24, 2013 International <b>Florida Artificial Intelligence Research</b> Society (FLAIRS), 26<sup>th</sup>, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.flairs-26.info/">http://www.flairs-26.info/</a></p> <p>May 22-25, 2013 <b>Canadian Association for University Continuing Education </b>(CAUCE) Conference, 60<sup>th</sup>, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://cauce-aepuc.ca/news-events/conference.aspx">http://cauce-aepuc.ca/news-events/conference.aspx</a></p> <p>May 22-25, 2013 <b>Canadian Health Libraries</b> Association Annual Conference: Inspiration, Cooperation, Innovation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. <a href="http://www.chla-absc.ca/2013/">http://www.chla-absc.ca/2013/</a><b></b></p> <p>May 23-15, 2013 <b>Asia Pacific Accreditation</b> Conference, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.aacsb.edu/asia-pacific-accreditation-conference/">http://www.aacsb.edu/asia-pacific-accreditation-conference/</a></p> <p>May 26-29, 2013 <b>e-Health</b> 2013, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.e-healthconference.com/">http://www.e-healthconference.com/</a></p> <p>May 26-29, 2013 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) International Conference on <b>Teaching and Leadership Excellence</b>, 35<sup>th</sup>, annual, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nisod.org/conference/">http://www.nisod.org/conference/</a></p> <p>May 26-31, 2013 <b>NAFSA Association of International Educators</b>: Ideals and Impact in International Education, (original meaning of NAFSA: National Association for Foreign Student Advisers), St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.nafsa.org/annualconference/default.aspx?id=3199">http://www.nafsa.org/annualconference/default.aspx?id=3199</a></p> <p>May 27-29, 2013 <b>Centre for English Language Communication</b> Symposium (CELC): Alternative Pedagogies in the English Language and Communication Classroom, UTown, National University, Singapore. <a href="http://nus.edu.sg/celc/symposium/">http://nus.edu.sg/celc/symposium/</a></p> <p>May 27-29, 2013 <b>Canadian Association of Research Libraries </b>(CARL) Annual General Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. <a href="http://www.carl-abrc.ca/horaire/calendar-e.html">http://www.carl-abrc.ca/horaire/calendar-e.html</a></p> <p>May 27-30, 2013 International Conference on <b>Psychology</b>, 7<sup>th </sup>annual, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/psychology.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/psychology.htm</a></p> <p>May 27-30, 2013 International Conference on <b>Philosophy</b>, 8<sup>th</sup> annual, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/philosophy.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/philosophy.htm</a></p> <p>May 27-31, 2013 <b>Building the Scientific Mind</b> (BtSM2013), Fifth Advanced International Colloquium: Science and Technology in the Service of Beauty and Harmony, organized by the Learning Development Institute, Bandung/Lembang, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. <a href="http://www.learndev.org/BtSM2013.html">http://www.learndev.org/BtSM2013.html</a></p> <p>May 28-30, 2013 <b>CeBIT Australia</b>, (ICT and services for industry and government), Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.cebit.com.au/cebit/cebit2012">http://www.cebit.com.au/cebit/cebit2012</a></p> <p>May 28-31, 2013 Canadian Conference on <b>Artificial Intelligence</b>, 26<sup>th</sup>, University of Regina, Regina Saskatchewan, Canada. <a href="http://aigicrv.org/aigicrv2013/">http://aigicrv.org/aigicrv2013/</a></p> <p>May 28-31, 2013 International Association for <b>Social Science Information Services and Technology</b> (IASSIST) Conference, 39<sup>th</sup> annual, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany. <a href="http://www.iassistdata.org/conferences">http://www.iassistdata.org/conferences</a></p> <p>May 28-31, 2013 Canadian Conference on <b>Computer and Robot Vision</b> (CRV) formerly known as Vision Interface Conference, 10<sup>th</sup>, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. <a href="http://www.computerrobotvision.org/">http://www.computerrobotvision.org/</a></p> <p>May 28-31, 2013 <b>Electronics Components and Technology</b> Conference (ECTC), 63<sup>rd</sup>, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.ectc.net/">http://www.ectc.net/</a></p> <p>May 29-31, 2013 <b>eLearning Africa</b>: Tradition, Change and Innovation, 8<sup>th</sup>, Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia. <a href="http://www.elearning-africa.com/">http://www.elearning-africa.com/</a></p> <p>May 29-31, 2013 <strong>International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science</strong><strong>, 7<sup>th</sup>, Sponsored by </strong>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers<strong> (IEEE), Paris, France, </strong><a href="http://rcis-conf.com/rcis2013/">http://rcis-conf.com/rcis2013/</a></p> <p>May 29-31, 2013 <b>Graphics Interface</b>, 39<sup>th</sup>, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. <a href="http://www.graphicsinterface.org/">http://www.graphicsinterface.org/</a></p> <p>May 29-31, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional</b> Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/regional-conferences</a></p> <p>May 29-June 1, 2013 <b>Canadian Library Association</b>, 68<sup>th</sup>, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. <a href="http://www.cla.ca/conference/2013/">http://www.cla.ca/conference/2013/</a></p> <p>May 29-June 1, 2013 <b>BookExpo America</b>, Javits Center, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Show-Info/Event-At-A-Glance-Hours/#future">http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Show-Info/Event-At-A-Glance-Hours/#future</a></p> <p>May 31-June 2, 2013 <strong>The </strong><b>Teaching Professor</b> Conference: Dedicated to the Pursuit of Teaching and Learning Excellence, 10<sup>th</sup>, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www.teachingprofessor.com/">http://www.teachingprofessor.com/</a></p> <p>May 31-June 2, 2013 <strong>Adult Education Research </strong><strong>(AERC), 54<sup>th</sup>, annual, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.adulterc.org/Conference.htm">http://www.adulterc.org/Conference.htm</a></p> <p>May 31-June 2, 2013 <b>Japan Association for Language Teaching Computer Assisted Language Learning </b>(JALT), Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan. <a href="http://jaltcall.org/events/">http://jaltcall.org/events/</a></p> <p>May 31-June 3, 2013 <b>Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching</b>, hosted by the International Teaching Learning Cooperative, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://lillyconferences.com/">http://lillyconferences.com/</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE </i></b><b><i>for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p>May 3-4, <b>2012</b> <b>Canadian Undergraduate Technology</b> Conference (CUTC), 13<sup>th</sup> annual, Toronto, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. <a href="http://www.cutc.ca/2010/">http://www.cutc.ca</a> or <a href="mailto:info@cutc.ca">info@cutc.ca</a></p> <p>May 9-11, <b>2012</b> <b>European Universities Continuing Education Network </b>(EUCEN)<b> </b>Conference: Universities Engagement in and with Society. 43<sup>rd</sup>, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. <a href="http://www.eucen.eu/">http://www.eucen.eu</a> or <a href="http://eucen.uni-graz.at/">http://eucen.uni-graz.at/</a></p> <p>May 10-11, <b>2012</b> <b>European Association of Institutions in Higher Education</b> (EURASHE) General Assembly: Lifelong Learning and Higher Education for the Welfare Society, 22<sup>nd</sup>, Riga, Latvia. <a href="http://www.eurashe.eu/conferences-and-events/eurashe-annual-conferences/">http://www.eurashe.eu/conferences-and-events/eurashe-annual-conferences/</a> or <a href="mailto:eurashe@eurashe.eu">eurashe@eurashe.eu</a></p> <p>May 14-16, <b>2012</b> <b>Human-Computer Interaction </b>(HCI), 7<sup>th</sup>, organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-772.html">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-772.html</a></p> <p>May 14-16, <b>2012</b> <b>Communication, Internet, and Information Technology </b>(CIIT 2012), 7<sup>th</sup>, organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-773.html">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-773.html</a></p> <p>May 16-17, <b>2012</b> <b>Mobile Health</b>, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. <a href="http://mobilehealth.org/">http://mobilehealth.org/</a></p> <p>May 21-22, <b>2012</b> <b>Higher Education</b> Summit, 10<sup>th</sup> annual, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.highereducationsummit.com.au/">http://www.highereducationsummit.com.au/</a></p> <p>May 23-25, <b>2012</b> <b>Educational Technology Committee of Colleges Ontario</b>: Advancing Learning - Connecting the Dots, 18<sup>th</sup> annual, Newnham Campus, Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.etccommittee.ca">http://www.etccommittee.ca</a> or <a href="http://www.advancinglearning.ca">http://www.advancinglearning.ca</a></p> <p>May 25-27, <b>2012</b> International <b>Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Research</b> Conference, 15<sup>th</sup>, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan. <a href="http://www.cs.pu.edu.tw/~2012call/">http://www.cs.pu.edu.tw/~2012call/</a></p> <p>May 31-June 1, <b>2012</b> <b>EdTech </b>2012,<b> </b>13<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by the Irish Learning Technology Association, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. <a href="http://ilta.net/">http://ilta.net/</a></p> <h2><b>June 2013</b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>June 1-2, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computing and Computer Vision</b>, Paris, France. <a href="http://www.icccv.org/">http://www.icccv.org/</a></p> <p>June 1-3, 2013 <b>Association of Canadian Community Colleges</b> (ACCC) Annual Conference, hosted by Okanagan College, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.accc.ca/xp/index.php/en/events-accc/conference">http://www.accc.ca/xp/index.php/en/events-accc/conference</a></p> <p>June 1-4, 2013 <b>Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English</b> (ACCUTE), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://accute.ca/accute-conference/congress-2013/">http://accute.ca/accute-conference/congress-2013/</a></p> <p>June 1-5, 2013 Institute on <b>General Education and Assessment</b>, organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm</a></p> <p>June 1-8, 2013 Congress 2013 of the <b>Humanities and Social Sciences,</b> sponsored by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.fedcan.ca/en/congress">http://www.fedcan.ca/en/congress</a></p> <p>June 2-5, 2013 <strong>Distance Learning Administration</strong><strong>, Savannah, Georgia, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla/">http://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla/</a></p> <p>June 2-5, 2013 <b>Content in Context:</b> <b>Publishing 3.0</b>, sponsored by the Association of Educational Publishers, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.contentincontext.org/">http://www.contentincontext.org/</a></p> <p>June 2-6, 2013 Summer Institute on <b>College Teaching</b>, 35<sup>th</sup>, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://vtc.odu.edu/development/summerInstitute.html">http://vtc.odu.edu/development/summerInstitute.html</a></p> <p>June 2-6, 2013 <b>Collegiate Information and Visitor Services</b> (CIVSA) Annual Conference, 20<sup>th</sup>, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://civsa.org/conference/">http://civsa.org/conference/</a></p> <p>June 2-6, 2013 <b>M-Enabling</b> Summit: Global Summit on Mobile Applications and Services for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.m-enabling.com/about.html">http://www.m-enabling.com/about.html</a></p> <p>June 3-5, 2013 <strong>Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education </strong><strong>(CASAE), 32<sup>nd</sup>, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.</strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.casae-aceea.ca/?q=node/30">http://www.casae-aceea.ca/?q=node/30</a></p> <p>June 3-5, 2013 <b>Edu Tech</b>, formerly known as the Technology in K-12 Education National Congress, Brisbane, Australia. <a href="http://www.edutech.net.au/">http://www.edutech.net.au/</a></p> <p>June 3-5, 2013 <b>European Access Network </b>(EAN), 22<sup>nd</sup>, annual, Strasbourg, France. <a href="http://www.ean-edu.org/index.php?view=article&catid=41:future&id=119:2011-annual-conference&option=com_content&Itemid=84">http://www.ean-edu.org</a></p> <p>June 3-5, 2013 <b>Redesigning Pedagogy</b>, 5<sup>th</sup> biennial, National Institute of Education, Singapore. <a href="http://conference.nie.edu.sg/2013/index.php">http://conference.nie.edu.sg/2013/index.php</a></p> <p>June 3-5, 2013 Association for the <b>Assessment of Learning in Higher Education</b> (AALHE), 3<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. <a href="http://www.aalhe.org/">http://www.aalhe.org/</a></p> <p>June 3-6, 2013 <b>Sakai and Jasig</b> Conference, Westin San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://sakaiproject.org/">http://sakaiproject.org/</a></p> <p>June 3-6, 2013 International Conference on <b>Visual and Performing Arts</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/arts.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/arts.htm</a></p> <p>June 3-6, 2013 <b>Emerging Media</b> Conference (EmMeCon), Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://wappow.com/emerging-media/">http://wappow.com/emerging-media/</a></p> <p>June 4-6, 2013 <b>Department and Division Chair Workshop</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Department-Chair-Workshops/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>June 4-7, 2013 <b>New Media Consortium </b>(NMC) Summer Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA. <a href="http://www.nmc.org/events/2013-summer-conference">http://www.nmc.org/events/2013-summer-conference</a></p> <p>June 4-7, 2013 International Conference on <b>Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries</b> (QQML), 5<sup>th</sup>, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.isast.org/qqml2013.html">http://www.isast.org/qqml2013.html</a></p> <p>June 4-7, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on <b>World of Wireless, Mobile </b>and<b> Multimedia Networks</b> (WoWMoM), 14<sup>th</sup>, Madrid, Spain, USA. <a href="http://www.ieee-wowmom.org">http://www.ieee-wowmom.org</a></p> <p>June 4-8, 2013 <b>Computex</b>: Shaping the Future, 33<sup>rd</sup>, Taipei, Taiwan. <a href="http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/">http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/</a></p> <p>June 5-7, 2013 <b>European Association for Distance Learning</b> (EADL), 29<sup>th</sup>, Hamburg, Germany. <a href="http://www.eadl.org/">http://www.eadl.org/</a></p> <p>June 5-7, 2013 Society for<b> Scholarly Publishing</b>, 35<sup>th</sup>, annual, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="https://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/ConferenceList.html?Action=Find_Events&Time=970204716">https://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi2.dll/4DCGI/events/ConferenceList.html?Action=Find_Events&Time=970204716</a></p> <p>June 5-7, 2013 Association of <b>Private Sector Colleges and Universities</b> (APSCU) Annual Convention and Exposition, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.career.org/iMISPublic/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Upcoming_Events&CONTENTID=25009&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm">http://www.career.org/iMISPublic/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Upcoming_Events&CONTENTID=25009&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm</a></p> <p>June 5-8, 2013 <strong>European Conference on </strong><strong>Information Systems</strong><strong>, 21<sup>st</sup>, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. </strong><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/">https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/</a></p> <p>June 6-7, 2013 <b>E-Learning Baltics </b>(eLBa), Rostock, Germany. <a href="http://www.e-learning-baltics.de/">http://www.e-learning-baltics.de/</a></p> <p>June 6-7, 2013 <b>Lost in Transition – Pathways to Successful Learning in Organizations</b>, organized by the Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning, University of St. Gallen, Gallen, Switzerland. <a href="http://www.scil-blog.ch/2012/09/13/save-the-date-5-internationaler-scil-kongress-6-7-juni-2013-in-st-gallen/">http://www.scil-blog.ch/2012/09/13/save-the-date-5-internationaler-scil-kongress-6-7-juni-2013-in-st-gallen/</a></p> <p>June 6-7, 2013 <b>British Columbia Educational Technology Users Group</b> (ETUG), Burnaby Campus of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://etug.ca/">http://etug.ca/</a></p> <p>June 6-7, 2013 <b>Using Technology Effectively for the Physical and Virtual Classroom</b>, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>June 6-8, 2013 <b>Jean Piaget </b>Society Annual Meeting: Social Development – Current Trends and Perspectives, 43<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.piaget.org/">http://www.piaget.org/</a></p> <p>June 6-9, 2013 The International Institute for <b>SoTL Scholars and Mentors</b> (IISSAM, formerly The National Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - CASTL Institute): Storytelling, hosted by Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.iissam.org">http://www.iissam.org</a></p> <p>June 6-10, 2013 <b>Digital Humanities</b> Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.dhsi.org/">http://www.dhsi.org/</a></p> <p>June 7, 2013 <b>Emerging Learning Design</b>: Learning as Disruption, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA. <a href="http://eld.montclair.edu/">http://eld.montclair.edu/</a></p> <p>June 7-9, 2013 <b>Editors’ Association of Canada </b>(EAC), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. <a href="http://www.editors.ca/">http://www.editors.ca/</a></p> <p>June 8-11, 2013 <b>Millennium Leadership</b> Institute for provosts, vice-presidents and senior administrators, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>June 9-11, 2013 <b>College Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, sponsored by the Clute Institute for Academic Research, Paris, France. <a href="http://www.cluteinstitute.com">http://www.cluteinstitute.com</a></p> <p>June 9-11, 2013 <b>Special Libraries</b> Association (SLA), San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings">http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings</a></p> <p>June 9-12, 2013 <b>Canadian Higher Education and Information Technology </b>(CANHEIT): Exceptional Ideas for a Changing World, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, University of Ottawa and Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://cuccio.net/events/CANHEIT/index.php">http://cuccio.net/events/CANHEIT/index.php</a></p> <p>June 9-12, 2013 National Association of <b>State Directors of Teaching Education and Certification</b>, 85<sup>th</sup>, annual, Omni Hotel, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.nasdtec.net/">http://www.nasdtec.net/</a></p> <p>June 9-12, 2013 <b>Learning College Summit</b>: Student Success and Completion, organized by the League for Innovation, hosted by Maricopa County Community College District, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, Chandler, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.league.org/ls2013/">http://www.league.org/ls2013/</a></p> <p>June 9-12, 2013 National Institute for <b>Early Childhood Professional Development</b> (NAEYC), 22<sup>nd</sup>, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.naeyc.org/institute/">http://www.naeyc.org/institute/</a></p> <p>June 9-13, 2013 <b>Improving University Students’ Learning Outcomes through Case-based Teaching and Learning</b> Symposium, organized by the International Academic Association for the Advancement of Learning-centred Higher Education (LIHE), Aegina Island, Greece. <a href="http://www.lihe.info/future-events/lihe13-europe-greece/lihe12-europe-2/">http://www.lihe.info/future-events/lihe13-europe-greece/lihe12-europe-2/</a></p> <p>June 9-13, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on <b>Communications</b> (ICC2012) Industry Forum and Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary. <a href="http://www.ieee-icc.org/">http://www.ieee-icc.org/</a></p> <p>June 9-14, 2013 <b>Certificate for International Education Professionals</b> Summer Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://quic.queensu.ca/training/ietpnew.asp">http://quic.queensu.ca/training/ietpnew.asp</a> or <a href="http://quic.queensu.ca/training/summer_institute_ietp.asp">http://quic.queensu.ca/training/summer_institute_ietp.asp</a></p> <p>June 10-12, 2013 <b>University Business Leadership Institute</b> (UBTech formerly <b>EduComm</b>) 2013, Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://educommconference.com/">http://educommconference.com/</a></p> <p>June 10-13, 2013 International Conference on <b>Mobile Business</b> (ICMB) Conference: Mobility – The Invisible Norm”, 12<sup>th</sup>, Berlin, Germany. <a href="http://www.wi-mobile.org/en/icmb/icmb2013.html">http://www.wi-mobile.org/en/icmb/icmb2013.html</a></p> <p>June 10-14, 2013 <b>Teaching with Technology</b> Workshop, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by EdTechTeacher, Woodward Academy, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops">http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops</a></p> <p>June 10-14, 2013 International Conference on <b>Supercomputing</b>, 27<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.ics-conference.org/">http://www.ics-conference.org/</a></p> <p>June 10-14, 2013 <b>User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization</b> (UMAP), Rome, Italy. <a href="http://umap2012.polymtl.ca/en/">http://umap2012.polymtl.ca/en/</a></p> <p>June 11-15, 2013 Institute on<b> High-Impact Practices and Student Success</b>, organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm</a></p> <p>June 12, 2013 <b>E-Learning</b> Symposium, hosted by the E-Learning Council, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.elearningcouncil.com/content/e-learning-symposium-2012-austin">http://www.elearningcouncil.com/</a></p> <p>June 12-13, 2013 <b>Expo eLearning</b> 2013, Bogotá, Colombia. <a href="http://www.expoelearning.com/">http://www.expoelearning.com/</a> or <a href="http://www.feriade.com/expoelearning_bogota.php">http://www.feriade.com/expoelearning_bogota.php</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 <b>Computer Graphics International</b> (CGI), 30<sup>th</sup>, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany. <a href="http://cgi2013.welfenlab.de/">http://cgi2013.welfenlab.de/</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 <b>European Association for Health Information and Libraries</b> (EAHIL) Workshop: Trends for the Future – Creating Strategies to Meet Challenges, Stockholm, Sweden. <a href="http://www.eahil.net/conferences_eahil.htm">http://www.eahil.net/conferences_eahil.htm</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 <b>Games + Learning + Society</b> (GLS), 9<sup>th</sup>, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.glsconference.org/2013/">http://www.glsconference.org/2013/</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 International Conference on <b>E-Learning in the Workplace</b> (ICELW), 6<sup>th</sup> annual, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.icelw.org/">http://www.icelw.org/</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 The <b>State of Higher Education</b>, annual, organized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Mayflower Renaissance Washington Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/2013anconfcallforproposals.htm">http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/2013anconfcallforproposals.htm</a></p> <p>June 12-14, 2013 <b>InfoComm: Information Communications Marketplace</b>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.infocomm.org/">www.infocomm.org</a></p> <p>June 12-15, 2013 <strong>European Distance and e-Learning Network</strong><strong> (EDEN) Annual Conference: The Joy of Learning – Enhancing Learning Experience and Quality, 22<sup>nd</sup>, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. <a href="http://www.eden-online.org/">http://www.eden-online.org/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>June 12-15, 2013 </strong><strong>Community-University Expo</strong><strong>: Engaging Shared Worlds, hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. <a href="http://www.cuexpo2013.ca/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cuexpo2013.ca/Pages/default.aspx</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>June 12-16, 2013 </strong><b>American Association of University Professors</b> (AAUP), annual meeting, Mayflower Renaissance Washington Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/default.htm">http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/default.htm</a></p> <p>June 13-14, 2013 International Conference The <b>Future of Education</b>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Florence Italy. <a href="http://www.pixel-online.net/foe2013/">http://www.pixel-online.net/foe2013/</a></p> <p>June 13-14, 2013 <strong>International Conference on Electronic Publishing </strong><strong>(ELPUB): Mining the Digital Information Networks, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. </strong><a href="http://www.elpub.net/">http://www.elpub.net/</a> or <a href="http://www.bth.se/elpub2013">http://www.bth.se/elpub2013</a></p> <p>June 13-14, 2013 European Conference on <b>eGovernment </b>(ECEG), 13<sup>th</sup>, Como, Italy. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/eceg/eceg2013/eceg13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/eceg/eceg2013/eceg13-home.htm</a></p> <p>June 13-14, 2013 Annual Midwest <b>Qualitative Research</b> Conference, 19<sup>th</sup>, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. <a href="http://www.stthomas.edu/education/events/mqrc/default.html">http://www.stthomas.edu/education/events/mqrc/default.html</a></p> <p>June 13-15, 2013 <strong>International Society for</strong><strong> Language Studies </strong><strong>(ISLS)</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. </strong><a href="http://www.isls.co/index-2.html">http://www.isls.co/index-2.html</a></p> <p>June 13-15, 2013 Association of <b>Canadian Archivists</b>, 38<sup>th</sup> annual, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. <a href="http://www.archivists.ca/content/annual-conference">http://www.archivists.ca/content/annual-conference</a></p> <p>June 15-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Future Network Technologies</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka. <a href="http://www.icfn.org/cfp.htm">http://www.icfn.org/cfp.htm</a></p> <p>June 15-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning</b>, 10<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.isls.org/cscl2011/home.htm">http://www.isls.org/</a></p> <p>June 16-18, 2013 <b>Global Information Technology Management Association </b>(GITMA)<b> </b>World Conference, 14<sup>th</sup> annual, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.gitma.org/">http://www.gitma.org/</a></p> <p>June 16-19, 2013 <b>Learning International Networks Consortium</b> (LINC): Realizing the Dream – Education Becoming Available to All. Will the World Take Advantage?, 6<sup>th</sup>, annual, organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://linc.mit.edu/linc2013/default.htm">http://linc.mit.edu/linc2013/default.htm</a></p> <p>June 16-19, 2013 International Society for <b>Professional Innovation Management </b>(ISPIM): Innovating in Global Markets – Challenges for Sustainable Growth, Helsinki, Finland. <a href="http://conference.ispim.org/">http://conference.ispim.org/</a></p> <p>June 16-19, 2013 Society for <b>Human Resource Management</b> (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://annual.shrm.org/">http://annual.shrm.org/</a></p> <p>June 17-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Tourism and Hospitality Research </b>(including educational tourism), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore. <a href="http://www.tourism-conf.org/">http://www.tourism-conf.org/</a></p> <p>June 17-19, 2013 <b>Flipped</b> Conference (FlipCon), 6<sup>th</sup> annual, hosted by the Flip Learning Network, Stillwater (near Minneapolis), Minnesota, USA. <a href="http://flipped-learning.com/?page_id=5">http://flipped-learning.com/?page_id=5</a> or <a href="http://www.flippedlearning.org/">http://www.flippedlearning.org/</a></p> <p>June 17-19, 2013 ACM Workshop on <b>Information Hiding and Multimedia Security</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, Montpellier, France. <a href="http://www.ihmmsec.org/">http://www.ihmmsec.org/</a></p> <p>June 17-20, 2013 International Conference on the <b>First-Year Experience</b>, 26<sup>th</sup>, organized by the National Resource Center on The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://www.sc.edu/fye/ifye/index.html">http://www.sc.edu/fye/ifye/index.html</a></p> <p>June 17-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Society</b> (i-Society), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.i-society.eu/">http://www.i-society.eu/</a></p> <p>June 17-20, 2013 <b>Canada International Conference on Education</b> (CICE), University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.ciceducation.org/">http://www.ciceducation.org/</a></p> <p>June 17-20, 2013 International Conference on <b>Mathematics, Statistics, and Mathematics Education</b> 7<sup>th</sup>, Athens, Greece. <a href="http://www.atiner.gr/mathematics.htm">http://www.atiner.gr/mathematics.htm</a></p> <p>June 17-20, 2013 <strong>Canadian Association of College and University Student Services</strong><strong> (CACUSS/ASEUCC), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.cacuss2013.ca">www.cacuss2013.ca</a> or <a href="mailto:cacuss-ed@cacuss.ca">cacuss-ed@cacuss.ca</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>June 17-21, 2013 </strong><b>Virtual Educa: </b>International Conference on<b> Education, Professional Training, Innovation, Cooperation and Development</b>, 14<sup>th</sup>, Medellin, Panama. <a href="http://www.virtualeduca.org/">http://www.virtualeduca.org</a></p> <p>June 17-21, 2013 Learning without Frontiers (LWF): The Future of Learning Conference and Festival. Barbican Centre, London, UK. <a href="http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/lwf13/">http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/lwf13/</a></p> <p>June 17-21, 2013 <b>Teaching with Technology</b> Workshop, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by EdTechTeacher, Loyola University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops">http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops</a></p> <p>June 18-19, 2013 <strong>Character Education</strong><strong> Conference, 19<sup>th</sup> annual, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.characterplus.org/page.asp?page=425">http://www.characterplus.org/page.asp?page=425</a></strong></p> <p>June 18-20, 2013 <b>mLearnCon</b> Conference and Expo, organized by the eLearning Guild, Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA. <a href="http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/">http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/</a></p> <p>June 18-20, 2013 <b>Technology in Education Colorado</b>, Copper Mountain Resort, Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://tiecolorado.org/">http://tiecolorado.org/</a></p> <p>June 18-20, 2013 O’Reilly<b> Velocity Web Performance </b>and<b> Operations</b> Conference, Santa Clara, California, USA. <a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/">http://conferences.oreillynet.com/</a></p> <p>June 18-21, 2013 <b>Open Source Bridge</b>: Connecting Developers across Projects, Languages and Backgrounds, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://opensourcebridge.org/">http://opensourcebridge.org/</a></p> <p>June 18-21, 2013 <b>CommunicAsia:</b> International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition and Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. <a href="http://www.communicasia.com/">http://www.communicasia.com/</a></p> <p>June 19-21, 2013 <strong>International Conference on </strong><strong>New Directions in the Humanities</strong><strong>, 11<sup>th</sup>, Budapest, Hungary. </strong><a href="http://thehumanities.com/the-conference">http://thehumanities.com/the-conference</a></p> <p>June 19-21, 2013 International Conference on <b>Business Information Systems</b>, 16<sup>th</sup>, Poznań, Poland. <a href="http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/16th_bis/">http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/16th_bis/</a></p> <p>June 19-21, 2013 <b>Management,</b> <b>Knowledge and Learning </b>International Conference: Active Citizenship by Knowledge Management and Innovation, sponsored by Management, Knowledge and Learning (Make Learn), Celje, Slovenia. <a href="http://makelearn.issbs.si/">http://makelearn.issbs.si/</a></p> <p>June 19-21, 2013 <b>World Summit on the Knowledge Society</b>, 6<sup>th</sup>, Aveiro, Portugal. <a href="http://wsks.org/">http://wsks.org/</a></p> <p>June 19-22, 2013 National Conference on <b>Student Assessment</b> (NCSA), organized by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Gaylord National Resort, National Harbor, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html">http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html</a></p> <p>June 19-22, 2013 <b>Faculty Learning Community Developers’ and Facilitators’ Institute</b>, 14<sup>th </sup>annual, sponsored by the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars, Kellogg West Ranch at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, California, USA. <a href="http://www.iats.com/conferences/flc-institute/">http://www.iats.com/conferences/flc-institute/</a></p> <p>June 19-22, 2013 <b>African Education Week</b> Convention and Learning Expo, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, Johannesburg, South Africa. <a href="http://www.educationweek.co.za/en/index.php">http://www.educationweek.co.za/en/index.php</a></p> <p>June 19-22, 2013 Iberian Conference on <b>Information Systems and Technologies</b> (CISTI), 8<sup>th</sup>, Lisbon, Portugal. <a href="http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2013/index.php?lang=en">http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2013/index.php?lang=en</a></p> <p>June 19-23, 2013 <b>Seoul International Book Fair</b>, 19<sup>th</sup>, Coex, Seoul, South Korea. <a href="http://www.sibf.or.kr/">http://www.sibf.or.kr/</a></p> <p>June 20-21, 2013 <b>Editorial Manager User Group</b> Meeting (EMUG), 11<sup>th</sup>, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/homepage/conferences.html">http://www.editorialmanager.com/homepage/conferences.html</a></p> <p>June 20-21, 2013 <b>IT4BC</b> organized by the Higher Education Information Technology British Columbia (HEITBC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.heitbc.ca/">http://www.heitbc.ca/</a> or <a href="mailto:bbremner@heitbc.ca">bbremner@heitbc.ca</a></p> <p>June 20-22, 2013 Society for <b>Teaching and Learning in Higher Education</b> (STLHE): Learning to Live, Learning for Life, 33<sup>rd</sup>, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. <a href="http://www.stlhe.ca/conferences-events/stlhe-annual-conference/">http://www.stlhe.ca/conferences-events/stlhe-annual-conference/</a></p> <p>June 20-22, 2013 Institute for <b>New Chief Academic Officers</b>, organized by the American Council on Education (ACE), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/Leadership/ExecutiveLeadershipGroup/Programs/cao_institute.htm">http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/Leadership/ExecutiveLeadershipGroup/Programs/cao_institute.htm</a></p> <p>June 20-22, 2013 <b>National Effective Teaching Institute </b>(NETI), organized by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>June 20-22, 2013 <b>American Institute of Architects</b> (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition, Denver, Colorado., USA. <a href="http://convention.aia.org/">http://convention.aia.org/</a></p> <p>June 20-22, 2013 <strong>Association of American University Presses</strong><strong>, 76<sup>th</sup>, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.aaupnet.org/index.php">http://www.aaupnet.org/index.php</a></strong></p> <p>June 21-22, 2013 <b>Textbook and Academic Authoring</b> Annual Conference, sponsored by the Text and Academic Authors Association, 26<sup>th</sup>, Reno, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.taaonline.net/">http://www.taaonline.net/</a></p> <p>June 21-24, 2013 <b>Emerging Technologies</b> Forum organized by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), San Antonio, Texas. USA. <a href="http://setda.org/web/guest/events">http://setda.org/web/guest/events</a></p> <p>June 22, 2013 Workshop on <b>K-12 Engineering Education</b>, organized by the American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences">http://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences</a></p> <p>June 23-26, 2013 International Society for<b> Technology in Education</b> (ISTE), San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.iste.org/conferences/iste-conference">http://www.iste.org/conferences/iste-conference</a></p> <p><b></b></p> <p><strong>June 23-26, 2013</strong><strong> American Society for Engineering Education</strong><strong>: Frankly, We Do Give a D*mn, 120<sup>th</sup> annual, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.</strong><strong> <a href="http://www.asee.org/conferences/annual/futureannual.cfm">http://www.asee.org/conferences/annual/futureannual.cfm</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>June 24-26, 2013 <b>Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing/Association</b> (CASN/ACESI) Conference: Collaborative Synergy – Teams, Scholarship and Capacity Building in Nursing Research, Hilton Metrotown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.casn.ca/en/UpcomingConferences_79/">http://www.casn.ca/en/UpcomingConferences_79/</a></p> <p>June 24-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Dependable Systems and Networks</b> (DSN), 43<sup>rd</sup>, annual, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Budapest, Hungary. <a href="http://2013.dsn.org/">http://2013.dsn.org/</a></p> <p>June 24-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computational Science and Its Applications </b>(ICCSA), 13<sup>th</sup>, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. <a href="http://www.iccsa.org/">http://www.iccsa.org/</a></p> <p>June 24-27, 2013 World Conference on <b>Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education</b>: Will-Power – Fueling the Future Workforce, 18<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the World Association for Cooperative Education (WACE), Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://www.waceinc.org/">http://www.waceinc.org/</a></p> <p>June 24-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision</b>, 21<sup>st</sup>, Pilzen, Czech Republic. <a href="http://www.wscg.eu/">http://www.wscg.eu/</a></p> <p>June 24-28, 2013 <b>ED-MEDIA</b> 2013: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), hosted by the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://aace.org/conf/">http://aace.org/conf/</a></p> <p>June 24-August 2, 2013 <b>Teaching with Technology</b> Workshop, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by EdTechTeacher, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops">http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/professional-development/summer-workshops</a></p> <p>June 24-28, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership</b> Program, Evanston, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder</a></p> <p>June 25, 2013 <b>Learning and Teaching</b> Conference, Ealing Campus, Thames Valley University, London, UK. <a href="http://www.tvu.ac.uk/instil/Events.jsp">http://www.tvu.ac.uk/instil/Events.jsp</a></p> <p>June 25-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>New Horizons in Education</b>, Rome, Italy. <a href="http://www.int-e.net/">http://www.int-e.net/</a></p> <p>June 25-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Rural ICT Development</b> (RICTD), Melaka, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.rictd.uum.edu.my/index.php/43-aconf/cpapers">http://www.rictd.uum.edu.my/index.php/43-aconf/cpapers</a></p> <p>June 25-28, 2013 <b>Information: Interactions and Impact</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK. <a href="http://www.i3conference.org.uk/">http://www.i3conference.org.uk/</a></p> <p>June 25-28, 2013 <b>International Council on Education for Teaching</b> (ICET) World Assembly: Innovations and Trends in Education, 57<sup>th</sup>, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Pakkret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. <a href="http://www.icet4u.org/">http://www.icet4u.org/</a> or <a href="http://icet2013.stou.ac.th/page/Showdata.aspx?PageId=44188&Datatype=1">http://icet2013.stou.ac.th/page/Showdata.aspx?PageId=44188&Datatype=1</a></p> <p>June 25-28, 2013 <b>Microsoft Tech Ed Europe</b>, (Date may change.) Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://europe.msteched.com/">http://europe.msteched.com/</a></p> <p>June 25-28, 2013 The <b>Power of Mindsets</b>, hosted by Learning and the Brain Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.learningandthebrain.com/">http://www.learningandthebrain.com/</a></p> <p>June 26-28, 2013 <b>Mobile Asia</b> <b>Expo</b>, Shanghai, China. <a href="http://www.mobileasiaexpo.com/?MAEMM=CBWORLD">http://www.mobileasiaexpo.com/?MAEMM=CBWORLD</a></p> <p>June 26-28, 2013 <b>Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services </b>(IIMSS), 6<sup>th</sup>, Gifu, Japan. <a href="http://iimss-13.kesinternational.org/">http://iimss-13.kesinternational.org/</a></p> <p>June 26-28, 2013 <b>College Media</b> Conference, 27<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/CMC/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/CMC/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>June 26-28, 2013 <b>Diversity</b> Conference: Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 13<sup>th</sup> international, Darwin, Australia. <a href="http://ondiversity.com/conference-2012/">http://ondiversity.com/conference-2012/</a></p> <p>June 26-28, 2013 International <b>Research</b> Conference, 5<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. <a href="http://www.iea.nl/irc-2013.html">http://www.iea.nl/irc-2013.html</a></p> <p>June 26-29, 2013 Association of <b>European Research Libraries</b> (LIBER): Mobilising the Knowledge Economy for Europe, 42<sup>nd</sup>, annual, Munich, Germany. <a href="http://www.libereurope.eu/">http://www.libereurope.eu/</a> or <a href="http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/LIBER-42nd-Annual-Conference.3636+M57d0acf4f16.0.html">http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/LIBER-42nd-Annual-Conference.3636+M57d0acf4f16.0.html</a></p> <p>June 27-28, 2013 International Conference on <b>e-Learning</b> (ICEL), 8<sup>th</sup>, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2013/icel13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2013/icel13-home.htm</a></p> <p>June 27-29, 2013 <strong>NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) </strong><strong>Assessment and Persistence</strong><strong> Conference, Gran Hyatt Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.naspa.org/programs/apc/default.cfm">http://www.naspa.org/programs/apc/default.cfm</a></strong></p> <p>June 27-29, 2013 <b>Film and Media</b>: London Film and Media Conference, 3<sup>rd</sup> annual, Institute of Education Conference Centre, University of London, London, UK. <a href="http://thelondonfilmandmediaconference.com/">http://thelondonfilmandmediaconference.com/</a></p> <p>June 27-July 2, 2013 <b>American Library Association</b> Annual Conference: Transforming Our Libraries, Ourselves, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/index.cfm">http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/index.cfm</a></p> <p>June 27-July 2, 2013 <b>Public Library Association</b> (PLA) Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education">http://www.ala.org/pla/education</a></p> <p>June 28, 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Immersion Program: <b>Teaching with Technology</b>, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences">http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences</a></p> <p>June 28-30, 2013 ASCD Conference on <b>Teaching Excellence</b>, (ASCD formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx">http://www.ascd.org/conferences.aspx</a></p> <p>June 28-30, 2013 International Conference on <b>e-Business Technology Strategy</b> (iCETS), Macau, China. <a href="http://icets.info/">http://icets.info/</a></p> <p>June 28-July2, 2013 International Association of <b>Campus Law Enforcement Administrators</b> (IACLEA) Annual Conference and Exposition, 55<sup>th</sup>, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. <a href="http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/events/Conference/2013confindex.cfm">http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/events/Conference/2013confindex.cfm</a></p> <p>June 29-July 2, 2013 International Conference on <b>Communities and Technologies</b>, 6<sup>th</sup> biennial, Munich, Germany. <a href="http://www.ct2013.cnss.de/">http://www.ct2013.cnss.de/</a></p> <p>June 30-July 6, 2013 <b>InSITE: Informing Science + Information Technology Education</b> Conferences, Porto, Portugal. <a href="http://www.informingscience.us/icarus/conferences/insite2013">http://www.informingscience.us/icarus/conferences/insite2013</a></p> <p>June ?, 2013 <b>International Education</b>, organized by the Centre for Research in International Education, 6<sup>th</sup> biennial. The 5<sup>th</sup> biennial conference was held June 30-July 2, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. <a href="http://www.ais.ac.nz/287/centre-for-research-in-international-education/">http://www.ais.ac.nz/287/centre-for-research-in-international-education/</a></p> <p><b><i>As of November 12, 2012,</i></b><b><i> </i></b><b><i>information was</i></b><b><i> NOT AVAILABLE</i></b><b><i> for the 2013 versions of the events below</i></b><b><i>.</i></b></p> <p>June 4-5, <b>2012</b> International <b>Digital Publishing</b> Forum (IDPF), New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://idpf.org/digital-book-2012">http://idpf.org/digital-book-2012</a></p> <p>June 4-8, <b>2012</b> <b>Global Learn Asia Pacific</b>: Global Conference on Learning and Technology, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Singapore. <a href="http://www.aace.org/conf/glearn/">http://www.aace.org/conf/glearn/</a></p> <p>June 4-8, <b>2012</b> Standing Conference of <b>Eastern, Central and South Africa Library and Information Association</b>, 20<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Kenya Library Association, Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. <a href="http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html">http://www.klas.or.ke/p/kla-2011-annual-conference.html</a></p> <p>June 6-8, <b>2012</b> National Institute on the <b>Assessment of Adult Learning</b>: Tradition and Innovation in a Competitive Environment, organized by Thomas Edison State College, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. <a href="http://www.tesc.edu/national-institute/">http://www.tesc.edu/national-institute/</a></p> <p>June 7-8, <b>2012</b>, State University of New York (SUNY) Center for <b>Collaborative Online International Learning</b> (COIL) Conference: Moving from Me to We – Breaking Boundaries and Building Bridges with Globally Networked Learning Partnerships, 4<sup>th</sup> annual, SUNY Global Center, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.suny.edu/global/coil">www.suny.edu/global/coil</a></p> <p><strong>June 7-9, </strong><strong>2012</strong><strong> International </strong><strong>Writing across the Curriculum</strong><strong> (IWAC) Conference: The Future is WAC, 11<sup>th</sup>, Savannah, Georgia, USA. </strong><a href="http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/IWACproposals.html">http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/IWACproposals.html</a></p> <p>June 11, <b>2012</b> <b>Open Source and Design of Communication</b> (OSDOC) Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal. <a href="http://eurosigdoc.acm.org/osdoc2012/">http://eurosigdoc.acm.org/osdoc2012/</a></p> <p>June 11-14, <b>2012</b> <b>MobileHealth</b> and 2<sup>nd</sup> Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) MobiHoc Workshop on <b>Pervasive Wireless Healthcare</b>, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA. <a href="http://www-l2ti.univ-paris13.fr/~boudjit/MobileHealth2012/">http://www-l2ti.univ-paris13.fr/~boudjit/MobileHealth2012/</a></p> <p>June 12-14, <b>2012</b> <b>eLearning Forum Asia</b> 2012: Engaging Technology-driven Learners, 7<sup>th</sup>, Peking University, Beijing, China. <a href="http://forums.pku.edu.cn/conference_blue/index.php?hy_id=23">http://forums.pku.edu.cn/conference_blue/index.php?hy_id=23</a></p> <p>June 13-14, <b>2012</b> Supported Online Learning for Students Using Technology for Information and Communication in Their Education (SOLSTICE) <b>eLearning</b> and Centre for Learning and Teaching Research (CLTR) <b>Teaching and Learning</b> Conference: Enhancing Learning, Teaching and Student Success, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK. <a href="http://ehu.ac.uk/sol2012">http://ehu.ac.uk/sol2012</a></p> <p>June 13-15, <b>2012</b> <strong>Online Teaching</strong><strong> Conference: The Many Faces of Online Teaching, Evergreen College, San Jose, California, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.onlineteachingconference.org/">http://www.onlineteachingconference.org/</a><strong></strong></p> <p>June 13-15, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Innovative Computing Technology</b> (INTECH), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Mohammed V University and Ibn Tofail University, Rabat, Morocco. <a href="http://www.dirf.org/intech/">http://www.dirf.org/intech/</a></p> <p>June 14-15, <b>2012</b> International <b>e-Learning</b> Conference: Smart Innovations in Education and Life Long Learning, organized by the Thailand Cyber University and the Office of the Higher Education Commission Thailand, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand. <a href="http://support.thaicyberu.go.th/iec2012/">http://support.thaicyberu.go.th/iec2012/</a></p> <p>June 14-15, <b>2012</b> <b>Australian Private Higher Education</b> Conference: Examining Sector Growth, Regulation and Best Practice, 1<sup>st</sup>, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/australian-private-higher-education-conference">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/australian-private-higher-education-conference</a></p> <p>June 14-16, <b>2012</b> International Conference for <b>Theory and Practice in Education</b>: Information and Education, 5<sup>th</sup>, Miskolc, Hungary. <a href="http://www.eduscience.hu/Fifthaesconference.html">http://www.eduscience.hu/Fifthaesconference.html</a></p> <p>June 14-16, <b>2012</b> Association of <b>Canadian Publishers</b> (ACP) Annual General Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. <a href="http://publishers.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=96">http://publishers.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=96</a></p> <p>June 14-18, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Intelligent Tutoring Systems</b> (ITS), 11<sup>th</sup>, Chania, Crete, Greece. <a href="http://its2012.teicrete.gr/location">http://its2012.teicrete.gr/location</a></p> <p>June 17-19, <b>2012</b> <b>Malaysia Open Source Conference</b> (MOSC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://portal.mosc.my/">http://portal.mosc.my/</a></p> <p>June 18-20, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Evaluation for Practice</b>, 8<sup>th</sup>, University Consortium of Pori, Pori, Finland. <a href="http://www.ucpori.fi/sivu.aspx?taso=2&id=1165">http://www.ucpori.fi/sivu.aspx?taso=2&id=1165</a></p> <p>June 18-20, <b>2012</b> <strong>EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research</strong><strong> (ECAR): Higher Education’s Changing Landscape and the Promise of Analytics – New Challenges and Opportunities for IT, Boulder, Colorado, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.educause.edu/ECAR12">http://www.educause.edu/ECAR12</a><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>June 18-20, <b>2012</b> <b>Learning Transfer</b> Conference, organized by the <strong>American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.astd.org/Events.aspx">http://www.astd.org/Events.aspx</a> </strong></p> <p>June 19, <b>2012</b> Networks – The <b>Building Blocks for Sustainable Development</b>, sponsored by Publishers for Development, Charles Darwin House, London, UK. <a href="http://www.pubs-for-dev.info/conference/2012-conference/">http://www.pubs-for-dev.info/conference/2012-conference/</a></p> <p>June 20-22, <b>2012</b> <b>French MoodleMoot</b>, Nimes, France. <a href="http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=33">http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=33</a> or <a href="http://moodlemoot2012.unimes.fr/">http://moodlemoot2012.unimes.fr/</a></p> <p>June 20-22, <b>2012</b> <b>Best Teachers</b> International Summer Institute, 17<sup>th</sup>, West Orange, New Jersey, USA. <a href="http://www.bestteachersinstitute.org/">http://www.bestteachersinstitute.org/</a></p> <p><strong>June 20-22, </strong><strong>2012</strong><strong> Office of</strong><strong> Women in Higher Education National Leadership</strong><strong> Forum, 79<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by the American Council on Education (ACE), Washington, DC, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/Leading/National_Leadership.htm">http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/Leading/National_Leadership.htm</a></p> <p>June 21-22, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Information Science Technology and Management</b> (CISTM), 10<sup>th</sup>, Lisbon, Portugal. <a href="http://www.cistm.org/">http://www.cistm.org/</a></p> <p>June 21-23, <b>2012</b> <b>Connecting Rural Communities</b> Africa Forum, 7<sup>th</sup> annual, Freetown, Sierra Leone. <a href="http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=88">http://www.cto.int/Default.aspx?tabid=88</a></p> <p>June 24-29, <b>2012</b> Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on <b>Web Services</b> (ICWS), 19<sup>th</sup>, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. <a href="http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2012/">http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2012/</a></p> <p>June 25-27, <b>2012</b> <b>Computers and Advanced Technology in Education </b>(CATE), 15<sup>th</sup>, organized by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Napoli, Italy. <a href="http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-774.html">http://www.iasted.org/conferences/cfp-774.html</a></p> <p>June 25-29, <b>2012</b> <b>EDUCAUSE</b> <b>Learning Technology Leadership</b> Program, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://net.educause.edu/TheEDUCAUSEInstituteLearningTechnologyLeadershipProgram/6273">http://net.educause.edu/TheEDUCAUSEInstituteLearningTechnologyLeadershipProgram/6273</a></p> <p>June 26-27, <b>2012</b> <b>Social Media in Higher Education</b> Conference, 2<sup>nd</sup>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/social-media-in-higher-education-conference">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/social-media-in-higher-education-conference</a></p> <p>June 27-29, <b>2012</b> International Workshop on <b>Content-Based Multimedia Indexing</b>, 10<sup>th</sup>, Annecy, France. <a href="http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/index.php?id=cbmi2012">http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/index.php?id=cbmi2012</a></p> <p>June 27-29, <b>2012</b> <b>University Planning and Design</b> Summit, 5<sup>th</sup>, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/university-planning-design-summit">http://www.informa.com.au/conferences/education/university-planning-design-summit</a></p> <p>June 28-30, <b>2012</b> International Conference on <b>Educational Reform in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century in Balkan Countries</b>, 15<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Balkan Society for Pedagogy and Education and the University of South-east Europe Lumina, Bucharest, Romania. <a href="http://edureform.lumina.org/">http://edureform.lumina.org/</a><b></b></p> <p><b></b></p> <h2><b>July 2013</b></h2> <p>July 1-3, 2013 <b>Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education</b> (ITiCSE) Conference, 18<sup>th</sup>, annual, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. <a href="http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/events/iticse2013/index.html">http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/events/iticse2013/index.html</a></p> <p>July 1-4, 2013 <strong>Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia </strong><strong>(HERDSA) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. </strong><strong><a href="http://www.herdsa.org.au/">http://www.herdsa.org.au</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>July 1-5, 2013 Biennial Conference on </strong><strong>Teachers and Teaching</strong><strong>, 16<sup>th</sup>, organized by the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. </strong><a href="http://www.isatt2013.ugent.be/">http://www.isatt2013.ugent.be/</a><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>July 1-5, 2013 International </strong><strong>Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing</strong><strong> Conference (IWCMC), 9<sup>th</sup>, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. </strong><a href="http://iwcmc.org/2013/">http://iwcmc.org/2013/</a></p> <p>July 1-6, 2013 <b>National Education Association</b> (NEA) Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.nea.org/grants/1357.htm">http://www.nea.org/</a></p> <p>July 1-6, 2013 International<b> Education and Resource Network (iEARN) and Youth Summit,</b> 20<sup>th</sup> annual, Doha, Qatar. <a href="http://iearn.org/index.html">http://iearn.org/index.html</a> or <a href="http://www.rotaknowledgenet.org/iearn-qatar/home">http://www.rotaknowledgenet.org/iearn-qatar/home</a></p> <p>July 2-3, 2013 International <b>Problem-based Learning</b> Symposium, 4<sup>th</sup>, University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. <a href="http://www.ucpbl.net/">http://www.ucpbl.net/</a> or <a href="http://ctl.utm.my/irspbl2013">http://ctl.utm.my/irspbl2013</a></p> <p>July 2-4, 2013 <b>Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association</b> (UCISA) <b>Support Services</b> Conference, John McIntyre Centre, Edinburgh, UK. <a href="http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/ssg/Events/2013/supportservices.aspx">http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/ssg/Events/2013/supportservices.aspx</a></p> <p>July 2-4, 2013 <b>Corporate Universities and Ac@demies Summit</b>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Brussels, Belgium. <a href="http://human-resources.flemingeurope.com/corporate-universities">http://human-resources.flemingeurope.com/corporate-universities</a></p> <p>July 2-4, 2013 International Conference of <b>Organizational Innovation </b>(ICOI), 7<sup>th</sup>, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://www.iaoiusa.org/2013icoi/">http://www.iaoiusa.org/2013icoi/</a></p> <p>July 2-5, 2013 International Study Association on <b>Teachers and Teaching</b> (ISATT): Excellence of Teachers? Practice, Policy, Research, 16<sup>th</sup>, biennial, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. <a href="http://isatt.net/dev/">http://isatt.net/dev/</a> or <a href="http://www.isatt2013.ugent.be/">http://www.isatt2013.ugent.be/</a></p> <p>July 2-6, 2013 <b>Global Business and Technology Association</b> (GBATA) Conference: Globalizing Businesses for the Next Century – Visualizing and Developing Contemporary Approaches to Harness Future Opportunities, 15<sup>th</sup> annual, Helsinki, Finland. <a href="http://www.gbata.com">http://www.gbata.com</a></p> <p>July 2-7, 2013 <b>WorldSkills</b> Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. <a href="http://www.worldskillsleipzig2013.com/">http://www.worldskillsleipzig2013.com/</a></p> <p>July 3-5, 2013 International Conference on <b>Innovative, Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing</b> (IMIS2012), 7<sup>th</sup>, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. <a href="http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/imis/2013/">http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/imis/2013/</a></p> <p>July 3-5, 2013 <b>World Journalism Education</b> Congress, 3<sup>rd</sup>, Mechelen, Belgium. <a href="http://wjec.ou.edu/">http://wjec.ou.edu/</a></p> <p>July 3-7, 2013 International Conference on <b>Enterprise Information Systems </b>(ICEIS), 15<sup>th</sup>, ESEO, Angers Loire Valley, France. <a href="http://www.iceis.org/">http://www.iceis.org/</a></p> <p>July 4-5, 2013 European Conference on <b>Research Methodology for Business </b>and <b>Management Studies</b> (ECRM), 12<sup>th</sup>, Minho, Portugal. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2013/ecrm13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2013/ecrm13-home.htm</a></p> <p>July 4-6, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information Communication Technologies in Education</b> (ICICTE), 13<sup>th</sup> annual, Crete, Greece. <a href="http://www.icicte.org">www.icicte.org</a></p> <p>July 4-7, 2013 <b>Tokyo International Book Fair</b>, 20<sup>th</sup>, Tokyo, Japan. <a href="http://www.bookfair.jp/en/">http://www.bookfair.jp/en/</a></p> <p>July 5-7, 2013 The Association for the <b>Teaching of Psychology</b> (ATP) Annual Conference, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. <a href="http://www.atpconference.org.uk/">http://www.atpconference.org.uk/</a></p> <p>July 6-7, 2013 International Conference on <b>Knowledge and Education Technology </b>(ICKET), Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.icket.org/">http://www.icket.org/</a></p> <p>July 7-10, 2013 <b>Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission </b>Seminar, organized by the Council of Independent Colleges, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Pages/Presidential-Vocation.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Pages/Presidential-Vocation.aspx</a></p> <p>July 7-12, 2013 <b>Blackboard BbWorld: </b>Blackboard Users’ Conference / Blackboard Collaborate Connections, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/BbWorld/Home.aspx">http://www.blackboard.com/BbWorld/Home.aspx</a> or <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/contact-us/events-center/user-conferences/bbworld-na.aspx">http://www.blackboard.com/contact-us/events-center/user-conferences/bbworld-na.aspx</a></p> <p>July 8-9, 2013 <b>Global Healthcare</b> Conference, 2<sup>nd</sup>, Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore. <a href="http://www.globalhc-conf.org/">http://www.globalhc-conf.org/</a></p> <p>July 8-9, 2013 <b>Sloan Consortium Blended Learning</b> Conference and Workshop, 10<sup>th</sup> annual, Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/blended">http://sloanconsortium.org/blended</a></p> <p>July 8-9, 2013 <b>Canadian Teachers’ Federation</b> President’s Forum, 5<sup>th</sup> annual, Marriott Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.ctf-fce.ca/Events/?index_id=121317&lang=EN">http://www.ctf-fce.ca/Events/?index_id=121317&lang=EN</a> or <a href="http://www.ctf-fce.ca/Events/Default.aspx?index_id=121317&lang=FR">http://www.ctf-fce.ca/Events/Default.aspx?index_id=121317&lang=FR</a></p> <p>July 8-10, 2013 Pacific Rim<b> First Year in Higher Education</b> (FYHE): New Horizons, 16<sup>th</sup>, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand. <a href="http://www.fyhe.com.au/">http://www.fyhe.com.au/</a></p> <p>July 8-10, 2013 International<b> ePortfolio and Identity</b> Conference, ePIC 2013, 11<sup>th</sup> annual, IET Savoy Place, London, UK. <a href="http://www.epforum.eu/">http://www.epforum.eu/</a></p> <p>July 8-10, 2013 International Conference on <b>Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications</b> (DICTAP), VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. <a href="http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/dictap2013/">http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/dictap2013/</a></p> <h6>July 8-11, 2013 International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM), 7<sup>th</sup>, organized by Microsoft Research, the MIT Media Lab, and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.icwsm.org/2013/">http://www.icwsm.org/2013/</a></h6> <p>July 8-11, 2013 International Conference on<b> Distributed Computing Systems </b>(ICDCS), 33<sup>rd</sup>, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.temple.edu/cis/icdcs2013/">http://www.temple.edu/cis/icdcs2013/</a></p> <p>July 8-12, 2013 International Conference on <b>Open Repositories</b> (OR), 8<sup>th</sup>, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. <a href="http://or2013.net/">http://or2013.net/</a></p> <p>July 8-12, 2013 WACE Global Institute on <b>Experiential Education</b>, 8<sup>th</sup>, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.waceinc.org/institute/index.html">http://www.waceinc.org/institute/index.html</a></p> <p>July 8-13, 2013 <strong>Association on</strong><strong> Higher Education and Disability</strong><strong> (AHEAD) Conference: Challenging and Changing Disability Perspectives, 33<sup>rd</sup>, Hilton Baltimore Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.ahead.org/">http://www.ahead.org/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>July 9-10, 2013 </strong>International <b>Computer Assisted Assessment</b> (CAA) Conference, organized by the University of Southampton and the Open University, Southampton, UK. <a href="http://caaconference.co.uk/">http://caaconference.co.uk/</a></p> <p>July 9-11, 2013 <b>Western Conference on Science Education</b>, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.thewesternconference.ca/">http://www.thewesternconference.ca//</a></p> <p>July 9-11, 2013 <b>Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy</b>: Developmental Management, University of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. <a href="http://www.uv.es/gika/">http://www.uv.es/gika/</a></p> <p>July 9-12, 2013 International Conference on <b>Technology in Mathematics Teaching</b>, 12<sup>th</sup>, co-hosted by University of Torino and University of Bari, Bari, Italy. <a href="http://www.dm.uniba.it/ictmt11/">http://www.dm.uniba.it/ictmt11/</a></p> <p>July 9-13, 2013 <b>Artificial Intelligence in Education</b> Conference Series, biennial, sponsored by the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. <a href="http://iaied.org/conf/event/12/">http://iaied.org/conf/event/12/</a></p> <p>July 10-12, 2013 <b>National Vocational Education and Training Research</b> Conference: No Frills, 22<sup>nd</sup>, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. <a href="http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/events.html#22nd_National_Vocational_Education_and_Training_Research_Conference_(No_Frills)">http://www.ncver.edu.au/newsevents/events.html#22nd_National_Vocational_Education_and_Training_Research_Conference_(No_Frills)</a></p> <p>July 10-12, 2013 <b>Higher Education Institutional Research </b>(UK and Ireland) Conference: Productive Partnerships – Engaging Stakeholders in IR, 6<sup>th </sup>annual, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK. <a href="http://www.heirnetwork.org.uk/">http://www.heirnetwork.org.uk/</a></p> <p>July 10-13, 2013 WorldCALL <b>Sustainability and Computer Assisted Language Learning</b> (CALL), Glasgow, UK. <a href="http://www.worldcall.org/">http://www.worldcall.org/</a></p> <p>July 10-14, 2013 Institute on <b>Integrative Learning and the Departments</b>, organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Portland State University, Portland, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/SummerInstitutes.cfm</a></p> <p>July 11-12, 2013 National Conference of <b>Academic Deans</b>, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA. <a href="http://uca.edu/ncad">http://uca.edu/ncad</a></p> <p>July 11-13, 2013 International Conference on <b>Learning</b>, 20<sup>th</sup>, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece. <a href="http://thelearner.com/the-conference">http://thelearner.com/the-conference</a></p> <p>July 11-13, 2013 National Association of<b> Elementary School Principal</b> (NAESP), 92<sup>nd</sup>, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.naesp.org/">http://www.naesp.org/</a></p> <p>July 11-14, 2013 <b>European Conference on Technology in the Classroom</b> (ECTC), Brighton, UK. <a href="http://www.ectc.iafor.org/">http://www.ectc.iafor.org/</a></p> <p>July 12-13, 2013 National Association for <b>Media Literacy Education</b> (NAMLE) Conference: Intersections – Teaching and Learning across Media, Torrance, California, USA. <a href="http://namle.net/conference/">http://namle.net/conference/</a></p> <p>July 12-14, 2013 <strong>British Educational Leadership Management and Administration </strong><strong>Society (BELMAS) Conference: Leading Beyond the Institution, Edinburgh, UK. </strong><a href="http://www.belmas.org.uk/belmas11/events/conf2013.eb">http://www.belmas.org.uk/belmas11/events/conf2013.eb</a><strong></strong></p> <p>July 13-14, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education </b>and<b> Management Technology</b> (ICEMT), 4<sup>th</sup>, Jakarta, Indonesia. <a href="http://www.icemt.org/?page/about">http://www.icemt.org/?page/about</a></p> <p>July 13-16, 2013 Summer <b>Council of Presidents</b>, organized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Annapolis, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>July 13-16, 2013 <b>National Association of College and University Business Officers</b> (NACUBO): Driving Innovation, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/">http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/</a> or <u><a href="http://www.nacubo.org">nacubo.org</a></u></p> <p>July 13-16, 2013 <b>American Association of Law Libraries </b>(AALL) Annual Meeting and Conference: Rethink Your Value, 106<sup>th</sup>, Seattle, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.aallnet.org/events/">http://www.aallnet.org/events/</a></p> <p>July 14-16, 2013 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers<b> (AACRAO) Transfer </b>Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>July 14-16, 2013 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers<b> (AACRAO) Technology </b>Conference, JW Marriott Starr Pass Hotel, Tucson, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/meetings/tech2013.aspx">http://www.aacrao.org/meetings/tech2013.aspx</a></p> <p>July 14-16, 2013 <b>Lausanne Laptop Institute</b>: The Collaborative One-to-One Conference for K-12 Professionals, Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. <a href="http://www.laptopinstitute.com/">http://www.laptopinstitute.com/</a></p> <p>July 14-17, 2013 <b>Desire2Learn Users’</b> Conference: FUSION 2013, 10<sup>th</sup> annual, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.desire2learn.com/fusion/">http://www.desire2learn.com/fusion/</a></p> <p>July 14-18, 2013 <b>American Association for Artificial Intelligence </b>(AAAI)<b> </b>Conference, 27<sup>th</sup>, Bellevue, Washington, USA. <a href="http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai.php">http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/AAAI/aaai.php</a></p> <p>July 14-19, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Breakthrough Models Academy</b>, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder</a></p> <p>July 14-19, 2013 International Society for the<b> Systems Sciences</b> (ISSS) Conference: Curating the Conditions for a Thrivable Planet – Systematic Leverage Points for Emerging a Global Eco-Civilization, 57<sup>th </sup>annual, Hai Phong City, Vietnam . <a href="http://isss.org/world/">http://isss.org/world/</a></p> <p>July 14-20, 2013 Conference on <b>Global Leadership: Emerging Scholarly Research</b> Forum, Learning and Research, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/summer/emerging">http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/summer/emerging</a></p> <p>July 15-17, 2013 <b>Australian University Community Engagement Alliance</b> (AUCEA) National Conference: Next Steps, 10<sup>th</sup> annual, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.aucea.org.au/">http://www.aucea.org.au/</a></p> <p>July 15-17, 2013 International<b> Professional Communication</b> Conference (IPCC): Beyond Borders – Communicating Globally, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Professional Communication Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://pcs.ieee.org/ipcc2013/">http://pcs.ieee.org/ipcc2013/</a></p> <p>July 15-18, 2013 <strong>July 10-13, 2012 International Conference </strong><b>Information Visualisation,</b> 17<sup>th</sup>. London, UK. <a href="http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/">http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV2013/</a></p> <p>July 15-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Advanced Learning Technologies</b> (ICALT): Reshaping Learning – Transforming Education through the Fusion of Learning and Technology, 13th, organized by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology, Beijing, China. <a href="http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2013/">http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2013/</a></p> <p>July 15-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Multimedia and Expo </b>(ICME), sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), San Jose, California, USA. <a href="http://www.icme2013.org/">http://www.icme2013.org/</a></p> <p>July 15-19, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Management </b>Program, Evanston, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder</a></p> <p>July 15-26, 2013 <b>Making Education Relevant and Interactive through Technology</b> (MERIT), Krause Center for Innovation, Foothill College (FCI), Los Altos, California, USA. <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/kcimeritprogram/">http://sites.google.com/site/kcimeritprogram/</a></p> <p>July 16-19, 2013 <strong>National Conference on </strong><strong>Differentiated Instruction</strong><strong>, sponsored by the Staff Development for Educators, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.sde.com/di2012/">http://www.sde.com/di2012/</a></p> <p>July 16-19, 2013 <b>Digital Humanities</b>: Freedom to Explore, organized by the Association for Computers in Humanities, the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, the Society for Digital Humanities and centerNet, hosted by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. <a href="http://dh2013.unl.edu/">http://dh2013.unl.edu/</a><strong></strong></p> <p>July 17-18, 2013 Summer Research Institute on the <b>Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, annual, Tufts University, Boston Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.merrimack.edu/academics/education/center_for_engaged_democracy/future_of_community_engagement_in_higher_education/">http://www.merrimack.edu/academics/education/center_for_engaged_democracy/future_of_community_engagement_in_higher_education/</a></p> <p>July 18-19, 2013 <b>eLearning Engagement and Interactivity</b>: Tips and Techniques, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>July 18-21, 2013 European Conference on <b>Arts and Humanities</b> (ECAH), Thistle Brighton, Brighton, UK. <a href="http://ecah.iafor.org/">http://ecah.iafor.org/</a></p> <p>July 18-21, 2013 European Conference on <b>Language Learning</b> (ECLL), Brighton, UK. <a href="http://ecll.iafor.org/index.html">http://ecll.iafor.org/index.html</a></p> <p>July 19-21, 2013 <b>WorldFuture</b> 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.wfs.org/worldfuture-2013">www.wfs.org/worldfuture-2013</a></p> <p>July 20-21, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Knowledge Management</b>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, Chengdu, China. <a href="http://www.icikm.org/">http://www.icikm.org/</a></p> <p>July 20-23, 2013 <b>Presidents Academy </b>Summer Institute (PASI), sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/</a></p> <p>July 20-23, 2013 <b>Council of Chief State School Officers</b> (CCSSO) Summer Institute, Kohler, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html">http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html</a></p> <p>July 21-24, 2013 <b>High Impact Technology Exchange</b> Conference, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.ictcenter.org/">http://www.ictcenter.org/</a></p> <p>July 21-24, 2013 <b>Learning Forward</b> Summer Conference for Teacher Leaders and the Administrators Who Support Them, sponsored by Learning Forward (formerly known as the National Staff Development Council – NSDC), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. <a href="http://www.learningforward.org/learning-opportunities/summer-conference#.UIJpSm-DGd8">http://www.learningforward.org/learning-opportunities/summer-conference#.UIJpSm-DGd8</a></p> <p>July 21-25, 2013 Special Interest Group on <b>Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques</b>,<b> SIGGRAPH 2013</b>, 40<sup>th</sup>, Anaheim, California, USA. <a href="http://www.siggraph.org/events">http://www.siggraph.org/events</a> or <a href="http://www.siggraph.org/s2013">http://www.siggraph.org/s2013</a></p> <p>July 21-26, 2013 International Conference on <b>Human-Computer Interaction</b>, 15<sup>th</sup>, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.hci-international.org/">http://www.hci-international.org/</a> or <a href="http://www.hcii2013.org/">http://www.hcii2013.org/</a></p> <p>July 21-August 4, 2013 European Summer School in <b>Digital Humanities:</b> <b>Culture and Technology</b>, Leipzig, Germany. <a href="http://www.culingtec.uni-leipzig.de/ESU_C_T/">http://www.culingtec.uni-leipzig.de/ESU_C_T/</a></p> <p>July 22-23, 2013 <b>Human Resource Management and Professional Development for the Digital Age </b>(HRM&PD), 3<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Singapore. <a href="http://www.hr-mgt.org/">http://www.hr-mgt.org/</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE Leadership</b> Program, Evanston, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder">http://www.educause.edu/conferences-events/educause-event-finder</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 International Conference on <b>Higher Education and Disability</b>, 8<sup>th</sup>, organized by the University of Innsbruck and the University of New Orleans Training, Resource and Assistive-technology Center (USA), Innsbruck, Austria. <a href="http://trac.uno.edu/conf/about.cfm">http://trac.uno.edu/conf/about.cfm</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 O’Reilly<b> OSCON Open Source </b>Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://conferences.oreillynet.com/">http://conferences.oreillynet.com/</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 International <b>Nursing Research</b> Congress, 24<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Prague, Czech Republic. <a href="http://www.nursingsociety.org/STTIEvents/ResearchCongress/Pages/2013_24_INRC_home.aspx">http://www.nursingsociety.org/STTIEvents/ResearchCongress/Pages/2013_24_INRC_home.aspx</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 International <b>Computer Software and Applications</b> Conference (COMPSAC): The Expanding Sphere of Software and Data, 37<sup>th</sup>, annual, Kyoto, Japan. <a href="http://compsac.cs.iastate.edu/">http://compsac.cs.iastate.edu/</a></p> <p>July 22-26, 2013 ACM/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Joint Conference on <b>Digital Libraries</b>, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.jcdl.org/">http://www.jcdl.org/</a></p> <p>July 22-27, 2013 <b>Educating for the 21<sup>St</sup> Century</b>, Centre for Executive Education, University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica. <a href="http://www.centre.upeace.org/index.php/courses/82-educating-for-the-21st-century-">http://www.centre.upeace.org/index.php/courses/82-educating-for-the-21st-century-</a></p> <p>July 23-26, 2013 International Conference on <b>Critical Thinking</b>, 32<sup>nd</sup>, Berkeley, California, USA. <a href="http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/calendar-of-events-in-critical-thinking/639">http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/calendar-of-events-in-critical-thinking/639</a></p> <p>July 24-26, 2013 <b>Building Learning Communities</b> (BLC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://blcconference.com/">http://blcconference.com/</a></p> <p>July 24-26, 2013 <b>US Electronic Theses and Dissertation</b> Association (USETDA): Waves of Change – Oceans of Opportunity, 3<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Claremont, California, USA. <a href="http://www.usetda.org/?page_id=1591">http://www.usetda.org/?page_id=1591</a></p> <p>July 25-27, 2013 <strong>International Conference on the </strong><strong>Teaching of Psychology</strong><strong>, 4<sup>th</sup>, biennial, co-hosted by Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Douglas College and Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. </strong><a href="http://kwantlen.ca/ictp.html">http://kwantlen.ca/ictp.html</a></p> <p>July 25-27, 2013 <b>Academic Affairs</b> Summer Meeting, organized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>July 27-31, 2013 Society for<b> College and University Planning </b>(SCUP), 48<sup>th</sup>, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.scup.org/page/leadership/annualconf/locations#Future">http://www.scup.org/page/leadership/annualconf/locations#Future</a></p> <p>July 28-August 1, 2013 International Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group on<b> Information Retrieval</b> (SIGIR) Conference, 36<sup>th</sup>, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. <a href="http://www.sigir.org/">http://www.sigir.org/</a> or <a href="http://sigir2013.ie/">http://sigir2013.ie/</a></p> <p>July 28-August 2, 2013 International Association of <b>Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres</b> (IAML), Vienna, Austria. <a href="http://www.iaml.info/activities/conferences/">http://www.iaml.info/activities/conferences/</a></p> <p>July 28-August 3, 2013 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)/Harvard <b>Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians</b>, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences">http://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences</a></p> <p>July 29-31, 2013 <b>Electronic Visualisation and Arts</b> (EVA), sponsored by the Computer Arts Society and the Chartered Institute for IT, British Computer Society, Covent Garden, London, UK. <a href="http://www.eva-london.org/">http://www.eva-london.org/</a></p> <p>July 29-31, 2013 International Conference on <b>Wireless Information Networks and Systems (WINSYS)</b>, 10<sup>th</sup>, Reykjavík, Iceland. <a href="http://www.winsys.icete.org/">http://www.winsys.icete.org/</a></p> <p>July 29-31, 2013 International Joint Conference on <b>e-Business and Telecommunications </b>(ICETE), 10<sup>th</sup>, Reykjavík, Iceland. <a href="http://www.icete.org/">http://www.icete.org/</a></p> <p>July 29-31, 2013 <b>eduWeb</b> Conference, 8<sup>th</sup> annual, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.eduwebconference.com/">http://www.eduwebconference.com/</a></p> <p>July 29-August 1, 2013 <b>Campus Technology </b>Conference, 20<sup>th</sup> annual, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://events.campustechnology.com/Events/CT-Summer-Educational-Technology-Conference/Home.aspx">http://events.campustechnology.com/Events/CT-Summer-Educational-Technology-Conference/Home.aspx</a></p> <p>July 29-August 2, 2013 <b>Pan-African Reading for All Conference</b>, 8<sup>th</sup>, co-hosted by the Association of Reading of Kenya and the University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. <a href="http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/node/531">http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/node/531</a></p> <p>July 29-August 2, 2013 <b>New Presidents’ Academy</b>, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), La Jolla, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>July 30-August 1, 2013 <b>Interdisciplinary Social Sciences</b>, 8<sup>th</sup>, Prague, Czech Republic. <a href="http://thesocialsciences.com/the-conference">http://thesocialsciences.com/the-conference</a></p> <p>July 30-August 2, 2013 <strong>Sound and Music Computing</strong><strong> Conference (SMC), 10<sup>th</sup>, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. </strong><a href="http://smc2013.smcnetwork.org/">http://smc2013.smcnetwork.org/</a> or <a href="mailto:smac-2013@csc.kth.se">smac-2013@csc.kth.se</a></p> <p>July ? 2013, International <b>History, Philosophy and Science Teaching </b>Conference, 12<sup>th</sup>, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://ihpst.net/">http://ihpst.net/</a></p> <h2><b>August 2013</b></h2> <p>August 2-6, 2013 <b>Association of Teacher Educators</b> (ATE) Summer Conference, Hyatt Regency Washington on Capital Hill, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.ate1.org/pubs/Future_Meetings.cfm">http://www.ate1.org/pubs/Future_Meetings.cfm</a></p> <p>August 3-4, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer Technology and Science </b>(ICCTS), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.iccts.org/">http://www.iccts.org/</a></p> <p>August 3-9, 2013 International Joint Conference on <b>Artificial Intelligence</b>, 23<sup>rd</sup>, Beijing, China. <a href="http://ijcai.org/">http://ijcai.org/</a></p> <p>August 5-7, 2013 International Symposium on <b>Wikis and Open Collaboration</b> (WikiSym), 9<sup>th</sup>, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.wikisym.org/">http://www.wikisym.org/</a></p> <p>August 5-7, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) World Congress on <b>Internet Security</b> (WorldCIS), Tokyo, Japan. <a href="http://www.worldcis.org/">http://www.worldcis.org/</a></p> <p>August 5-7, 2013 <b>College Teaching and Learning</b> Conference, sponsored by the Clute Institute for Academic Research, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.cluteinstitute.com">http://www.cluteinstitute.com</a></p> <p>August 6-8, 2013 <b>E-Learning Update</b>: Blended Learning – Perfecting the Blend, 6<sup>th</sup>, Johannesburg, South Africa. <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/elearningatbase/">https://sites.google.com/site/elearningatbase/</a></p> <p>August 7-9, 2013 <b>Distance Teaching and Learning</b>, 29<sup>th </sup>annual, Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/">http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/</a></p> <p>August 7-11, 2013 International <b>Wikimania</b> Conference, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page">http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page</a></p> <p>August 8-10, 2013 International Conference on <b>Distributed Multimedia Systems</b>, 19<sup>th</sup>, Brighton, UK. <a href="http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms13.html">http://www.ksi.edu/seke/dms13.html</a></p> <p>August 9-10, 2013 National <b>Interactive Teaching and Learning</b> Conference: Integrating and Applying Digital Technology in the Classroom – To Enhance Teaching and Learning, 10<sup>th</sup>, St. Hilda’s School, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. <a href="http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/itl/default.htm">http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/itl/default.htm</a></p> <p>August 11-13, 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on <b>Computational Intelligence in Games</b>, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/CIG2013/">http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/CIG2013/</a> or <a href="http://www.ieee-cig.org/">http://www.ieee-cig.org/</a></p> <p>August 11-15, 2013 <b>Canadian Association of Geographers’</b> Annual Meeting, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. <a href="http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/cag_annual_meeting.html">http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/cag_annual_meeting.html</a></p> <p>August 11-17, 2013 Society of <b>American Archivists</b> (SAA), 77<sup>th</sup>, annual, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2013/new-orleans">http://www2.archivists.org/conference/2013/new-orleans</a></p> <p>August 12-15, 2013 <strong>FileMaker Developer </strong><strong>Conference, Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, California, USA. </strong><a href="http://www.filemaker.com/developers/devcon/index.html">http://www.filemaker.com/developers/devcon/index.html</a></p> <p>August 14-16, 2013 International Conference on <b>Internet Technology and Applications</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Wuhan, China. <a href="http://www.itapconf.org/2013/">http://www.itapconf.org/2013/</a></p> <p>August 14-16, 2013 <b>Interactive Technologies</b> Conference, sponsored by the Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT), Hyatt Regency, Reston, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l&pn=calendar">http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l&pn=calendar</a></p> <p>August 15-16, 2013 <b>Collaborative and Social Learning</b>: Best Practices for Learning with Others, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>August 15-17, 2013 Americas Conference on <b>Information Systems</b>: Hyperconnected World – Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, organized by the Association for Information Systems 19<sup>th</sup>, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a></p> <p>August 17-18, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education Technology and Computer</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, Malé, Maldives. <a href="http://www.iacsit.org/conference.htm">http://www.iacsit.org/conference.htm</a></p> <p>August 17-23, 2013 <b>World Library and Information Congress</b>: Future Libraries – Infinite Possibilities, 79<sup>th</sup> International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Conference and Assembly, Singapore. <a href="http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79">http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79</a></p> <p>August 19-22, 2013 International Conference on <b>Conceptions of Library and Information Science</b>, (CoLIS), 8<sup>th</sup>, Copenhagen, Denmark. <a href="http://www.iva.dk/english/colis8/">http://www.iva.dk/english/colis8/</a></p> <p>August 20-23, 2013 World Congress on <b>Medical and Health Informatics</b>, 14<sup>th</sup>, Copenhagen, Denmark. <a href="http://www.medinfo2013.dk/">http://www.medinfo2013.dk/</a></p> <p>August 22-25, 2013 Association for <b>Teacher Education in Europe</b> (ATEE) Annual Conference: Education for the Future, 5<sup>th</sup>, <strong>Østfold University College,</strong> Halden, Norway. <a href="http://www.atee1.org/">http://www.atee1.org/</a></p> <p>August 26-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Education and e-Learning </b>(EeL), 3<sup>rd</sup>, Singapore. <a href="http://e-learningedu.org/CallForPapers.html">http://e-learningedu.org/</a></p> <p>August 26-28, 2013 International Conference on <b>Mobile Web Information Systems </b>(MobiWIS), 10th, Paphos, Cyprus. <a href="http://mobiwis2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php">http://mobiwis2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy/index.php</a> or <a href="http://www.mobiwis.org/2013/#homePage">http://www.mobiwis.org/2013/#homePage</a></p> <p>August 26-30, 2013 International Conference on <b>Database and Expert Systems Applications </b>(DEXDA), 24<sup>th</sup>, Prague, Czech Republic. <a href="http://www.dexa.org/">http://www.dexa.org/</a></p> <p>August 27-29, 2013 <b>Integrate Expo: Audiovisual, Entertainment and Information Communication Technology</b>, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia. <a href="http://www.integrate-expo.com/">http://www.integrate-expo.com/</a></p> <p>August 27-30, 2013 <strong>International Conference on </strong><strong>Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services </strong><strong>(Mobile HCI 2013), 15<sup>th</sup>, Munich, Germany. </strong><a href="http://www.mobilehci2013.org/">http://www.mobilehci2013.org/</a></p> <p>August 27-31, 2013 <b>European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction</b> (EARLI) Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction: Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning, Munich, Germany, 15<sup>th</sup>, biennial, <a href="http://www.earli.org/conferences/EARLI_Biennial_Conferences/Future_Biennial_Conferences">http://www.earli.org/conferences/EARLI_Biennial_Conferences/Future_Biennial_Conferences</a></p> <p>August 28-31, 2013 <b>European Higher Education </b>Society Forum: Impact of Higher Education – Addressing the Challenges of the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, 35<sup>th</sup>, annual, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://www.eair.nl/forum/rotterdam/">http://www.eair.nl/forum/rotterdam/</a></p> <p>August 29-30, 2013 National <b>Leading a Digital School</b> Conference: Leading the Vision and Setting the Tone with Digital Technology, 7<sup>th</sup>, Melbourne, Australia. <a href="http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/digital/default.htm">http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/digital/default.htm</a></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>August 29-September 1, 2013 <b>American Political Science</b> Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.apsanet.org/content_9906.cfm?navID=597">http://www.apsanet.org/content_9906.cfm?navID=597</a></p> <p>August 30, 2013 <b>Cloud Develop</b>: Midwest Cloud Computing Conference, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio. <a href="http://clouddevelop.org/">http://clouddevelop.org/</a></p> <p>August 31-September 2, 2013 <strong>The Society for</strong><strong> Editors and Proofreaders</strong><strong> Annual Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. <a href="http://www.sfep.org.uk/pub/confs/conferences.asp">http://www.sfep.org.uk/pub/confs/conferences.asp</a></strong></p> <h2><b>September 2013</b></h2> <p>September 2-6, 2013 <b>Interact Conference on Human-Computer Interaction</b> 2013: Designing for Diversity, 14<sup>th</sup> International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) conference, Cape Town, South Africa. <a href="http://www.interact2013.org/Home">http://www.interact2013.org/Home</a></p> <p>September 2-6, 2013 <b>Australasian Evaluation </b>Society (AES): Evaluation Shaping a Better Future – Priorities, Pragmatics, Promise and Power, Brisbane, Australia. <a href="http://www.aes.asn.au/2013/">http://www.aes.asn.au/2013/</a></p> <p>September 2-7, 2013 <b>European Science Education Research Association</b> (ESERA) Conference, biennial, Nicosia, Cyprus. <a href="http://www.esera2013.org.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1">http://www.esera2013.org.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1</a></p> <p>September 3-5, 2013 International <b>Networking for Healthcare Education</b> Conference (NET2013), Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK. <a href="http://www.jillrogersassociates.co.uk">http://www.jillrogersassociates.co.uk</a></p> <p>September 4-6, 2013 <b>FutureTech</b>: International Conference on Future Information Technology, 8<sup>th</sup>, hosted by Future Technology Research Association (FTRA) International, Gwangju, Korea. <a href="http://www.ftrg.org/futuretech2013/">http://www.ftrg.org/futuretech2013/</a></p> <p>September 4-6, 2013 International Symposium on <b>Information Management in a Changing World</b> (IMCW): Beyond the Cloud – Information, Innovation, Collaboration, 4<sup>th</sup>, organized by Hacettepe University and the Limerick Institute of Technology, Strand Hotel, Limerick, Ireland. <a href="http://imcw2013.bilgiyonetimi.net/">http://imcw2013.bilgiyonetimi.net/</a></p> <p>September 4-5, 2013 International Conference on <b>Mobile, Ubiquitous, </b>and<b> Intelligent Computing</b> (MUSIC), 4<sup>th</sup>, Gwangju, Korea. <a href="http://www.ftrai.org/music2012/index.php">http://www.ftrai.org/music2012/index.php</a></p> <p>September 5-6, 2013 European Conference on <b>Knowledge Management</b> (ECKM), 14<sup>th</sup>, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2013/eckm13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2013/eckm13-home.htm</a></p> <p>September 8-10, 2013 International Congress on <b>Peer Review and Biomedical Publication</b>, 7<sup>th</sup>, organized by the American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.peerreviewcongress.org/index.html">http://www.peerreviewcongress.org/index.html</a></p> <p>September 8-11, 2013 <b>Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems</b>, (FedCSIS), Kraków, Poland. <a href="http://www.fedcsis.org/">http://www.fedcsis.org/</a></p> <p>September 8-12, 2013 International Conference on <b>Ubiquitous Computing</b>, 15<sup>th</sup>, Zurich, Switzerland. <a href="http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2012/index.html">http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2012/index.html</a></p> <p>September 8-12, 2013 <b>American Chemical Society</b> National Meeting and Exposition: Chemistry of Life, 246<sup>th</sup>, Chemistry in Motion, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541">http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541</a></p> <p>September 9-11, 2013 <b>World Congress on Education</b>, University of Greenwich, London, UK. <a href="http://www.worldconedu.org/">http://www.worldconedu.org/</a></p> <p>September 9-11, 2013 <b>American Telemedicine Association </b>(ATA) Fall Forum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.americantelemed.org/">www.americantelemed.org</a></p> <p>September 10-12, 2013 International Conference of the <b>Association for Learning Technology</b> (ALT-C 2013): Building New Cultures of Learning, 20<sup>th</sup>, Nottingham, UK. <a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2013">http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2013</a></p> <p>September 10-12, 2013 UKFIET <strong>International Conference on </strong><strong>Education and Development</strong><strong>: Education and Development Post 2015 – Reflecting, Reviewing, Re-visioning, 12<sup>th</sup>, University of Oxford Examination Schools, Oxford, UK, <a href="http://www.cfbt.com/UKFIET/">http://www.cfbt.com/UKFIET/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>September 10-12, 2013 </strong>International Conference on <b>Digital Information Management</b> (ICDIM), 8<sup>th</sup>, sponsored by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Islamabad, Pakistan. <a href="http://www.icdim.org/">http://www.icdim.org/</a></p> <p><strong>September 10-13, 2013 </strong>European Conference on <b>Educational Research</b>, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://www.eera-ecer.eu/ecer/ecer2011/?no_cache=1">http://www.eera-ecer.eu/</a></p> <p>September 10-13, 2013 International Conference on <b>Internet Technologies and Applications</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, biennial, Wrexham, North Wales, UK. <a href="http://www.ita13.org/">http://www.ita13.org/</a></p> <p>September 10-13, 2013 <strong>European Association for International Education </strong><strong>(EAIE)</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Conference, 25<sup>th</sup>, annual, Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://www.eaie.org/">http://www.eaie.org/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>September 11-13, 2013 </strong><b>Australasian Research Management </b>Society<b> </b>(ARMS): Stimulating Change – Inspire. Innovate. Engage, Adelaide, Australia. <a href="http://www.arms2013.org.au/">http://www.arms2013.org.au/</a></p> <p>September 11-13, 2013 <b>Designs on E-Learning</b> International Conference, 9<sup>th</sup>, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. <a href="http://www.designsonelearning.net/">http://www.designsonelearning.net/</a>, <a href="http://uncw.edu/">http://uncw.edu/</a></p> <p>or <a href="mailto:c.webb@arts.ac.uk">c.webb@arts.ac.uk</a></p> <p>September 12-13, 2013 European Conference on <b>Information Management and Evaluation</b> (ECIME), 7<sup>th</sup>, University of Gdańsk, Sopot, Poland. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2013/ecime13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2013/ecime13-home.htm</a></p> <p>September 16-19, 2013 <b>SimHealth</b> 2013, organized by the Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. <a href="http://www.simhealth.com.au/">http://www.simhealth.com.au/</a></p> <p>September 16-19, 2013 <b>Asia-Pacific Simulation Technology and Training</b> (SimTecT) Conference and Exhibition, organized by Simulation Australia, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. <a href="http://www.simtect.com.au/">http://www.simtect.com.au/</a></p> <p>September 17-19, 2013 <b>Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry</b> (MCBC), 14<sup>th</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action">http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action</a></p> <p>September 17-19, 2013 June 13-15, 2012 <b>Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics</b>, (MCBE), 14<sup>th</sup>, organized by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action">http://www.wseas.org/wseas/cms.action</a></p> <p>September 19-20, 2013 European Conference on <b>Innovation and</b> <b>Entrepreneurship</b> (ECIE), 8<sup>th</sup>, Brussels, Belgium. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2013/ecie13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2013/ecie13-home.htm</a></p> <p>September 19-20, 2013 <b>mLearning: Tips and Techniques</b> <b>for Planning, Analysis and Design</b>, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>September 19-21, 2013 <b>National Association for College Admission Counseling</b> (NACAC) National Conference, 69<sup>th</sup>, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/EventsCalendar/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/EventsCalendar/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>September 19-22, 2013 <b>Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching</b>, hosted by the International Teaching and Learning Cooperative, Traverse City, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://lillyconferences.com/">http://lillyconferences.com/</a></p> <p>September 20-21, 2013 <b>Case Study Teaching in Science</b>, 14<sup>th</sup> annual, organized by the National Center for Case Study Teaching, Buffalo, New York, USA. <a href="http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/conference/">http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/conference/</a> or <a href="mailto:nccsts@buffalo.edu">nccsts@buffalo.edu</a></p> <p>September 20-23, 2013 World Congress on <b>Educational Environments</b>, sponsor by Council of Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.cefpi.org/">http://www.cefpi.org/</a></p> <p>September 22-26, 2013 International Conference on <b>Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries</b>: Sharing Meaningful Information, 17<sup>th</sup>, organized by the University of Malta, Valletta, Malta. <a href="http://www.tpdl2013.info/">http://www.tpdl2013.info/</a></p> <p>September 23-25, 2013 International Conference on <b>e-Learning and e-Technologies in Education</b> (ICEEE), 2<sup>nd</sup>, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland. <a href="http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/iceee2013/">http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/iceee2013/</a></p> <p>September 23-26, 2013 International Symposium on <b>Electronic Theses and Dissertations </b>(ETD): Asian Values, Western Thought, World Treasure, 16<sup>th</sup>, organized by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDTD), University of Hong, Hong Kong, China. <a href="http://www.ndltd.org/">http://www.ndltd.org/</a> or <a href="http://lib.hku.hk/etd2013/about.html">http://lib.hku.hk/etd2013/about.html</a></p> <p>September 25-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Interactive Collaborative Learning </b>(ICL), 16<sup>th</sup>, Kazan, Russia. <a href="http://www.icl-conference.org/">http://www.icl-conference.org/</a></p> <p>September 25-27, 2013 International Conference on <b>Engineering Pedagogy</b> (IGIP), Kazan, Russia. <a href="http://www.igip-online.net/">http://www.igip-online.net/</a></p> <p>September 26-27, 2013 <b>European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (EFQUEL) Innovation</b> Forum: Learning for Open Innovation, Barcelona, Spain. <a href="http://efquel.org/">http://efquel.org/</a></p> <p>September 26-28, 2013 <b>School Leadership</b> Symposium (SLS): International Conference for School Effectiveness, School Improvement and School Management, University of Teacher Education of Central Switzerland, Zug, Switzerland. <a href="http://www.edulead.com/2013/information.php">http://www.edulead.com/2013/information.php</a></p> <p>September 26-28, 2013 <b>European Information Architecture Summit</b> (EuroIA), 9<sup>th</sup>, annual, Edinburgh, UK. <a href="http://www.euroia.org/">http://www.euroia.org/</a></p> <p>September 29-October 2, 2013 <b>Health 2.0</b>, Santa Clara, California, USA. <a href="http://www.health2con.com/events/">http://www.health2con.com/events/</a></p> <p>September 29-October 3, 2013 World Conference on <b>Science and Technology Education</b>: Live Science, Love Learning, Create Change, sponsored by International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE), UNESCO, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia. <a href="http://worldste2013.org/">http://worldste2013.org/</a></p> <p>September 30-October 2, 2013 <strong>National Society for Experiential Education </strong><strong>(NSEE) Conference, 42<sup>nd</sup>, annual, Loews Don Cesar Hotel, St. Pete Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.nsee.org/">http://www.nsee.org/</a></strong></p> <p>September ? 2013 International Conference on <b>Internet Technologies and Applications</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, biennial. The conference will be held September 3-6, 2013 or September 10-13, 2013. Last held in 2011 at Glyndwr University, Wrexham, North Wales, UK. <a href="http://www.ita11.org/">http://www.ita11.org/</a> or <strong><a href="mailto:r.picking@glyndwr.ac.uk">r.picking@glyndwr.ac.uk</a></strong></p> <h2><b>October 2013</b></h2> <p>October 1-2, 2013 <b>World of Learning </b>Conference and Exhibition, 21<sup>st</sup>, Birmingham, UK. <a href="http://www.learnevents.com/">http://www.learnevents.com/</a></p> <p><strong>October 1-3, 2013 </strong><strong>Asian Association of Open Universities</strong><strong>: Leveraging the Power of Open and Distance Education for Building a Divergent Asia – Today’s Solutions and Tomorrow’s Vision, 27<sup>th </sup>annual, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. <a href="http://www.aaou.net/">http://www.aaou.net/</a> or <a href="http://aaou2013.aiou.edu.pk/">http://aaou2013.aiou.edu.pk/</a></strong></p> <p>October 1-4, 2013 International <b>Council for Educational Media</b> (ICEM): we-Learning – Content, Community and Collaboration, 63<sup>rd</sup> annual, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. <a href="http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/aect.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/events_pdf/icem2013_flyer.pdf">http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/aect.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/events_pdf/icem2013_flyer.pdf</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/icem2013/info">http://www.facebook.com/icem2013/info</a></p> <p>October 2-4, 2013 <b>Australian Council for Educational Leaders</b> (ACEL) National Conference: Creating Tomorrow, Canberra, Australia. <a href="http://www.acel.org.au/index.php?id=1663">http://www.acel.org.au/index.php?id=1663</a></p> <p>October 2-5, 2013 <b>Education and Educational Psychology</b>, 4<sup>th</sup>, Antalya, Turkey. <a href="http://www.iceepsy.org/">http://www.iceepsy.org/</a></p> <p>October 2-6, 2013 <b>American Society for Information Science and Technology</b> (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.asist.org/conferences.html">http://www.asist.org/conferences.html</a></p> <p>October 3-4, 2013 <b>European Conference on Game Based Learning</b>, 7<sup>th</sup>, Porto, Portugal. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2013/ecgbl13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2013/ecgbl13-home.htm</a></p> <p>October 3-5, 2013 <b>Civic Engagement, Global Learning</b>, sponsored by the Network of Academic Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Providence, Rhode Island, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>October 3-5, 2013 International Conference on <b>Task-Based Language Teaching</b> (TBLT), 5<sup>th</sup>, biennial, organized by the University of Alberta, Banff, Alberta, Canada. <a href="http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/tblt2013/">http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/tblt2013/</a></p> <p>October 3-10, 2013 Southern Association for <b>Institutional Research</b> (SAIR), Memphis, Tennessee, USA. <a href="http://www.sair.org/conferences/Conferences.asp">http://www.sair.org/conferences/Conferences.asp</a></p> <p>October 6-9, 2013 Association for<b> Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education</b> (ACUTA) Fall Seminar, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.acuta.org/wcm/ACUTA/Events___Education/ACUTA/Education_events/Education___Events.aspx?hkey=e223a708-76ab-4201-96bf-c25d391a4bd2">http://www.acuta.org/</a></p> <p>October 7-8, 2013 <b>Space Strategies</b>, organized by Tradeline Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/">http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>October 7-9, 2013 <b>Human Resource (HR) Technology</b> Conference and Expo, 16<sup>th</sup>, Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, USA. <a href="http://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/">http://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/</a></p> <p>October 7-10, 2013 World Congress on <b>Access to Postsecondary Education</b>: Connecting the Unconnected, 1<sup>st</sup>, initiated by the European Access Network (EAN), Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.ean-edu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:world-congress-2013&catid=41:future&Itemid=91">http://www.ean-edu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=205:world-congress-2013&catid=41:future&Itemid=91</a> or <a href="http://www.eanworldcongress.org/">www.eanworldcongress.org</a></p> <p>October 8-10, 2013 <b>Engagement Scholarship</b> Consortium: Boundary Spanning - Engaged Scholarship across Disciplines, Communities and Geography, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. <a href="http://engagementscholarship.org/">http://engagementscholarship.org/</a></p> <p>October 8-11, 2013 <b>Australian International Education </b>Conference (AIEC), Canberra, Australia. <a href="http://www.aiec.idp.com/home.aspx">http://www.aiec.idp.com/home.aspx</a></p> <p>October 8-11, 2013 Association of <b>Research Libraries</b> (ARL) Membership Meeting, 163<sup>rd</sup>, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.arl.org/events/futuremms/index.shtml">http://www.arl.org/events/futuremms/index.shtml</a></p> <p>October 9-11, 2013 <b>Worlddidac Asia for Educational Material, Media and Technology</b>, 6<sup>th</sup>, Bangkok, Thailand. <a href="http://www.worlddidacasia.com/">http://www.worlddidacasia.com/</a></p> <p>October 9-11, 2013 <b>ULearn</b>: Collaborate, Innovate, Educate, Hamilton, New Zealand. <a href="http://ulearn.core-ed.org/">http://ulearn.core-ed.org/</a></p> <p>October 9-11, 2013 International Conference on <b>Application of Information and Communication Technologies</b> (AICT), 7<sup>th</sup>, Baku, Azerbaijan. <a href="http://www.aict.info/2013/">http://www.aict.info/2013/</a></p> <p>October 9-11, 2013 Association of <b>Bookmobiles and Outreach Services</b> (ABOS) Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://abos-outreach.org/conference/2013-conference/">http://abos-outreach.org/conference/2013-conference/</a></p> <p>October 9-13, 2013 <b>Consortium of College and University Media Centers</b> (CCUMC) Annual, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.ccumc.org/">http://www.ccumc.org/</a></p> <p>October 10-12, 2013 <b>Civic Engagement / Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility</b>, organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), location to be announced (TBA), USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>October 10-12, 2013 International Society for<b> Exploring Teaching and Learning</b> (ISETL), 43<sup>rd</sup>, annual, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.isetl.org/conference/index.cfm">http://www.isetl.org/conference/index.cfm</a></p> <p>October 10-12, 2013 National Association of <b>Schools of Art and Design</b> (NASAS) Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp?page=Next+Annual+Meeting">http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp?page=Next+Annual+Meeting</a></p> <p>October 11-13, 2013 <b>Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications</b> Conference (SETIT 2011), 7<sup>th</sup>, Chongquing, China, <a href="http://www.setit.rnu.tn/2013">http://www.setit.rnu.tn/2013</a></p> <p>October 12-15, 2013 <b>University and College Designers</b> Association (UCDA) Design Conference, 43<sup>rd</sup>, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. <a href="http://ucda.com/conference.lasso">http://ucda.com/conference.lasso</a></p> <p>October 13-15, 2013 <b>Distance Education and Training Council’s </b>(DETC) Fall Workshop, The Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. <a href="http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html">http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html</a></p> <p>October 15-18, 2013 <b>EDUCAUSE </b>Annual Conference, also offered online, Anaheim, California, USA. <a href="http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1">http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1</a></p> <p>October 16-18, 2013 <strong>International Council for Distance Education </strong><strong>(ICDE) World Conference, 25<sup>th</sup>, hosted by Tianjin Open University, Tianjin, China. <a href="http://icde.org/">http://icde.org/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>October 17-20, 2013 </strong><strong>Association for Counselor Education and Supervision</strong><strong> (ACES), Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.acesonline.net/">http://www.acesonline.net/</a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>October 17-20, 2013 </strong><strong>Professional Nursing Education and Development</strong><strong>: Lessons from Oz – Assuring Future Capabilities for Future Nursing Education and Practice, 40<sup>th</sup>, annual, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. </strong><a href="http://pneg.org/2013-conference/">http://pneg.org/2013-conference/</a></p> <p>October 18-19, 2013 International Society for <b>Telemedicine and eHealth</b> (ISfTeH) International Conference: Construction of International Collaboration with Telemedicine, 18<sup>th</sup>, Takamatsu, Japan. <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/70583268/18th%20ISfTeH%20Conference%20Flyer%20-%20Japan%202013.pdf">https://dl.dropbox.com/u/70583268/18th%20ISfTeH%20Conference%20Flyer%20-%20Japan%202013.pdf</a> or <a href="http://www.isfteh.org/">http://www.isfteh.org/</a></p> <p>October 19-23, 2013 <b>Library and Information Society of New Zealand</b> (LIANZA), Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand. <a href="http://www.lianza.org.nz/news-events/conferences/lianza-conference-2013">http://www.lianza.org.nz/news-events/conferences/lianza-conference-2013</a></p> <p>October 20-24, 2013 <b>InfoComm Middle East and Africa: Information Communications Marketplace</b>, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. <a href="http://www.infocomm.org/">www.infocomm.org</a> or <a href="https://infocomm-mea.com/">https://infocomm-mea.com/</a></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>October 21-22, 2013 </strong><strong>Innovation and Transformation in Learning and Teaching</strong><strong>, Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. </strong><a href="http://web3.tarc.edu.my/v1/tic/default.asp">http://web3.tarc.edu.my/v1/tic/default.asp</a><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>October 21-22, 2013 </strong>International Conference on <b>Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning </b>(ICICKM), 10<sup>th</sup>, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2013/icickm13-home.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2013/icickm13-home.htm</a></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>October 21-22, 2013 <b>Academic Medical and Health Science Centers</b>, organized by Tradeline Inc., Kissimmee, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/">http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>October 21-23, 2013 <b>American Association of State Colleges and Universities</b> (AASCU) Annual Meeting, location to be announced (TBA), USA. <a href="http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/">http://www.aascu.org/MeetingsCalendar/</a></p> <p>October 21-25, 2013 <b>E-Learn</b>: World Conference on e-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.aace.org/conf/">http://www.aace.org/conf/</a></p> <p>October 22-25, 2013 <b>European Conference on Information Literacy</b>, Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://www.ilconf.org/">http://www.ilconf.org/</a></p> <p>October 23-25, 2013 <b>DevLearn</b>, sponsored by the e-Learning Guild, Aria Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.24#more">http://www.elearningguild.com/content.cfm?selection=doc.24#more</a></p> <p>October 23-25, 2013 <b>North American Council for Staff, Program and Organizational Development</b> (NCSPOD), 36<sup>th</sup> annual, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.ncspod.org/">http://www.ncspod.org/</a></p> <p>October 23-25, 2013 European Conference on <b>Information Literacy</b> (ECIL), organized by Hacettepe University and Zagreb University, Istanbul, Turkey. <a href="http://www.ilconf.org/">http://www.ilconf.org/</a></p> <p>October 23-26, 2013 <b>Frontiers in Education</b> Conference, 43<sup>rd</sup>, organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Renaissance Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. <a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=20446">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=20446</a> or <a href="http://fie2013.org/">http://fie2013.org/</a></p> <p>October 27-29, 2013 <b>College and University Professional Association for Human Resources</b> (CUPAHR) Annual Conference, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.cupahr.org/conferences/upcomingevents.aspx">http://www.cupahr.org/conferences/upcomingevents.aspx</a></p> <p>October 27-30, 2013 <b>STEMtech</b> Conference: Emphasizing Student Success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, organized by the League for Innovation in the Community College, Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.league.org/calendar.cfm">http://www.league.org/calendar.cfm</a></p> <p>October 27-November 1, 2013 International Conference on <b>Information and Knowledge Management</b> (CIKM), 22<sup>nd</sup>, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cikm2013.org/">http://www.cikm2013.org/</a></p> <p>October 28-29, 2013 <b>College and University Science Facilities</b>, organized by Tradeline Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/">http://www.tradelineinc.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>October 28-30, 2013 <b>Instructional Coaching</b> Conference: A Global Summit on Coaching, 8<sup>th</sup> annual, Oread Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. <a href="http://instructionalcoach.org/conferences/details/eighth-annual-instructional-coaching-conference">http://instructionalcoach.org/conferences/details/eighth-annual-instructional-coaching-conference</a></p> <p>October 31-November 2, 2013 <b>Engaged STEM and Integrative Learning</b>, (STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics), organized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/networkforacademicrenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>October ? 2013 <b>Science, Technology, Higher Education and Society in the Conceptual Age</b>, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.sthesca.eu/">http://www.sthesca.eu/</a></p> <p>October ? 2013 Asia-Pacific Meeting on <b>Simulation in Healthcare</b>, biennial, Shanghai, China. <a href="http://ssih.org/apmsh">http://ssih.org/apmsh</a></p> <h2><b>November 2013</b></h2> <p>November 1-6, 2013 The <b>Information Society for the Information Age</b>, 76<sup>th</sup> annual, sponsored by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. <a href="http://www.asis.org/conferences.html">http://www.asis.org/conferences.html</a></p> <p>November 2-5, 2013 <b>Chief Academic Officers Institute</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/CAO-Institute/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/CAO-Institute/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>November 3-6, 2013 <b>Canadian Bureau for International Education Conference</b> (CBIE), 47<sup>th</sup>, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.cbie.ca/english/aboutus/events.htm">http://www.cbie.ca/english/aboutus/events.htm</a></p> <p>November 3-6, 2013 <b>Elliott Masie’s Learning</b> 2013, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.masie.com">http://www.masie.com</a> or <a href="http://www.learning2013.com/">http://www.learning2013.com/</a></p> <p>November 3-6, 2013 <b>Leadership Summit and Educational Forum</b>, organized by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://setda.org/web/guest/events">http://setda.org/web/guest/events</a></p> <p>November 6-8, 2013 International Conference on <b>Computer-Aided Blended Learning</b>, 5<sup>th</sup>, biennial. Florianópolis, Brazil. <a href="http://www.icbl-conference.org/2013/">http://www.icbl-conference.org/2013/</a></p> <p>November 7-8, 2013 <b>SharePoint</b> Symposium, Renaissance Washington, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.sharepointsymposium.com/2012/">http://www.sharepointsymposium.com/2012/</a></p> <p>November 7-10, 2013 <b>University Council for Educational Administration</b> (UCEA), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://www.ucea.org/future-conventions/">http://www.ucea.org/future-conventions/</a></p> <p>November 7-10, 2013 <b>Library and Information Technology</b> Association (LITA) National Forum: Creation, Collaboration, Community, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. <a href="http://www.lita.org/">http://www.lita.org/</a></p> <p>November 10-13, 2013 <b>American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers Strategic Enrollment Management </b>(AACRAO)<b> </b>Conference, 23<sup>rd </sup>annual, Hilton Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>November 13-15, 2013 <b>National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Fall Leadership</b> Conference, Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.naicu.edu/events/2013-fall-leadership-conference">http://www.naicu.edu/events/2013-fall-leadership-conference</a></p> <p>November 13-16, 2013 <b>Vietnam Telecomp</b>: International Exhibition in Vietnam on Telecommunications and Information Technology, 15<sup>th</sup>, Saigon, Vietnam. <a href="http://vietnam-telecomp.com/VNC13/Main/lang-eng/Information.aspx">http://vietnam-telecomp.com/VNC13/Main/lang-eng/Information.aspx</a></p> <p>November 14-15, 2013 <b>Ubiquitous Learning</b>, 6<sup>th</sup>, Universidad Nacional de Educación Distancia, Madrid, Spain. <a href="http://ubi-learn.com/the-conference">http://ubi-learn.com/the-conference</a></p> <p>November 14-15, 2013 <b>mLearning: Tips and Techniques for Development, Implementation and Evaluation</b>, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>November 14-16, 2013 <b>Association for the Study of Higher Education</b> (ASHE), Hyatt at the Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.ashe.ws">http://www.ashe.ws</a></p> <p>November 14-17, 2013 <b>Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Policy</b> Forum, The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia, USA. <a href="http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html">http://www.ccsso.org/News_and_Events/Meetings_and_Events.html</a></p> <p>November 15-16, 2013 <b>Global Conference on Education</b>, sponsored by the School of Education, University of Riverside, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.uofriverside.com/edconference.html">http://www.uofriverside.com/edconference.html</a></p> <p>November 17-19, 2013 <b>E-Activities</b> (e-Learning, e-Communities, e-Commerce, e-Management, e-Marketing, e-Governance and Tele-working), 11th, sponsored by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), Nanjing Forestry University, China. <a href="http://www.wseas.org/">http://www.wseas.org/</a></p> <p>November 17-19, 2013 International Conference on <b>Tourism and Economic Development</b>, 1<sup>st</sup>, organized by the North Atlantic University Union (NAUN), Nanjing Forestry University, China. <a href="http://www.naun.org/">http://www.naun.org/</a></p> <p>November 19-22, 2013 <b>California</b> <b>Educational Technology Professionals</b> Association (CETPA), 53<sup>rd</sup>, Pasadena, California, USA. <a href="http://www.cetpa-k12.org">http://www.cetpa-k12.org</a></p> <p>November 20-22, 2013 <b>Sloan Consortium Online Learning</b>, 19<sup>th </sup>annual, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/aln">http://sloanconsortium.org/aln</a></p> <p>November 20-22, 2013 <b>Corporate Information Systems Group</b> (CISG) of the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA), Brighton, UK. <a href="http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/cisg/Events/2013/cisg2013.aspx">http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/cisg/Events/2013/cisg2013.aspx</a></p> <p>November 21-24, 2013 <b>American Studies Association</b>, Hilton Washington, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/future_meetings/">http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/future_meetings/</a></p> <p>November ?, 2013 <b>Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning</b> (PCF7), co-hosted by the Commonwealth of Learning, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education, and the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. <a href="http://www.col.org/progServ/panComm/Pages/pcf.aspx">http://www.col.org/progServ/panComm/Pages/pcf.aspx</a></p> <h2><b>December 2013</b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>December 1-5, 2013 <b>Learning Forward</b> Annual Conference: Connect, Engage, Learn, Virtually, organized by the International Non-profit Association of Learning Educators ((formerly known as the National Staff Development Council – NSDC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.learningforward.org/default.aspx">http://www.learningforward.org/default.aspx</a></p> <p>December 5-7, 2013<b> </b>Association for <b>Career and Technical Education</b> (ACTE) Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.acteonline.org/futuremeetings.aspx">http://www.acteonline.org/futuremeetings.aspx</a></p> <p>December 9-10, 2013 <b>Coalition for Networked Information</b> (CNI) Membership Meeting, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/future-meetings/">http://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/future-meetings/</a></p> <p>December 12-13, 2013 <b>Graphics and Animations for eLearning</b>: Best Practices, Tips and Techniques, organized by the eLearning Guild, offered online. <a href="http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/">http://www.elearningguild.com/online-forums/content/1562/schedule-at-a-glance/</a></p> <p>December 16-17, 2013 <b>Asian Forum on Business Education</b> (AFBE) Conference, Calcutta Business School, Calcutta, India. <a href="http://www.afbe.biz/main/">http://www.afbe.biz/main/</a></p> <h2><b>January 2014</b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>January 4-7, 2014 <b>Presidents Institute</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Marco Island, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/Presidents-Institute/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Annual-Conferences/Presidents-Institute/Pages/default.aspx</a></p> <p>January 7-8, 2014 <b>Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission </b>Seminar, organized by the Council of Independent Colleges, Marco Island, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Pages/Presidential-Vocation.aspx">http://www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events/Leadership-Development/Pages/Presidential-Vocation.aspx</a></p> <p>January 9-12, 2014 <b>Modern Language</b> Association (MLA) Annual Convention, 129<sup>th</sup>, Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.mla.org/convention">http://www.mla.org/convention</a></p> <p>January 12-15, 2014 Association for<b> Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education</b> (ACUTA), Winter Seminar, Hilton Tapatio Cliffs, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. <a href="http://www.acuta.org/">http://www.acuta.org/</a></p> <p>January 24-28, 2014 <b>American Library Association</b> Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/">http://www.ala.org/</a></p> <h2><b>February 2014</b></h2> <p>February 2-5, 2014 <b>National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities</b> (NAICU), Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.naicu.edu/events/2014-annual-meeting">http://www.naicu.edu/events/2014-annual-meeting</a></p> <p>February 14-18, 2014 <b>Association of Teacher Educators</b> (ATE) Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. <a href="http://www.ate1.org/pubs/Future_Meetings.cfm">http://www.ate1.org/pubs/Future_Meetings.cfm</a></p> <p>February 20-22, 2014 <b>American Association of School Administrators </b>(AASA)<b> </b>National Conference on Education, 146<sup>th</sup>, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. <a href="http://www.aasa.org/conferences/index.cfm">http://www.aasa.org/</a></p> <p>February 27-March 1, 2014 <b>General Education and Assessment</b>, organized by the Network for Academic Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>February ? 2014 International Conference on <b>Mobile Communication for Development</b> (M4D), 4<sup>th</sup>. The third conference was held February 28-29, 2012 in New Delhi, India. <a href="http://www.m4d2012.com/">http://www.m4d2012.com/</a></p> <h2><b>March 2014</b></h2> <p>March 1-3, 2014 American Association of<b> Colleges for Teacher Education</b> (AACTE), 66<sup>th</sup>, JW Marriott Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. <a href="http://aacte.org/">http://aacte.org/</a></p> <p>March 2-4, 2014 <b>BrainStorm 15.0</b>: K12 Technology Conference for IT Personnel, 15<sup>th</sup>, annual, Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA. <a href="http://www.brainstormk12.com/">http://www.brainstormk12.com/</a></p> <p>March 2-5, 2014 <b>Innovations</b> Conference, organized by the League for Innovation in the Community College, Marriot Anaheim, California, USA. <a href="http://www.league.org/#Inn2013">http://www.league.org/#Inn2013</a></p> <p>March 7-9, 2014 <b>T3 – Teachers Teaching with Technology</b> International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.t3ww.org/">http://www.t3ww.org/</a> or <a href="http://education.ti.com/calculators/pd/US/International/About#2013">http://education.ti.com/calculators/pd/US/International/About#2013</a></p> <p>March 8-11, 2014 <b>American Council on Education</b> (ACE) Annual Meeting, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, USA. <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_ACE">http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About_ACE</a></p> <p>March 12-14, 2014 <b>Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning</b> (MACUL) Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. <a href="http://www.macul.org/conferences/">http://www.macul.org/conferences/</a></p> <p>March 15-19, 2014 <b>Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education</b> (NASPA) Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.naspa.org/conf/default.cfm">http://www.naspa.org/conf/default.cfm</a></p> <p>March 16-20, 2014 <b>American Chemical Society</b> National Meeting and Exposition: Chemistry of Life, 247<sup>th</sup>, Chemistry of Energy/Advanced Materials for New Opportunities, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541">http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541</a><b></b></p> <p>March 17-21, 2014 Society for <b>Information Technology and Teacher Education</b> (SITE) 25<sup>th</sup>, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. <a href="http://site.aace.org/conf/">http://site.aace.org/conf/</a></p> <p>March 19-21, 2014 <b>Learning Solutions</b> Conference and Expo, organized by the eLearning Guild, Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/">http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/content/1408/</a></p> <p>March 26-29, 2014 <b>Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages</b> (TESOL) Convention, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.tesol.org/">http://www.tesol.org/</a></p> <p>March 27-29, 2014 <b>Student Success</b>, organized by Network for Academic Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>March 30-April 2, 2014 Association for<b> Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education</b> (ACUTA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, 43<sup>rd</sup>, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dallas, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.acuta.org/wcm/ACUTA/Events___Education/ACUTA/Education_events/Education___Events.aspx?hkey=e223a708-76ab-4201-96bf-c25d391a4bd2">http://www.acuta.org/</a></p> <p>March 30-April 2, 2014 <b>American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers </b>(AACRAO)<b> </b>Annual Meeting, 100<sup>th</sup>,<sup> </sup>annual, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>March ?, 2014 International Conference on <b>Teaching and Learning with Technology</b> (iCTLT), 4<sup>th</sup> biennial, organized by the Singapore Ministry of Education and the Academy of Principals. The last conference was held March 27-30, 2012. Singapore. <a href="http://www.ictlt.com/">http://www.ictlt.com/</a></p> <h2><b>April 2014</b></h2> <p>April 3-6, 2014 <b>National Science Teachers</b> Association, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. <a href="http://www.nsta.org/conferences/future.aspx?lid=tnav">http://www.nsta.org/conferences/future.aspx?lid=tnav</a></p> <p>April 3-7, 2014 <b>American Educational Research Association </b>(AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.aera.net/">http://www.aera.net/</a></p> <p>April 5-8, 2014 <b>American Association of Community Colleges</b> (AACC) Annual Convention, 94<sup>th</sup>, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/</a></p> <p>April 6-8, 2014 <b>Distance Education and Training Council’s </b>(DETC) Annual Conference, 88<sup>th </sup>annual, Hammock Beach Resort, Hammock Beach, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html">http://www.detc.org/meetingsReports.html</a></p> <p>April 9-11, 2014 <b>National Service-Learning</b> Conference, 25<sup>th</sup>, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.nylc.org/national-service-learning-conference">http://www.nylc.org/national-service-learning-conference</a></p> <p>April 26-30, 2014 <b>Canadian Conference on Medical Education</b> (CCME), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.mededconference.ca/home.php">http://www.mededconference.ca/home.php</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 International Conference on <b>Networked Learning</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, biennial. The 8<sup>th</sup> conference was held April 2-4, 2012 and hosted by the Open University of the Netherlands, Maastricht, The Netherlands. <a href="http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/">http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 National <b>Nurse Education</b> Conference 15<sup>th</sup>. biennial. The 14<sup>th</sup>, conference was held April 11-13, 2012 at Perth, Australia. <a href="http://www.iceaustralia.com/nnec2012/">http://www.iceaustralia.com/nnec2012/</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 <b>Distance Education Association of New Zealand</b> (DEANZ). The previous conference was held April 11-13, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand. <a href="http://www.deanz.org.nz/home/index.php/deanz-conference-2012">http://www.deanz.org.nz/home/index.php/deanz-conference-2012</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 <b>Off-Campus Library Services</b> Conference, 16<sup>th</sup>, biennial. Previous conference held April 18-20, 2012<b> </b>in Memphis, Tennessee<b>, </b>USA. <a href="http://www.offcampuslibrarian.com/conferences/">http://www.offcampuslibrarian.com/conferences/</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 <b>South Africa Basic Education</b> Conference, biennial. Previous conference held April 2-4, 2012 in Durban, South Africa. <a href="http://www.education-conference.co.za/">http://www.education-conference.co.za/</a></p> <p>April ? 2014 <b>Quality in Postgraduate Research</b> (QPR) Conference, 11<sup>th</sup>, biennial. The 10<sup>th</sup> conference was held April 17-20, 2012 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. <a href="http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/qpr2012/index.html">http://www.sapmea.asn.au/conventions/qpr2012/index.html</a></p> <h2><b>May 2014</b></h2> <p>May 16-21, 2014 <b>Medical Library Association</b> (MLA), Chicago, Illinois, USA. <a href="http://www.mlanet.org/am/meetings.html">http://www.mlanet.org/am/meetings.html</a></p> <p>May 26-31, 2014 <b>Canadian Association of Geographers’</b> Annual Meeting, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. <a href="http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/cag_annual_meeting.html">http://www.cag-acg.ca/en/cag_annual_meeting.html</a></p> <p>May 29-31, 2014 <b>BookExpo America</b>, Javits Center, New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Show-Info/Event-At-A-Glance-Hours/#future">http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/Show-Info/Event-At-A-Glance-Hours/#future</a></p> <p>May ? 2014 <b>Inclusive Learning Technologies</b> Conference, hosted by Spectronics. The May 22-25, 2012 conference was held at Jupiters Gold Coast Hotel, Queensland, Australia, <a href="http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/conference/2012">www.spectronicsinoz.com/conference/2012</a></p> <p>May ? 2014 European Conference on <b>Colour in Graphics, Imaging and Vision</b> (CGIV 2012), 7<sup>th</sup>, biennial. The 6<sup>th</sup> conference was held May 6-9, 2012 at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. <a href="http://www.imaging.org/ist/Conferences/cgiv/index.cfm">http://www.imaging.org/ist/Conferences/cgiv/index.cfm</a></p> <p>May ? 2014 <b>World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics</b> (WFCP) World Congress, biennial. The last congress was held May 26-29, 2012 and hosted by the Association of Canadian Community College and Nova Scotia Community College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The 2014 Congress will be held in Beijing, China and hosted by the China Education Association for International Education (CEAIE) in Beijing China. <a href="http://wfcp.org/wfcp-congresses/">http://wfcp.org/wfcp-congresses/</a></p> <p>May ? 2014 <b>World Congress on Information Technology</b> (WCIT). The 18<sup>th</sup>, conference was held May 21-24, 2012 and organized by the World information Technology and Services Alliance in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 2014 conference will be held in Mexico. <a href="http://www.wcit2012.org/">http://www.wcit2012.org/</a></p> <p>May ? 2014 International Conference on <b>Higher Education</b>: Knowledge Crossing Borders, biennial conference. The previous conference was co-organized by West Chester University and the Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Cost Rica between May 29-June 3, 2012 at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.wcupa.edu/KnowledgeCrossingBorders/">http://www.wcupa.edu/KnowledgeCrossingBorders/</a></p> <h2><b>June 2014</b></h2> <p>June 8-10, 2014 <b>Special Libraries</b> Association (SLA), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings">http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm#futuremeetings</a></p> <p>June 11-15, 2014 The <b>State of Higher Education</b>, annual, organized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Mayflower Renaissance Washington Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/default.htm">http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/default.htm</a><b></b></p> <p>June 16-18, 2014 International Consortium for <b>Educational Development </b>(ICED) Conference, biennial, organized by the Swedish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (Swednet), Stockholm, Sweden. <a href="http://icedonline.net/">http://icedonline.net/</a></p> <p>June 26-July 1, 2014 <b>American Library Association</b> Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. <a href="http://www.ala.org/">http://www.ala.org/</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 World Congress of <b>University Presidents, Rectors and Vice-Chancellors</b>, 17<sup>th </sup>triennial. The 16<sup>th</sup> conference was held June 17-20, 2011 in New York City, New York, USA. <a href="http://www.bcdmionline.com/IAUP/index.htm">http://www.bcdmionline.com/IAUP/index.htm</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 International Conference on <b>Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication</b>, biennial. Last held June 18-20, 2012 in Aarhus, Denmark. <a href="http://www.catacconference.org/">http://www.catacconference.org/</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 Council on <b>Undergraduate Research</b> National Conference, biennial, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/cur_conference/">http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/cur_conference/</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 International <b>Nurse Education</b> Conference, biennial. The 4<sup>th</sup> conference was held June 17-20, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. <a href="http://www.netnep-conference.elsevier.com/index.asp">http://www.netnep-conference.elsevier.com/index.asp</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 <b>Science and Mathematics Education</b> Conference: Teaching at the Heart of Learning, biennial. Previous conference was held June 7-9, 2012 at Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. <a href="http://www4.dcu.ie/smec/2012/index.shtml">http://www4.dcu.ie/smec/2012/index.shtml</a></p> <p>June ? 2014 <b>Libraries in the Digital Age</b> (LIDA), biennial. Last held June 18-22, 2012 in Zadar, Croatia. <a href="http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/">http://ozk.unizd.hr/lida/</a></p> <p>June? 2014 <b>Designing Interactive Systems </b>(DIS), biennial. Last held June 25-29, 2012 at Newcastle, United Kingdom, <a href="http://www.dis2012.org/">http://www.dis2012.org/</a></p> <h2><b>July 2014</b></h2> <p>July 6-8, 2014 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers<b> </b>(AACRAO)<b> Technology </b>Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>July 6-9, 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) World Congress on <b>Computational Intelligence</b>, Beijing, China. <a href="http://www.ieee-wcci2014.org/">http://www.ieee-wcci2014.org/</a></p> <p>July 9-11, 2014 International Conference on <b>Computers Helping People (ICCHP) with Special Needs</b>, 14<sup>th</sup>, Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France. <a href="http://www.icchp.org/">http://www.icchp.org/</a></p> <p>July 12-16, 2014 Society for<b> College and University Planning</b> (SCUP), Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. <a href="http://www.scup.org/page/regions/pa/2011">http://www.scup.org/</a></p> <p>July 13-19, 2014 International <b>Sociological Association</b> (ISA) World Congress: Facing an Unequal World – Challenges for Global Sociology, 18<sup>th</sup>, every four years, Yokohama, Japan. <a href="http://www.isa-sociology.org/world-congresses.htm">http://www.isa-sociology.org/world-congresses.htm</a></p> <p>July 13-19, 2014 International Association of <b>Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres</b> (IAML), Antwerp, Belgium. <a href="http://www.iaml.info/activities/conferences/">http://www.iaml.info/activities/conferences/</a></p> <p>July 19-22, 2014 <b>National Association of College and University Business Officers</b> (NACUBO), Nashville, Tennessee, USA. <a href="http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/">http://www.nacuboannualmeeting.org/</a> or <u><a href="http://www.nacubo.org">nacubo.org</a></u></p> <p>July ?, 2014 <b>Australia Library and Information Association</b> Biennial Conference held July 10-13, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/">http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/</a></p> <p>July ? 2014 International Workshop-Conference on <b>Teaching Philosophy</b> (IWCTP), 20<sup>th</sup> biennial, sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT). The 19<sup>th</sup> conference was held July 25-29, 2012 at St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, USA. <a href="http://philosophyteachers.org/">http://philosophyteachers.org/</a></p> <h2><b>August 2014</b></h2> <p>August 10-14, 2014 Special Interest Group on <b>Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques</b>,<b> SIGGRAPH 2014</b>, 41<sup>st</sup>, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="http://www.siggraph.org/events">http://www.siggraph.org/events</a></p> <p>August 10-14, 2014 <b>American Chemical Society</b> National Meeting and Exposition: Chemistry of Life - Chemistry and Stewardship of the World, 248<sup>th</sup>, San Francisco, California, USA. <a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541">http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=9&use_sec=false&__uuid=2b3f7b7f-32c4-4db0-bf90-5ad314246541</a><b></b></p> <p>August 10-15, 2014 World Congress of the <b>International Association of Applied Linguistics</b>: One World, Many Languages, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. <a href="http://www.aila2014.com/">http://www.aila2014.com/</a></p> <p>August 28-31, 2014 <b>American Political Science</b> Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.apsanet.org/content_9906.cfm?navID=597">http://www.apsanet.org/content_9906.cfm?navID=597</a></p> <h2><b>September 2014</b></h2> <p><b></b></p> <p>September 28-30, 2014 <b>College and University Professional Association for Human Resources</b> (CUPAHR) Annual Conference, Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas, USA. <a href="http://www.cupahr.org/conferences/upcomingevents.aspx">http://www.cupahr.org/conferences/upcomingevents.aspx</a></p> <p>September 30-October 2, 2014<b> EDUCAUSE </b>Annual Conference, also offered online, Orlando, Florida, USA. <a href="http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1">http://net.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=1352&bhcp=1</a></p> <p>September ? 2014 The <b>Science and Art of Language Teaching</b> (SALT), Beyond 2012 – Building the Future with What We Have, biennial, was held September 9-10, 2012 in Arau, Perlis, Malaysia <a href="http://icon.saltofworld.org/index.php/SALT/2012SALT">http://icon.saltofworld.org/index.php/SALT/2012SALT</a></p> <p>September ? 2014 <b>Thinking Approach Teachers</b> Conference 2<sup>nd</sup>. The first conference was held September 14-15, 2012 with the sub-title Bringing Creativity and Thinking Skills into the Educational Process, Riga, Latvia. <a href="http://ta-teachers.eu/conference-2012">http://ta-teachers.eu/</a></p> <h2><b>October 2014</b></h2> <p>October 16-18, 2014 <b>Diversity, Learning and Making Excellence Inclusive</b>, organized by the Network for Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>October 26-29, 2014 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers<b> (AACRAO) Strategic Enrollment Management </b>Conference, 24<sup>th</sup>,<sup> </sup>annual, Los Angeles, California, USA. <a href="http://www.aacrao.org/">http://www.aacrao.org/</a></p> <p>October ? 2014 <b>Vocational Learning – Enterprise – Transitions</b> (VET) Network, biennial. Last held October 17-19, 2012 in Canberra, Australia. <a href="http://www.vetnetwork.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=174">http://www.vetnetwork.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=174</a></p> <h2><b>November 2014</b></h2> <p>November 1-4, 2014 <b>Chief Academic Officer</b> <b>Institute</b>, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, Portland, Oregon, USA. <a href="http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp">http://www.cic.edu/conferences_events/index.asp</a></p> <p>November 6-8, 2014 <b>Engaged STEM and Integrative Learning </b>(STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics), organized by the Network for Academic Renewal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. <a href="http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm">http://www.aacu.org/meetings/NetworkforAcademicRenewal.cfm</a></p> <p>November 18-21, 2014 <b>California Educational Technology Professionals</b> Association (CETPA), 54<sup>th</sup>, Sacramento, California, USA. <a href="http://cetpa.net/pub/htdocs/calendar.html">http://cetpa.net/pub/htdocs/calendar.html</a></p> <p>November 20-22, 2014 <b>Association for the Study of Higher Education</b> (ASHE), Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.ashe.ws">http://www.ashe.ws</a></p> <p>November 20-23, 2014 <b>University Council for Educational Administration</b> (UCEA), Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, USA. <a href="http://www.ucea.org/future-conventions/">http://www.ucea.org/future-conventions/</a></p> <h2><b>July 2016</b></h2> <p>July 24-31, 2016 International Congress on <b>Mathematical Education</b>, 13<sup>th</sup>, held every four years, Hamburg, Germany. <a href="http://www.icme13.org/">http://www.icme13.org/</a></p> <p>July ?, 2016 RC33 International Conference on <b>Social Science Methodology</b>, 9<sup>th</sup>, held every four years. The 8<sup>th</sup> conference was held July 9-13, 2012 at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. <a href="http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/index">http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/index</a> or <a href="http://www.isa-sociology.org/rc33.htm">http://www.isa-sociology.org/rc33.htm</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-59138418607260282322012-10-29T08:20:00.000-07:002017-09-14T06:17:37.403-07:00Online Systems for Behavior ChangeI've always believe that to truly have impact on performance, we need to be experts at Behavior Change. I've written a few times over the years on aspects of solutions that ultimately drive a change in behavior that leads to performance improvement. I'm now working on an very interesting project that is designed to lead to some important changes in behavior that has already had dramatic impacts. But we want to push for more, so ultimately this post is asking for help, <strong>please comment or tweet (add @tonykarrer) on</strong>:<br />
<blockquote>
What online systems have you seen that ultimately drive behavior change? <br /> <br />What do these systems do that leads to behavior change?</blockquote>
For example, there are solutions out there like:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sparkpeople.com/">http://www.sparkpeople.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jennycraig.com/">http://www.jennycraig.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://yogaonline.corepoweryoga.com/">http://yogaonline.corepoweryoga.com/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://poweroftwomarriage.com/">http://poweroftwomarriage.com</a></li>
</ul>
that look to be interesting - although I don't have insights into specifics. I would love to compile a list of other such solutions. I also would love to hear about aspects of these systems that you feel drive behavior change.<br />
Going back through my own writing/thoughts, it's remained fairly consistent over the years. In <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/data-driven.html">Data Driven</a>, I said:<br />
<blockquote>
If you want to really improve the numbers via a performance improvement initiative then you need to start and end with the data.</blockquote>
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nBejh5NeCeA/UIvuoBI2vyI/AAAAAAAAA6w/_s-ezakmQmA/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/-DyzTc3qR3Aw/UIvuovXedUI/AAAAAAAAA64/6hnVIqf5fPE/image_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" height="312" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="560"></a><br />
This solution relies heavily on humans to push each other to ultimately change behavior. Using data as a means of assessing how you are doing from an action and results standpoint is an important aspect.<br />
This is reinforced by <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/goals-accountability-and-social-support.html">Goals Accountability and Social Support for Big Impact</a> where I used the responses to a monthly Big Question to arrive at the following as the basis for driving behavior change:<br />
<ul>
<li>Guide through setting meaningful personal goals </li>
<li>Teach how you can hold yourself accountable to those goals </li>
<li>Help the user set up social support </li>
<li>Teach the social supporters how they can help hold the personal accountable </li>
<li>Send lots of reminders to the individual and the supporters </li>
</ul>
When I've looked at other articles on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/behavior/change/">Behavior Change</a>, I found similar kinds of conclusions.<br />
<ul>
<a href="https://test.elearninglearning.com/&source=tony-karrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://test.elearninglearning.com/?cmd=get-best-badge&g=5&b=28&a=3539127&n=4&p=v&s=s" alt="eLearning Learning Best of the Day" title="eLearning Learning Best of the Day" border="0"/></a>
<li><a href="http://www.dashe.com/blog/erp-training/need-to-change-behavior-just-follow-the-wizard">Need to Change Behavior? Just Follow the Wizard</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
Most of the behavior change strategies, however, boil down to the following three “levers”:<br />
<ol>
<li>Increase the number of <strong>triggers </strong>leading to the desirable behavior. </li>
<li>Enhance <strong>ability</strong> to perform the behavior (make it easier to do) </li>
<li>Amplify <strong>motivation</strong> for doing the behavior with intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. </li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://usablelearning.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/design-for-behavior-change-3/">Design For Behavior Change </a></li>
<li><a href="http://sparkyourinterest.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/its-all-about-behaviour-change/">It's All About Behavior Change</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microassist.com/custom-e-learning/the-learning-dispatch/mlearncon-2012-bj-fogg-methodology-designing-behavior-change">BJ Fogg A Methodology for Designing Behavior Change</a></li>
</ul>
I'm definitely a big fan of The Power of Habit book. I think there's a lot to be learned. But for right now, I'm most interested in how these translate into online solutions that change behavior.<br />
Please contribute and I will post back more on this.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-12153783303493524482012-09-12T14:43:00.001-07:002012-09-12T14:43:31.424-07:00Training Magazine Network Now Bringing You eLearning Learning<p>I'm really excited today.  We get to finally announce that <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a> has partnered with <a href="http://www.trainingmagnetwork.com">Training Magazine Network</a>.   These two industry leaders in online learning and training bring together their extensive content and community offerings to form the largest eLearning offering on the Web.</p> <p>When you visit the eLearning Learning site, you probably won't notice that much different.  You see a new logo.  But the important thing is that there's still great content on the site every day - oh hey, Karl Kapp just wrote about Gamification - hold on, let me check that out.  And if you are like me, you can't visit the site all the time, so you should sign up for a <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2012/01/elearning-learning-adds-personalized.html">Personalized Newsletter</a> on the right.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6qyvbqi82pk/UFEB9PVVEXI/AAAAAAAAA54/j43jMnvYgIU/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vIiYf2Dwkqg/UFEB94bbqgI/AAAAAAAAA6A/2TDvTndN1Tc/image_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="560" height="306" /></a></p> <p>The bigger change is described by Ray Jimenez, CEO of Training Magazine Network, a fellow blogger and likely someone many of you know.  He tells us:</p> <blockquote> <p>Online learning and training is a dynamic and growing industry. It’s not easy for our industry professionals to stay current on all of the important analysis, information and how-to pieces available. A critical element of our value is providing the kind of in-depth thinking and research that is brought together in eLearingLearning’s site and newsletter. Our members need this kind of information to stay at the top of their game, and eLearningLearning.com is the best place for them to do just that.</p> </blockquote> <p>Ray is now putting eLearning Learning content front and center on their site and in newsletters.  You can see it in action below.  There's Karl's post.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8Gya-xdpJfI/UFEB_lb1n7I/AAAAAAAAA6I/daTD8b48LA4/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qdZML25zoxo/UFECAifAjrI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/wlVCtQNREmk/image_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="560" height="451" /></a></p> <p>Looking forward to more great things for eLearning Learning.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-53333377196342765262012-06-12T08:19:00.000-07:002012-06-12T08:19:00.515-07:00What's Wrong with Traditional Stock Photography Sources for eLearning<p>Back in 2007, I provided a long list of sources of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/11/stock-photo-image-and-other-media.html">stock photography for eLearning</a>. And there are lots of other posts available on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/photography/stock/">eLearning Learning Stock Photography</a>.  But I really missed something important: traditional stock photo sources are often a pain for eLearning.</p> <p>I had coffee with Bryan Jones, the founder of <a href="http://www.eLearningArt.com">eLearningArt</a>,last week in Los Angeles, and it led to a discussion about images/stock photography and eLearning.  At the start of the conversation, I wasn't quite sure why a company would focus on stock photography specifically aimed at eLearning.  But Bryan was really good at pointing out the pain that goes with getting stock photography from traditional sources and trying to use it for eLearning.</p> <p>The best way to illustrate the point is with an example. Let’s say I’m creating some eLearning to teach people sales skills. I want to create scenarios where I use characters to walk through common issues that come up when a sales rep meets with customers. For that I need:</p> <ul> <li>1 character to represent my sales rep</li> <li>2 characters to represent different customers</li> <li>Multiple poses of the sales rep and characters interacting with each other <br /></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V7mAQvt8HEL1YKubcaG5ocVJt3kAq5toAANkaQfiPY9G4sKqRvMmrjEK1dZ9vHFsixiU3534HwXjcXfXbG9jDjP1_V8BONRV_28drsn-7SsK-xG38ny-ZjtTSSMcvDWDPnqsyg/s1600-h/clip_image001%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image001" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-emWDJAX7tEw/T9Z9aq1vx8I/AAAAAAAAA34/alD1_ZEe1-w/clip_image001_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="560" height="425" /></a></p> <p>If I go to a traditional stock photography site and search for business characters, I’ll find:</p> <ul> <li>Lots of characters in a suit and tie, but not many in business casual, like my sales reps and customers wear</li> <li>A single, finished shot, but not multiple shots of the characters together in the poses I need</li> <li>Isolated characters only face the camera, so they’re not good to use in an interactive scene</li> <li>People that look more like models than my customers </li> <li>Millions of images to sort through, but very few that are relevant to me</li> </ul> <p>Bryan explained that the issues above are why he created eLearningArt. He highlights that, as an eLearning developer, you would ideally have:</p> <ul> <li>Characters shot in isolation, with the backgrounds removed, and in many poses. You can then build your own scene by inserting the character s in the poses you want onto any background.</li> <li>“Real” looking characters of various ages and ethnicities that look like people you work with</li> <li>Characters facing both forward for use in reaction shots, avatars, etc., as well as facing away from the camera to be used in scenarios and conversations</li> <li>Photos organized by outfits and characters. For example, if I want an Asian male doctor, I can look under medical images, find the character I want, and know that there will be dozens of images in that pack. This greatly reduces image search time. </li> <li>Access to other files, such as background images, other stock photos, and templates all formatted for eLearning</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sghB6Oy8mJw/T9Z9bNwqEgI/AAAAAAAAA4A/I0mU__nHnjc/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image002" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-tJl9T5dkixU/T9Z9bwY_HdI/AAAAAAAAA4I/4mXLle5B5jQ/clip_image002_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="560" height="429" /></a></p> <a name="_GoBack"></a> <p>That’s not to say that traditional stock sites have no value. There are plenty of images on these sites that are useful. However, the needs of the eLearning developer are often unique, and a site that focuses on eLearning stock photography now makes a lot of sense to me. </p> <p>Bryan's not the only one doing eLearning related stock photography.  Here's a bit more information on a few of these types of sites:</p> <p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="124"> </td> <td valign="top" width="104"> <p>One Time Purchase Price (average per image)</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="105"> <p>Subscription Price (Annual per user)</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Unlimited downloads</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Characters by industry</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Other products</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="124"> <p><a href="http://www.elearningart.com">eLearningArt</a></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="104"> <p>About $1 per</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="105"> <p>$240</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Yes</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Business casual, casual, suits, on the phone, medical, industrial, casual</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Templates, stock photos, background images</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="124"> <p><a href="http://elearningstock.com/">eLearningStock</a></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="104"> <p>$1-$5 based on size</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="105"> <p>Not sure on this</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>No (credit system)</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Professional, business, phone, medical</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Animated characters, templates</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="124"> <p><a href="http://elearningtemplates.com/">eLearningTemplates</a></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="104"> <p>About $2 per</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="105"> <p>$2,500</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Yes</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Business, casual, industrial, medical</p> </td> <td valign="top" width="102"> <p>Games, activities, skins, templates, interactions, stock photos</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-69918255343747700162012-01-02T15:23:00.001-08:002012-01-02T15:23:55.102-08:00eLearning Learning Adds Personalized Subscriptions<p><a href="http://www.aggregage.com/">Aggregage</a>, the platform that powers <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a> has added a powerful personalization engine.  That means that eLearning Learning now allows users to sign-up and have their content personalized based on their interests.</p> <p>You can sign-up via the "Personalize Your Content" button on the right side of the interface shown to the right of the red arrow below.  Or put another way, just above and right of the picture of Justin Bieber.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7bLa5Af1elo/TwI8gRBMbiI/AAAAAAAAAv8/KrzU40wdY2g/s1600-h/eLearning-Learning-Personalization%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="eLearning-Learning-Personalization" border="0" alt="eLearning-Learning-Personalization" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIuxM3hjL5bUIL0NkydZOeo_NCiEMxMqjNPfm_xuWaZ9mDXr3BysOiUTlcvAmtchRH_t9xnBS6w-15K5yCYoHRB520ClSxAsCQE-oHKyEP46kUaeuLIA-TSSZb0pDhN6zQpyt0A/?imgmax=800" width="520" height="187" /></a></p> <p>By the way, I should point out that the four top articles on the site when I took the screen shot were all great:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://elearninfo247.com/2011/12/20/5-e-learning-forecasts-for-2012/">5 E-Learning Forecasts for 2012</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dashe.com/blog/classroom-learning/the-flipped-learning-revolution-coming-to-a-brain-near-you">The Flipped Learning Revolution — Coming to a Brain Near You?</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=2371">Failing to Learn</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.saffroninteractive.com/creating-an-online-learning-personality/">Creating an online learning personality</a></li> </ul> <p>It's what I love about the site.  It always has great, fresh content from a wide variety of industry professionals.  Every time I visit it, I find something that I missed that was really good content.</p> <p>Now with personalization it's even better. The picture below gives a sense of what's happening:</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XwvhWOwZ49g/TwI8hU5ojII/AAAAAAAAAwM/PydN4AmOOJE/s1600-h/Aggregage-Personalization%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Aggregage-Personalization" border="0" alt="Aggregage-Personalization" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ylZAhyB8YqA/TwI8h_fn0rI/AAAAAAAAAwU/roVMBjbmSMI/Aggregage-Personalization_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="520" height="345" /></a></p> <p>Curators handle finding the best sources of content.  The system then uses <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-social-signals-to-find-top.html">social signals</a> such as those coming from Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, delicious as well as clicks and views.  These are compared to averages for the source and also looks at who is providing the signal, how often they signal things, how often they signal for that particular source, etc.  Those aspects existed before and it does a good job of finding great content.  You can read a bit more about these aspects in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/08/elearning-learning-launches-new.html">eLearning Learning Launches New Features</a>.</p> <p>What's new now is that the site allows you to sign up and provide your Twitter and LinkedIn information.   The site will look at your activity on these sites and the content of what you share.  It will use that to find interests as well as to cluster you with other users who are like you based on interests and sharing.  You can partially control your interests via the Subscription page as shown below:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a7hcOjzKAr0/TwI8ieYpfMI/AAAAAAAAAwc/_Rx_AaCXMwY/s1600-h/eLearning-Learning-Subscription%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="eLearning-Learning-Subscription" border="0" alt="eLearning-Learning-Subscription" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AVrD7TT4XOs/TwI8inElTPI/AAAAAAAAAwk/f9j45d7uNQ0/eLearning-Learning-Subscription_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="520" height="268" /></a></p> <p>This will change over time based on your LinkedIn and twitter activity.  You can always visit and manually select interests as well.  You can read a bit more here: <a href="http://www.aggregage.com/personalization-explained">Personalization Explained</a>.</p> <p>The system then can combine three pieces of information to figure out what will be most interesting to you:</p> <ul> <li>Social signal score – are people in the audience finding it interesting </li> <li>Topic match – does it match up with your interests </li> <li>Like sharing – are individuals who are like you sharing this </li> </ul> <p>The system uses these to both rank things on the site and to generate Daily and Weekly newsletters.</p> <p>The reason that I'm most exited about this is that I partly use eLearning Learning to make sure I don't miss things that is good content that is relevant to me.  Now with personalization, it is even less likely that something will sneak by.  </p> <p>I also personally like the format of the new newsletter.</p> <p>Give it a try and let me know what you think.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-90495001894637339342011-11-14T07:06:00.001-08:002011-11-14T07:06:06.061-08:00Flash Dead for eLearning<p>I've been warning about this since January 2010 in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/01/still-no-flash.html">Still No Flash</a>, and called it out further as the signs became more serious in May 2010 with <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning-of-long-slow-death-of-flash.html">Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash</a>.  My words then:</p> <blockquote> <p>We are hitting a tipping point where you have to question building anything that uses Flash as the delivery mechanism.  </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMErfgjdbszV1HdIKnm15hpsVvITv4YJXCgkuU4Oysgb4HXSvQxadaVimjmRc5x0xn-u7-M17SZCjMkNWB23woxgfGWtSNBN-1NATlpWdBh9ZEm1g580yXB62jFIq-BmVdbjrrw/s1600-h/Screen-Shot-2011-11-09-at-12.17.08-PM%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Screen-Shot-2011-11-09-at-12.17.08-PM" border="0" alt="Screen-Shot-2011-11-09-at-12.17.08-PM" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6-H857GvGS8/TsEuXTj3SxI/AAAAAAAAAvc/VpdOcZh9KAs/Screen-Shot-2011-11-09-at-12.17.08-PM_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="340" height="231" /></a>In February of 2011, <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/09/mobile-learning-and-continuing-death-of.html">Mobile Learning and the Continuing Death of Flash</a>, I pointed to the smart moves by <a href="http://www.rapidintake.com/">Rapid Intake</a> to work around this problem.  And said,</p> <blockquote> <p>The death of Flash is continuing.</p> </blockquote> <p>Well, I believe we've seen continuing signs of this with Adobe moving its tools towards HTML 5.  And now, <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/flash-mobile-dead-adobe/">Adobe Admits: Apple Won, Flash For Mobile is Done, HTML5 is the Future</a>.</p> <p>What does all of this mean?  No More Fence Sitting!</p> <p><strong>Content Creators</strong> => you can no longer build content in Flash as a delivery vehicle.  You must adopt tools that do not rely on Flash as a delivery mechanism or at least delivery solutions to Flash and HTML 5.</p> <p><strong>Authoring Tool Companies</strong> => you must immediately talk to your product roadmap and how you will be able to deliver HTML 5 content.  You must look at how media will be handled going forward.</p> <p>This may seem like a shock, but we've gone through this transition before as we move from desktop to web-based delivery.  Really Flash was part of that last wave.  It won't be part of the next wave.</p> <p>Of course, that still leaves some really hard questions about how you design for all the different mobile platforms with widely different screen sizes and their non-standard inputs and widely varying connection speeds.  This is a great opportunity for mobile authoring tools to take a bite out of a much larger market much like the Director to Flash transition did back in the day.</p> <p>I'll be curious to hear comments on this.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-67614368808282964072011-10-13T11:01:00.001-07:002011-10-17T08:27:26.533-07:00LMS Low-Cost Webinars Hosted eCommerce Subscriptions<p>I was talking with a startup that has an existing audience and now want to provide a monthly subscription for access to training to this audience. They will only convert a portion of the audience to the new service. The learners will get access to webinars, recorded webinars, videos, and other online content that they will author separately.</p> <p>They don't really have a tech team, so going with a hosted solution that would live at a subdomain would be best, i.e., subscribers would go to: learn.company.com in order to sign up, pay, and get access to webinars, content, etc.</p> <p>They are early stage, so low-cost would be good. And it would be nice if it was a <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/10/rapid-learning-management-systems.html">Rapid LMS</a>. </p> <p>I'm a little concerned how well LMS solutions will handle the webinar integration and the subscriptions.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>What would you recommend they research as possible options? </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Here are some resources that I found that may help:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/03/lms-ecommerce-solution.html">LMS eCommerce Solution</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearninfo247.com/2011/02/27/product-review-litmos-lms/">Product Review: Litmos LMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/16/lms-for-smbs-and-training-companies-a-year-on-is-it-still-the-same/">LMS For SMBs And Training Companies – A Year On, Is It Still The Same?</a></li> <li><a href="http://dwilkinsnh.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/a-defense-of-the-lms-and-a-case-for-the-future-of-social-learning/">A Defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of Social Learning)</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningweekly.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/lms-spotlight-litmos/">LMS Spotlight: Litmos</a></li> <li><a href="http://janetclarey.com/2011/05/26/wait-what-i-can-buy-an-lms-with-a-credit-card/">Wait. What? I can buy an LMS with a credit card?</a></li> <li><a href="http://minutebio.com/blog/2010/07/11/why-do-we-have-an-lms/">Why Do We Have an LMS?</a></li> <li><a href="http://alearning.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/why-are-so-many-lms-buyers-dissatisfied/">Why are So Many LMS Buyers Dissatisfied?</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearninfo247.com/2011/07/27/whats-hurting-the-lms-market/">What’s hurting the LMS market</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearninfo247.com/2010/12/27/2010-lms-products-of-the-year/">2010 LMS Products of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/09/lms-satisfaction-features-and-barriers.html">LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-cost-lms-help-needed.html">Low Cost LMS - Help Needed</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningdevnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/why-its-hard-to-find-an-lms/">Why it’s hard to find an LMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningweekly.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/lms-spotlight-topyx/">LMS Spotlight: Topyx</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearninfo.com/2010/09/24/lms-vendors-r-u-hearing-us/">LMS vendors: R u hearing us? </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/12/24/training-companies-and-lms/">Training Companies and LMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://alearning.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/more-lms-options-for-associations-on-a-budget/">More LMS Options for Associations on a Budget</a></li> </ul> <p>And some of the resulting choices based on these resources:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.coggno.com/">Coggno</a></li> <li><a href="http://learnhub.com/">LearnHub</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.litmos.com/">Litmos</a></li> <li><a href="http://odijoo.com/">Odijoo</a></li> <li><a href="http://my.learn.com/learncenter.asp?id=178409&sessionid=3-3A306AF9-E7D2-42AB-9220-DF9FAAA54E7D&page=570">Learn.com Personal Edition</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.articulate.com/products/articulate-online.php">Articulate Online</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.trivantis.com/services/cm_lms.html">CourseMill</a></li> <li><a href="http://coursemax.com/">CourseMax</a></li> <li><a href="http://xerceo.com/applications/">Xerceo TrainingAtom</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geoondemand.com/">Geo On-Demand</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.upsidelearning.com/">Upside Learning Upside LMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ultralearn.com/">Ultralearn</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.interactyx.com/">TOPYX</a></li> <li><a href="http://sclipo.com/">Sclipo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.coursepark.com/">CoursePark</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.joomlalms.com/features/">JoomlaLMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.intellum.com/learning-management.html?gclid=CJb5vrjL1KMCFZJd5QodaUCSuw">Intellum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ziiva.com/">Ziiva</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.trainingpartner.com/">Training Partner</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.syberworks.com/">Syberworks</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.enlightus.com/">Enlightus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rainmakersystems.com/67/learning_management_systems.html">Rainmaker</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.simplydigi.com/">SimplyDigi </a></li> <li><a href="http://classrunnner.com/">Classrunner</a></li> <li><a href="http://moodle.com/hosting/">Hosted Moodle</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.totaralms.com/">Totara</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lmless.com/">LM LESS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.feathercap.net/">Feathercap LMS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/">Cornerstone OnDemand </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.simplydigi.com/">SimplyDigi</a></li><li><a href="http://www.edu20.com/">EDU 2.0</a><br /></li> </ul> <p>More:</p> <ul> <li>Absorb LMS (Blatant Media e-Learning) </li> <li>Acadia HCS (Acadia HCS) </li> <li>Allen Communication Learning Portal </li> <li>Avilar WebMentor </li> <li>Course-Source (Course-Source Limited) </li> <li>CourseMill LMS (Trivantis) </li> <li>DOTS (WebRaven) </li> <li>ED Training Platform (Strategia) </li> <li>Generation 21 Enterprise </li> <li>InforSource (InfoSource) </li> <li>Inquisiq EX (ICS Learning Group Inc.) </li> <li>IntraLearn XE (IntraLearn Software) </li> <li>Isoph Blue (Learn Something) </li> <li>Kallidus LMS (e2train) </li> <li>LearnerWeb (MaxIT) </li> <li>LearningServer IntraLearn</li> <li>LearnShare LMS (Learnshare) </li> <li>LMS Live (Wizdom Systems) </li> <li>MindFlash E-Learning System </li> <li>NetDimensions EKP Bronze </li> <li>OnPoint Learning & Performance Suite </li> <li>On-Tracker LMS (Interactive Solutions) </li> <li>OutStart Evolution LMS (OutStart) </li> <li>SSElearn Portal (SSE) </li> <li>Syntrio Enterprise (Syntrio) </li> <li>TeraLearn LMS (Teralearn.com) </li> <li>The Learning Manager (Worldwide Interactive) </li> <li>Tracker.Net (Platte Canyon) </li> <li>TrainingPartner (Geometrix) </li> <li>TrainingMine (Frontline Data Solutions) </li> <li>Upside LMS (Upside Learning Solutions) </li> <li>Virtual Training Assistant (RISC)</li> </ul> <p>And if you want a MUCH longer list, go download the 475+ LMS names from here: <a href="http://elearninfo247.com/directories/lms-and-lcms-systems-new-listings-added/">LMS and Learning Platforms</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-32981225720533880292011-08-15T08:58:00.001-07:002011-08-16T06:28:32.083-07:00eLearning Learning Launches New Features<p>Over on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/">eLearning Learning</a>, we've just launched a new version with some great new features.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Hh_ELNEgc1I/TklCJf-k7nI/AAAAAAAAAr4/0N6Gzbijh5M/s1600-h/image%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FzvWPcOXDJs/TklCK3WHrHI/AAAAAAAAAr8/tiopyhLH8Q4/image_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="258" width="460" /></a></p> <p>In case you don't know about eLearning Learning, it brings together content from leading experts and companies like the <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/&source=adobe-captivate-blog">Adobe Captivate Blog</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/&source=clark-quinn">Clark Quinn</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/&source=clive-on-learning">Clive Shepherd</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/&source=jay-cross">Jay Cross</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/&source=kapp-notes">Karl Kapp</a>, and really too many to list. You can find a long list of the Featured sources on the right side. There is a lot more content that comes in as well beyond the Featured sources.</p> <p>The home page itself will show you the latest and best content at any time. For example as I'm writing this, I see a couple of great posts right up top:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2011/08/powerpoint-2010-animating-a-venn-diagram.html">PowerPoint 2010: Animating a Venn Diagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/video/4cs-communication-collaboration-critical-thinking-and-creativity/">4Cs: Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking and Creativity</a></li> <li><a href="http://stephaniededhar.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/five-days-to-better-e-learning/">Five days to better e-learning</a></li> </ul> <p>Best is decided by the system based on <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-social-signals-to-find-top.html">social signals</a> - that's clicks, views, twitter, delicious, and other kinds of inputs that tell us what people are doing with the content. And we try really hard to make sure that great content from lesser known sources still makes it to the top. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CVfAInDM_AA/TklCLlsMuRI/AAAAAAAAAsA/1Gi4AqMnnt8/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9OcavvtO_2M/TklCMQizuwI/AAAAAAAAAsE/yn-ObsSZWRI/image_thumb%25255B8%25255D.png?imgmax=800" align="right" border="0" height="337" width="361" /></a>Each day, week, month and year, the site generates a "Best Of" Edition. You can change the Edition at any time. That allows you to see some really great stuff looking a little more broadly than what you typically see on the home page. For example, if I look at <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/edition/monthly-creative-commons-action-learning-2011-07/">July's Top eLearning Posts</a>, I find (among others):</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.dashe.com/blog/elearning/elearning-and-fun-two-words-not-normally-seen-together">eLearning and Fun: Two Words Not Normally Seen Together</a></li> <li><a href="http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/alternatives-to-bullets/">6 Alternatives To Bullet Lists</a></li> <li><a href="http://learningharbinger.blogspot.com/2011/07/flash-in-elearning-seven-traps-to-avoid.html">Flash in eLearning - Seven Traps to Avoid </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dashe.com/blog/social-learning/evaluating-social-learning">Evaluating Social Learning </a></li> </ul> <p>The site is categorized in various topics such as concepts like <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/instructional-design/">Instructional Design</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/mobile/">Mobile</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/social-learning/">Social Learning</a>; tools like <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/twitter/">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/lms/">LMS</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/flash/">Flash</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/powerpoint/">PowerPoint</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/captivate/">Captivate</a>; Companies like <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/rapid-intake/">Rapid Intake</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/saba/">Saba</a>; types like <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/examples/">Examples</a> and many more. For instance you could click on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/mobile/sample/">Mobile Samples</a> and find a great post <a href="http://shoutout.rapidintake.com/2011/06/mobile-learning-samples-for-mlearning.html">Mobile Learning Samples for mLearning Developers</a>; or via <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/instructional-design/rapid-elearning/">Instructional Design for Rapid eLearning</a> you can find <a href="http://manishmo.blogspot.com/2008/01/instructional-designer-competencies.html">Instructional Designer Competencies</a>, <a href="http://www.upsidelearning.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/21/top-25-rapid-elearning-blog-posts/">Top 25 Rapid eLearning Blog Posts</a>, <a href="http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/over-75-free-rapid-e-learning-resources/">Over 75 Free Rapid E-Learning Resources</a> and many other great resources.</p> <p>The intent of eLearning Learning is to bring together and make it easy to find great content. You will only see a snippet of each piece. When you click the link, you will be directed back to the source. In other words, we bring the content together, but we don't own the content. We want you still to comment and interact with the content back on the original site. </p> <p>Visiting the site is probably one of the better ways to get to the content, but you can also subscribe to it by entering your email address and then choosing whether you want a Daily Edition or Weekly/Monthly/Annual Edition to be sent to you. If you've not already subscribed, then go over and do it now. It's worth the 30 seconds it takes.</p> <p>There are some pretty interesting new features coming soon for eLearning Learning. We look forward to continuing to improve the site. If you have thoughts, or comments, please feel free to contact me: Tony Karrer via email at: akarrer@techempower.com.</p> <p>Last, but certainly not least, this site is generously sponsored and made possible by <a href="http://www.rapidintake.com/">Rapid Intake</a>. Without them, we could not afford to keep the lights on. Please support them so we can continue to make this site better and better.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-10359554324061879712011-06-22T08:26:00.001-07:002011-06-22T08:26:46.038-07:00Emerging Asynchronous Conversation Models<p>I had an interesting conversation with Patrick Randolph from <a href="http://www.talkwheel.com">TalkWheel</a> about different kinds of asynchronous conversation models that are emerging and how they might fit into broader eLearning Initiatives.  Particularly we focused on the implications of TalkWheel, <a href="http://www.quora.com">Quora</a> and <a href="http://www.namesake.com">Namesake</a>.  Below I've captured aspects of our conversation (interestingly enough done via email - how old school).  This post represents thinking from both of us that I've edited heavily to make it more easily consumed here in the blog.  </p> <p>There's obvious value in bringing the classroom collaboration dynamic to online learning.  We see some of this dynamic when we run webinars and have chat.  We also see it in twitter (see  <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/twitter-for-learning-55-great-articles.html">Twitter for Learning</a>).  The main issue with these is that the primary value is in the real-time nature.  While Twitter is asynchronous, it's not easily used as other kinds of tools for discussion.</p> <p>The standard model for asynchronous conversations is discussion forum software like vBulletin.  I've talked before about the significant value that can be obtained as part of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/09/discussion-forums-for-knowledge-sharing.html">Discussion Forums for Knowledge Sharing at Capital City Bank</a> and how that translates in a <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/success-formula-for-discussion-forums.html">Success Formula for Discussion Forums in Financial Services</a>.  I also looked at <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/06/making-intranet-discussion-groups.html">Making Intranet Discussion Groups Effective</a>.</p> <p>However, I've struggled with the problem of destinations vs. social networks and the spread of conversation (see <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/09/forums-vs-social-networks.html">Forums vs. Social Networks</a>).  Because of that I've been watching closely what's happening with various tools that have different ways of supporting asynchronous conversation models.  There are some new tools emerging that have a different take. </p> <p>Talkwheel  is made to handle real-time group conversations and asynchronous ones.  It can act as an instant messaging service a bit like Yammer, HipChat for companies and other groups, but the layout is designed to make these discussions easier to see, archive, and work asynchronously.  Because of the ability to attach documents, it can act like a collaboration platform.  Each comment made within a thread appears as a tiny circle next to the name of the person who made the comment, and is linked by arrow to the person to whom the comment was made. The comments are also stacked and color-coded on the right side of the screen for reference.  This organization makes the conversation seem more like a roundtable discussion.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w81K81T33nk/TgIJnYAr6kI/AAAAAAAAAqw/A-MWZvf0WkE/s1600-h/TW%252520Screenshot_full%25255B5%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="TW Screenshot_full" border="0" alt="TW Screenshot_full" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-j-zHrSJadoM/TgIJoMcNjFI/AAAAAAAAAq0/aBDzjHNeugM/TW%252520Screenshot_full_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="500" height="258" /></a></p> <p>Patrick tells us:</p> <blockquote> <p>Talkwheel’s design makes class conversations easier to follow, more interactive, and more effectively organized. It eliminates the problem of navigating multithreaded conversations, enables real-time group conversation, and makes referencing asynchronous conversations much easier. Talkwheel’s dashboard organization allows teachers to organize all their classes and projects in one centralized location, while Talkwheel's analytics helps teachers and administrators quantitatively monitor their students’ progress throughout the year. Talkwheel’s collaboration platform is a new way of bringing students together in a way that is conducive to the group needs of online learning. In addition to e-learning, Talkwheel helps enterprises improve productivity and communication both internally and externally and allows users to organize their social and professional networks in an effective manner. It can be tried for free at Talkwheel.com.</p> </blockquote> <p>Quora is a Q&A site nicely integrated with Facebook that has done a good job providing a means to ask questions and get answers.   Each Quora answer is rated by users until the most popular answer is found.  You can see a question below that had 16 answers provided by some pretty good folks and the top answer had 586 votes.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9T3bd0KoPR8Dsin8Maw0DMA5yX6ruLLXI7GFSgNjl9XmxDmjcdHz9mf0sg21daynlLoO0f0ASBAwgr0wpENWPFv5AdOF_NoiEaZ9BMQnRuMv_iyLuy1654SoYXJ1jHvSDgsIvQ/s1600-h/image18.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5kSlw7FroPw/TgIJpajPjtI/AAAAAAAAAq8/6xIKwD9TB18/image_thumb12.png?imgmax=800" width="500" height="308" /></a></p> <p>The answers are then used to provide valuable information to Quora users and the rest of the web. Quora has been able to form quite an elite network of VCs, entrepreneurs, and other experts to answer questions.  They've also created topic pages such as: <a href="http://www.quora.com/Learning-Management-Systems">Learning Management System</a>.  It collects questions answer answers on that particular topic - you'll notice that there's not much expertise flowing around eLearning topics.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b_f3FZrZ5C0/TgIJp3g9vWI/AAAAAAAAArA/qOaZC25DtC0/s1600-h/image12.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UyZWOFFCwBI/TgIJqvVCvjI/AAAAAAAAArE/OaLzwB2WpeY/image_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" width="500" height="382" /></a></p> <p>Finally, Namesake, is a tool for real-time and asynchronous conversations.  It's a bit like Quora but more focused on conversation as compared to Q&A and it allows real-time conversation a bit like twitter.  You can see an example of a conversation around phones below.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zLq2kaiIhWs/TgIJsFD-71I/AAAAAAAAArI/Cd5IrEYPioE/s1600-h/image24.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cZmYG81TAX8/TgIJtVnB5tI/AAAAAAAAArM/d1R-AYFVmPc/image_thumb16.png?imgmax=800" width="500" height="304" /></a></p> <p>Like Quora, the goal is to build a network of user selected experts to provide valuable information to users. Within Namesake, any user can create topics of conversation for real-time chat and can follow conversations. Unlike Quora, Namesake is designed for real-time chats very similarly to the AIM Chat Rooms of old. New comments are stacked on top of the most recent one, updates are done in real-time, and chats are organized by high-level subject. </p> <p>TalkWheel has taken a very different approach to its conversation model and is definitely aimed at smaller groups.  I think that each conversation model has it's place and TalkWheel is more competitive with forum software but a much different visual model.  Quora and Namesake are more trying to address the conversation from social networks issue.</p> <p>All of these point to new types of conversation models that are emerging in tools.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-86373303253975987802011-04-26T06:52:00.000-07:002011-04-26T06:52:00.052-07:00I Feel the Need - The Need for Speed<p>This month's <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/">#LCBQ</a> is: <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2011/04/addressing-i-want-it-now-lcbq.html">How do you address the "I want it now!" demand from stakeholders</a>? There are some great responses that can be found by visiting the link above. </p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZwNWviK5z0Q" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="390" width="480"></iframe></p> <p>Corny 1986 line. :)<br /></p> <h3>Content Needs</h3> <p>This is a very crude self-assessment, but I believe it makes an important point.</p> <p>If you are reading this, you are a knowledge worker. Consider the content (knowledge, information, learning) you personally need to get your job done. Draw a circle in each quadrant based on the amount (percentage) of the content that you need that's:</p> <ul> <li>Slow changing vs. fast changing. Will the content remain roughly the same for two years? Or will it really be out of date in two years? </li> <li>Large audience vs. small audience. Is the content I need applicable to a relatively large audience or do I have fairly particular needs? </li> </ul> <p>I did a crude version of this for myself and came up with the following:</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TbWnVRbyI-I/AAAAAAAAAmo/CW9esRMd7Hk/s1600-h/MyContentNeeds%5B7%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="MyContentNeeds" alt="MyContentNeeds" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TbWnV21LOpI/AAAAAAAAAms/orKWAi9Q640/MyContentNeeds_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800" border="0" height="344" width="420" /></a></p> <p>Definitely the vast majority of the time, I'm needing information that is relatively fast moving and is specific to the particular situations I face. In fact, often the information does really exist. Actually most of us that are <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/11/concept-worker.html">Concept Workers</a> will find that we play in that upper right quadrant most of the time. </p> <p>That said, there are some exceptions that I could think of. For example, I consume a fair bit of content that's around technology. There's a fair amount of it that has a pretty large applicable audience. Of course, most of it is pretty old news in two years time. There is some information around core technologies that will last longer. I also should point out that the information is more specialized all the time, meaning ever smaller audiences. So, that kind of information makes for Fast but Larger audiences.</p> <p>And when you consider the trends for most concept workers (knowledge workers), we clearly are heading towards faster moving content aimed at smaller audiences.</p> <h3>Workplace Learning's Challenge</h3> <p>Now let's put on the hat of someone in workplace learning. What's our ideal kind of content?</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Workplace Learning's ideal content: Slow changing and large audience</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>How big is that circle? How is that circle doing for most knowledge workers?</p> <p>This isn't something new, it's just becoming more and more clear. I've discussed it in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/03/disruptive-changes-in-learning.html">Disruptive Changes in Learning</a>, <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/02/innovators-dilemma-in-learningelearning.html">Innovators' Dilemma in Learning/eLearning</a>, <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/business-of-learning.html">Business of Learning</a>, and <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/learning-performance-business-talent.html">Learning Performance Business Talent Focus</a>. </p> <p>The reality is that we need to find ways to insert ourselves into the faster moving content and be able to change the dynamics to reach smaller audiences. These relate to speed. One of the nice things about the responses to this month's LCBQ is that they relate directly to speed even though they were not necessarily aimed at the bigger picture above.</p> <h3>Responding to the Need for Speed</h3> <p>I like where <a href="http://glennhansen.tumblr.com/post/4353698529/lcbq-addressing-i-want-it-now-from-stakeholders">Glenn Hansen</a> started his answer:</p> <ol> <li>Don’t assume that training is the answer. </li> <li>Even if some kind of training is reasonable, don’t assume the stakeholder in question has identified the right solution. </li> </ol> <p>And liked Glenn's point about what's required:</p> <blockquote> <p>Work up your material to the point where it conveys the skills and knowledge needed and where it is professionally presented and fit for purpose. Don’t chase perfection, because it’s more likely your information will be out of date by the time you have it ready. </p> </blockquote> <p>This is echoed quite a bit by the collection of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/04/agile-elearning-27-great-articles.html">Agile eLearning - 27 Great Articles</a> that I pulled together previously.</p> <p>In terms of specific suggestions there are some real nuggets in several of the responses.</p> <p>Clive has some very good suggestions on speeding things up in <a href="http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/2011/04/big-question-how-do-you-respond-to-i.html">The Big Question: How do you respond to the ‘I want it now’ demand?</a>. </p> <p>Open Sesame's <a href="http://www.opensesame.com/blog/we-need-learning-and-we-need-it-now">response</a> similarly has some good ideas for rapid solutions.</p> <p>Jeff Goldman also has several suggestions for speeding the process or approach in his post: <a href="http://minutebio.com/blog/2011/04/10/a-priest-a-rabbi-and-an-instructional-designer-are-in-a-bar-and-identify-a-training-need-a-response-to-the-lcbq/">A Priest, A Rabbi and an Instructional Designer Are in a Bar and Identify a Training Need: A response to the #LCBQ</a>." However, his punch-line struck me as defending slower processes:</p> <blockquote> <p>Oh, the priest, rabbi and instructional designer identified a training need, collaborated on designing an effective learning program which was not implemented until it was damn well ready to be implemented.</p> </blockquote> <p>It's fairly contrary to the rest of his more reasoned approach. And if the stakeholder hears slow moving training solutions as the response that won't be ready until it's "damn well ready." Well ... good luck with that.</p> <p>I also feel a bit the same way about Tom Gram's <a href="http://performancexdesign.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/i-want-it-now/">response</a> that included:</p> <blockquote> <h4>The best strategy is a preventative one. </h4> </blockquote> <p>He's correctly arguing that you should try to cut off some of the problem at the pass, but the reality is that you should get yourself ready to be fast, agile or however, you want to describe it.</p> <p>So let me ask you ... do you feel the need? The need for speed?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-50855056837892587822011-04-06T06:00:00.000-07:002011-04-06T06:04:29.059-07:00Agile eLearning - 27 Great Articles<p>The first couple of responses to this month's LCBQ <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2011/04/addressing-i-want-it-now-lcbq.html">Addressing I Want it Now #LCBQ</a> have come in and Kasper Spiro's caught my eye: <a href="http://kasperspiro.com/2011/04/05/on-demand-agile-e-learning-development-lcbq/">On demand: agile e-Learning development #LCBQ</a>.  Like Kasper, I'm very familiar with Agile in software development.  I was not as familiar with it in terms of eLearning development.</p> <p>So, I wanted to pull together some reading and resources around <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/agile/elearning/">Agile eLearning</a>, <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/addie/agile/">Agile ADDIE</a>, etc.</p> <p>I found some amazing resources using <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a> and via search:</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-agile-means-to-me.html">What Agile Means to Me</a>- <a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/">ID Reflections</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/2011/03/addie-isnt-dead-its-just-more-agile.html">ADDIE isn't Dead; it's just more Agile</a>- <a href="http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/">Integrated Learnings</a></li> <li><a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/2009/07/agile-elearning-design-manual-of.html">The Agile Elearning Design Manual - Of Project Spaces & Project Managers</a>- <a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/">The Learning Generalist</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.informl.com/2009/02/16/agile-instructional-design/">Agile instructional design</a>- <a href="http://informl.com/">Jay Cross's Informal Learning</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.jarche.com/2010/04/agility-and-autonomy/">Agility and Autonomy</a>- <a href="http://www.jarche.com/">Learning and Working on the Web</a> </li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/11/designing-for-agile-learning.html">Designing for Agile Learning</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2009/06/no-time-for-design/">No time for design?</a>- <a href="http://blog.cathy-moore.com/">Making Change</a></li> <li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2010/04/agile-lego-and-training-common-factors.html">Agile, Lego and Training: The common factors.</a>- <a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/">ID Reflections</a></li> <li><a href="http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/2008/08/agile-e-learning.html">Agile e-learning</a>- <a href="http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com/">Clive on Learning</a></li> <li><a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/agile-elearning-design-manual-agile-re.html">The Agile Elearning Design Manual - Agile Re-explained</a>- <a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/">The Learning Generalist</a></li> <li><a href="http://kasperspiro.com/2011/01/19/i-lost-my-agile-virginity/">I lost my agile virginity</a>- <a href="http://kasperspiro.com/">Challenge to Learn</a></li> <li><a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/2011/01/tackling-wicked-problems-using.html">Tackling Wicked Problems Using an Iterative Approach</a>- <a href="http://idreflections.blogspot.com/">ID Reflections</a></li> <li><a href="http://larsislearning.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-real-mission-critical-e-learning.html">Get Real: Mission Critical E-learning</a>- <a href="http://larsislearning.blogspot.com/">Lars is Learning</a></li> <li><a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-synchronous-learning-makes-so-much.html">The Agile Elearning Design Manual - Why Synchronous Learning makes so much sense today</a>- <a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/">The Learning Generalist</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/2011/03/addie-isnt-dead-how-can-it-be.html">ADDIE isn't dead; how can it be?</a>- <a href="http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/">Integrated Learnings</a></li> <li><a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html">The Agile Elearning Design Manual: Problems with existing approaches</a>- <a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/">The Learning Generalist</a></li> <li><a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/2009/06/agile-elearning-design-manual.html">The Agile Elearning Design Manual - Iterations huh?</a>- <a href="http://cipher-quaker.blogspot.com/">The Learning Generalist</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.jarche.com/2010/08/agility-through-collaboration/">Agility through collaboration</a>- <a href="http://www.jarche.com/">Learning and Working on the Web</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/12/periodic-table-of-agile-learning.html">The Periodic Table of Agile Learning</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.jarche.com/2007/10/instructional-design-needs-more-agility/">Harold Jarche » Instructional Design Needs More Agility</a>- <a href="http://www.jarche.com/">Learning and Working on the Web</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/11/orientation-in-agile-learning-design.html">Orientation in Agile Learning Design</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://onlignment.com/2010/12/towards-an-alternative-e-learning/">Towards an alternative e-learning</a>- <a href="http://onlignment.com/category/blog/">Onlignment</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/10/agile-design-ethos-for-creating.html">Agile Design: An Ethos for Creating Learning Platforms</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/11/planning-in-agile-learning-design.html">Planning in Agile Learning Design</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/11/selection-in-agile-learning-design.html">Selection in Agile Learning Design</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/12/iterations-in-agile-learning-design.html">Iterations in Agile Learning Design</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> <li><a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/12/agile-learning-design-tools-for.html">Agile Learning Design: Tools for Learners</a>- <a href="http://bdld.blogspot.com/">Big Dog, Little Dog</a></li> </ol> <p>Bonus Items Recommended by my Tweets</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.jarche.com/2010/08/agility-through-collaboration/">Agility through collaboration</a></li> <li><a href="http://tier1.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/is-addie-dead/">Is ADDIE dead?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rawsthorne.org/bit/docs/RawsthorneAIDFinal.pdf">Agile Instructional Design</a></li> </ol> <p>I'm still studying all of this to see whether I really buy that Agile methods will work.   Lots of my experience tells me that while we intended to be Agile, put something out and then update it.  It's the updating part that doesn't happen.  If Agile turns into <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-is-rapid-elearning_13.html">rapid elearning</a>, then we are back to <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/04/rapid-elearning-tools-new-debate.html">Rapid eLearning Tools Debate</a>.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-62857258969395959412011-03-31T10:09:00.001-07:002011-03-31T10:16:38.807-07:00Continuing Education and Learning Management Systems<p>One of our colleagues came to me with a particular challenge, and I'm not sure I have a good answer, nor do I know specifically how to go about finding an answer. I'm hoping that readers can weigh in on both aspects: (1) specific thoughts or suggestions on LMS products that might fit and (2) how do you get answers to questions like this?</p> <h3>Continuing Education Requirements</h3> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold">Requirement #1:</span> The LMS needs the ability to apply multiple types of continuing education credits to a single course, have the user select multiple types of credits to obtain and print certificates with the appropriate wording for the desired credit(s). </span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Use Case: </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Becky Bonds is an RN with the responsibility for coding the plan of care in her office. She has acquired HCS-D credentials and must complete continuing education to maintain the certification as well as nursing continuing education for her RN license. The LMS offers courses with both nursing and HCS-D credits. Before completing the course she indicates that she wants to obtain both the nursing credits and the HCS-D credits available on the Assessing and Coding Wounds course. After completion she is notified that she has passed the test and has access to 1 hour of credit for each type. She then prints her certificates.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold"><br /><br />Requirement #2:</span> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >The LMS needs the ability </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >to enter expiration dates and approval codes into the credit records and assign owners to the record. The fields for the dates and codes must be printable on the certificate and the date must be able to trigger an expiration message to the credit owner.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Use Case: </span><span style="font-size:100%;">The Assessing and Coding Wounds course was approved for HSC-D credits on April 22, 2010 with an approval code of BMSC-LHC1234 and an expiration date of April 22, 2011. Jennifer is the credit owner for the HCS-D credit and receives a reminder 90 days prior to the expiration date to reapply for another year. She sends off the request to the BMSC and receives the approval for another year with the approval code of BMSC-LHC2345. A new credit is created for the new approval period and applied to the course when the period starts. The old credit is retained with previous completions.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold"><br /><br />Requirement #3:</span> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >The LMS needs the a</span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" >bility to create customized, course specific evaluation/survey assessments that are required to obtain a completed status for the course.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />Use Case: </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Evaluations are required for the ability to offer nursing continuing education through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Each course with CE nursing credits must have completed, summarizable evaluations for review by the ANCC.</span> <h3>Typical Gap Found</h3> <p>The biggest gap is in the number of credits most LMS products allow on a course. Most of the ones we’ve looked at allow for one credit per course. We need to be able to put multiple credits of varying values on each course. And each of those credits must be tied to an approval code and expiration date. When the credit expires (usually after 1 or 2 years) we need to be able to update the credit. The value usually stays the same, but the approval code changes. However, we need to retain the older credit so that people who took it while it was in force still have access to the approval code for certificates.</p> <p>The value and approval code (and sometimes the date range for the validity) must be available to print on certificates. We like to be able to have the user print individual certificates based on their need. So they can either pick the certificate by discipline/CE board or it is automatically assigned based on something in their person record. Rather than having one certificate with multiple statements on it for however many credits the course has. Each board has a different statement they like you to put on the certificate.</p> <p>The other issue centers around offering course materials to field facilitators for them to present locally. But, we have to approve the facilitator before they can access the materials by reviewing a biographical data form (something like a resume) and a conflict of interest signature. It’s basically a workflow where a person in the field requests permission to teach a topic, an admin has to review their credentials against the course requirements and either approve or deny their access. There is other stuff around it too, but most LMS’s have restricted approval processes that go all one way or another (manager approval OR admin approval), not one where I can choose the approval workflow on a course – by – course basis.</p> <h3>Solutions?</h3> <p>Any suggestions on specific LMS products that should be evaluated?</p> <p>Does customization make sense?</p> <p>Have you had a similar issue and found a way around it?</p> <h3>Getting Questions Answered</h3> <p>This is probably not the right venue to ask this kind of question, but I couldn't think of any other good way/place to get this question addressed.</p> <p>In my <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/linkedin-guide-for-knowledge-workers.html">LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers</a>, I point out several ways that you can search for experts who might help you. But I did a quick search for things like LMS and continuing education and didn't really come up with people who I thought would be able to help. </p> <p>If you have this kind of question, how would you go about getting help?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-84380687666313829292011-03-10T08:32:00.001-08:002011-03-10T08:32:19.985-08:00LMS eCommerce Solution<p>I just got off the phone with someone who has a fairly common need that I've heard before.  The needs are very similar to those in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/10/rapid-learning-management-systems.html">Rapid LMS</a> and  <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/lms-solution-for-simple-partner.html">LMS Solution for Simple Partner Compliance Training</a>.  </p> <p>In this case, they are looking to provide their content as eLearning and sell it to individuals and organizations.  Key aspects:</p> <ul> <li>Individual eCommerce - someone can go on and buy the course just for themselves</li> <li>Group eCommerce - someone can go on and buy a block of courses that can be taken by people in their organization</li> <li>Pricing will need to be variable</li> <li>Group reporting - the person who bought for the organization should be able to see who's taken, completed, etc.</li> <li>Users will self-select their role which will take them to the appropriate version of a SCORM course</li> <li>Test at the end, pass or retake</li> <li>Provides certificate for the individual that they can print</li> </ul> <p>This all seems like pretty simple stuff right?</p> <p>What system would you use?</p> <p>Would you consider a marketplace solution for this?  Do any marketplaces provide the group eCommerce capabilities?  What are the tradeoffs of putting it up on a marketplace?</p> <p>I'd like to hear your suggestions and it would definitely be helpful to the person trying to solve this problem.</p> <p>Related posts:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/lms-selection-process.html">LMS Selection Process</a></li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-cost-lms-help-needed.html">Low Cost LMS</a></li> </ul> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-83456256803272053342011-02-22T07:49:00.000-08:002011-02-22T07:49:00.135-08:00Top 10 eLearning Predictions 2011 #LCBQ<p>This month's <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com">#LCBQ</a> is the first with the <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2011/02/big-question-thought-leaders.html">Big Question Thought Leaders</a>.  It's been fun working with them and has definitely added a new spark.  I'm hoping that others will join the effort.  We strongly believe the #LCBQ offers an opportunity to have something online that's like a sophisticated cocktail party.  Lots of discussion and debate around interesting questions for eLearning professionals.  We would welcome lots of discussion.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TWCB_AQ_ToI/AAAAAAAAAmA/acla9hHpJnM/s1600-h/image%5B18%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TWCCAysqZLI/AAAAAAAAAmE/UYgfNg1vzLo/image_thumb%5B14%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="560" height="248" /></a></p> <p>This month's LCBQ is What are your Predictions and Plans for 2011?</p> <p>I've attacked this by looking at my past predictions, then looking at lots of predictions from other folks, and finally I get to my Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2011</p> <h3>My Past eLearning Predictions</h3> <p>You can see some of my predictions from the past in:</p> <p><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/01/ten-predictions-for-elearning-2008.html">Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-is-elearning-20.html">eLearning 2.0</a> - Increasing Pressure </li> <li>Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life Lite </li> <li>Authoring Tools - Captivate and Articulate Will Dominate </li> <li>Less Authoring - More Web Pages </li> <li>Mobile Learning - Continued Scattered Examples and Disappointment </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/data-driven.html">Metrics-Driven Performance and Learning Interventions</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2006/07/do-you-want-lms-does-learner-want-lms.html">LMS => More of What You Don't Want</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-do-learning-games-make-business.html">Serious Games - Seriously Sorry, Not for You</a> </li> <li>Niche Online Discussions </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/social-media-for-knowledge-workers.html">Knowledge Worker Skills</a> - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 </li> </ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/01/12-elearning-predictions-for-2009.html">12 eLearning Predictions for 2009</a></p> <blockquote> <ol> <li>"Self-Directed Learning" Increases </li> <li>eLearning 2.0 Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0 Strategy" Fails <br />Corollary: if you have SharePoint installed, you will be <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-sharepoint.html">using SharePoint</a> a lot more this year. </li> <li>Increase in Consumer/Education Social Learning Solutions will Increase Pressure for Social Learning Solutions in Corporate Learning </li> <li>Quick Wins & Toolkits </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/teaching-online-courses-60-great.html">Virtual Classroom Tipping Point</a> </li> <li>Greater Domination by Leading Tool Vendors </li> <li>Niche Tools Emerge and Get Traction in Niches </li> <li>More Wiki Pages - Same Authored Minutes - Less Classroom Minutes </li> <li>Knowledge Worker Skills </li> <li>Mobile Learning Niche Growth </li> </ol> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/01/top-10-elearning-predictions-for-2010.html">Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010</a></p> <blockquote> <ol> <li>Hacking Work </li> <li>Convergence Ramps Up Big Time </li> <li>More, Lower Cost Learning Solutions (<a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/08/low-cost-test-and-quiz-tool-comparison.html">Low-Cost Test and Quiz Tool Comparison</a>, <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/02/low-cost-lms-help-needed.html">Low Cost LMS</a>) </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/02/selling-social-learning-be-jack.html">Social Learning Grows But Becomes More Specific</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-sharepoint.html">Lots of SharePoint</a> </li> <li>More Examples of Mashups and Add-ons to Extend Simple Self-Paced eLearning </li> <li>Major Merger LMS + Talent Management Vendors </li> <li>Turmoil in Learning Organizations </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/04/failure-of-creative-commons-licenses.html">Open Content</a> </li> <li>Cloud Computing </li> </ol> </blockquote> <p><font size="2"></font></p> <h3>Predictions and Trends from Others</h3> <p>Some predictions I've seen from other sources that I've selectively edited to make them short enough to easily consume.</p> <p><a href="http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/HR2011.pdf">Horizons Report 2011</a> (PDF)</p> <blockquote> <p>Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less</p> <ul> <li>Electronic Books </li> <li>Mobile </li> </ul> <p>Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years</p> <ul> <li>Augmented Reality </li> <li>Game-Based Learning </li> </ul> <p>Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years</p> <ul> <li>Gesture-Based Computing </li> <li>Learning Analytics </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>eLearn Magazine - <a href="http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=148-1">Predictions for e-Learning in 2011</a></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="3">Lisa Gualtieri</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">The Rise of Curation</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Charles Jennings</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Working and Learning Merge</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Roger Schank</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Death of 'You Will Need it Later'</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Harold Jarche</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Networked Learning</font> </li> </ul> <h5><font size="3">Karl Kapp</font></h5> <ul> <li>Dramatic Increase in Gamification</font> <h5></h5> </li> <li>Draconian Social Media Policies</font> <h5></h5> </li> <li>Killer Augmented Reality App Developed</font> <h5></h5> </li> </ul> <font size="3">Saul Carliner</font> <h5></h5> <ul> <li><font size="3">Informal Learning</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Apps for the iPad and Similar Tablets</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Trend toward shorter programs</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Janet Clarey</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Personal videoconferencing, telepresence technologies, tablets, and integration with existing systems will drive innovation in Virtual Classroom Tools.</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Elliott Masie</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Learners as designers. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Learning apps.</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Video galore. </font></li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Rovy F. Branon</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Learning Management System App Stores</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Bob Little</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Apps, Not Courses</font> </li> </ul> <p><font size="3">Inge de Waard</font></p> <ul> <li><font size="3">Augmented reality moves towards augmented learning with easy tools: </font><a href="http://www.wikitude.org/en"><font size="3">Wikitude</font></a><font size="3">, </font><a href="http://www.layar.com"><font size="3">Layar</font></a><font size="3">, </font><a href="http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/"><font size="3">ARToolKit</font></a><font size="3">... </font></li> <li><font size="3">Situated learning (learning within context in a community of practice) grows thanks to augmented mobile reality. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Virtual classrooms and smart-boards are used in a more student-centered way (not putting all the attention to one person up-front=bad).</font> </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>Tony Bates - <a href="http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/01/16/e-learning-outlook-for-2011/">eLearning Outlook for 2011</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>1. Course Redesign</p> <p>            We will see increasing efforts at redesigning courses to incorporate both online and face-to-face teaching</p> <p>2. The Future is Mobile</p> <p>3. Open Educational Resources Matures</p> <p>4. More Multimedia</p> <p>5. Learning Analytics</p> <p>6. Shared Services between Institutions</p> </blockquote> <p>Manish Gupta - <a href="http://www.gc-solutions.net/blog/?p=376">e-Learning Predictions for 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li>Live Online Training to Grow in India </li> <li>Birth of Motion Controlled Learning & Interactivity </li> <li>Performance Support Tools to Gain Adoption </li> <li>Outsourcing to Continue Growing  </li> <li>Gaming to Gain Momentum  </li> <li>LMS’s to Remain Primary Delivery Mechanism for e-Learning </li> </ol> </ol> <p>Glenn Hansen's 2011 predictions - <a href="http://www.glennhansen.tumblr.com/">2011 - the year of collaboration</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Collaboration tools such as micro-blogging software (e.g. Twitter, Yammer), wikis, blogs, discussion groups, etc. open up exciting opportunities for people to access relevant information where and when they require it. </p> <p>The availability of cost-effective resources to facilitate wide collaboration (including open source software that enables wikis, discussion groups, chat and even web conferencing) presents the chance for organizations to reconsider the effectiveness of the performance support being offered to their people.</p> <p>Of course, you can’t look at learning in 2011 without mentioning mobile learning. </p> </blockquote> <p><font size="3">Jon Aleckson - </font><a href="http://www.webcourseworks.com/blog/elearning-predictions-2011-and-beyond"><font size="3">eLearning predictions for 2011 and beyond</font></a><font size="3"> </font></p> <ol> <ol> <li>Just-in-time learning </li> <li>Greater access to information </li> <li>Peer coaching </li> <li>Cloud training </li> <li>Ability to reach those previously unreachable </li> <li>Tools allowing for easier collaboration and interaction </li> <li>Richer media experience (videos and simulations) </li> <li>Content repositories &<em> Learning Object distribution and searchability  </em></li> <li>Movement away from static textbooks as primary resource </li> <li>Customized learning spaces, i.e. personal learning environments (PLEs) </li> <li>Customization of content presentation and access </li> <li>eReaders and eBooks providing better and more interactive content (<em>just in time</em>) </li> <li>Changing paradigm of "bounded courses" to unbounded courses where learning is a continuous process that can occur anywhere and at any time </li> <li>Sharing resources and co-producing content to reduce cost </li> <li>Informal learning, sharing own learning with others via internet (e.g. blogs, wiki) </li> </ol> </ol> <p>Nick Morris - <a href="http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/bioscience-elearning/10_elearning_predictions_for_2011">10 eLearning Predictions for 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li><font size="3">2011 will finally see the end of Internet Explorer 6</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The rise of mobile learning</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The rise of the 'robot teacher' </font></li> <li><font size="3">Student adoption of Twitter</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The return of 'distance learning'</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Increased use of Twitter in teaching</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Increased use of Facebook in teaching</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The death of RSS</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The rise of the eText Book</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The launch of an 'email' killer</font> </li> <li><font size="3">VLEs will go cloud</font> </li> </ol> </ol> <h4><a href="http://wcetblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/predictions-and-hopes-2011/">Predictions and Hopes for Elearning in 2011</a></h4> <blockquote> <p>Ellen Wagner, Executive Director, WCET</p> <ul> <li><strong>Mobile learning</strong> in all of its rich and nuanced forms will finally become an obvious, self-evident solution for learning because we are finally focusing on meeting the needs of learners who are mobile. </li> <li><strong>Analytics</strong> will be the buzzphrase of the year. </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://floatlearning.com/2011/01/some-mobile-and-mlearning-predictions-for-2011/">Some Mobile Learning Predictions for 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li>Mobile learning will get its own identity. </li> <li>Investment in mobile learning will significantly increase. </li> <li>Mobile learning sub-disciplines will begin to emerge. </li> <li>Mobile learning development for tablets will become one of these sub-disciplines. </li> <li>Flash will still have an impact (at least in the area of mobile learning). </li> </ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://www.trainingindustry.com/articles/10-predictions-for-2011.aspx">10 Predictions for 2011: Trends that Will Reshape the Training Industry</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li><font size="3">Total spending for training services will increase by an estimated 7-9%. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Training department staffing will grow by a modest 2%. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Selective outsourcing continues to grow while comprehensive outsourcing will become less popular. </font></li> <li><font size="3">The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect.</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Learning technologies are becoming social, collaborative, and virtual. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Speed will become the new mantra for training. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Convergence of educational institutions to the supply chain of corporate training will change the supplier landscape.</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Learning content will be transformed for easier consumption.</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Success metrics for learning will be based on content access, views, involvement and downloads.</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Learning leaders will be more focused on relevancy of information.</font> </li> </ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/2011-learning-technology-trends/">Learning Technology Trends To Watch In 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li>Growth of Social Learning </li> <li>To LMS or Not </li> <li>Pocket Video Technology </li> <li>Mobile </li> <li>iPad or Alt-Tablets </li> <li>Virtual Worlds Rising Up </li> <li>Augmented Reality </li> <li>Blogs </li> <li>eBooks </li> <li>QR Codes </li> </ol> </ol> <h4><a href="http://elearninfo247.com/2010/12/09/5-trends-to-watch-4-n-2011/">5 Trends to Watch 4 in 2011</a></h4> <ol> <ol> <li>Lite LMS </li> <li>Extended Enterprise/Channel Product/Distributors Market </li> <li>Marketplaces & Exchanges by LMS/Learning Portal Vendors </li> <li>LMSs focusing more on the end user experience </li> <li>HTML5 &  Rapid Content Authoring Tools </li> </ol> </ol> <p>CLO Magazine - <a href="http://clomedia.com/articles/view/five-trends-in-learning-delivery-in-2011/5">Five Trends in Learning Delivery 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li><font size="3">Increased Fidelity of Experience</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Kiosk Learning</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Crowdsourcing for Learning Assignments</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Data Mining</font> </li> <li><font size="3">The LMS Adds Informal Learning</font> </li> </ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://ryan2point0.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/top-5-things-i-hope-not-to-hear-in-2011/">Top 5 things I hope not to hear in 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li>Death by PowerPoint </li> <li>I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn </li> <li>Dear Twitter </li> <li>Learning styles don’t exist </li> <li>If Facebook were a country </li> </ol> </ol> <p><a href="http://mlearningtrends.blogspot.com/2011/01/enterprise-mlearning-predictions-for.html">Enterprise mLearning Predictions for 2011</a></p> <ol> <ol> <li><font size="3">mLearning Engagements Expand. </font></li> <li><font size="3">Device Diversity is the “New Normal”</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Mobile Apps Become Essential to Enterprise mLearning</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Pad/Tablet Use Explodes</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Authoring Tools Will Evolve</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Private Social Networks Win Over Public</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Market Consolidations Will Occur</font> </li> <li><font size="3">Here Come the Experts! </font></li> <li><font size="3">New Features and New Possibilities</font> </li> </ol> </ol> <h4><a href="http://kasperspiro.com/2011/02/20/my-e-learning-predictions-and-plans-for-2011-lcbq/">My E-learning predictions and plans for 2011 #LCBQ </a></h4> <ol> <ol> <li><font size="3">2011 Moving from the LMS to the workplace</font></li> <li><font size="3">Form courses to nuggets and collaboration</font></li> <li><font size="3">Disclosure of content: capturing context</font></li> </ol> </ol> <p><font size="3">And still more:</font></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=1877">2011 Predictions</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.danpontefract.com/?p=639">Reciprocity: The Word of 2011</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/609/nuts-and-bolts-2011-resolutions">Nuts and Bolts: 2011 Resolutions by Jane Bozarth</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.astd.org/LC/0111_trends.htm">Learning Circuits eLearning Trends 2011</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blog.elementk.com/element_k_blog/2011/02/reflections-on-2010-and-predictions-for-2011.html">Reflections on 2010 and Predictions for 2011</a> </li> <li><a href="http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2011/02/elearning-mlearning-its-all-happening-and-faster-than-you-think.html">eLearning & mLearning: It's All Happening--And Faster Than You Think</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.jarche.com/2011/01/2011-integration/">2011: Integration</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=148-1">Predictions for e-Learning in 2011</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/01/16/e-learning-outlook-for-2011/">e-learning outlook for 2011</a> </li> </ul> <p>Looking at this another way, I went to <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a> and looked at what were the keywords that arose based on <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/predictions/2011/">eLearning Predictions 2011</a> and based on what were the keywords that were more active during the beginning of 2011 than in the past.  Here's what came up.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/ipad/">iPad</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/cornerstone-ondemand/">Cornerstone OnDemand</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/plateau/">Plateau</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/saba/">Saba</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/augmented-reality/">Augmented Reality</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/cloud-computing/">Cloud Computing</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/analytics/">Analytics</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/mobile-learning/">Mobile Learning</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/geolearning/">GeoLearning</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/performance-support/">Performance Support</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/outsource/">Outsource</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/low-cost/">Low Cost</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/iphone/">iPhone</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/learning-theory/">Learning Theory</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/creative-commons/">Creative Commons</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/facebook/">Facebook</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/portal/">Portal</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/learn-com/">Learn.com</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/leadership/">Leadership</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-strategy/">eLearning Strategy</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/knowledge-management/">Knowledge Management</a>  </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/voiceover/">Voiceover</a>  </li> </ul> <p>Obviously, the Cornerstone OnDemand is because of the IPO.  Others are actually are fairly instructive about what the current trends are in eLearning.</p> <h3>My Predictions</h3> <p>So with all of that as a lead up.  Here are my top 10 eLearning predictions for 2011.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #1 => Growth of Working Smarter and Increase in the Schism Between Learning and Doing Organizations</font></strong></p> <p>What do you call the combination of informal learning, performance support, social learning, providing help directly at the point of need, providing tools, access to peers/experts and the other kinds of techniques that can be used to improve business results but that are not training? </p> <p>Jay Cross talks about this in terms of <a href="http://internettime.posterous.com/working-smarter-jay-cross">Working Smarter</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I don’t talk much about training or learning these days.</p> <p>The goal is achieving the outcomes you seek. How you get there is immaterial. Sometimes it’s easier to add smarts to the workflow (performance support) than to stuff things into people’s heads.</p> <p>I have reframed how I help organizations get things done. It may or may not involve learning. I call it working smarter.</p> </blockquote> <p>Jay has launched <a href="http://www.workingsmarterdaily.com">Working Smarter Daily</a> that collects some of the best thinking on how people and organizations can work smarter.  Interestingly, it's Xyleme - an LCMS vendor that is sponsoring the site.  I find that interesting because clearly they see the need to capture and deliver information and support in new ways in organizations.</p> <p>While I like Jay's approach, I'm not sure that specific term will be embraced.  At the same time, we are struggling to find a term to describe how to describe this broader set of approaches.   In trying to come up with next month's #LCBQ, we specifically wanted to be able to name this.</p> <p>That said, I think it's clear in 2011 that there will be a growing schism between traditional training organizations that increasingly are <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/08/marginalized.html">marginalized</a> and those that go after working smarter.  I think of this as the difference between those focused on learning and those focused on doing.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #2 => Mobile Tipping Point</font></strong></p> <p>You can see that my predictions for mobile were rather pessimistic in the past.  In 2008, I talked about how there would be "Continued Scattered Examples and Disappointment" In 2009,  I said we would see "Mobile Learning Niche Growth."  My belief is that mobile this year has reached a tipping point a bit like Virtual Classroom tools in 2009.  We have reached a time when there's a kind of ubiquity for access of content on new kinds of devices (cell phones, smartphones, tablets) and in places away from the home and office.  </p> <p>The explosion in the world of mobile learning (mLearning) is fueled by the numbers, but also by the need to provide new kinds of learning and support that can be used at the point of need.  When everyone has a mobile device with web access, clearly there are opportunities to provide content in new ways.</p> <p>We are seeing the beginning of lots of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/09/mobile-learning-and-continuing-death-of.html">Mobile Learning</a> tool offerings.  And I think there will be a wave of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/09/elearning-startups-new-wave-coming.html">eLearning Startups</a> that leverage mobile deliver as a differentiating factor.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #3 => Curation Hot in 2011</font></strong></p> <p><font size="3">Lisa Gualtieri predicted 2011 as "</font><font size="3">The Rise of Curation."  There are many people, especially those who come from the world of publishing that are calling 2011 the Year of Curation.  If you've not been hearing this term a lot already, you soon will.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Why is Curation an "it" term in 2011?</font></p> <p><font size="3">The answer is simple: Information Overload provides inherent opportunity for curation.  A great diagram is in <a href="http://tippingpointlabs.com/2010/10/20/chart-of-the-week-the-information-overload-paradox/comment-page-1/">Information Overload Paradox</a>:</font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0vkx7nFDFUE9Hc97OzTDoPXxM7SGR6pAV8tnsiw_64-O31lSmoFXOnjzm4U63kgay_iu1zJR6zn4RPHeeQP-XIEzsgRX99uaKfRs78Tou5Bgfq1Iq9TK_YZSEYGnFf01jUj_NIw/s1600-h/image%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TWCCDqLgLOI/AAAAAAAAAmM/5jwpR0z3xT4/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="504" height="340" /></a></p> <p>The post talks about the issue of overload:</p> <blockquote> <p>I can certainly consume more content than I could two decades ago, but no matter how much content is available, I can’t consume <em>much</em> more. And relative to the sheer volume of content available to me, I’m actually consuming a smaller percentage every day.</p> </blockquote> <p>And talks to where they perceive to be the real opportunity:</p> <blockquote> <p>The real opportunity here, in my opinion, is to create – and curate – the best content focused on one specific area frequently enough that you become the one brand that consumers look to for this information.</p> </blockquote> <p>Publishers are clearly looking closely at this issue as the question is whether content creation provides as much value or is curation the real value creation.  I've argued that many training organizations and eLearning companies look and act like publishers.  In the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/business-of-learning.html">Business of Learning</a>, I asked:</p> <blockquote> <p>While training as a publisher of courses and courseware faces an increasingly challenging market, what other things can learning businesses successfully sell to internal or external customers?</p> </blockquote> <p>In a world where content creation is devalued, but where helping employees handle information overload is highly valued, there's a clear opportunity to look towards filtering and curation as a means to provide high value.  </p> <p>What does this mean for a learning (or more correctly a doing organization)?  It means that you will take on responsibility for getting into the flow and finding of relevant information to help people do their work.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #4 => Text-to-Speech Growth Accelerates</font></strong></p> <p>Watson (the IBM machine that beat humans on Jeopardy) shows us how intelligent machines can help answer certain kinds of questions.  One thing that I've not heard discussed as much is the voice recognition and text-to-speech of the application.   In the Fall of 2010, I did a series on <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-text-to-speech-in-elearning.html">Text-to-Speech in eLearning</a>.  There were lots of folks who argued that human narrators produce better results.  And while that will remain true, the point is that there are lots of applications and eLearning scenarios where that simply won't make sense.  To achieve lower cost, faster time-to-market and to be able to support growing mobile access and specialized kinds of information access, I think we are going to see growth in the use of text-to-speech.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #5 => Book Publishers Moving into eLearning</font></strong></p> <p>I've really been struck over the past few months on the opportunity and need for traditional book publishers to move into new kinds of electronic publications.  In <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/02/elearning-startup-opportunities.html">eLearning Startup Opportunities</a>, I point to Chegg's acquisition of Cramster.  Chegg is roughly Netflix for textbooks.  Cramster provides interactive and social support to help students answer textbook questions.  The clear issue for Chegg is that textbooks will soon be delivered electronically.  The logistics aspects of the company becomes less important in that world.  But the opportunity is clear - create additional value on top of the text books and you will be a winner in the world of electronic text books.</p> <p>In the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/business-of-learning.html">Business of Learning</a>, publishers clearly needed to think about how they might go after</p> <ul> <li>specialized tools and content that meet particular industry or audience needs </li> <li>games and simulations </li> <li>web 2.0 approaches that leverage distributed content creation, social aspects as part of learning, collaborative learning and editing. </li> </ul> <p>Of course, a lot of traditional publishers will not be making this transition on their own.  Worse yet, there are many publisher who do not have the rights necessary on the content to be able to make this transition.  However, there's so much opportunity here.  I've been working on two different projects where books/publisher content was used as the basis of a startup where the content was used as the backdrop for tools. </p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Prediction #6 => Content Creation - Rapid, Low-Cost are the Key in 2011</strong></font></p> <p>Many of the trends I've cited Curation and Publishers Moving into eLearning talk to the need to look beyond traditional content creation.  Looking to move upstream where possible.  What if you are still in the content creation business?  Well, despite the predictions by lots of other people that is listed above, I don't see a lot of sexy new things around content creation such as gaming.  Instead, my belief is that the discussion will be much more around rapid, low-cost content creation.  Closely related will be outsourced, especially off-shore content creation.  Production of content into eLearning is becoming much more of a commodity.  This is especially true when the content is more about compliance than performance.</p> <p><strong><font size="4">Prediction #7 => Video Takes Off</font></strong></p> <p>It's been amazing to see how the bandwidth in most organizations finally reaching a point where video can be pushed out as part of our solutions.  It's also amazing how simple it is to capture video.  And video is close to being possible out to mobile devices.  Put this all together and video is going to really take off as part of learning solutions.</p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Corollary => Open Source Video Technologies</strong></font></p> <p>I'm dealing right now with delivery of video on mobile devices.  It's a mess.  There's clear need and opportunity.  I expect to see a lot of activity around this especially with things like <a href="http://mashable.com/2011/02/14/kaltura-funding/">Kaltura Raises $20M for Open-Source Video Technologies</a>.  It's early for this technology, but I'm paying close attention to solutions that will enable video to be delivered much more like images.</p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Prediction #8 => Lots of Discussion around Enterprise Gamification</strong></font></p> <p>As you know, I'm big time into using <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-social-signals-to-find-top.html">social signals</a> as a means of <a href="http://www.browsemystuff.com/wpblog/social-filtering/">social filtering</a>.  My belief is that this crowdsources aspects of curation.  With the growth of Facebook Like buttons, there are all sorts of new social signals going on.  This has real value for the enterprise.  But what's been interesting to see building over 2010 and early 2011, is the growing discussion around social games that relate to the enterprise.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cubeduel.com/">CubeDuel</a> is Hot or Not for coworkers - basically making a game out of rating coworkers.  Combine this with <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/skills/">LinkedIn Skills</a> and you have an interesting way to rate everyone's skills. </li> <li><a href="http://www.badgeville.com/">Badgeville</a> allows you to add a social game layer onto your content. </li> <li><a href="http://rypple.com">Rypple</a> gives users the ability to create custom badges and, more importantly, define what they mean. </li> </ul> <p>My belief is that there are ways to allow interaction with content to provide greater engagement through gamification, social discovery, improved personalization.  I'm sure we'll hear a lot about it this year, but I'm not quite sure that it's going to be reality for most organizations.  Still I'm going to be reading closely things like: <a href="http://laurelpapworth.com/enterprise-2-0-social-scorecard-and-social-media-karma/">Enterprise 2.0: social scorecard and social media karma</a>.</p> <p>I don't think this is going to have much impact in 2011, but it's a discussion that we are going to have.  And I'm not quite sure if gamification is what I want to talk about or more about automated curation and the socialization and personalization of content.</p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Prediction #9 => Learning Analytics Hype</strong></font></p> <p>Learning analytics, data mining came up several times in other predictions.  There is definitely a lot of interesting information that we have around our content, talent, learning, etc.  However, unless you can turn that into actionable information especially the kind of <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/data-driven.html">Data Driven</a> learning solutions, then I'm not sure I buy that this will be much more than a neat thing to talk about and for vendors to sell.  My belief is that we'll hear a lot about it in 2011, but that by mid 2012 the focus will change to more actionable information related to doing.</p> <p><font size="4"><strong>Prediction #10 => Augmented Reality not a Reality for Most</strong></font></p> <p>Augmented Reality came up in several of the predictions I cited above.  Last year I posted: <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/augmented-reality-for-learning.html">Augmented Reality for Learning</a> that contains lots of great infromation about this topic and why many of us believe it is going to have big time long-term impact.  The automotive example where mechanics have a heads-up display with real-time support is in the context of the work is amazing.  </p> <p>Unfortunately, the reality is that most eLearning Professionals won't see any impact for several years.  Actually, the Horizon Report putting it at 2 to 3 years is probably optimistic at best.  Much like games for learning - I believe in the impact, but the amount of discussion is far greater than the reality of use.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-40550632972828080212011-02-16T07:38:00.000-08:002011-02-16T07:38:00.172-08:00Flash Controversy Continues - Is It a Good Choice for Development?<p>Garin Hess wrote a post <a href="http://shoutout.rapidintake.com/2011/02/5-reasons-flash-is-not-dyinggive-me.html">5 Reasons Flash is NOT dying...give me a break!</a> and it seems like my recent post  <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/09/mobile-learning-and-continuing-death-of.html">Mobile Learning and the Continuing Death of Flash</a> got him a little fired up.  </p> <blockquote> <p>I am fed up with people saying Flash is dying. That it's old technology. That HTML5 is the ultimate replacement. That it shouldn't be allowed to go forward. Come on! Give me a break! </p> </blockquote> <p>Garin has some good arguments on why he likes Flash as a delivery mechanism.  Probably worth visiting his blog to read them.  </p> <p>Let me go back to the original issue that I raised a little less than a year ago in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning-of-long-slow-death-of-flash.html">Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash</a>: </p> <blockquote> <p>As a <a href="http://socalcto.blogspot.com/2010/02/part-time-startup-cto.html">Part-Time CTO</a>, I am continually making choices about what platforms to use, what do we build for, how do we integrate with social networks, etc. And just like a few years ago when it became clear that you shouldn’t build desktop applications anymore, I think we are hitting a tipping point where you have to question building anything that uses Flash as the delivery mechanism. </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm defining my technical approach for my eLearning Startup or for my application that will be delivered to employees, consumers or students, etc.  This could be a new authoring tool, an aggregator, the course playback mechanism, a recruiting tool, etc.  My technical choice needs to seem like a good choice 5 years from now.  I need to think about what will produce the best user experience.  The costs.  Technical and business risk.</p> <p>Garin raises a great point.  We don't know whether Apple iOS will eventually support Flash to stave off competition from competitors.  Originally, I thought that Apple would bow to pressure.   No one at this point really knows.  But let's assume for a second that you believe that Apple will cave and iOS will support Flash.  And let's also assume that we are not strictly talking HTML5, but rather HTML+JavaScript + some ideas of where it is today and where things are going.</p> <h3>What's to Like about Flash</h3> <p>1. Greater consistency across platforms.  </p> <p>2. Good support for animations, 3D, and video.  Video especially is problematic without Flash to do cross platform.</p> <p>3. Able to do things visually that are hard with CSS/HTML.  As an example, CSS 3 introduced linear and radial gradients. Good. Can these gradients be applied to the text rendering engine? No? Why not? </p> <p><a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/02/24/css3-feedback-graphical-thoughts/">http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/02/24/css3-feedback-graphical-thoughts/</a> </p> <blockquote> <p>like rounded corners, no surprise [gradients] came up. (All we need is to define wet-floor-reflect and we’ll complete the Web 2.0 design tricks hat trick.) </p> </blockquote> <p>Yes, CSS 3 can do awesome things, and I love it. But it was designed to just barely meet the design needs of today. Any time you want to experiment with a wildly new design direction, you find yourself fighting against the way HTML and CSS were intended to be used. </p> <p>4. Flash (AIR) can create and use raw TCP or UDP sockets. </p> <p>Of the above, 2, 3 & 4 of are likely to be a question of what the site/app needs to be able to do.  #1 is definitely an issue as you need to write once and test everywhere for HTML.  </p> <h3>Flash Concerns</h3> <p>There are some things I would be concerned about:</p> <p>1. Security - some recent security issues with Flash that caused real damage are a continuing concern for me.</p> <p>2. Closed - as Garin points out there are lots of people working with Flash - an ecosystem.  That said it's still closed.  And it's MUCH smaller than the world that works with HTML.</p> <p>3. Commercial - it costs money for Flash development and anytime you are dealing with something that's commercial and closed, there are clear risks.</p> <p>4. Installers - these are somewhat annoying and there are greater risks around them.</p> <h3>Will I Choose Flash?</h3> <p>So - what do I use as a developer? It's way too complex a question because there are a ton of factors that will need to be considered for any given system.  Here's some things I would definitely look at:</p> <ul> <li>What's our mobile strategy?  Are we actually looking at Apps or via Mobile Browser?  Big time tradeoffs in each?</li> <li>Do I need an interface that could be provided more quickly via Flash?  I've been involved in creating some pretty sophisticated interfaces via HTML+JavaScript.  But there are development cost tradeoffs to be made.  As an example Flash is used by <a href="http://www.zynga.com/">Zynga</a> to create their games. </li> <li>What's the cost of Cross Browser HTML compatibility issues? </li> <li>What's our strategy around multiple screen resolutions? </li> <li>Will we need to run in low-end phones with basic web access capabilities? </li> <li>Right now Flash is causing performance issues on mobile devices.  This will be improved, but there will be issues.  What will the impact be of those issues? </li> <li>What audio and video do I have?  Complex animations?  Can these be Flash elements within an HTML wrapper? </li> <li>Do I need audio or video capture? </li> <li>3D?</li> <li>Do I need raw sockets?</li> <li>Who is developing it?  What skills do they have? How easy/hard is it to source people with the skills? </li> <li>What are the implications downstream for the organization?  Do we believe it will help or hurt us around time of acquisition? </li> </ul> <h3>Impact of iOS?</h3> <p>All of the above is greatly impacted by the choice that Apple makes around iOS support.  People want their content to work on iPhones and iPads right now.   To Gain's point, if Flash is on iOS and gets over the current performance issues, then it's going to win out far more often as the delivery mechanism of choice.  </p> <p>Of course, my guess early on was that Apple would bow to pressure.  But then it became clear they wouldn't in the short term.  Now, no one knows.</p> <h3>Using Flash</h3> <p>Interestingly, I'm right now looking at technical choices for an <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/02/elearning-startup-opportunities.html">eLearning Startup</a>.  And guess what - Flash looks like it will make sense as a choice.  Of course, we are trying to hedge our bets and we are definitely making it an element on the page rather than betting the entire delivery on Flash.  The idea is that we could change the approach for that portion if another solution comes along.  iPhones and iPads will be supported as an app - ugh.  But we don't really have another choice for now.</p> <p>All of that said, I still will tell you - even though you won't be happy to hear it - if this application didn't need these specific features that are supported by Flash - we would choose HTML+JavaScript because it would work on iPads in the browser.  That's why I still believe until we know that iOS will support Flash - it's death is continuing for now.  Choices are being made to avoid it everyday by CTOs.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-72650491018552873682011-02-14T06:53:00.000-08:002011-02-14T08:50:53.355-08:00eLearning Startup Opportunities<p>I'm going to be moderating a <a href="http://www.entforum.caltech.edu/">CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum</a> that looks at Entrepreneurial Opportunities in eLearning - basically where do we mutually see a good opportunity to create a successful eLearning Startup.</p> <p>I've talked a bit about this in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/09/elearning-startups-new-wave-coming.html">eLearning startups</a>: </p> <blockquote> <p>the startups in eLearning sit in smaller niches or by attacking tangential opportunities in eLearning. They are going after things like:</p> <ul> <li>specialized tools and content that meet particular industry or audience needs </li> <li>games and simulations </li> <li>web 2.0 approaches that leverage distributed content creation, social aspects as part of learning, collaborative learning and editing. </li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>and in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/business-of-learning.html">Business of Learning</a>, <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/update-on-future-of-business-of.html">Future of Business of Learning</a>,  <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-online-conference-future-of.html">Future of Learning</a> and the <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com">#LCBQ</a> : <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2010/05/learning-technology-2015.html">What will the workplace learning technology look like in 2015</a>, there are a lot more thoughts around where learning is heading from a business perspective.  </p> <p>In the case of the CalTech MIT session, the attendees are mostly interested in where there's opportunity to do an eLearning Startup.  I'm very much looking forward to hearing from the speakers and panelists, but I thought I would use this as an opportunity to both respond to this month's #LCBQ (<a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2011/02/elearning-predictions-and-plans-2011.html">2011 Predictions</a>) and to prepare for the session.  </p> <h3>Technology's Impact on Learning and Education is Greatly Underestimated</h3> <blockquote> <p>We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.</p> <p>Roy Amara, Institute for the Future. </p> </blockquote> <p>We are collectively underestimating the incredible impact that technology is going to have on education.  I've talked before about a world in which the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/11/best-lecture.html">Best Lecture</a> is available to us anywhere.  This already is available.  Distance is really dead.  </p> <p>If we are going to force students to sit through lectures, shouldn't they be the absolute best lecture?  Tell me how you are going to compete with <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/12/physics-lectures.html">Physics Lectures</a> by Professor Lewin?  People will argue that Dr. Lewin's is not appropriate for all students or in all situations.  Agreed, but you can't tell me that the high school and college lectures going on around the world is the best way to educate students.  </p> <p>Of course, should it even be a lecture?  How about if it was an interactive experience instead?  </p> <p>With the death of distance, what does this mean for universities?  Should we all be taking online courses from the very best we can access?  How does a local university with a limited brand compare to an online degree from a much bigger brand?  Or compare to someone who aggregates content from various online sources?</p> <p>What does this mean for high schools?  My daughter last year took an online summer school course taught by her high school teacher.  This year we are trying to find an online high school course (US history but not AP US history) taught by someone else.  It's hard to find that today, but there are dollars there ready to be spent.</p> <p>If you doubt this impact, make sure you take a look at what's happening in things like SAT prep, Driver's Ed, Tutoring.  In places that are not controlled by government, there's incredible adoption of technology that has greatly shifted things online.</p> <h3>Books</h3> <p>I'm excited to Rob Angarita co-founder of <a href="http://www.cramster.com/">Cramster</a> that is now part of <a href="http://www.chegg.com/">Chegg</a> on the panel.  Cramster helps students with homework by providing answers to textbook questions and interactive support - think little pieces of eLearning for helping students figure out those problems.  It also wires into an online community and tutoring services.  Chegg is basically Netflix for textbooks.  Rather than buy a textbook, you rent it for the semester.  It will make college bookstores obsolete - think Blockbuster - actually they just won't be called bookstores - they will be called a campus store - they will sell all sorts of other things and handle local fulfillment to the college market. </p> <p>Of course, just like Netflix, Chegg is going to face a really interesting battle as books go digital.  Textbooks are going to go digital as well.  And when they go digital, there are going to be eLearning Startup successes like Cramster that can address specific needs.</p> <p>In fact, more broadly publishers will need help to find ways to make their materials relevant in a digital world.  I'm working right now with two eLearning startups doing exactly that.  They are partnering with publishers to make their books come to life as interactive content and tools.</p> <h3>Niches</h3> <p>There are also a ton of smaller startups emerging that essentially focus on niche topics.  These can be one person shops that selling training to particular audiences.  I recently heard a podcast from a one-person operation that had a list of people in the world of real estate.  He would put out offers for an upcoming course that he would teach online.  If he got enough interest in the course, then he would actually make it happen.  If he didn't get enough interest he wouldn't offer it.  He was doing $400K per year as a one man shop with virtually no overhead.</p> <p>For more about this: <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2008/02/long-tail-learning-size-and-shape.html">Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape</a></p> <h3>Aggregation, Curation and Social Signals</h3> <p>Of course, this also suggests that there are going to be big time opportunities for an eLearning Startup that aggregates offerings for particular audiences.  For example, my daughter wants to take that online high school course.  It can be from anyone as long as it gets her credit from her high school.  We'd like it to be a great experience from a well known brand.  What are my options?  As the number of options grow, the need for directories grows.  This is an eLearning Startup that someone should do immediately.</p> <p>More broadly, addressing the issue of information overload for particular audiences is going to provide big time opportunity.  <a href="http://www.aggregage.com/">Aggregage</a> does this for particular topics - allowing curators to bring in appropriate content and the wisdom of the crowd through <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-social-signals-to-find-top.html">social signals</a> to filter to the best content.  This kind of approach (using curation and social signals) is big time opportunity for dealing with the increasing flow of information.  We'll see startups providing rating systems, filtering systems, etc.</p> <h3>People</h3> <p>With the death of distance, that also means that you have immediate access to people across the globe.  This greatly changes things like tutoring and language teaching.  You can now be working with a tutor or teacher from anywhere in the world.  We've seen quite a few successful eLearning Startups doing these.</p> <p>But there will be a lot more in things like mentoring, <a href="http://socalcto.blogspot.com/2010/04/matching.html">matching</a>,  getting quick help, micro-consulting.  Look at the success of eLance and Amazon's mechanical turk.  Quora (Q&A) is getting a lot of buzz - I'm still not sold, but it points out the continued interest in connecting people around questions, help, content.</p> <h3>Buyers</h3> <p>I added this after I posted, but here's a great capture that will help you think about the market more generally and who the buyers are for your startup.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TVldY9tDHAI/AAAAAAAAAk8/PUi3Qp3UEok/s1600-h/eLearning-Buyers%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="eLearning-Buyers" border="0" alt="eLearning-Buyers" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TVldbBQOF5I/AAAAAAAAAlA/-X6aqWZ2vcQ/eLearning-Buyers_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="544" height="409" /></a></p> <h3>Tools</h3> <p>Of course, during any gold rush the people who have the sure thing are the ones supplying the gold miners (shovels and jeans).  There are likely going to be lots of opportunities to be an eLearning startup providing tools.  Incumbents will definitely be tougher here.  But we still don't have a really good solution for niche content providers.  The real estate training company has cobbled together a solution.  Lot's of people have tried the marketplace, but white label has not been done well.  </p> <p>There also will likely be tools around:</p> <ul> <li>Creating performance support - Learning meets action.  See: <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/performance-support-in-2015.html">Performance Support in 2015</a> </li> <li>Mobile </li> <li>Augmented reality </li> <li>Communication (leverage platforms, but in a learning context) </li> <li>Virtual environments </li> <li>Integration with Google Docs </li> </ul> <h3>And ????</h3> <p>Now it's your turn.  If you were going to do an eLearning Startup - where would you focus?  Or if you are doing an eLearning Startup - what is it?</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"> <hr /><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a> <br />Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-71562417193539237302011-02-02T09:44:00.000-08:002011-02-02T09:45:23.471-08:00Mobile Learning and the Continuing Death of Flash<p>About a year ago, I wrote about the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning-of-long-slow-death-of-flash.html">Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash</a>. I pointed to Scribd switching from Flash to HTML, and pointed to their CTO Jared Friedman saying:</p> <blockquote> <p>"We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a Web page."</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TUmXjvu4ICI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/7VBsdg4aaLo/s1600-h/mLearning-iphone-ipad%5B3%5D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px;" title="mLearning-iphone-ipad" alt="mLearning-iphone-ipad" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_YjQRbm0VL9I/TUmXj2nJQAI/AAAAAAAAAkU/jLT4VrbeWb0/mLearning-iphone-ipad_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" align="right" border="0" height="232" width="254" /></a>Yesterday, I saw what <a href="http://www.rapidintake.com/">Rapid Intake</a> is doing with their tools to allow authoring of Mobile Learning - what they call <a href="http://www.rapidintake.com/products/mobile/mobile-learning-studio/">mLearning Studio</a>. By way of background, Rapid Intake provides tools that allow you to very rapidly input content that is composed into courses. The mobile version allows you to compose mobile learning courses using the same authoring system. You choose templates, add text, images, audio, video and quizzes, then publish for web and mobile. It can play back on iPhone, iPad, and Android with support for Blackberry coming soon.</p> <p>The look of the course is slightly different on the different form factors. For example, you use next and back in a browser, swipe in an iPhone. Table of contents is persistent on the iPad and is a pop-up on the iPhone. Etc. And yes, the mobile version is SCORM conformant. If you want to find out more, you can see a video via the link above. </p> <p>But here's where it gets interesting...</p> <p>Rapid Intake's web player is Flash-based. The mobile version is HTML 5. </p> <p>They've basically been forced (because mobile doesn't play Flash) to go with a completely different technology for their mobile player. The really nice thing for them is that they are a form-based authoring tool (much like an <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/02/lcms-warehouse-and-authoring.html">LCMS</a>). That has made their transition to mobile much easier that other authoring tools that are much more closely tied to Flash (and I think you know who I mean).</p> <p>The death of Flash is continuing.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-72784069754149606702011-02-01T07:57:00.000-08:002011-02-01T07:57:00.125-08:00LCMS - Warehouse and Authoring<p>I’ve received some good feedback on my post <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2011/01/learning-content-management-systems.html">Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) for Managing Course Assets</a>. One thing is pretty clear, LCMS tools have really headed towards a kind of super Authoring tool and there's a related but quite distinct need for support for a Warehouse. The need for the Warehouse - keeping track of learning content assets across the organization has its own set of requirements.</p> <p>I would really like to have a dialog (email exchange) with people who are managing large collections of production and produced digital assets in larger organizations who can describe how they are managing it. Know anyone who can contribute to this?</p> <p>In terms of use of traditional LCMS products towards the needs cited in the previous post, <a href="http://ca.linkedin.com/in/brendarobinson">Brenda Robinson</a> and I had a good "discussion" around this - email exchange. The following all come from her, and I've interspersed some commentary:</p> <blockquote> <p>Requirement: “We need to figure out a way to get information from other departments to make sure we have the most current information available.”</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>This in very common across all larger companies. The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand has, nor do they know whether or not it is current or accurate. My larger customers faced the same problem and use LCMS to fix it. In a true enterprise deployment of LCMS all learning content and original source files regardless of what tools may have been used to develop it are stored and meta tagged in the LCMS central repository facilitating quick and easy search and retrieval. Problem solved because now we know what we have and where it is.</p> <p>Your reader also points out a common problem in larger organizations of knowing whether or not the content is the most currently available information. Meta tags provide information on where the content came from, who the owner of the content is, when it was created, when the last time it changed etc. Powerful and flexible workflows facilitate content reviews, approvals and provide audit trails. They can also be configured to have content contributors and approvers to digitally sign off on the content for accountability. Another problem solved by LCMS technology.</p> </blockquote> <p>Brenda is right that this is a classic example where an LCMS can help. However, this is only "problem solved" if you use the LCMS to manage your assets. If you are authoring using several authoring tools with distributed groups doing the authoring, then it's possible but unlikely that they will be willing to use the LCMS to manage all of those other assets. The LCMS can help with workflow and meta tagging. External vendors can work with the LCMS as well. The key is to have appropriate organizational standards and governance in place that people must work against. That said, I've found many large organizations that will operate this way for some kinds of content and manage that through an LCMS, but other kinds of content is built in other ways and does not use the LCMS. This most often devolves into the LCMS being used to manage assets that will be packaged (authored) for distribution. </p> <blockquote> <p>Requirement: “We need to set up a process to determine all courses the information will impact.” and “We need to make the changes.” </p> <p>This another example of a common problem LCMS’s solve.</p> <p>As you mentioned LCMS’s do come equipped with powerful easy to use authoring capabilities. While content can be authored, tagged and stored from any authoring tool the built in ones provide for very powerful content management. Your natively created content can now be managed at the asset level. Let’s say a company has 1000 courses on the LMS and let’s say our company logo has changed. Now imagine having to find every image of that logo and update it. Scary thought eh? J We probably wouldn’t do it. In fact there are many changes to company policy, regulations etc that happen every day and because you can neither find the content or find where in the content the change needs to happen and because it’s a daunting task to do it it’s not done. So what does this mean. It’s means that employee’s very often are working with out of date or incorrect information.</p> <p>Now let’s take that same scenario and let’s say we have the ability to search for that logo and click a button and every instance of that logo across all 1000 of our courses in our LMS is instantly updated and no LMS administrator had to lift a finger J Let’s say we have a change to policy and need to know what content that change will impact. Now imagine doing a quick search, finding that the change will impact 50 courses, make the update and all 50 courses are instantly updated in the LMS. Pretty powerful eh :) That’s why companies use the built in authoring capabilities when they can. Another problem solved by LCMS technology.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you use an LCMS in a smart way, then certainly you can help to determine what courses will be impacted by changes. If you are REALLY good, you could even have the same content assets get reused in multiple courses so that a single change can propagate changes out to all the courses. For something like the logo change - if everyone is using exactly the same logo asset from the LCMS, you will be in good shape. </p> <p>The problem is that a lot of what people want here is that when a policy changes they want to know - what courses do I need to go change and let's go make those changes. In many cases, the relationship between a policy and a set of courses is not well defined. If you know that's the kind of changes that will occur, you can be smart about how you keep track of things (in an LCMS or not). I've seen some cases with things like product descriptions where updates really do flow nicely because of an LCMS. But in many organizations, a policy change comes through and it's a lot of manual work to go find all the courses that have been authored that need to be changed - or more correctly you decide if it's worth it to make the changes with lots of the courses not getting updated. And in the case of a picture of a product - somehow authors have made their own copies to fit into their courses. It's certainly not changing the picture in one place and poof it gets update. </p> <p>Obviously, the LCMS can provide big time value here if used in a way that supports these changes. But if you have distributed authoring with different kinds of tools (not to mention service providers), it's a lot messier. Again, any LCMS vendor will tell you that all of these things can be done - but will you have the ability to really do it, especially when/if it adds overhead for things that are authored outside the LCMS. </p> <blockquote> <p>Requirement: “Save the previous version in the archives for discovery requests.”</p> <p>This is common in highly regulated environments. How do we know what version of content a learner went through? Let’s say we are a financial services company and one of our employees messed up. Our regulator wants to know exactly what that learner was taught. We need to know to defend our company reputation or worse. Let’s say that regulated content has changed 25 times in the last year. How can we locate and retrieve the exact version of content that learner went through on say March 25th 2010? </p> <p>An LCMS can track, version and archive all changes to content. We would do a quick search in the archive, locate and restore an exact copy of what that content was on March 25th 2010. Let’s say the regulation for how long we keep content information is different for every state or country. In Canada the regulator say we need to keep the record for 7 years. In Germany 6 years etc. Most regulated companies want content to completely disappear soon as possible :) Again easy if you have an LCMS. Set your date once and poof it’s gone. No more evidence that it ever existed! </p> </blockquote> <p>This is clearly a place where authoring with an LCMS makes a lot of sense. Trying to do this with traditional authoring tools can be done - by saving copies of the produced courses along with their dates on a network drive. But you must manually handle all the policy decisions. And there's still possible issues around lack of electronic signatures and other controls. I.e., how do you "prove" that's the content. The LCMS can help back you up if used correctly. </p> <blockquote> <p>“Save the current version for future updates.”</p> <p>With an LCMS you always have the most current version, it’s easy to locate and it is automatically updated where ever it might be.</p> </blockquote> <p>Again, a very good match for the requirements of an LCMS.</p> <p>One thing that's quite interesting is the the reader who originally provided the requirements works in an environment where there is distributed authoring with different authoring tools being used. I don't know if that includes third parties authoring as well. They need to decide what kinds of content would be best to author within an LCMS to get the value described by Brenda. And for other kinds of content, will the assets be tracked in any significant way.</p> <p>Again, please weigh in on this.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-31960595670638939502011-01-24T08:49:00.001-08:002011-01-24T08:49:18.422-08:00Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) for Managing Course Assets<p>I received an inquiry from a reader at a large company that is continuously working on large projects with lots of course content running around.   They have Articulate courses, classroom courses, SharePoint sites, etc.  They have an LMS but not an LCMS.  And they currently manage all of this using what I’ve seen at a lot of companies: network drives, naming conventions, some SharePoint.  Of course, it’s still a bit of a mess.  Sound familiar?</p> <p>A long time ago, the goal of an LCMS was to help to manage all of these kinds of assets.  Along the way, a lot of the LCMS products on the market have become more about a kind of authoring approached with content stored in a database that is transformed into courseware.  This is valuable for large scale authoring and translation of content.  </p> <p>They also handle asset management, but I really have not been seeing the kind of large scale adoption of LCMS products for that purpose.</p> <p>Here are some specifics of what this reader is going for:</p> <ul> <li>We need to figure out a way to get information from other departments to make sure we have the most current information available. </li> <li>We need to set up a process to determine all courses the information will impact. </li> <li>We need to make the changes.  </li> <li>Save the previous version in the archives for discovery requests. </li> <li>Save the current version for future updates. </li> </ul> <p>These are classic requirements for learning content management.  But I’m not sure they line up with what most LCMS packages provide – unless you decide that you will use it as a super-authoring tool.</p> <p>In <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/09/digital-asset-management-lcms-ecm-and.html">Digital Asset Management – LCMS, ECM and SharePoint</a>, I talk to how ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solutions might be a better fit for parts of this.  But I’ve seen organizations cobble together solutions using SharePoint more than I’ve seen LCMS solutions.</p> <p>This seems to be backed up by <a href="http://www.bersin.com/blog/post/The-LCMS-at-a-Crossroads.aspx">The LCMS at a Crossroads</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Our research has shown that content management needs vary widely from company to company, and some organizations are well served by some combination of social and collaboration platforms, portals, and the lightweight content management functionalities now common to rapid development tools. In fact, because content management is now so ubiquitous in almost all social networking systems (including Microsoft SharePoint), many companies are finding ways to leverage these tools to help aid content development. </p> </blockquote> <p>In <a href="http://brandon-hall.com/janetclarey/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/contentstrategy.pdf">LCMS – Not Just a Technology: It’s a Strategy</a>, Bryan Chapman really nails a key issue going into all of this discussion: you need to think about your overall strategy and then make sure your systems support that strategy.  Some key elements in the learning technology strategy that Bryan talks to some of the bigger pictures questions that organizations need to think through.  This is exactly what I discuss in <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/09/elearning-strategy.html">eLearning Strategy</a>.  Without an eLearning Strategy defined and the specific objectives defined, then you can’t possibly figure out the right systems.</p> <ul> <li>What are you trying to achieve here?  Is it lower-cost development?  Easier translation?  Faster time-to-market of learning?  Greater re-use? </li> <li>What’s the ROI for spending time doing this?</li> </ul> <p>This is what Dawn Poulos talks about in <a href="http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/06/02/how-not-to-adopt-an-lcms/">How NOT to adopt an LCMS</a>.  </p> <p>Okay, this is probably too much motherhood and apple-pie.  Yes, you need to figure out the larger strategy, value proposition, what you are really trying to achieve, etc.  Let’s assume you’ve done that.  You still do get back to the core questions:</p> <blockquote> <p>Are people using an LCMS to manage content assets and workflow across the enterprise?  Or are they really using SharePoint or other ECM products for that?  And LCMS products are more a different kind of authoring tool?</p> </blockquote> <p>Curious to get reactions to this.  What are you seeing out there?  Any advice for this person?</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-7745786510651456442011-01-11T07:57:00.001-08:002011-01-11T07:57:19.341-08:00Examples of eLearning–Ten Great Resources<p>I was just asked for some examples of eLearning.  I had collected up <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/elearning-examples.html">eLearning Examples</a> a couple years ago, but thought it was worth going back to look for more.  The following are some very good lists of widely varying examples of eLearning.</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://blog.cathy-moore.com/elearning-samples/">Elearning samples</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.suddenlysmart.com/examples.htm">eLearning Examples</a> </li> <li><a href="http://mylifeismylab.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/examples-of-e-learning/">Examples of E-Learning</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.articulate.com/blog/where-are-examples-of-elearning-lots-right-here/">Where are Examples of eLearning? Lots Right Here!</a> </li> <li><a href="http://learncontext.blogspot.com/2007/06/two-examples-of-e-learning.html">Two examples of elearning</a> </li> <li><a href="http://blog.cathy-moore.com/2010/05/elearning-example-branching-scenario/">Elearning example: Branching scenario</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningexamples.com/">eLearning Examples</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Showcase/100anything.html">100+ Free Websites to Find out About Anything & Everything</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Showcase/100langlearning.html">100+ places to learn a language online</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/Showcase/100business.html">100+ free sites for learning about business</a> </li> </ol> <p>The last three provide a glimpse into the great variation that exists to learn and get help on particular topics.  While a lot of people think of eLearning as being a course, notice how few of the resources in those last three are actual online courses.  Instead, most examples of eLearning actually fall outside of that realm.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com">eLearning Technology</a><br/>
Subscribe to the <a href="http://www.eLearningLearning.com">Best of eLearning Learning</a> for updates from this blog and other eLearning blogs.</div>Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-79555351429583727332010-12-14T10:21:00.001-08:002010-12-14T10:21:15.843-08:00Seven Things I Learned This Year<p>Over the past few years, I spend part of December going back through my blog to recap a bit of what some of the key things I’ve learned over the course of the year.  I’ve been doing this the past few years, for example: <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/12/learned-about-learning-in-2009.html">Learned about Learning in 2009</a>.  And every year I use this as a Big Question – see: <a href="http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2010/12/learning-2010.html">Learning 2010</a>.  A lot of it is thinking through where my thinking has changed over the course of the year.  So here are a few of the things that are a bit different for me.</p> <h3>1. Twitter is Much Better than I Thought for Learning</h3> <p>I used to say during presentations that I wasn’t quite sure about twitter as a learning tool.  During 2010, I’ve been ramping up my use of twitter as a learning tool.  I’ve had to find ways to filter the flow and figure out when/how to reach out.  It was definitely helpful to spend time going through <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/twitter-for-learning-55-great-articles.html">Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles</a>.</p> <h3>2. Learning Coach Model Very Powerful</h3> <p>In 2010, I had a great experience where Dr. Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/05/text-to-speech.html">Text-to-Speech</a> in eLearning.   Here’s the series:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/06/text-to-speech-overview-and-nlp-quality.html">Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality</a>, </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/06/digital-signal-processor-and-text-to.html">Digital Signal Processor and Text-to-Speech</a>, </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-text-to-speech-in-elearning.html">Using Text-to-Speech in an eLearning Course</a>, </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/09/text-to-speech-elearning-tools.html">Text-to-Speech eLearning Tools - Integrated Products</a>, </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/09/text-to-speech-vs-human-narration-for.html">Text-to-Speech vs Human Narration for eLearning</a>, and </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-punctuation-and-mark-up-language.html">Using Punctuation and Mark-Up Language to Increase Text-to-Speech Quality.</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/text-to-speech-examples.html">Text-to-Speech Examples</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/11/text-to-speech-costs-licensing-and.html">Text-to-Speech Costs – Licensing and Pricing</a></li> </ul> <p>But what I learned from this was that it was a fantastic way to learn about a topic where I was interested but didn’t have the time to spend researching it.  Instead, Joel would write it up.  I’d ask questions and edit it.</p> <p>It provided high value for me and hopefully value for people reading it. </p> <p>I’m looking forward to doing more of this going forward.  Please let me know if you want to be a Learning Coach for me on another topic.</p> <h3>3. iPad (and iPhone) are Much More Useful Than I Expected</h3> <p>I didn’t actually think that I would care about the iPad except as a tool for training and performance support in environments like retail and restaurants where it’s always been an issue having access to machines.  However, now that I have an iPad myself, I’ve found myself sitting on the couch with it a LOT.  And slowly it’s got me to try more applications and then those applications expand off to my iPhone.</p> <p>It’s an amazing device and no surprise it was one of the breakout topics on eLearning Learning this year.</p> <h3>4. LMS and Learning Tracking Still Struggling</h3> <p>While LMS solutions continue to get better, more powerful, more diverse, I continue to find myself searching for just the right solution for particular needs.  For example my search for an <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/lms-solution-for-simple-partner.html">LMS Solution for Simple Partner Compliance Training</a> didn’t really arrive at just the right solution.  I was also struggling for clients who needed very simple learning tracking but with some customizations.  Marketplace LMS solutions don’t quite fit.  Neither do more complex solutions.</p> <p>And a big part of the problem is just how many there are and how fast they change.</p> <h3>5. Aggregation and <a href="http://www.browsemystuff.com/wpblog/social-filtering/">Social Filtering</a> Provide High Value</h3> <p><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a> has somewhat become my singular source of great eLearning content.  I use it to filter and find all the best content on a daily, weekly, monthly basis.  And it’s going to become much better in the new year as it moves over to the next generation platform.  I was really glad to see it grow to become one of the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-elearning-sites.html">Top eLearning Sites</a>.  And the system itself is growing with sites like <a href="http://www.socialmediainformer.com">Social Media Informer</a>.  </p> <h3>6. Open Content Potential But There are Challenges</h3> <p>This year I spent quite a bit of time looking at where and how open content could get leveraged in different ways.  I’m still struggling a little bit with it, but I know there’s going to be a lot going on around it.  See <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/04/failure-of-creative-commons-licenses.html">Failure of Creative Commons Licenses </a>and <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/creative-commons-use-in-for-profit.html">Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning? </a>for more on this.</p> <h3>7. Flash may Die and HTML 5 is Going to be Big</h3> <p>2010 opened my eyes are Flash and HTML 5.  I really think that 2010 marks the <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning-of-long-slow-death-of-flash.html">Beginning of Long Slow Death of Flash</a>.  This, of course, means some really big changes for authoring tools in the industry.</p> <h3>Top Topics and Posts</h3> <p>As part of this exercise, I went back to look at my top posts and hottest topics for the year via <a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com">eLearning Learning</a>.  What I wrote more about in 2010 than past years: </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/text-to-speech/">Text-to-Speech</a> (8) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/ocw/">OCW</a> (3) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/sharepoint/">SharePoint</a> (8) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-strategy/">eLearning Strategy</a> (16) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-tools/">eLearning Tools</a> (34) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/corporate-elearning/">Corporate eLearning</a> (18) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/knowledge-worker/">Knowledge Worker</a> (8) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/authoring-tools/">Authoring Tools</a> (8) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/voice/">Voice</a> (15) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/knowledge-work/">Knowledge Work</a> (4) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/captivate/">Captivate</a> (11) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/adobe-captivate/">Adobe Captivate</a> (6) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/enterprise-2-0/">Enterprise 2.0</a> (6) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/ipad/">iPad</a> (5) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/skillsoft/">SkillSoft</a> (2) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/social-learning/">Social Learning</a> (15) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/virtual-classroom/">Virtual Classroom</a> (5) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/astd/">ASTD</a> (8) </li> <li><a href="http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearningguild/">eLearningGuild</a> (2) </li> </ul> <p>And here were my top posts based on social signals.</p> <ol> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/twitter-for-learning-55-great-articles.html">Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/wikis-and-learning-60-resources.html">Wikis and Learning – 60 Resources</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/10/teaching-online-courses-60-great.html">Teaching Online Courses – 60 Great Resources</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/01/top-10-elearning-predictions-for-2010.html">Top 10 eLearning Predictions for 2010</a> 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href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-elearning-sites.html">Top eLearning Sites?</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/04/social-learning-tools-should-not-be.html">Social Learning Tools Should Not be Separate from Enterprise 2.0</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/03/social-media-for-knowledge-workers.html">Social Media for Knowledge Workers</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/08/low-cost-test-and-quiz-tool-comparison.html">Low-Cost Test and Quiz Tool Comparison</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-text-to-speech-in-elearning.html">Using Text-to-Speech in an eLearning Course</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/06/text-to-speech-overview-and-nlp-quality.html">Text-to-Speech Overview and NLP Quality</a> </li> <li><a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/02/sharepoint-social-learning-experience.html">SharePoint Social Learning 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