May 17, 2012

Final Reminder: SITE 2011 Call For Participation Due 21 October

From my inbox yesterday.  I encourage all researchers to submit to the Virtual Schooling SIG. March 7 – 11, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee Call for Participation Proposals Due: October 21, 2010 www.site.aace.org March 7-11, 2011  *  Nashville, Tennessee Sheraton Music City Hotel Call for … [Read more...]

Webinar: Using PLNs For Professional Development!

This was posted in one of the iNACOL forums in the past few days.  Lisa is a good friend of this blog and if you have the time I’d recommend her webinar. Join Dr. Lisa Dawley, professor and chair of the Dept. of Educational Technology at Boise State University, as she leads us through an … [Read more...]

Invitation: 7th Annual Online Learning Symposium (Theme: Academically Effective, Fiscally Responsible)

This showed up in my inbox yesterday. MVU’s 7th Annual Online Learning Symposium Registration is open for MVU’s 7th Annual Online Learning Symposium, Online Learning: Academically Effective, Fiscally Responsible, which will be held at the Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, on Tuesday, … [Read more...]

Leadership Summit on Thursday

All students in the Clovis Online School are strongly encouraged to attend this Thursday’s leadership summit.  It will last from 12:30 – 5:00 here in the COS Library and, as always, will include refreshments for you!  The purpose of the leadership summits is to interact with other … [Read more...]

IFWE 2010 – View Program & Register Today!

This appeared in my inbox a few days ago.   USDLA Presents: IFWE 2010 December 1-3, 2010 Embassy Suites Albuquerque – Hotel & Spa Albuquerque, NM IFWE 2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Karie Willyerd                       Ingeborg Bø “The Future of Social … [Read more...]

Online High Schools

This showed up in my inbox yesterday. Online High Schools Digest In This Issue Features Schools, Part 1 BestOnlineHighSchools.com Complete Guide to Online High Schools Quick Links Register Now Best Online High Schools Virtual School News Online Synthesis Join Our List Issue: # 35 October 18, 2010 … [Read more...]

Turning Compliance Training into Compliance Learning

Every year corporations spend billions of dollars on state and federal regulatory compliance, much of it on training employees. As regulations become more complex, learning management systems and corporate e-learning solutions can improve efficiency and increase employee involvement.Unfortunately, … [Read more...]

Virtual Schooling And E-Learn 2010

Well, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education is hosting their e-Learn conference in Orlando, FL – which I believe begins tomorrow morning. While I am not attending this year, I did search the program to see if there were any presentations focused on K-12 online learning. … [Read more...]

Math Education: RIP Benoit Mandelbrot

As noted on the MathNotations blog and several other outlets including the New York Times, Benoit Mandelbrot passed away last week. Dr. Mandelbrot’s ideas about geometry and repeated processes changed the way mathematicians look at the world. Think about how a graph of stock market levels … [Read more...]

Article Notice – Blended Education For Elementary And Secondary Pupils

This came through my Facebook news stream yesterday or the day before. Click on the image or visit http://betterevidence.org/us-edition/issue-5/ In looking at this particular issue, as Cathy indicates it is described as: Effective Uses of Technology, Autumn 2010 The articles in this issue give a … [Read more...]