Countdown: 2 Weeks to eLearning 3.0 Conference

Keynote: The Future of Learning Platforms by Phil Hill

The eLearning 3.0 Conference is an annual event showcasing technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. This is an opportunity to share best practices and creative approaches for learning enrichment and student engagement in an e-learning 3.0 environment. Join colleagues from across the region to learn how to utilize emerging technologies to augment face-to-face classes, teach hybrid Web-enhanced classes, or facilitate completely online, Web-delivered classes.

Highlights:

Learn all about the Future of Learning Platforms from:

• Phil Hill, our Keynote Speaker
• A Panel moderated by Phil Hill with participants from 3 LMS companies
• 31 concurrent presentations covering
  • Assessment Strategies
  • Institutional Strategies
  • Student Engagement
  • Teaching and Learning Effectiveness
  • Tools and Technologies
• Visit booths of our 15 Industry Sponsors
• Win Raffle prizes (more to come)
• Eat well:
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Craft Beer Social Hour sponsored by our USciences Brewing Science Certificate Program 

Have all of this for the $90 registration fee and bring guests for only $50!

VISIT THE CONFERENCE SITE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference - Last Chance to Register!

USciences and the Northeast E-Learning Consortium invite you to present at our Annual Conference on May 14, 2019

Call for Presenters - Deadline 3/15

Early Bird Registration is Open - Deadline 3/31!

Conference Theme & Keynote: The Future of Learning Platforms by Phil Hill

The eLearning 3.0 Conference is an annual event showcasing technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. This is an opportunity to share best practices and creative approaches for learning enrichment and student engagement in an e-learning 3.0 environment. Join colleagues from across the region to learn how to utilize emerging technologies to augment face-to-face classes, teach hybrid Web-enhanced classes, or facilitate completely online, Web-delivered classes.

Highlights:

• Keynote Speaker: Phil Hill of Mindwires and e-Literate
• 25 Concurrent sessions by colleagues from 16 area institutions
• Door Prize Raffle including a Chromebook Laptop
• Breakfast, Lunch and a Social Hour with Craft Beer tasting and appetizers sponsored by USciences Brewing Science Certificate Program

VISIT THE CONFERENCE SITE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference - Call for Presenters!

Please mark your calendar to attend the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference! It will take place at the University of the Sciences on Wednesday, March 7, 2018!

Help Invent the Future of Education!

Early Bird Registration (10% Discount) is Available until February 11, 2018!

This eLearning 3.0 Conference is in it's 16th year and showcases the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education. This is an opportunity for you to share best practices and creative approaches for learning enrichment and student engagement in an e-learning 3.0 environment.

Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Bryan Alexander, internationally known education futurist. 

VISIT THE CONFERENCE SITE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

PADLA 15th Annual Conference & Expo - EARLY BIRD SPECIAL!

Early Bird Special 

By registering now, our first 50 registrants will receive a copy of this book signed by the author, our keynote speaker:

PADLA is very excited to announce that our full-day 15th Annual Conference & Expo will be returning on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017 to the campus of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. This impressive venue is centrally located for our regional PA/DE/NJ chapter and promises to be another smashing success. This year's events includes:

• Sessions focusing on Corporate, Higher Ed & K-12 presentations by "real-world" practitioners
• Keynote: Dr. Jack Phillips from the ROI Institute
• Audience engagement tool: Glisser
• Ample opportunities to build your personal professional network
• Food, Prizes & much more

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PADLA: Universal Design & Cyber Security

You are invited to attend the next PADLA meeting, covering both effective instructional design and the necessary legal steps needed to protect your learners' and institution's private data. 

Presentations:

Supporting Students Through Universal Design – presented by Holly Harner, Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs,  and Nick Gogno, Director, Instructional Design, at La Salle University

  

Data is the New Oil: The Value of Protecting Your Information in a Digital Age - presented by Rebecca L. Rakoski, Esquire & Jordan F. Fischer, Esquire from the XPAN Law Group

  

When: September 19, 2017 - 8:30 to 11:30 AM

Where: La Salle University, Founders Hall, 

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PADLA 15th Annual Conference & Expo: Call for Presenters

PADLA announced that the full-day 15th Annual Conference & Expo will be returning on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 to the campus of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. This impressive venue is centrally located for our regional PA/DE/NJ chapter and promises to be another success. Past year's events included:

• 15 sessions focusing on Corporate, Higher Ed & K-12 presentations by "real-world" practitioners

• 10 vendor sessions focusing on new technologies from industry leaders

• Well-Known Keynote TBA

• Ample opportunities to build your personal professional network

• Food, Prizes & much more

• If you have any interest in supporting our professional community as a Presenter, Exhibitor, and/or Sponsor, NOW is the time to contact us for further details. Past years' events were completely SOLD OUT.

For more info about being a Presenter, Exhibitor, or Sponsor please contact ASAP: 

Louis Stricoff

PADLA Executive Director

610-772-3871

louis.stricoff@padla.org

http://www.padla.org/event-2623601

PADLA: Exploring the Technologies Behind Sustainable Competencies

Join us for a unique PADLA evening event in Wilmington, DE, co-hosted by the Technology Forum of Delaware, for an exploration of the technologies that are behind sustainable competencies.

When: June 21, 2017 - 5:30 to 8:00PM
Where: Wilmington University, 320 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720

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PRESENTATION

New digital learning technologies, such as Gamification and Virtual Reality, are constantly being added to the set of tools available to learning organizations. Some work other and others don’t. John Royer, Founder & Managing Partner of InSiteHub, is an award- winning learning strategist and technologist, and an expert in learning trends, will present a studied look at the impact of learning technologies over time.

John will share his insights into how technologies including micro learning, gamification, badging, nano-degrees, confidence based testing and e-portfolios are being implemented together to drive the latest trends in micro credentialing and ultimately sustainable competencies for corporate learning. John will also examine how online coaching, new platforms, and Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality fit into the corporate learning strategies of the future.

TOUR

Representatives from our host, Wilmington University, will also conduct tours of their gamification lab, learning technologies lab, and discuss details of their Collaborative Work Program.

Scott Shaw, Chair, Game Design and Development Program will demonstrate how organizations can take advantage of the newer technologies including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality in the context of online learning, micro credentialing, and competency based learning.

PADLA: Learning Technology Tour & Workshop

PADLA invites you to join us in exploring hot topics in the world of learning technologies. One presentation will address the next step in the creation of virtual reality learning technology and the other will explore the creation of a new methodology to meet the challenge of learning retention.

Villanova CAVE Tour

Attendees will take part in a guided tour of Villanova University's Immersive Studies CAVE which provides viewers with an immersive experience viewing and interacting with 3D virtual-reality worlds, 3D big-data displays, and 3D models of real-world locations and objects. Some of the facility's features include:

• An 18-ft wide by 10-ft deep by 7.5-ft high enclosure within which viewers can interact with a virtual world.
• A extendable projected ceiling. This means the Villanova CAVE can be operated to project on either three walls and a floor, or three walls and a ceiling.
• Integration with a robot (Seemore) designed at Villanova that carries a spherically immersive video camera array for capturing video that covers 360 degrees horizontally and 280 degrees vertically. This video can be played and controlled interactively in the Villanova CAVE.
• A commitment to support researchers across Villanova as well as collaborate with academic and industry researchers around the world.

Nine Ways to Implement Continuous Learning and Solve the Forgetting Problem

Attendees will actively participate in a workshop conducted by Steve Just, Chief Learning Officer of Intela Learning. This workshop covers the science of learning and remembering, and why learners forget. It highlights nine practical continuous learning strategies to overcome the forgetting problem.

Years of research have shown that 60-80% of what is taught in courses (instructor-led or eLearning) is not transferred to the job. This has been a source of frustration to trainers for decades. But we now have a solution to this problem because we are at the beginning of a new technology-enabled era in learning: the era of Continuous Learning.

Date: 26 Apr 2017
Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Villanova University

Register Here NOW

Current Members – Free
Non-Members – $25.00

PADLA From Start-up to Success: Bringing Your Learning Tech Vision to the Marketplace

The PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association is pleased to invite you to join us on February 23 from 8:30 to 11:30 AM in an entrepreneurial journey guided by an esteemed panel of regional experts made up of a Technology and Intellectual Property counsel (Fred Wilf: Wilftek) a prominent Venture Capitalist (Chad Stender: Seventy Six Capital), and a successful Learning Tech start-up company (Donna DeMarco: Viddler). Through real-world examples, based on their extensive experience, the panel will address the challenges and essential steps necessary to bring a Learning Tech vision to the marketplace.

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The panel discussion will be followed by a presentation by Jill Sitnick, representing Microsoft, and will focus on their Learning Tech tool, One Note.

The topic for this event is most appropriate due to the location of the meeting in the new Microsoft Reactor Center located in the University City Science Center. Both of these organizations are committed to the success of Technology Start-ups.

USciences to Host PADLA Annual Conference

University of the Sciences will host the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey Distance Learning Association (PADLA) 14th Annual Conference and Expo on December 20, 2016.

The PADLA is the regional chapter of the United States Distance Learning Association and is dedicated to the free exchange of ideas and information with other distance and e-learning professionals concerned the myriad of issues and technological changes in the field.

The conference will include 25 presentations, with several presentations from USciences faculty and staff, including one from Phyllis Blumberg, PhD, director of the teaching and learning center, about assessing and improving your online teaching, and another from Andrew Esposito, instructional designer in the office of academic technology, on developing an online course and the balance between the student load and regulatory demands. 

“One of the best things about PADLA is that it serves both the corporate and academic worlds,” said Rod Murray PhD, executive director of academic technology services at USciences and PADLA board member. “It’s fun to hear about learning technologies our corporate friends use and no doubt they learn from us as well.”

For the keynote, Jim Scherrer, founding director of the Compuseum, will interview Bill Mauchly, son of one of the ENIAC inventors, founder of the first computer company and the first computer programmer, about Philadelphia’s place in Computer History.

For more information about the conference visit the PADLA website or reach out to Dr. Murray at r.murray@usciences.edu. USciences faculty and staff are invited to attend for free.

PADLA 14th Annual Conference & Expo

We are very excited to announce details for the PADLA 14th Annual Conference & Expo to be held on December 20, 2016 at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Join your regional colleagues who are making an impact on how we learn.

The Call for Presentations has been extended to this Friday, November 11, 2016!

Our event features:

• More than 15 concurrent presentations
• Expo Hall Exhibitors
• Exhibitor Prize Treasure Hunt
• Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks

This year's conference will feature a keynote by Jim Scherrer, founding Director of the Philly-based Compuseum, and Bill Mauchly, the son of one of the inventor's of the earliest electronic general-purpose computer, the ENIAC, right there in Philly.

Also, check out the FREE Pre-conference Virtual Trade Show on November 16.

Montgomery County Community College's 22nd Annual Technology and Learning Conference

Join us for Enhancing the Educational Environment

Montgomery County Community College's 22nd Annual Technology and Learning Conference

on October 7, 2016, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

To see sessions and register for the conference, go to mc3.edu/techday

PADLA: Virtual Reality for Education & Training

You are invited to join the PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association at the Project Management Institute in Newtown Square, PA, for the second installment of in-depth presentations, case studies, best practices & hands-on demos of the latest in Virtual Reality and its implications for the advancement of Academic/Medical Education & Corporate Training. Whether you are in Corporate, Non-Profit, Higher Ed, or K-12, this event will go deep into the cutting-edge forefront of these brave new realities at the infancy of their exploration.

• Date: 19 Oct 2016
• Time: 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
• Location: The Project Management Institute

Presentations include:

Inside the Mind & Body thru VR presented by Dan Schwartz: President, Steve Cipollone: EVP, & Rob Bauer: Sr. Producer at Variant VR.

Variant VR will be presenting two to three short VR experiences concentrating in the continuing medical education field and will be supplying 10 headsets for audience viewing. They will give a brief description of how the process of the virtual reality experience is presented and a quick overview of other ways to deliver VR to other audiences. They will conclude with a review of a typical VR production timeline and expectations for someone thinking of stepping into this exciting new technology.

Empowering the Next Generation thru Virtual Simulations & Virtual Reality presented by Dr. Mikkel Marfelt at Labster.

New technologies such as immersive virtual reality can be highly effective for student learning while opening up new avenues for distance learning disciplines. By using new virtual technologies, we can also improve student motivation, engagement, as well as, theoretical and practical skills. See how Labster's next generation of virtual lab simulations are helping to improve learning outcomes for students around the world.

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Active Learning Spaces Symposium @PhiladelphiaU

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The Active Learning Space Symposium at Philadelphia University on August 12 features presentations that highlight evidence-based and experimental processes in the design, implementation and assessment of active learning spaces.  The forum provides an excellent opportunity to share experiences and thoughts about the way the built environment and technologies can support, nurture, and optimize active learning pedagogies. 

Submit an Abstract - Due on June 10, 2016

As a participant, you will:

• Learn best practices to optimize engagement and buy-in from all stake-holders in the design and implementation of active learning spaces
• Garner tips and lessons learned in the assessment process of space, furniture and technology
• Gain valuable insight into the ways in which active learning spaces and technologies foster active, collaborative, and real world pedagogies and skills
• Take a glimpse into the future of active learning spaces
• Network with knowledgeable folks who have implemented active learning space initiatives

NMC Beyond the Horizon > The Hybrid Experience - Register Now!

In this online event, panelists will explore how the hybrid approach is fostering independent learning and collaboration, as well as cultivating more channels of communication among students and instructors. Panelists will reveal how the integration of online tools also provides instructors with the ability to track student success and engagement, rearranging face-to-face instruction around more active, hands-on activities.

• Date: April 20, 2016
• Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
• Place: Google Hangout
• Register for Webinar

The cost is $125. If you plan to participate, please let me know. I have a limited number of Coupon Codes.

The Panelists:

• Moderator: Rodney Murray (University of the Sciences)
• Terra Graves (Washoe County School District)
• Cathy Littlefield (Peirce College)
• David Schönstein (Smart Sparrow)

This online event is a program of the NMC Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through the NMC PLI, the NMC is working to scale the adoption of innovative personalized learning practices and solutions in US higher education. In this series of online events, the NMC convenes key influencers and leaders in the field to move the most innovative ideas and solutions from the foundation’s vast network of grantees and partners into practice. Learn more at go.nmc.org/pli.

NE eLearning Consortium Conference on May 5th - REGISTER NOW!

Wilmington University is hosting the 2016 Northeast E-learning Consortium. The event will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2016 from 8:30am – 3:30pm. The theme will be Teaching and Learning with Technology.

• Full Agenda PDF
• Cool Door Prizes

The schedule for the 2016 Northeast E-Learning Consortium is now available! Over 40 sessions have been organized that are beneficial to these 5 major job functions:

• Instructional technologists/designers
• Leaders in online learning
• Learning management system administrators
• Educational and classroom technology specialists
• Adjunct and full-time faculty

You will have the opportunity to attend any of the sessions. Expect to walk away with real world examples of innovative projects and creative strategies that will help you more effectively use web 2.0 tools and pedagogical strategies within your own institution. Together we can transform higher education through collaboration!

If you haven’t signed up yet, Register Now!

PADLA: Planning and Implementing Active Learning Spaces

The PA/DE/NJ Distance Learning Association invites you to hear a compelling case study and tour the concrete results involved in implementing active learning spaces within Philadelphia University. Active learning spaces combine a variety of enabling technologies that foster an evolving pedagogy which is the future of academic education and corporate training. 

Date: May 3, 2016
Time: 8:30 to 11:30 AM
Place: Philadelphia University, Tuttleman Center

Presentation: "Lessons Learned from Planning & Implementing Active Learning Spaces"

The planning stage is the 'make or break' step in determining the overall success of campus wide initiatives that strive to renew learning spaces that enhance active learning strategies. Through several small (individual classrooms) to large (new buildings) experiences with planning and implementing active learning spaces on our campus, one pivotal lesson learned has been getting the 'right' stake-holders into the planning stage and fostering productive discussions that will optimize the final spaces for all involved (faculty, students, IT, etc.). Using active learning methods, participants in this session will identify strategies to maximize campus-wide ‘buy-in’ from all stakeholders before environments are built. We will identify those planning team members’ characteristics that lead to productive planning and implementation of active learning spaces and discuss strategies for orchestrating planning teams that represent all stakeholders’ agendas and interests. This session is highly relevant to institutions thinking about embarking on learning space transformations that will align with active, collaborative, real-world teaching coupled with mindful use of technologies that support collaborative pedagogies.

Campus Tour: Active Learning Spaces @ Philly U

This event also includes a campus tour highlighting Philadelphia University's experimentation and implementation of both formal (classrooms, studios, labs, building-wide) and informal (student center, library) learning spaces. These are innovative, mindfully-designed physical spaces with appropriate technologies which foster active, collaborative, real-world teaching and learning.

SPACE IS LIMITED SO

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PADLA: Instructional Design and Techniques for Creating Effective eLearning

Join us for this PADLA (PA/NJ/DE Distance Learning Association) half-day event featuring two presentations on Instructional Design and Effective eLearning:

Instructional Design and Techniques for Creating Effective eLearning

Collaborate with your PADLA professional community by going back to the basics of sound instructional design and techniques to create effective eLearning. Too often we become so focused on the technology that we tend to lose sight of our main mission of creating effective education and learning.

• Presenters:

Victor Yocco, PhD, Philadelphia-based researcher, learning strategist, and the author of Design for the Mind

Rich Herbert, Program Manager, Mortgage Academy at PHH Mortgage

• Location:

PHH Mortgage1 Mortgage WayMount Laurel, NJ 08054-5452

• Date: 16 Feb 2016
• Time: 8:30 to 11:30

REGISTER NOW - SEATING IS LIMITED

Drexel 2016 eLearning 3.0 Conference - Call for Proposals

On behalf of Drexel University, the 2016 e-Learning Conference, which is being held on Thursday, March 24th in the Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building on Drexel University’s University City Campus, is currently accepting proposal submissions. Proposals are for presentations that will run for 45 minutes on topics related to the use of technology in teaching and learning. 

Proposal Submission Form

Proposals are now due by Friday, February 5, 2016 and will be reviewed after that deadline, with final decisions on which have been selected being sent out in mid to late February. Please forward this along to your colleagues who might be interested in presenting. 

Conference Website

Thanks,

Michael Shelmet

Associate Director of Instructional Technology

Office of Information Resources and Technology

Drexel University

PADLA 13th Annual Conference & Expo (12/17/15) Register Now!

Join us to attend the 13th Annual Distance/e-Learning/Ed Tech Conference, presented by the Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey Distance Learning Association.

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• Thursday, December 17, 2015
• 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• West Chester University

This event features a keynote address by Alex Freeman Director of Special Projects at the New Media Consortium and co-author of the New Media Consortium's 2015 Horizon Report

Presentations include 20+ Corporate, Higher Ed, K-12 concurrent sessions, including an interactive Panel Discussion on The Impact of Virtual Learning Environments on the Design of Physical Learning Spaces. 

Also great Food, Exhibitor Expo, Exhibitor prizes, a printed conference guide, and a new meeting social networking app and more. 

Last year was SOLD OUT so REGISTER NOW!  

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