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11th Annual Information Technologies Workshop
Distributed Learning and Independent Colleges:
The Challenges and the Opportunities
Held March 30-April 1, 2000
Westin William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Introduction
Distributed Learning and Independent Colleges:
The Challenges and the Opportunities
The Information Technologies Workshop, now in its 11th year, brings
together information technology professionals, faculty, librarians, and
academic leaders to share visions and solutions tailored for independent
colleges and universities.
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Workshop Content
Distance learning, distributed learning, online learning—whatever
the phrase used to describe the phenomenon, there is no question that
Internet/Web-enhanced learning is sweeping higher education. Colleges
and universities throughout the world are now organizing a variety of
information technologies that are designed to enhance the experience of
teaching and learning—on and off campus. Database-driven Web sites,
personal portals, Web authoring tools, course management systems, and
threaded discussion tools are just a few of the technologies that are
being integrated by faculty and institutional administrators. The incorporation
of new tools is raising new issues about intellectual property, privacy,
and management of the distributed learning environments, and is attracting
new providers to higher education. The 2000 CIC-EDUCAUSE-C-CUE Information
Technologies Workshop is designed to provide faculty, administrators,
and IT practitioners with the context, tools, and skills they will need
to lead their campuses in the intelligent and effective organization of
distributed learning capabilities in independent colleges.
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Workshop Format
The format of the workshop will combine: presentations and workshops
provided by those who were selected from our call for proposals; invited
workshops; "birds-of-a-feather" sessions; and plenary sessions
featuring leaders in the distributed learning community.
Plenary Sessions will be presented by:
• Mike Fitzgerald, Senior Fellow, Strategic Initiatives
• Brian Hawkins, President of EDUCAUSE
Topics for presentations and workshops (with examples) may be in any
of the following areas:
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Effective Practice in Distributed Learning - exemplary
distributed learning in support of traditional, classroom-based learning;
distance learning complementing/combined with periodic campus-based
learning; distance learning serving distant markets; effective student
services; technical design and support
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Learning Technologies for Distributed Learning -
Collaborative and other software needed to create and support learning
communities; Web authoring; Web boards; course management; multimedia;
Java; database-driven Webs; tools for supporting interactive Web sites;
streaming audio and video; conferencing tools; hardware and storage
implications for 24x7 quality of service; integration of distributed
learning tools in an enterprise environment; and standardization of
digital tools
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Management of the Distributed Learning Environment
- how to provide faculty support; comparative cost/benefits of using
authoring tools relative to course management packages relative to
enterprise solutions; providing 24x7 help desk support; IT staffing
needs and/or outsourcing and/or multi-college resource sharing; using
student assistants effectively
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Legal and Policy Issues - privacy; intellectual
property; freedom of speech
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The Changing Nature of the Competitive Landscape
- publishers creating credit-bearing courses; publishers providing
DL materials to accompany textbooks; corporate universities; partnerships
of the nation’s elite institutions; for-profit universities
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Implications for Student Access - universal student
access programs; financing universal access; training and support
issues
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Co-Sponsors
The Council of Independent
Colleges (CIC) is an association of over 475 independent, liberal
arts colleges and universities. Working with college presidents, academic
vice presidents, administrators, and faculty, CIC provides services that
help member institutions enhance educational programs, improve administrative
and financial performance, and increase institutional visibility.
EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit
association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational
change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management
of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship,
research, and institutional management.
Consortium for Computing in Undergraduate
Education
(C-CUE) is a regional association of colleges and universities committed
to developing and expanding the appropriate use of computing and other
information technologies in undergraduate education.
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Sponsors
Our appreciation to these sponsors of the 2000 Information Technologies
Workshop.
DONOR
Alcoa Foundation
Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of the Buhl Foundation
CONTRIBUTOR
Bayer Corporation
Contract Source, Inc.
SUPPORTER
Three Rivers Bank
Who Should Attend
The workshop will be relevant for all individuals
responsible for developing, supporting, and using distributed learning
technologies to enhance student learning and services to students. This
includes serving traditional and non-traditional students in campus-based
programs as well as the off-campus distance learning market. Chief academic
officers, faculty development officers, information technology professionals,
librarians, faculty, members of relevant faculty committees, chief business
officers, and others will find the workshop relevant. To reap the greatest
benefits a campus should consider sending a team, such as the chief academic
officer or other administrator, chief information officer, and a faculty
leader.
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Workshop Costs and Cancellation Policy
CIC-member colleges:
$195 for the first person
$160 for each additional person
Nonmember colleges:
$295 for the first person
$260 for each additional person
Cancellation Policy: Full refunds, minus a $25 processing
fee, will be made prior to March 17, 2000. Cancellations received between
March 17 and March 24, 2000, incur a charge equal to 25% of the registration
fee. Requests received after March 24, 2000 are ineligible for a refund.
No-shows are ineligible for a refund. All requests for refunds must be
in writing. Refunds will be issued after the workshop.
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