Missouri Distance Learning Association

The Missouri Distance Learning Association (MoDLA) has gone virtual. Check out the virtual announcement created from within Second Life regarding the features of the 2008 MoDLA Conference.

Click here to view: http://modla.blip.tv/#844757

For additional MoDLA conference information go to: http://www.modla.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=65

Online registration is now open!

Keeping Pace with Distance Learning

Missouri Distance Learning Association

Annual Conference

Dates: July 9-10, 2008

Location: Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach, MO (www.tan-tar-a.com)

Registration Fee: $175

Conference Program and Information: http://www.modla.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=65

Online registration opened April 1, 2008: http://muconf.missouri.edu/MODLA

Featured Speakers:

Opening: Wesley Fryer, Director of Education Advocacy (PK-20) in Oklahoma.

Closing: Dan Coyote and the SkyDancers – A Second Life, virtual world art form. (Don’t miss it)

Topics Include (but not limited to):

• Missouri Distance Learning Content Providers

• Videoconferencing (ITV)

• Instructional Design in Distance Learning

• Getting Started with Online Learning

• Distance Learning for At-Risk, Special Education Students

• SCORM – (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)

• Continuing Education

• Web 2.0

• Virtual Worlds in Distance Learning

• Learning Management Systems (Blackboard, Moodle etc)

• Social Networking

• Distance Learning Best practices

Who Should Attend: Teachers, Administrators, Technology & Distance Learning Coordinators, Video

Technicians, CIO’s, Instructional Designers and Professional Development Coordinators.

Distance Learning Exhibits and Vendors: See the latest in distance learning technology in the

exhibitors’ area

Additional Information: For the latest updates on the conference schedule and information about

joining the Missouri Distance Learning Association visit www.modla.org

Don’t miss the many opportunities to hear Missouri distance learning experts share their knowledge

and expertise at Missouri’s premier distance learning event!

MoDLA Call for Presentation Proposals

Conference Theme: “Keeping Pace with Distance Learning”

Don’t miss this opportunity as a presenter to participate in MoDLA’s 2008 Summer Conference, “Keeping Pace with Distance Learning” July 9-10, 2008 at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach. The call for presentation proposals is now open through February 20, 2008. Submit a proposal online now for a conference session at http://modla.org/survey1/index.php?sid=4 .The MoDLA conference attracts attendees from K-12 schools, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, state government agencies, the military and private industry.

As a presenter, you’ll assist in creating an innovative and informative conference and have an opportunity to make valuable contacts. The MoDLA conference is the one place where you will learn who is doing what, what technologies are being used, what works and what doesn’t, and what those special techniques are for teaching and learning at a distance.

Proposed conference tracks and possible session topics include:

• ABC’s of Distance Learning
• 21^st Century Technologies
• Interactive Video Conferencing (H.323) from A-Z
• Content Development
• Instructional Practices in Distance Learning
• Support & Assessment

Important Dates:

Deadline for Submission: February 20, 2008

Notification of acceptance will be received no later than March 7, 2008. Only the primary presenter will receive acceptance notification. It will be the primary presenter’s responsibility to inform additional presenters of the proposal status and other pertinent conference related information as it becomes available.