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Past conferences:
2011 Conference - Our 6th Year!
The conference was October 13 & 14, 2011 in Vancouver, WA @ Clark College's Columbia Learning Center at the Columbia Tech Center
- Schedule Grid (with Titles & Presenter Names)
- Detailed Schedule (with links to recordings and resources)
- Schedule at a Glance
The
keynote speaker was Susan M. Zvacek, Ph.D., Director of
Instructional Development and Support at the University of Kansas as the
keynote speaker. The subject of her keynote will be Assessing
Learning Gains using Online Tools. Susan has been involved in
educational technology for more than twenty years, working in community
college, corporate, university and adult education environments.
Short
biography
Susan also gave a workshop entitled Teaching Partially Clothed: For Those Not Ready for ‘Naked’.
2010 Conference!
The conference was October 21 & 22 at Clark College's Corporate Learning Center in Vancouver, WA.
Schedule Grid [Google Docs] Subject to change.
Detailed Schedule - Including calendar links. Subject to change
Session Recordings - some of the sessions were recorded.
The keynote speaker was Alec Couros, Ph.D., professor of educational technology and media and the Coordinator of Information and Communications Technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.
Dr Couros is an influential scholar and advocate of openness in distributed learning environments. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, social/networked learning, instructional design, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses help current and future educators understand how to use and take advantage of the educational potential offered by the tools of connectivity.
2009 Conference
Our 2009 conference was on October 29 & 30 in Nampa, ID, at Northwest Nazarene University. Nampa is about 20 miles from Boise.
Recordings are available for some of the sessions.
Keynotes
Lisa Dawley, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Educational technology at Boise State University, will deliver the Friday keynote address. Dr. Dawley centers her research, teaching and speaking interests on professional development for online teachers and the pedagogy of emergent technologies (social networking & virtual worlds).
Helen Barrett, Ph.D., will deliver the Thursday keynote address. Dr. Barrett is a well known educator, researcher and lecturer in the field of ePortfolios and digital storytelling. Her website is electronicportfolios.org.
2008 Conference
Thanks to all who attended the 2008 Northwest eLearning Community meeting. We had a great keynote from George Siemens, and some informative and helpful breakout sessions throughout the afternoon. The pre-sessions were also a great experience for the participants.
Remember to sign up for the NWELC email list to hear about next year's annual conference.
2007 Conference
PNW/WABUG Meeting, October 19, 2007
The 2007 conference, held October 19, 2007 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR was a tremendous success. Over 100 faculty and staff participated, enjoying a rousing keynote and great breakouts, opportunities for networking and, as promised, good food.
- Session slides are being posted on the schedule, as we receive them
- The membership voted in favor of the governance structure and name
- Jerry Lewis, Columbia Basin College and Hart Wilson, Southern Oregon University joined the Steering Committee for 2008
2006 Conference
WABUG Meeting, December 1, 2006
The first meeting of the Washington Blackboard Users Group was held Friday, December 1, 2006 at Green River Community College in Auburn, WA. Faculty and system administrators from around the Northwest participated in a full day of sessions and activities. See the 2006 conference home page for details and session slides.
