Just like the Internet and the Web transformed online learning in a fundamental way (from stand-alone desktop to a networking paradigm), the spread of mobile and wireless technologies have the potential to transform learning yet again to the next level. How will mobile and wireless technology impact learning and learning management systems?

In this session, you will learn:

• How to add mobile learning and performance to your learning technology toolbox to plan and design mobile learning programs
  
• How to select the right mobile and wireless technologies to solve performance and productivity problems
  
• The criteria for selecting the right kind of mobile and wireless technology
  
• How to differentiate between learning/courseware models and performance support in the mobile technology context
  
• Ways to integrate learning and knowledge support with day-to-day tasks and workflows

This conference focuses on Community College faculty, staff, and administrators engaged (or interested) in online education including delivery of online services such as student, faculty, library,
and technical support.

Session tracks to include:

• Faces of Online Teaching - Have you developed a new approach to teaching online or solving an issue with online education? Software use, ideas for assignments/activities, philosophies, and other ideas that build community and relationships in online course environments. Here's the track for you to share your accomplishments.
  
• Universal Access - Accessibility, learning styles, etc.
• Online Teaching Effective Practices - Teaching practices that work
• Support Services & Resources - Student Services, Library Services, Instructional Design and Faculty Services, and other Teaching/Learning Resources
• Technology Innovation - Creative use of social media, mobile devices, new products and releases
• Leadership, Planning & Evaluation - Online learning program issues, authentication, regulations, policies, and strategies
  

Mobile devices are increasingly popular on college campuses and are becoming more functional as access to high bandwidth grows. Using portable mobile learning devices like tablets (iPads, Amazon Fire, Android, etc.) and smartphones (iPhones, Androids, etc.), students are capable of accessing educational content, activities, and services from anywhere and at any time.

Join us at this working conference to examine the decisions that need to be made when building and implementing m-learning and when creating interactive and collaborative learning activities for use on mobile devices. Participants will develop planning guidelines framed around six key areas:

• Objectives
  
• Audience
  
• Budget
  
• Instructional strategies
  
• Stakeholders
  
• Technology

Ends: Tuesday July 26, 2011, 12:00PM EDT

Blended Learning has become more exciting with many more tools like social media, collaboration, and mobile web being through into the mix.

In the past, learning has been predominantly delivered in one delivery mode or the other – it was either all classroom-based or it was all self-paced online in the form of WBT. But the evolution of best-practices, methodologies, technologies (including computers, web, and mobile devices), and multiple delivery options are increasingly pointing us toward a blended solution.

This meeting unfolds the latest cutting edge thinking on the topic of Blended Learning. Some the issues to be explored include: What is Blended Learning? What are we blending? Why blend? How to blend? What is the future of blending?

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

Define the notion of blended learning and its different dimensions Define the notion of reusability, learning objects, and virtual e-Learning within the context of Blended Learning Apply criteria for selection of different modalities of learning within a blended learning program Apply the benefits and learning effectiveness criteria to create a business case for blended learning Visualize examples of Blended Learning, Performance support and productivity improvements.