Pulling the Plug
Posted 10:31 AM by One Trick Pony
All of us in EDTEC tend to live online, and probably feel (I may be projecting a bit here) slightly disabled when we're not in our offices or sitting in our WiFi-irradiated homes. If you've been bothered by those moments of excommunication, here's a blip on the early warning radar: EV-DO is coming to town.

In a posting this morning, a tech journalist has described his initial impressions of the service in New Orleans, and points to the announcement from Verizon that they'll be rolling it out in San Diego this fall. Huzzah! Now we can work non-stop!

ALN CALL FOR PAPERS
Posted 11:28 AM by Minjuan
The Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN): The Power of Online Learning: Implications for Teaching and Learning, November 14-16, 2003 ~ Rosen Centre Hotel ~ Orlando, Florida
The conference strongly encourages proposals that reflect the implications for the field of specific online experiences and practices. Last year's conference attracted over 500 people to more than 100 presentations and offered exhibits, pre-conference workshops, a keynote address and a variety of other special events.
Proposals must be submitted by April 18, 2003. SUBMIT ONLINE AT: www.aln.ucf.edu/submit
-----Personal Note: I attended this event last year and really enjoyed it. One of the professors I studied with at Penn State, whom I haven’t seen for 6 years, received an award at the conference for his creativity in developing online learning.

Games and Academics
Posted 12:41 PM by One Trick Pony
The Academic Summit is going on now at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, and this year I didn't go. Second best thing to being there, though, is to follow the blogs of participants. So far, I've only found one, that of GameGirl Advance. Interesting reading! I think I'll make a point of going to next year's meeting.

The ElearnChina Conference 2003
Posted 11:31 AM by Minjuan
Edinburgh 21st 22nd & 23rd July 2003 - Shanghai & Beijing
China Conferences is pleased to present the ElearnChina Conference 2003 in association with a number of Key Sponsors from around the globe. ElearnChina welcomes people from the commercial and educational sector involved in E-Learning, Distance Learning, Training, HR, IT Training, Localisation, ICT or Knowledge Management, to this world first international event. China represents the biggest target market for these sectors ever and is still largely untapped.
Check out the Call for Papers