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Live Special Event on
The Wellspring: An Online Community of Distance Educators

The next live chat session on The Wellspring will have a somewhat different
format from our previous Special Events.  This time we will have two hosts,
David Springette, Executive Director of the Community College Foundation
(CCF), and Frank Mayadas, Program Director of the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.  They will be chatting with us about

"Large-Scale DL Initiatives: Are They Feasible? Desirable? And How?"

The Sloan Foundation, of course, has funded numerous projects in education
and technology.  Best-known of these to Wellspring denizens is Asynchronous
Learning Networks (ALN), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Program in Learning
Outside the Classroom.  The CCF supports several initiatives as part of its
Technology in Education program, including the TechEd 99 conference and the
Pilot for Asynchronous Learning.  Links to both the Sloan and CCF sites may
be found at the Seminar Sessions page on The Wellspring, at
http://wellspring.isinj.com.  The day of the Special Event you can register
for the chat session from that page as well.

Time & Date Change
Please note that we have set a different day and time for the
Springette-Mayadas chat.  This synchronous live Special Event is now
scheduled for Monday, October 19th, from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. EDT (GMT 0500).
Please make a note of the change.  To access the chat, go to The Wellspring
at http://wellspring.isinj.com and click on the Seminar Sessions button.

See you there!


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Future Special Events

We have another schedule change, this time for the next Special Event on
The Wellspring:

Host: Dr. Shirley Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Topic: "Faculty Issues Surrounding the Implementation of Educational
Technology"
Date: Tuesday, November 3rd, at 3:00 p.m. EST

We expect to be able to announce several more Special Events for the
remainder of 1998 in the very near future.


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New Online Course

We are also pleased to announce that we will begin offering a free one-week
course entitled "Teaching on the Web: A Nuts-and-Bolts Approach," mentored
by graduate students from Teachers College, Columbia University.  This
one-week course, based on our Summer Workshops on The Wellspring, is
designed to give Web-based distance educators a brief introduction to the
latest techniques and best research in the field.  It will also provide
participants with practical experience in using elements of real
asynchronous online Distance Learning courses as "students" themselves.

Participation in the course is free of charge to faculty and staff at any
institution that previews Web-based courses in ISI's Partnerships in
Distance Learning (PDL) program, one participant for every two Previews.
There is no charge for previewing a PDL course.  To view sample units or
request a two-week Preview, visit the PDL site at
http://www.isinj.com/partners.  The first session will begin Monday,
October 19th, and will run until Friday, October 23rd, with new sessions
starting every two weeks thereafter.  You can sign up for the course by
completing the sign-up form you'll find on The Wellspring home page at
http://wellspring.isinj.com.


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As ever, The Wellspring is meant to be your resource, and we invite you to
visit regularly.

John Meyer
Director, Higher Education
Instructional Systems Inc.
411 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ  07601
1-800-314-8991
partners@isinj.com

The Wellspring
is brought to you by ISI's
Partnerships in Distance Learning
http://www.isinj.com/partners