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We have a very special Special Event coming up on The Wellspring: An Online
Community of Distance Educators.  It will feature the makers of the sure to
be acclaimed documentary "net.Learning," the first documentary about higher
education in the digital age.

This live chat session on "The Making of the Distance Learning Documentary:
What's Happening With Distance Learning Now" will be hosted by Karen
Frenkel and Howard Weinberg, executive producers of "net.LEARNING."  Mr.
Weinberg and Ms. Frenkel share extensive experience of making documentaries
for PBS and in reporting on technology and computer science.  The
documentary itself is scheduled to begin airing on local PBS stations
beginning September 8th.  Check your local listings for the day and time.

Their Special Event on The Wellspring (please note, not the documentary
itself, which will appear on TV, not the Web) will start at 3:00 EDT on
Thursday, September 10th.  To participate in the synchronous chat with
Frenkel and Weinberg, visit the Wellspring's site at
http://wellspring.isinj.com and click on the Seminar Sessions button.

See you there!


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As a reminder, the next couple of Special Events on The Wellspring are:

Brian Barrett, Executive Director, Paul G. Allen Virtual Education
Foundation
Topic: How We Evaluate the "Online Courses of the Year"
Tuesday, September 22nd, at 2:00 p.m. EDT

Dr. Shirley Waterhouse, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Topic: to be announced
Wednesday, October 28th, at 3:00 p.m. EDT


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Ongoing Wellspring Summer Workshops

The last of our Summer Workshops on The Wellspring just started, and it
should be a real crowd-pleaser.

Workshop #7, September 1st to 11th (with a break for Labor Day)

"Successfully Selling Distance Learning to Students: Marketing in Chaos"

Led by Connie Connors, President, Dean Kephart, Senior Vice President, and
Steve Chadima, Senior Vice President, all of Connors Communications,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This workshop features three major topics: Clarifying Your Message,
Identifying Your Potential Customers, and Leveraging Your Communication
Vehicles.

These workshops are free to everyone, and are held in our asynchronous
(BBS) discussion forums area.  Most of the workshops have a highly
practical focus, and are designed  to help participants learn specific
skills that figure prominently in Distance Learning and instructional
design.  A quick and easy automated registration form is available from The
Wellspring homepage at http://wellspring.isinj.com.  You can register now
and jump right in to the ongoing discussion.

Surely everyone has to think about how best to reach out to students with
this newfangled mode of Distance Education.  Why not learn something from
the professionals?


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

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

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