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From: Chere Campbell Gibson   <cgibson@macc.wisc.edu>

             TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
                               AT A DISTANCE
                      UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
                            AUGUST 10-13, 1994

GENERAL INFORMATION

Who Should Attend
The conference attracts over 350 participants from throughout the
United States, Canada, and other countries.  Included are
teachers, trainers, administrators, managers, instructional
designers, producers, researchers and others involved in or
exploring distance education.

Participants are experienced professionals as well as newcomers.
They represent a variety of organizations in secondary, post
secondary, K-12 education, continuing education, business,
industry, the military, government, health care and
telecommunications.

Displays of Resources and Technology
Displays of distance education resources, courseware and
technology are invited for the conference.  For information about
display space or vendor presentations, call Maryanne Haslow-Dulin
at (608)265-4159.

Location and Lodging
The conference is held at the Holiday Inn Madison West located at
Greenway Boulevard and West Beltline Highway in Madison,
Wisconsin.  Hotel facilities include restaurants, heated indoor
pool, whirlpool, sauna, sundeck, exercise room and complimentary
transportation to and from Dane County Regional Airport.

Conference rates for guest rooms are $69 for a single or double.
A lodging reservation form will be sent to you with registration
confirmation.  Or you may call the hotel directly at (608) 831-
2000 rather than the 1-800 number (please say you are attending
the Distance Education Conference).  To guarantee room
availability and conference rates, it is best to make your
reservation by July 12.

                    PROGRAM AGENDA

Tuesday, August 9, 1994

6:00 p.m.      Registration (until 8:00 p.m.)

6:30 p.m.      Preconference Cracker Barrel Sessions
               Traditionally, "cracker barrels" were informal
               discussions carried on by persons assembled in
               country stores.  Our Cracker Barrels will be held
               on the evening before the start of the conference
               to give early arrivals a chance to reflect with
               others on a variety of topics and at the same time
               to relax, socialize, and prepare for the events of
               the next three days.

Wednesday, August 10, 1994

8:00 a.m.      Registration (until 3:00 p.m.)

9:00 a.m.      Preconference Workshops (until noon)

               Workshops are designed for all conferees from
               newcomers to veterans.

               A special introductory workshop is planned for
               beginners in distance education, and four
               additional workshops will provide in-depth
               information, discussion, and application
               opportunities for more experienced distance
               educators.  See descriptions of workshop topics,
               enrollment limits and special fees.

1:00 p.m.      Opening Session - Welcome and Overview

1:15 p.m.      Keynote: Distance learning and the meeting of the
               minds: Living to learn or learning to live?
               Roger Mills, Director East Anglia and European
                              Region, British Open University

2:15 p.m.      Concurrent Seminars -- 1-6
               These 50-minute sessions include presentations by
               professional distance educators with time planned
               for discussion and question and answers.  No pre-
               registration is necessary. Themes in 1994 include:
               Understanding the learner; Designing instruction;
               Interaction strategies; Empowering instructors and
               learners; Evaluation strategies; and Technological
               considerations.

3:15 p.m.      Concurrent seminars -- 7-12

4:15 p.m.      Concurrent Seminars -- 13-18
               (until 5:05 p.m.)

5:15 p.m.      Exhibit Showcase   Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar in
               Exhibit Hall

               Join us for exciting demonstrations and mediated
               presentations by our exhibitors.

7:00 p.m.      Optional Evening Activities
                    To be announced


Thursday, August 11, 1994

7:30 a.m.      Continental Breakfast (in Atrium)

8:30 a.m.      Learner-centered systems in action:
               Two case studies

               Facilitating interaction in the business setting
                    Pacific Bell
                    Anne McTavish, Executive Producer-Distance
                    Learning and Mona Elliott, Training
                    Consultant

               Maximizing involvement of learners and community
               resources in continuing education
                    University of Wisconsin-Extension
                    T. L. Gibson, Director Program Support

10:00 a.m.     Presentation of the Wedemeyer Award for the
               Outstanding Practitioner in Distance Education

10;15 a.m.     Refreshment Break

10:40 a.m.     Concurrent Seminars --19-24

11:40 a.m.     Concurrent Seminars --25-30

12:30 p.m.     Lunch

               The afternoon will be filled with activities both
               on and off the conference site.  Conferees may
               choose a trip into Madison for walking tours of
               distance education facilities or remain in the
               hotel to explore a choice of teaching and learning
               at a distance topics in greater depth.  Beginning
               at 5:00 p.m. and going well into the evening,
               shuttle buses will be available to transport
               conferees between the hotel and Madison.
               Schedules will be posted on the conference desk.

2:15 p.m.      Buses depart for guided walking tours of
               audioteleconferencing, audiographic- and
               videoteleconferencing facilities with opportunites
               for questions and demonstrations at each of the
               three sites.

2:30 p.m.      Concurrent Colloquia (1 1/2 hours in length)

               Techniques for teaching via video distance
               learning technologies
                    Allan Hinderstein, California State
                    University

               Design and development of an interactive learning
               and course development environment: Reflections
               from the Dutch Open University
                    Martin Valcke, Open Universiteit, Holland

               Focusing on your students' thinking skills
                    Sara Steele, University of Wisconsin-Madison

               Field guide to the Internet: Essential tools and
               concepts for today's lifelong-learning manager
                    Jukka Peltonen, Lifelong Learning Institute-
                    Dipoli, Finland; John Stremikis, University
                    of Wisconsin-Extension

4:30 p.m.      Above sessions end

5:00 p.m.      Buses leave hotel for an evening on your own (with
               facilitated transportation and University of
               Wisconsin-Madison evening headquarters on Lake
               Mendota


Friday, August 12, 1994

7:30 a.m.      Continental Breakfast (in the Atrium)

8:30 a.m.      Concurrent Colloquia II  (1 1/2 hours in length)

               A three-model approach to learner autonomy in
               distance education
                    Darcy Hardy, University of Texas at Austin;
                    Mary Boaz, Murray State University; Theresa
                    Sicilia, Regents College-New York

               Considerations in the development of an electronic
               learning environment - The Athabasca experience
                    Judith van Duren, Athabasca University

               Getting started with new distance faculty:
               Planning issues for learner-centered systems
                    Patrick Stout and Molly Baker, Western
                    Illinois University

               Reflecting on practice: A strategy for learner-
               centered teaching
                    Linda Wolcott, Utah State University

               Computer conferencing as learner-centered
               instruction: Lessons from Globaled '93
                    Faculty from Universities of New Mexico,
                    Oklahoma, Wisconsin-Madison, Wyoming, San
                    Diego State and Texas A&M

10:00 a.m.     Refreshment Break

10:30 a.m.     The business/education quality partnership
               Jean Kinney, Associate Director of Corporate
               Quality, Prctor and Gamble, Inc.

               The University of Wisconsin System's Continuous
               Quality Improvement Self-Assessment Guide
               Sue Rohan, Total Quality Improvment Consultant,
               University of Wisconsin System Administration

11:15 a.m.     Implications for learner-centered distance
               education
               Donald Hanna, Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension
               Ed Callahan, Motorola University
               Ari-Matti Auvinen, SATURN, Amsterdam

12:15 p.m.     Conference adjourns


Saturday, August 13, 1994

8:00 a.m.      Postconference workshop - The orchestrated
-noon          television classroom: A synthesis of T.V. teaching
               strategies
               Thomas Cyrs, Director, Center for Educational
               Development, New Mexico State University

               This workshop will provide a short review of
               current research on television and how teaching on
               televison is different from traditional teaching.
               Emphasis will be placed on visual thinking,
               designing active learning strategies and use of
               different types of handouts.  All techniques apply
               to audio and audiographic teaching as well.


PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
(August 10, 9:00-12:00)

1A   Orientation to distance education
     and training - Terry Gibson, Professor, Dept. of Continuing
     and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
     Are you new to the field of distance education? Are terms
     like ITFS, Ku-band, WisLine, open learning, and extended
     degree bewildering? Do you want to know what key factors
     contribute to the success of distance learning systems? This
     workshop is designed to help beginners get the most out of
     the conference since it will provide an overview of distance
     learning, a discussion of critical factors and a glossary of
     terms to use throughout the conference. The workshop is open
     to all at no extra fee.

Workshops for more experienced distance educators

These are in-depth, hands-on, small-group working sessions --
intensive three hour programs with lots of interaction and time
for questions and answers.  Enrollment is limited to 30 per
workshop (sign up on the registration panel).  There will be an
extra charge of $25 for these workshops.

1B   Fostering  active learning - Christine H. Olgren, Distance
     Education Program Manager, Dept. of Continuing and
     Vocational Education University of Wisconsin-Madison
     Distance educators find that many students take a passive
     role in learning.  This workshop focuses on the learner,
     examines reasons for passivity and explores ways to
     cultivate active engagement in learning.  Through discussion
     and  examples, we will investigate a variety of approaches
     that nurture learner motivation, skills and responsibility.
     Included are self-development tools that build active,
     lifelong learning capacities.

1C   Strategic planning for distance learning -  Cynthia Elliott,
     Manager,Product Development and Distribution, Miami-Dade
     Community College
     Because of the scope of educational need and limited
     resources, institutions are choosing the development of
     telemcommunications capabilities as a methodology for
     sharing resources among their campuses and learning centers.
     This workshop will examine the stages of planning, time and
     cost consider-ations.  In addition the workshop will explore
     technical assessment of existing resources - which entities
     have available resources within a specific geographic area -
     as well as how to assess interconnectivity.

1D   Ensuring Successful Programs through Effective Learner
     Support- Daniel Granger, Director, Center for Distance
     Learning, Empire State
     In this interactive workshop, participants will learn and
     model learner support methods from initial needs assessment
     to enhancing learner engagement in various distance learning
     programs. Group-oriented and independent study models will
     be considered. The workshop will begin with an assessment of
     participants' needs/interests to ensure its uselfulness.

1E   Learner-centered and legal too: Copyright Issues in Distance
     Education - Janis Bruwelheide, Associate Professor, Montana
     State University
     Distance educators and administrators are often a bit
     cavelier and uninformed about copyright and fair use as it
     applies to newer technologies and distance education
     applications.  This workshop will review fair use provisions
     and the current legal status.  The approach will be positive
     applications of copyright law and will stress what distance
     educators can and cannot do under fair use through case
     studies and examples.

1F   Learner-centered principles in practice - Ellen Wagner, DLS
     Group, Inc.  Denver, CO and B McCombs, Mid-continent
     Regional Educational Lab, Aurora, CO (via teleconferencing)
     Learner-centeredness is a perspective that takes the
     learner's unique frame of reference into account in
     designing educational experiences that meet the academic and
     non-academic needs of the person. This workshop provides an
     overview of Learner Centered Psychological Principles (APA,
     1993), video examples of principles in practice and
     guidelines for designing instructional experiences for
     distance learners of all ages.

For additional information, contact Chere Gibson   cgibson@macc.wisc.edu

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