Purpose

The 2nd Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009, part of the Academic Globalization Project, is being organized in the context of WMSCI 2009, and its collocated conferences.

The purpose of AG 2009 is to bring together scholars, educators and practitioners with the objective of exploring, reflecting and sharing ideas with regards to the impact that the Globalization Phenomena is having or might have on universities (research, teaching and continuing education), and vice versa: the impact that academia is generating, or could generate on the phenomenon of globalization. Questions such as the following are examples of those that could be addressed at the Symposium in order to generate possible answers and/or reflections, as well as possible research:

Online you may share your comments on the 2008 revision of the Arizona Long-range Strategic Educational Technology Plan through IDEAL. http://moourl.com/AZplan  or https://sites.google.com/a/ideal.azed.gov/az-edtech-plan .

Minutes for the Strategy and Planning Committee

The Association for Learning Technology's annual conference, ALT-C 2008, brought together over 700 delegates and more than 100 speakers from all over the world. Catherine Dhanjal reports on some highlights from the conference.

Here are some highlights from the ALT conference: a report on two presentations from the business sector, and a fascinating seminar on the divide between businesses who use internet and communications technology (ICT), and those who don't.

More at: http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=191719&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y

Software Applications for eLearning!

Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing.

More information at:  http://www.pearson.com/

The GAZeL Membership is invited to post their Questions and invite others to provide answers.

The Global Literacy Foundation’s vision for the next five years is to evolve into a premier literacy organization with state, national, and global impact, boost the quality of literacy and research programs, and position GLFi for membership in the elite group promoting related programs, such as the One Laptop Per Child, Global Literacy and other similar initiatives. This vision is outlined in the GLF strategic plan and titled Building Our Global Future, 2007-2012 – Transforming Literacy for Global Participation and Innovation.

More information at: http://www.globalliteracy.org/

Toasterz is a product development lab and service consultancy. In business since 1994, Toasterz focus is to help organizations adapt gracefully to changing technology and manage innovation.

Many organizations are bewildered by the costs and complication associated with information technology. Hardware capacity doubles every 18 months and prices drop, while proprietary software licensing costs have remained steady or increased. Since proprietary software's relevant feature sets aren't adapting to users evolving needs, real software costs are effectively skyrocketing. An Open Source 'software infrastructure' is a big part the solution.

This observation seems overlooked by so many, yet great benefits to the bottom line are realized once business strategy is realigned to this new environment. Toasterz can help.

Toasterz Founder & CEO sits on the GAZeL Board. http://gazel.us/board

More information at: http://toasterz.com

ITT Educational Services, Inc. is a leading private college system focused on technology-oriented programs of study. It operates over 90 ITT Technical Institutes in more then 30 states which predominantly provide career-focused, degree programs to approximately 48,000 students. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, it has been actively involved in the higher education community in the United States since 1969.

More information at: http://www.itt-tech.edu/campus/

As the third-largest cable provider in the nation, Cox Communications Inc. is noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network and superior customer care. For Cox, it’s not about being the biggest; it’s about being the best.

With more than 6 million total residential and commercial customer relationships, over 22,000 employees and a firm commitment to education, the Cox team is widely regarded industry leaders, having earned multiple distinctions in customer satisfaction, diversity practices and company strategy. In 2006, Cox received highest honor in J.D. Power and Associates' residential cable/satellite TV customer satisfaction study as well as in 2005 for customer satisfaction among high-speed Internet service providers. (For complete details on the All-Distance Telephone, Cable/Satellite and Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study, visit www.jdpower.com.)

More informaton at: http://www.cox.com/ 

iLinc Communications, Inc. is the only top-tier provider focused solely on Web conferencing software and audio conferencing solutions. iLinc technology allows people in diverse locations to communicate and collaborate online while avoiding the expense, environmental damage, and productivity losses associated with travel.

More information at: http://www.ilinc.com/

Resources available from the International Association for Distance learning

http://www.iadl.org.uk/resources.html

 
International Association for Distance Learning
http://www.iadl.org.uk

These Distance Learning Resources promote quality in distance education and training.

This forum offers you the opportunity to share your ideas, concerns, interests or needs relating to eLearning that aren’t being addressed elsewhere in the GAZeL Community Portal.