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2008 VSS Annual Spring Conference – Learning: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

 

 

Highlights


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We achieved many firsts at this year’s conference:
  • the highest attendance (exceeded 500)
  • two successful pre-conference sessions
  • Opening Night Reception, open to everyone, well attended
  • webcast all four keynote presentations
  • concurrent sessions well attended and positively received
  • 10 sponsors including two at the Platinum level
  • Exhibitor Trade Show the biggest to date - 22 booths
  • 33 door prizes worth a combined value of $17,700
Participants, sponsors & exhibitors have all said that this conference was defined by a highly collaborative & inclusive environment.


Media Galleries


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View images from the conference.
(taken by multimedia volunteer Vicki Willis). Can you find yourself? 
Galleries

Listen to this participant’s comments on one of the Spotlight sessions (recorded by multimedia volunteer Philip Djwa):

Julie Zilber

Listen to these participants' comments on the sessions (recorded by multimedia volunteer Philip Djwa): 

Frances Long
Tim Winklemans
Helen Kershaw

Watch this video report of this year's conference (produced by multimedia volunteer Julia Leong). 



 

Keynote Speakers


To view the archived keynote videos, click here.


Listen to these participants' comments about keynote speaker Ian Jukes (recorded by multimedia volunteer Philip Djwa):
Kristen Kozuback
Barry Carbol
Don Krug



Session Materials


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Here are PowerPoint slides from some of the sessions: 

Online Learning And Teaching Across Schoolboard Boundaries – Hubert lalande 

Wyoming e-Academy of virtual Education – Dave Glick 

Getting Serious with eLearning
Using Serious Gaming and Web 2.0 Tools in Learning
– Kelly Juhasz 

Distributed Learning: Ministry of Education Updates – Tim Winkelmans & Gerald Morton 

Ministry of Education Report – Renate Butterfield 

Virtual World Reference Links (PDF download) 

BCTF Research Report on DL (PDF download) 

Toward Quality in DL Practice - R. LaBonte (PDF download)


 

 

 


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