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"Education: a debt due from present to future generations." - George Peabody |
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 The 2002
MADLaT Conference was held March 8, 2002, and was hosted by Red River
College of Applied Arts, Science & Technology, Winnipeg, Canada. Bringing IT Together: Succeeding in
Distributed Learning was the theme of the conference which featured Dr. Diana G. Oblinger as keynote
speaker. Dr. Oblinger is co-author of What Business Wants from Higher
Education which received the 1999 Frandson Award for best literature in
continuing education. Her
presentation was entitled
e-Education: Evolution or Extinction?
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| One of the session leaders was Dr. Griff Richards, Research Integration Officer for the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Dr. Richards led a discussion on A World of Learning Objects: Learning Objects & Repositories (Microsoft PowerPoint). | |
| Also featured at the conference were Dr. Ben Levin, Deputy Minister of Manitoba's Department of Education, Training and Youth, and Department of Advanced Education; as well as concurrent sessions on WebCT, student support, technology mediated learning, streaming video and new media applications. | |
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The
conference included an appearance via webcast by Dr. Robin D. Mason, Head of
the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University in the U.K.
Dr. Mason was one of the early pioneers in the use of computer conferencing,
and specializes in courses for distance educators and staff development
programs. She spoke about