ADVISORY for Thursday and Friday, Feb. 6-7
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Worldwide leaders in the field of distance learning will converge for a technology assessment of Web-based Learning conference Feb. 6-7 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Redondo Beach, California.
The leading theorists and practitioners in Web-based learning will discuss the state of the industry and best practices in regards to education and training. The high-level gathering will feature speakers from the United States, Australia, China and England who will address technology, research and opportunities in distance learning. Manuscripts from their presentations will be compiled and edited into a book about Web-based learning.
Facilitated by California State University, San Bernardino, along with UCLA/CRESST and the University of Southern California - with the support of Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands - the conference will help the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation create a joint research program in Web-based learning. The program will examine variables that influence the effectiveness of distance learning.
"We seem to be moving from the concept of distance learning to Web-based learning, and these leading thinkers in the world of Web-based instruction will share their different perspectives about where the field is going," said Ken Lane, director of the National Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at Cal State San Bernardino.
"With the budget issues that are now impacting higher education, there is only so much brick and mortar that universities will be able to build. We are pressing forward with developing a 'click and mortar' attitude," said Steve Hull, deputy program manager for the National Center for Excellence in Distance Learning at Cal State San Bernardino.
Key presenters include Eva Baker from UCLA/CRESST, John Cherniavsky and Eric Hamilton from the National Science Foundation; Dexter Fletcher from the Institute for Defense Analysis; Harry O'Neil, Dick Clark, Myron Dembo and Linda Gubler Jung from USC; Ray Perez from the Office of Naval Research; Ruimin Shen from Shanghai JiaoTong University; John Sweller from the University of South Wales; Olin Campbell from the Sloan Foundation; Keith Krueger and Irene Spero from the Consortium for School Networking; Mike Smith and Cathy Casserly from the Hewlett Foundation; Rich Mayer from UC Santa Barbara; Dave Wiley from Utah State University; Adrienne Lee from New Mexico State University; Sigmund Tobias from Columbia University; and Ken Lane and Steve Hull from Cal State San Bernardino.
Congressman Lewis, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, says distance education can create and deliver programs and a curriculum that improve the technical and managerial skills of a large segment of the U.S. Navy's civilian personnel, thus creating a highly skilled technological workforce. Lewis secured the initial and continued federal funding for the creation and development of the National Center for Excellence in Distance Education at Cal State San Bernardino.
Web-based learning continues to expand in distance education
for its capabilities in offering on-line lectures and
conversations between instructors and their students, and
amongst the students themselves. It also allows for an
instructor to place the course curriculum and lectures on
the Internet creating a virtual classroom. Distance learning
is a way of providing education without the confines of a
building and also delivering it to those too far to attend a
traditional classroom setting.
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