Distance
Learning and Beyond: The Evolution of Instruction
2006 Arkansas Distance Learning Conference
October 18-20 ~ Hot Springs, Arkansas
Registration
ARDLA Member Registration after Sept. 1 - $170.00
(must
have paid 2006 membership dues.)
Non-ARDLA Member Registration - $190.00
On-site Registration ARDLA member or non-member -
$200
One Day Conference Registration (member or
non-member) - $100 CONFERENCE FEE INCLUDES: Awards Luncheon on
Wed., Casino night on Wed., and Breakfast, Lunch
and Breaks on Thurs. and Fri. For meals click
here.
Online
Conference Registration - You can register and pay
online with VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER or ONLINE
CHECK click
here. You can also REGISTER and print
your registration online to get the Early Bird
Rate and ARDLA will invoice you or your
organization. Online registration will END 11:59pm
OCTOBER 13. After that date you can still
print out the registration form below and fax or
bring in with your payment at the door.
Printable Registration Form click
here You must fill out the paper registration form
for One Day Conference Registration. Please
mark which day you will be attending on your form.
Session
proposals are no longer being accepted.
Hotels The conference Hotel is the
Clarion Resort on the Lake. Conference rates
are: $76.00 Single and $86.00 Double
occupancy. Tell reservations you are with
the ARDLA conference. For the Clarion website click
here.
Vendor
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you would like to have a booth at our annual
conference, please print and submit the following
form to Nina Boston. Vendor
Sponsorship Form Online Vendor Payment click
here.
Online registration will END 11:59pm OCTOBER 13.
Tentative
Schedule Wed. Oct. 18
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Registration and Vendor Set Up
11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Awards Luncheon
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Keynote - Ray
Simon, US
Deputy Secretary of Education
2:15 - 3:30 p.m. - Legislative Policy Panel and
State Video Network Update
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Vendor Visitation
4:30 p.m. - Free Time
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Speak Easy - Participants must
visit all vendors during vendor visitation to be
eligible for prizes and entry password.
Heavy hor
d' oeurves will be served. Twenties attire welcomed.
Thurs. Oct. 19
7:30 - 8:50 a.m. - Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. - General Session - Techno
Cheating Panel - Amy Baldwin,
Kristy Carter,
Rob Mullins and Dave Phillips
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. - Session A
1. Fostering Interactivity in the Distance
Learning Classroom - Paul Holden, ASMSA
2. Critical Thinking and Interactivity in the
Online Course - Sue Henson, Midwestern State
University - Wichita Falls, TX
3. Codian Next Generation Infrastructure Products
(vendor presentation) - Mary Glimm, Codian
Regional Manager
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. - Session B
1. Caught in the Middle: The Work of a Facilitator
- Cindy Smith, Genoa Central HS
2. Sharepoint Services and the AR K-12 DL
Curriculum - David Henderson & John King,
Southwest Arkansas Educational Coop.
3. Engaging Students in Science Learning -
(Interactive video session) Kasey Gaylord &
Jason Robertshaw, SeaTrek
Coordinator/Educator - Center for Distance
Learning
11:45 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. - LUNCH
1:00 - 1:45 p.m. - Session C
1. Pangburn School District CIV Case Study - John
Sullivan, Pangburn School Dist.
2. Accessibility Issues of Distance Learning - Mickey
Kamer, Data Processing Manager - AETN
3. Managing a synchronous online class - Shoudong
Feng, Assistant Professor - UCA
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. - Session D
1. Arkansas Early College High School - Tracie
Jones, CIV/Distance Coordinator -SEARK Coop.
2. Is there anyone out there? Hiring faculty for online - Valerie Wilson,
Vice Chancellor - SAU Tech
3. Global RUN: Integrating global video
connections with core teaching requirements
(Interactive video session) - Andrew Knox,
Assistant Director, Center for Distance Learning
Research - Texas A&M University and Jody
Howard Kennedy, Distance Learning Coordinator,
Eastview Middle School, White Plains CSD, New
York.
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. - Session E
1. Visual Collaboration: The way it was meant to
be (K-12 and Higher Ed) Fred Bassett and Heather
Smith- UAMS
2. Video network information (vendor presentation)
Pati Alberts, John Davis, Don Miller, Amy Floyd
and Pat Woodruff
3. NASA's Digital Learning Network (Interactive
video session) - Scott Anderson, Instructional
Technology Coordinator - Marshall Space Flight
Center and Jason Carpenter - Hot Springs School
District
3:45 p.m. - Free Time
6:00 p.M. - Hospitality
*Thursday night will be a
free night with everyone doing dinner on his or
her own. Hospitality will have college
football, cards, board games, etc. Light hor
d' oeurves will be served.
Fri. Oct. 20
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
7:30 - 8:55 a.m. - Guest Checkout
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. - General Session - Teacher
Education Panel - Sonja Burnett, Brenda Linn, Jeff
Longing, Rob Mullins, Lisa Oden
10:00 - 10: 45 a.m. - Session F
1. Using Compressed Interactive Video Teaching
Tools to Connect with your Audience - Summer
Henson-Conger & Rebecca Quinn Scharff, ADE
Distance Learning
2. AETN Arkansas "IDEAS": an educational
portal with a heart for Arkansas teachers and
students - Kathleen Stafford Branton, Director of
Education - AETN
3. Improving student retention in online classes -
Ken Haley, Paris Junior College - Paris, TX
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. - Session G
1. Yesterday's in-basket becomes today's in-box -
Shelly Albritton, Instructor - UCA
2. Tips and tricks for online teaching - Chris
Boyett, Director of Distance Learning - ASU Beebe
3. Creating online courses with accessibility for
students with disabilities in mind. (K-12 and
Higher Ed) Melaine Thornton, Project PACE - UALR
and Sharon Downs, Disability Support Services -
UALR
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch with 2005 Award Winners
and Conference Closing
Conference
Meals
Wed. Oct. 18
Registration - Soft drinks, Water and Coffee will
be available
Lunch - Chicken Breast filled with Ham & Swiss
cheese and topped with a light cream sauce, served
with Rice Pilaf, and Fresh Vegetable Medley,
Salad, Rolls and Dessert.
Thurs. Oct. 19
Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs, Mini-Pancakes w/Maple
Syrup, Breakfast Potatoes, Hickory Bacon &
Sausage, Biscuits & Gravy, Sliced Fresh Fruit,
Assorted Breakfast Breads, Fruit Muffins.
Morning Break - will be served
Lunch - Fried Chicken and Roast Beef, Mashed
Potatoes w/Gravy, Black Eyed Peas, Fried Okra,
Biscuits, Tossed Salad, Dessert.
Afternoon Break - will be served
Online
Conference Registration - You can register and pay
online with VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER or ONLINE
CHECK 