call for registration

deadline

Early bird ($69)

March 31, 2008

Late ($99)

After March 31, 2008

GROUPS INQUIRIES

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Conference Registration

Voyaging into a new decade!

TCC WORLDWIDE ONLINE CONFERENCE

April 15-17, 2008

Pre-conference dates: April 2-3, 2008

The New Internet: Collaboration, Convergence,
Creativity, Contrast, and Challenges

Homepage: http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

https://skellig.kcc.hawaii.edu/tcc2008/registration/online_reg.php

Registration deadline: March 31, 2008 (Early bird)

($69 USD; $99 USD after March 31)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION. Registration entitles participants to:

* The official conference web site and community, 24x7.

* Real-time, online attendance for keynotes, features, papers, and discussions.

* Access the conference papers and proceedings.

* Recordings of all live sessions.

* Opportunities for meeting and interacting with presenters & colleagues.

* Sharing background and professional contact information with colleagues.

* Participation in on-demand discussions and other fun activities.

GROUP RATES. A group registration fee is available for an unlimited number of participants from a single organization, campus or system. Institutions will designate a contact person to arrange payment and announce registration procedures to their constituents. Contact Sharon Fowler to register your group. <fowlers@hawaii.edu>.

Large Campuses (>5,000 enrollment), $1500

NMC, WCET, League for Innovation Members and Affiliates, $1000

Small Campuses (<5,000 enrollment), $750

NMC, WCET & League for Innovation Members and Affiliates, $500

VENUE. This conference is held entirely online using a web browser for access to content and technology services. A computer system with headphones and microphone as well as broadband Internet access is recommended.

THEME. TCC offers over 70 papers and general presentations on the continuing evolution of distance learning, online communities and collaboration, social networking, and best practices of instructional technology, as well as a broad range of topics related to the application of educational technology in teaching and learning.

PRESENTATIONS. The following is a selected list of scheduled presentations:

‣Looking Back to Go Forward
‣Designing Instruction for Second Life
‣Second Life: A debate about virtual reality
‣Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier
‣Facilitating New Faculty in Using Learning Spaces in Second Life
‣Digital Dynamics: Culture and Technology in Second Life Education
‣Emergency Preparedness and Health Security Using Second Life as a Teaching Tool
‣Web 2.0 Solutions to Course Development Communication Challenges
‣Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools: Instructional Uses of Google Apps
‣Using a Social Bookmark Site to Support Professional Practices
‣Building a Learning Community with MAGGIE
‣Using a Wiki as an Electronic Performance Support System
‣Wikis and Blogs and Tags: Oh Why?
‣Learning Objects: Where to Find Them and Why
‣Using Online Library Databases via an iPhone/iPod Touch
‣Embedded Librarian in an Online, Graduate-level, Research Course
‣Using Moodle to Promote Collaboration and Community from Atlanta to Manila
‣Using Moodle tools to facilitate student reflection
‣The Tablet PC as an all-in-one computer for faculty
‣Teaching Strategies that Enhance Online Communities
‣Advising and Supporting Online Learners
‣Applying the HedgeHog Principle to Online Higher Education
‣Top Three Characteristics of and Online Instructor and My Teaching Philosophy
‣Challenges and Successes: Videoconferencing Speech Classes between Hawaii and Japan
‣Leadership in Online Learning: Challenges and Opportunities for Minority Women
‣Cultural Diversity and Its Impact in an Online Education Environment
‣Strengthening Seldom Taught Languages Through User Generated Community
‣EFL Faculty Online: Support and Development Issues
‣LANCELOT - LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Teachers
‣What Works Best -- Podcasting or a Study Tool Game?
‣Making Audiobooks Using PodText and iPods
‣Is Internet-based Learning Effective in EFL?
‣iStream: Innovation at Your Fingertips
‣The Global Digital Divide

KEYNOTE SESSIONS

Dr. Larry Johnson, CEO, New Media Consortium (NMC)

Mr. Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO, LearningTimes.org

Dr. Barbara P. McLain, Professor of Music, University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM)

ADDITIONAL INFO.

See the conference homepage <http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu>, or contact Bert Kimura <bert@hawaii.edu> or Curtis Ho <curtis@hawaii.edu>

The University of Hawai'i, Kapi'olani Community College and University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Educational Technology Department, College of Education host this event in partnership with Osaka Gakuin University, Japan and LearningTimes.org. TCC 2008 is also held in collaboration with the Pan-Pacific Distance Learning Association (PPDLA) and the New Media Consortium (NMC).