4th Annual Innovations in e-Learning Symposium (June 3,4,5)

(seriously, Sid Meier is a keynoter and it only cost $250 for the whole conference!)

The George Mason University Instructional Technology Program and the Defense Acquisition University invite you to attend the 4th Annual Innovations in e-Learning Symposium to be held on June 3, 4 & 5, 2008 in the Johnson Center on the Fairfax Campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
The topics for this year's symposium are:
*    Mobile Learning and Gaming
*    Web 2.0 and Cyber-infrastructure
*    Innovation Design and Research Partnerships
*    Collaboration in a Virtual World

This event is ideal for managers, learning officers, instructional and/or curriculum designers, learning consultants, instructors, researchers and training and development professionals from business, government, and postsecondary education. The workshops offered, keynote speakers and registration information follows.

June 3 – Workshops
*    Mobile Learning 101
*    What is Web 2.0 and why should I care?
*    Audacity 101: Hands-On Audio Editing*
*    Collaboration in a Virtual World

Each workshop is a half-day. The registration fee for each workshop is $150. The registration fee includes a Certificate of Completion, breaks, lunch and parking. Registration is limited to 50 people per workshop so please register early.

*Participants attending the Audacity 101:Hands-On Audio Editing workshop must bring a laptop computer with wireless internet capability.

June 4 & 5 - Symposium
Keynote Speakers
*    Frank Anderson, Jr., President, Defense Acquisition University
*    Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher, Institute for Information Technology's Internet Logic Research   Group
*    Henry Kelly, President, Federation of American Scientists
*    Sid Meier, CEO, Firaxis Games
*    David Thornburg, Director of Global Operations, Thornburg Center 

The registration fee for this two-day event is $250 and includes an opening night reception, breaks, two continental breakfasts, two lunches and parking.

For a detailed schedule and to register, visit innovationsinelearning.gmu.edu