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Speakers Confirmed to Date
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Susan Patrick, iNACOL
Monday, April 19 11:30 - 12:30
Susan Patrick is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), representing the interests of practitioners, providers and students involved in online learning worldwide.
She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, and in 2008 was named by eSchool News as one of the top 10 national education leaders who “have had a profound impact on educational technology”.
Patrick has published articles and appeared in a variety of national news media such as CNN, Newsweek, USA Today, ABC News, NBC, CBS, US News and World Report, Christian Science Monitor, CSPAN, Computerworld, Forbes, National Public Radio, Education Week, New York Times, London Times, eSchool News, Converge, and numerous other publications. http://www.inacol.org/about/president.php
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Alec Couros, University of Regina
Thursday, April 22 9:00 - 10:30
Alec Couros is a professor of educational technology and media and the Coordinator of Information and Communications Technology at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Alec works with undergraduate and graduate students to develop their understanding and competencies in working with technology and media in K -12 environments. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as open education, social & networked learning, instructional design, digital citizenship and critical media literacy. More about Alec can be found at his popular educational blog, Open Thinking, found at http://couros.ca.
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Nancy White
Friday, April 23 8:30 - 9:30 For starters, Nancy confesses to online interaction, learning and chocolate addiction. She is founder of Full Circle Associates, helping organizations connect through online and offline strategies. Nancy is a learner, an online interaction designer, facilitator and coach for distributed communities of practice, online learning, distributed teams and online communities. She has a special interest in the NGO/NPO sector. Nancy blogs at http://www.fullcirc.com/ as well as teaches, presents and writes on online facilitation and interaction, social architecture and social media: http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm. She is co-author with Etienne Wenger and John Smith of “Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities.” Lately she likes to draw on walls and coo over her brand new grandbaby!!! She lives in Seattle with her husband and two grown sons.
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