Keynote: Tuesday AM

Dr. Robert (Bob) Wisher is the Director of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. ADL seeks to establish standards for online learning allowing the exchange of learning content between learning communities.

Keynote: Tuesday PM

Bernie Dodge is best known as the investor of the WebQuest. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.

Keynote: Wednesday

Stephen Downes works for the National Research Council, Institute for Information Technology, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. He specializes in online learning, content syndication, and new media.

Judy Brown is an Education Technology Consultant who retired as the Emerging Technology Analyst in the Office of Learning and Information Technology (OLIT) at the University of Wisconsin System Administration in 2006.

Rovy Branon was appointed as the executive director of the AADLC in June 2007. In addition to his current appointment with the University of Wisconsin System, Rovy remains an adjunct faculty member in Indiana University's Instructional Systems Technology Department.

Jennifer Whiting, Director of Creative Services Florida Virtual School. Jennifer Whiting is an expert in innovation in online K-12 education. She is leading efforts of the largest virtual school in the United States to drive creativity in curriculum development and design.

Dr. Brian Beatty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Instructional Technologies at San Francisco State University. He has developed a number of innovative online instructional methods including his HyFlex course design process.

Academic Fest is more than a presentation of new ideas; it is an experimental event itself. We are mixing traditional conference presentations with “Open Sessions” that will be determined by conference attendees. In the schedule below, you have the option to begin participating today!

If you have a particular topic you would like to discuss, click on the Participate button and add it to our wiki. If a particular session has more than one topic suggestion, we will determine which one is the topic based on the number of people who have listed themselves as interested –or- we will spawn a new session...