The 2008 Program has just been posted. We encourage you to download it and become familiar with what will be going on at the symposium:

http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/2008_program

Have you noticed that when you login, there is a box to the right side (just under the registration box) called "Private messages"? You may even have a message at the top of the page indicating that you have a message waiting for you. Be sure to check it, as it may be an important message from one of your colleagues!

The Private Message feature on this website allows you to network with anyone on the site without the fear of giving up contact information (unless you provide it yourself). All messages are kept in your inbox to and from your contacts. Others can contact you and you can contact them through their user page (click "Symposium Team" above this post for an example of a user page). Your email is not shared with the other users unless you put it in your message.

The Sloan-C Western Survey preview report is now posted! You can download it from this page:

http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org/western_survey

This is just a preview of a report that will be released on May 7 at the Symposium in Carefree, AZ, but there is already plenty of information to digest. 400 institutions out of around 900 potential institutions in the 14 western states were included in this survey spanning a 6-year time period, so this should paint a realistic picture of what is happening in western higher education at the strategic level concerning online education.

Comparing to the national survey, it looks like 73% of the Chief Academic Officers in the west believe there is still a growth opportunity in online education, while that number sits at 83% on the national level.

We want to encourage everyone to take advantage of the reward system we have in place on this website and announce that we have just added two grand prizes of a free round of golf or massage at the Ca

We anticipate the activity on this website to pick up as we get closer to the event in Carefree, AZ, even if you aren't attending. In anticipation of the event, we encourage you to discuss your interests and curiosities in the topics of this website so that by the time you get to the event, you can take more advantage of your time there. To help facilitate collaboration, we encourage you to utilize some of the networking tools installed on this website, which include:

Hello all,

Here is an image from the networking session we had in Second Life just before the holiday break (Dec 21) focused on the Symposium and what we are doing online and in Carefree, AZ.

We believe we had well over a hundred visitors at that point. We plan to do another one soon and we will keep you posted through this website and other Sloan-C channels. It was great to meet some of you that came out.