The Localness program enables institutions to deliver the content produced at our conferences to members of their institution and to those within commuting distance. With travel restrictions in abundance, Localness enables participation in our conference from your own location. You will have access to 50+ sessions, both live and recorded, to participate in real time or to view at a later time.

Be a Local Site for Sloan C’s conferences!

Virtual Basic

Unlimited for host institutions

Access to streaming and archive of approximately 40 presentations, keynote, expert panel, plenary, closing session, and the concurrent MoodleMoot Conference Sessions and virtual exhibit hall that occur in San Francisco from June 17-19.

Remote users will be able to post questions in each session and have access to discussion forums

Virtual Premium

10 participants from host institution

F2F Streams (all Basic Registration components)
Discussion Forums

BootCamp* (an intensive workshop on getting started in online learning) will focus on technologies that will be used during the conference to ensure that your experience is as rounded as possible. Most of these technologies will be Web 2.0-based as well as use of Elluminate. Examples include Twitter and Voicethread!

Post Conference Workshops** (one workshop per track)

These will feature the "Best in Track" presentations. Each conference has a set of presentations that seem to create a "buzz" even before the conference begins. We've already sensed some activity in the forums and have an idea of a few possibilities; these s include: Web 2.0, Science in Second Life, Social Media World & Online Learning Models. There will be up to three of these workshops that virtual premium holders can access.

Available Grants

Sloan-C's goal is to encourage your participation as a Local Site. The Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB), through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation, will be providing grants of $2,500.00 to help institutions with marketing and other costs. Even if you don't receive a grant, you can still easily participate, If you have the College Pass, you may use coupons to recover any costs.

Submission Guidelines

Please contact us to explore other funding scenarios including the use of your College Pass coupons. Contact rtbrown [at] sloanconsortium [dot] org.

What does it cost to become a local site?
$5,000.00 is the basic fee, but this cost is recoverable through (1) grant, (2) income from others attending who are not at your institution and (3) use of college passes. Sloan-C's goal is to encourage your participation as a Local Site. We will be providing 5 grants of $2,500.00 to help institutions with marketing and other costs. Even if you don't receive a grant, you can still easily participate. If you have the College Pass, you may use coupons to recover any costs.

Funding Scenarios Review Document. Please contact rtbrown [at] sloanconsortium [dot] org if you need further clarification.


We simply want to be a Local Site/Host Institution for the faculty within our system. Can we do that?
Perfectly acceptable! You receive the virtual streaming package, unlimited use, and 10 of the Virtual Premium Packages. You may use college pass coupons at the rate of $30/coupon to offset costs, or you may simply pay for the additional cost.

Can a Local Site use its College Pass Coupons to make being a local site risk free?
YES! For any loss, you may use College Pass Coupons at a rate of $30/coupon.

We received a grant and still did not break even. What do we do?
Tell us how many college pass coupons you will use to offset the loss.