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Tools for SCORM:
What We Have and What We Need
Workforce ADL Co-Lab Staff and Organizers of eLearning Summit 2007
would like to thank all participants for the great presentations
and discussions at the summit! Detailed presentations (PPT) will be
available soon.
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Description
As the
SCORM-conformant infrastructure matures and SCORM's adoption
spreads, opportunities emerge for new work processes, like re-use
of course components and on-line training materials of all sorts.
People will want to manage and search repositories, combine
off-the-shelf elements into their own course designs, comparison
shop for courses on the subject, and so on.
New software
features and even new product categories must be created. And
demand for new tools extends across the many SCORM Communities of
Practice: US DoD, Federal Government, higher
educations, K-12 school systems in the
US
and in several other countries, healthcare professional
education, workforce training and more.
This year's
eLearning Summit
will involve participants and expert
panelists in a conversation about "SCORM Tools: What We Have, and
What We'll Need." The summit will take place at the
University of
Memphis
's FedEx Institute of Technology on Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 30 – 31, 2007.
This year's meeting will address the concerns of
many stakeholders:
- Representatives from all eLearning sectors: K-12, higher
education and enterprise training
- Instructional designers
- Training managers and learning officers
- Representatives of industry and education sectors
- Software vendors and training developers
- LMS/LCMS vendors
- Content providers
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Why You Should Attend
No other conference in ADL history has been especially
designed to address the particular needs of the SCORM user:
Instructional Designers, Training Managers, Learning Officers, and
Representatives of the industry and education sectors. ELearning
Summit 2007 is a great opportunity for you to:
- network and build relationships within the community
- critically evaluate tools/utilities for SCORM
- participate in discussion groups addressing future needs
- understand the advanced technical underpinnings for future
learning systems
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Conference Foci
The conference discussions will address the major and most
significant achievements in SCORM development and implementation as
well the most urgent technological needs. Examples of some of the
most exciting areas include, but are not limited to:
- Content production: Creative
strategies and delivery methodologies for maximum results
- Authoring environments
- Quality control procedures
- Content repository/reuse: Implementing effective content management
systems
- ADL Registry
- Re-usability 2.0
- Tool interoperability/integration: Innovative combinations that build doorways
to the world
- Conversion/Integration utilities
- Open source tools
- Tools for assembling and disassembling SCOs
Discussion facilitators bring to these conversations
significant expertise and experience in empirical, conceptual,
design areas, involving a range of methodologies encompassing
both qualitative and quantitative approaches. These include
application designs, innovative frameworks, case studies, survey
research, and ROI analyses.
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Submitting Papers and Demonstration Proposals
Completed and original abstracts of no more than 250 words must
be submitted electronically to the conference website and will
undergo a peer review process. Accepted submissions will be
presented in the summit in the form of either a paper or a poster
presentation based on reviewers recommendations. The deadline to
submit an abstract is 31st August
2007.
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Registration Fees
The registration fee for eLearning Summit 2007 includes
continental breakfasts, beverages and refreshments served during
breaks, the welcome buffet reception, and lunches. Plan to
register early as the number of attendees will be limited.
Registration Fee: $200 USD
- Last day for online
registration: 15 October 2007
- Refunds/Cancellation Policy:
- $100 US refund if cancelled before 30 September 2007
- $50 US refund if cancelled between 1 October 2007 and 15
October 2007
- No refund if cancelled after 15 October 2007
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Sponsors
- Workforce Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab
- The University of Memphis Learning Technologies Area of Focus
- FedEx Institute of Technology
- Institute for Intelligent Systems
- Center for Applied Psychology Research
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Organizing Commitee
Suresh Susarla (chair), Xiangen Hu, Daniel Rehak and Tricia
Simmons, Workforce ADL
Co-Lab
Program Commitee
Xiangen Hu (Chair), Workforce ADL Co-Lab
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Lodging
A segment of rooms has been reserved at two local hotels,
Doubletree Suites and Hampton Inn. Only Doubletree provides
shuttle service to and from the airport. Please mention the
conference code ToolFest 2007 when you book to receive
the discounted rate($89/$99). Reservations can be made via phone
or email:
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Shuttle Service
Shuttle service from hotels to the conference Fedex Institute of
Technology has been arranged and scheduled as below:
Inbound from hotel to conference facility:
Oct. 30th and 31st: 7:15am and 7:45am
Outbound from conference facility to hotels:
Oct. 30th: 8:30pm and 9:00pm
Outbound from conference facility to airport
Oct. 31st: 1:00pm; 1:30pm; 2:00pm
Parking
For the convenience of those participants who need parking, there
is a parking garage located across the street from the conference
facility, the FedEx Institute of Technology. Parking passes will
be available at registration.
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