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TLT Symposium

After close to a year of planning, the 2007 TLT Symposium kicks off tonight with a dinner for invited guests. Tomorrow things kick into high gear and before we know it, it will all be over — and planning will start for 2008.

I just wanted to throw a quick post up here to point out that we’ve worked really hard to make sure the Symposium walked the talk this year. My colleague, Allan Gyorke was in charge of this year’s event and his use of Web 2.0 tools in the planning and execution of the event is well documented over at the Symposium site. I think it is very cool that we were able to build on what we learned last year and have exposed the power of these tools to support the planning of a massive event.

From Flickr, Moo Cards, BaseCamp, Drupal, to Twitter and Google Docs the whole thing has been supported by some very powerful tools. Just the way we approved the marketing materials and tracked the events leading up to the big day using Flickr was amazing … I’m sure those stories will get told as posts or podcasts at the Symposium site as well. Speaking of that, all attendees will be able to blog and share thoughts during the event just like last year. Should be interesting and will hopefully provide a place for the conversation to continue.


Sample of the Signage for the 2007 TLT Symposium

Educational Technology Report: TLT staff’s efforts with ANGEL up for award

Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) staff contributed to an entry from Penn State regarding the University’s use of ANGEL that has been named a finalist for the IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. Learning Impact Recognition and Awards.

The award recognizes outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing education and learning.

TLT’s Terry O’Heron, along with ETS’s Pat Besong and Jeff Swain, worked together to develop a three-minute Flash presentation which is part of the final judging. To view the Flash presentation, please go here: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/

After you open the link, go to “IMS Global Learning Consortium Learning Impact Awards Entry: ANGEL” under “Featured Items” on the left side.

At the Learning Impact conference April 16, an esteemed panel of judges will vote to order the finalists. It is anticipated that the top five will be designated platinum, the second five designated gold, the third five designated silver,and the fourth five designated bronze. The finalists rated below number 20 by the judges will receive honorable mention. All finalists will be featured in the conference report and on the IMS public web site at http://imsglobal.org.