The Massachusetts Colleges Online Conference on E-Learning allows attendees to explore, discuss, and understand how the colleges in Massachusetts are exploring new online horizons in the ways we teach, learn, interact, and communicate with our students. The conference sessions address:

• Increasing access to higher educational opportunities through online learning
• Managing the dramatic growth of E-Learning programs in Massachusetts public higher education
• Reaching online students in new pedagogical ways
• Meeting the technical demands of online delivery
• Meeting administrative challenges
• Meeting the challenges of creating online student services

Who Should Attend

• Faculty teaching online courses
• Faculty interested in learning to teach online
• Administrators interested in supporting online faculty
• Instructional supervisors
• Librarians
• E-Learning support staff
  

2008 Keynote Address:

Ed Klonoski, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium
"Collaborations Across Higher Education"

Featured Speaker:

Patricia M. O’Brien, SND,
"Assuring the Quality of Distance Education"

COD Award (Courses of Distinction)

This is an opportunity to recognize faculty from throughout the state who have developed and teach innovative and exciting online courses. These are courses utilizing the tools of online instruction to achieve success with students. COD nominees will have the opportunity to showcase their online courses throughout the conference.