ALA Conference (Chicago)

WISE was introduced to the American Library Association community at the ALA 2005 Annual Conference, held in Chicago at the McCormick Place Convention Center, June 23-29, 2005.  At Exhibit Booth #3844 were representatives from member schools, information on current course offerings and the latest WISE news!  WISE member schools, Syracuse University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, all had individual exhibit booths at the conference as well.

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In addition, the WISE Workshops on Online Pedagogy entitled "Conversations on Learning & Teaching Online" were held on Monday, June 27, 2005 from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center (450 North Cityfront Plaza Dr., Rooms 308 + 320).  The schedule was as follows:

9:00am -  9:55am = Keynote Presentation: "On Becoming a Web Site" by Dr. Punya Mishra (Room 308)

10:00am - 12:00pm = Panel Discussion with LIS Online Teachers & Learners (Room 308)

1:00pm -  2:30pm = Breakout Groups: Subject-Specific Pedagogy (Room 320)

3:00pm -  5:00pm = Online Part-Time Faculty Development (Room 308)

The workshops were FREE & open to all ALA attendees.

If you have any questions about content of the WISE Workshops on Online Pedagogy or if you would like to be included on a mailing list, please email Linda C. Smith at lcsmith@uiuc.edu.

See http://www.ala.org for more information about the ALA conference.