The Sakai Foundation is seeking nominees for its third annual international Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Representatives from the Foundation announced next year's competition at the EDUCAUSE Conference in Denver, CO. The intent of the award is to highlight examples of innovative and transformative educational applications of Sakai.

Intro to Content Mgmt Systems When: 7-9 Friday, February 27th Where: 5729 Constitution Ave, Colorado Springs, CO Cost: $25.00 Overview The class will provide a brief intro to Content Mgmt Systems, comparing and contrasting the most popular three, Drupal, Joomla, and Zikula. I will give a demonstration and review the Zikula CMS and give an in-depth overview of features and why a designer should be using a CMS to create websites! The class is limited to 25 people, please bring your laptops wireless internet is provided. The location is on the Southwest corner of Constitution and Powers. Hope to see you there for an exciting, informative event! Get More Information Here

Deadline for Submissions: March 2, 2009

WCET invites you to share your knowledge and expertise on the innovative ways you are transforming higher education at the 21st Annual Conference in Denver, CO, October 21-24, 2009. Over 150 presenters will be selected to participate in the program.

Consumer acceptance of online education is now at an all-time high. Convenience, flexibility, and eliminating costly commutes to a campus have broadened the appeal of getting an online degree for busy adults. Over the past five years enrollments in online courses and online degrees have been growing over ten times faster than traditional higher education.

Deadline: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 4:00 pm

There's still time to submit a proposal for Distance Learning 2009. If you are interested in presenting a workshop, information session, course design demo, roundtable discussion, or e-Poster session, submit via our online proposal form at: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference