Keynote Resources

Keynote presentations are an important part of the conference, providing ideas and perspectives from leaders in the field of distance teaching and learning. You can access recordings of keynote presentations from past conferences using the links below. Most recordings are approximately 60 minutes in length.

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2012 Keynote Recordings

Applying neuroscience to educate for meaningful learning

Dr. James Zull, Professor of Biology and of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University

Learning in hand with mobile technology

Judy Brown, Mobile Learning Strategic Analyst

Keynote Resources from Past Conferences

Year	Title	Presenter
2011	Education in the age of disruptive innovation	Lee Crockett, Director of Media, InfoSavvy Group
2011	e-Learning: So much talk, so little action	Allison Rossett, Professor, San Diego State University
2011	Emergence: Meaningful learning and the new technologies	Clark Quinn, Executive Director, Quinnovation
2010	Digital habitats and communities of practice: A social discipline of learning	Dr. Etienne Wenger, Independent author and thinker
2010	Is e-learning e-mentia?	Dr. Michael Allen, Allen Interactions
2010	e-Learning solutions: Tying knots in your shoestring budget to survive	Dr. Jane Bozarth, North Carolina Office of State Personnel
2009	In the age of real-time: The complex, social and serendipitous learning offered via the Web	Teemu Arina, CEO, Dicole Ltd.
2009	Remembering forward: Scenarios for the future of distance teaching and learning	Judith Boettcher, Founder/Consultant, DesigningforLearning.com
2009	The scholarship of distance education: A story of which we can be proud!	Michael G. Moore, Professor, Pennsylvania State University
2008	Connectivism: A vision for education	George Siemens, Associate Director of Research and Development, University of Manitoba
2008	Technology trends opening access to education worldwide: Now, we all can learn!	Curt Bonk, Professor of Educational Psychology and Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University
2008	Achieving success: Listen, look and lead	Marilyn Moats Kennedy, Founder and partner, Moats/Kennedy, Inc.
2007	Leadership counts ... and adds more than numbers	Darcy Walsh Hardy, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Executive Director, University of Texas System TeleCampus
2007	My generation, your generation: We're all in this together	Dr. Mark Milliron, Suanne Davis Roueche Endowed Fellow, Senior Lecturer, and Director of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) in the College of Education, University of Texas-Austin
2007	Emerging models of learning/teaching via 'cyberinfrastructure'	Dr. Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education, Harvard University
2006	Learning for the new mobile society	David Metcalf, CLO Advisor/Researcher, Institute for Simulation and Training,University of Central Florida
2006	Efficiency in learning: Applying cognitive load theory to distance learning	Ruth Clark, Clark Training & Consulting
2006	Learning networks: Beyond information delivery	David Cavallo, Future of Learning Research Group, MIT - Media Lab
2005	New strategies for e-learning design: Harnessing technology for flexibility and engagement	Prof. Diana Laurillard, Head of the e-Learning Strategy Unit, UK Government's Department for Education and Skills and Visiting Professor, Open University
2005	Going the (virtual) distance: Does better learning come from better technology?	Michael Schrage, Co-director, MIT Media Lab's E-Markets Initiative and Senior Adviser, MIT's Security Studies Program
2005	The learning sciences, education, and technology: Issues and opportunities	Dr. John Bransford, James W. Mifflin University Professorship and Professor of Education, University of Washington
2004	Distributed-learning communities as a model for online education	Dr. Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2004	Improving learning and reducing costs: New models of online learning	Carol Twigg, Executive Director of the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2004	Building an online community as the heart of the BBC's training and professional development	Prof. Nigel Paine, BBC People Development
2003	Overcoming our digital immigrant accents: understanding gaming and other digital native behaviors	Marc Prensky, author and CEO, games2train.com and Corporate Gameware LLC
2003	After the fall: the lessons of an indulgent era	Dr. Jack Wilson, CEO, UMassOnline
2003	Learning portals: integrating resources on the desktop	Gloria Gery, Gery Associates
2003	After the fall: The lessons of an indulgent era	Dr. Jack Wilson, CEO, UMassOnline
2003	Learning portals: Integrating resources on the desktop	Gloria Gery, President, Gery & Associates
2003	Overcoming our digital immigrant accents: Understanding gaming and other digital native behaviors	Marc Prensky, CEO, Corporate Gameware LLC