* eCollege.com ( www.ecollege.com) and the G8 Research Group at the University of Toronto (www.g7.utoronto.ca) are joining forces to present The 1999 G8 Summit Online (www.g8online.org). Participate in this unprecedented interactive dialog with the world's top leaders. Attendees will interact on the Internet with others around the world, debating issues such as the monetary and financial architecture of the global economy, economic and social policies of an evolving world, and educational needs for a world community.

Registration is OPEN NOW and FREE of charge. There is room for only 5000 participants - be one of them. Register now at: www.g8online.org and be part of one classroom, one world.

* The Summer Institute for Intercultural Communications is scheduled to hold 3 Sessions of concurrent Workshops: July 14-16, July 19-23 and July 26-30, 1999. This wide range of workshops and seminars is designed to meet the needs of professionals in the areas of intercultural and multicultural communication in both domestic and international arenas. For further information see: www.intercultural.org (Name: SIIC, Password: brochure)

* June 26-29, 1999 - attend The Digital Millennium: Collaboration-Integration-Education, presented by the National University Telecommunications Network (NUTN). The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Seattle WA. Features are: concurrent sessions, a panel debate on the future of distance education and a distance learning Showcase. Keynote speaker is Dr. Robin Mason, Open University. For more information see: www.odu.edu/~nutn

* August 12 and 13, 1999 - 8:30 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan), Halle Library will sponsor a workshop that will provide hands-on experience and practical applications in how to blend interactive television (two-way video and two-way audio) and online technologies to actively engage learners, stimulate higher-level thinking and capture scheduling efficiencies. Topics will include ITV best practices (tips and techniques), how to create web sites and integrate multimedia applications, learner support systems, and accreditation data (what to collect and what to do with it). To obtain more information or a registration form, go to: www.dldynamics.com

* PictureTel Users Group conference is scheduled for September 12-15, 1999 in Sacramento, CA at the Sacramento Convention Center. Participate in educational experiences, explore new Videoconferencing innovations and demonstrations, exchange perspectives and experiences and hear about PictureTel's directions. For more information see: www.pug.com/apug/hot.htm

* Evaluating Web-based Courses will be held at the Rochester Institute of Technology, on October 1-2, 1999. The workshop will cover various aspects of quality assurance and improvement, with a focus on teaching and learning but also covering cost analysis. People with other interests in the study of technology in distance learning should also find this useful. Put the dates on your calendar and sign up for the free evaluation newsletter, F-LIGHT; it comes out once a month and, in addition to information on recent studies, includes information on upcoming workshops, Flashlight Online, new tool kits, etc. You can sign up by sending email to: listproc@listproc.wsu.edu with the message SUBSCRIBE F-LIGHT (your name).

* The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference (SITE 2000) Feb. 8-12, 2000 will be held in San Diego, CA at San Diego Marriott-Mission Valley. The Call for Participation deadline is OCT. 5, 1999. The Conference is hosted by San Diego State University and sponsored by the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) and the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). For more information see: http://www.aace.org

* The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications will be held June 26 - July 1, 2000 in Montreal, Canada. Call for Participation deadline is OCT. 26, 1999. The event is hosted by Computer Research Inst. of Montreal (CRIM) Concordia University, McGill University, University of Montreal and University of Quebec at Montreal and sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) http://www.aace.org