* Track 5 of the Syllabus Spring 2001 conference, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio April 5-8, will deal with "Distance Learning: Issues and Programs." The Distance Learning track will consider the latest thinking about online learning from numerous perspectives. For detailed session descriptions and online registration, CLICK: http://www.syllabus.com

* UMUC is hosting an asynchronous online workshop entitled "Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism in the Digital Environment" from April 2, 2001 to April 13, 2001. The noted scholar Rebecca Moore Howard, Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and Director and Chair of The Writing Program at Syracuse University will moderate this workshop series. For more information and registration CLICK: http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/workshop_4-01/workshop.html

* The UCEA April Conference - The Spirit of Enterprise: Reinventing Continuing Education in the New E-conomy will be held April 5-7, 2001 in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Tracks include: New Organizational Forms and Strategies; Web and Internet; New CE Programs, Experiences and Services and Economic and Community Development. For more information CLICK: http://www.nucea.edu

* A new program and Certificate course has been announced by the Masie Center. It will be taught in the new eLab is Saratoga Springs, NY. Called Skills for eTrainers Teaching & Coaching in a Virtual Classroom, it is scheduled for April 23 to 25, 2001 and will include Online Sessions and Projects. Space is limited and it will be one of the most intense and interactive learning programs that you have attended. Information and online registration at CLICK: http://www.masie.com

* The fourth annual Distance Education Technologies Workshop 2001 is scheduled for May 18-20, 2001 in Vancouver, BC. The Workshop is sponsored by Athabasca University's Master of Distance Education (MDE) programme. Although MDE students are the primary audience for the workshop, non- students are permitted to attend as space permits. For more information: CLICK: http://cde.athabascau.ca/DET/2001/

* The 17th annual Training Directors' Forum will be held June 10-13, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas Resort, Las Vegas, NV. The event is sponsored by OnlineLearning. For complete information CLICK: http://www.trainingdirectorsforum.com

* E D - M E D I A 2001 - The World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications will be held June 25-30, 2001 in Tampere, Finland and is hosted by University of Tampere. For full information CLICK: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/

* LERN has scheduled the conference Learning Online for June 25-26, 2001 at the DoubleTree Hotel - Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN. Join the experts and strategically position yourself for success. For more information CLICK: http://www.lern.org/learning_online

* FutureScope 2001 - will focus on Exploring the 21st Century at its annual conference July 29-31 at the Hilton Minneapolis & Towers, Minneapolis, MN For more information CLICK: http://www.wfs.org