UW SELECTS NEW COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - After a year of
careful study and evaluation, the Course Management System (CMS) Task Force
has recommended that the UW System enter into negotiations with Desire2Learn
(D2L) to provide their Enterprise System Course Management product. Representatives
from all campuses were included in the evaluation process. The final four systems were
demonstrated on each campus and comments from participants considered by a task
force. The task force is confident that D2L will be the best fit for the UW System over
the next five years. When negotiations are complete, an implementation plan will be
developed. Faculty and staff will be assisted in converting their courses from Blackboard
and/or Web CT to D2L, will receive training and support, and may continue to use the
Webcamps templates rather than D2L, if they choose. Full implementation of D2L is
planned for the summer of 2004. As more information about D2L becomes available, it
will be shared across the System. (UW System Information Release)

BRUCE DEWEY RECEIVES AWARD - Bruce Dewey, Instructional Communications
Systems, UW-Extension Distance Education Specialist has received a Collaboration/
Partnership Award for his assistance in training the participants in the 4H Youth
Development videoconferencing program "Wisconsin County Fair Judges Training."
Bruce along with other team members will be honored at the awards banquet of
the Wisconsin Association of Extension 4-H and Youth Development Programmers
(WAE4-HYDP) on April 9, 2003 in Madison.

UW-STOUT CONFERENCE - The Stout Technical Education Conference is
accepting proposals for its 50th annual event scheduled for Friday, October 10,
2003 on the UW-Stout campus. Technology Education and related teachers are
encouraged to share expertise in the field of technology education and highlight
innovative and creative classroom ideas, strategies, and curriculum with
colleagues throughout the state and nation. Call for proposal applications are
due on April 20, 2003. Contact: applehansd@uwstout.edu (Delivering Stout
Solutions Newsletter, Mar 03)

BRIDGING THE GAPS - UW-Madison will host a two-day Technology Symposium,
"Bridging the Gaps," May 20 and 21, 2003 at Grainger Hall. This Teaching and
Learning Symposium is free and open to UW faculty, academic staff, and teaching
assistants. (Alan Wolf, DoIT)