2012 SREB Teaching and Learning Symposium (General Public)

SREB Educational Technology Cooperative Symposium on Virtual Teaching and Learning

DISRUPTING EDUCATION: Depends on How You Look At It

March 1-2, 2012

The Educational Technology Cooperative focuses on developing highly capable and deeply disruptive innovators at its meetings. Offering unparalleled access to experts and networking with colleagues, Symposium sessions engage and inform teaching and learning professionals across a K-20 spectrum.

Change is coming at education from all sides.

The 2012 Symposium will examine change and innovation from multiple points of view as well. We will explore the views of an accreditor, an entrepreneur, a philanthropic investor, a policy-maker and the educational press. We will challenge the status quo, question the future and build your ability to navigate an increasingly disruptive ecosystem.

Who Will Be There

Academic change agents, state-level, system-level, college and school eLearning leaders, instructional and curriculum design experts, online teaching managers and specialists, digital content developers, and anyone working with virtual learning operations, administration, strategy or policy development.

Symposium Dates/Times: Thursday, March 1, 2:30 p.m. through Friday, March 2, 12:30 p.m.

Location:

Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway (1 mile from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport)

Using ATL Skytrain from airport: Take train to GICC Gateway stop. Take elevator down to ground level. Hotel is just outside the station.

Symposium Presenters

Michael Horn, Innosight Institute

Belle Wheelan, CEO, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Burck Smith, CEO, StraighterLine

Gisele Huff, Executive Director, Hume Foundation

Symposium Debate: Blended Learning: Brilliant or Bogus?

(Michael Horn versus Myk Garn)

SREB/iNACOL National Online Teacher of the Year

The 2012 SREB/iNACOL National Online Teacher of the Year will be announced on Thursday, March 1, at the awards banquet.

Symposium Registration

The registration fee is $175.00 (including meals and awards banquet). Please go to the registration website at http://teachingandlearningsymposium2012.eventbrite.com. The deadline for registering is Friday, February 3, 2012.

Hotel Cost and Reservation

SREB has reserved a block of rooms at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway. Special room rates are available at $129.00 per night, and each guest (excluding Cooperative Representatives) is responsible for contacting the hotel to reserve a room. The telephone number for hotel reservations is 1-800-228-9290 or 404-763-1544 (Group Name is SREB), and the link is

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/atlma?groupCode=sresrea&app=resvlink&fromDate=2/29/12&toDate=3/2/12