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ePortfolios as a Catalyst for Connections: Celebrating the Curious, Creative and Capable Learner

For the third year, AAEEBL members and eportfolio practitioners from around the world will gather at the Seaport World Trade Center on stunning Boston Harbor for the AAEEBL Annual Conference. Once again, AAEEBL is co-locating with Campus Technology, and attendees will be welcome to attend either AAEEBL or CT sessions.
When Jul 16, 2012 07:55 AM to
Jul 19, 2012 02:00 PM
Where Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Highlights include:

  • This year AAEEBL will hold its first AAEEBL members' meeting.
  • This year will also represent the first year for a K-12 Institute to be held all day during the Monday workshop times (July 16).
  • All keynote sessions will be interactive, not "just talks."
  • Concurrent session rooms will be set up in the round, not in ranks to encourage participation.
  • In keeping with the participatory nature of this conference, featured will be approximately 30 poster sessions positioned with a special snack set-up to encourage interaction.
  • By popular demand, "conversations with..." sessions will return presenting opportunities for informal discussion with keynote speakers and other eportfolio leaders.
  • Keynoters will focus on fundamental issues related to learning and influencing policy-makers in education.
  • Our local arrangements institution will be Tufts University.

Who should attend?

CIOs, provosts, deans, educators, faculty leaders, eportfolio managers, technology directors, assessment leaders, faculty development staff, teaching and learning center staff, and librarians among others.

Featured Speakers

  • Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  "Technology, Writing and Spoken Language" -- an interactive, experiential workshop looking at the way technology moves writing closer to spoken language and why that is a good thing -- Monday workshop 8:30 a.m. to noon.
  • Todd Zakrajsek, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  "Overcoming Apathy and Creating Excitement in the Classroom" -- With a foundation from educational psychology and cognitive neuroscience, this session will demonstrate and explain how instructors can make classroom learning a more meaningful experience for students.
  • Gillie Bolton,
  • Barbara Cambridge, National Council of Teachers of English, Washington, DC
  • John Richards, cs4ed and Harvard University.  Featured speaker at the K-12 Institute. Monday K-12/K-16 Institute (full day).
  • Lisa Gray

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