2005 Online AVLN Conference Readings

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Referenced here are suggested readings to prepare for the conference. Browse, skim, read as you have time & interest.

• Dougiamas, M. (1998). A Journey Into Constructivism. <http://dougiamas.com/writing/constructivism.html>
  An interesting study by the creator of Moodle, an open source courseware.
• Foreman, J., and R. Jenkins. (2005). Full-featured Web conferencing systems. Innovate 1 (4). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=45 (accessed May 5, 2005).
• Gates, B. (2005). Real-Time Collaboration. Real-Time Collaboration Web Conference, San Francisco, California. <http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches.asp>
• Hawkins, B. (2005). We've Got to Work Collaboratively! EDUCAUSE Review. <http://www.educause.edu/er/erm05/erm05112.asp?bhcp=1>.
• Klonoski, E. (2005). Cost-saving collaboration: Purchasing and deploying a statewide learning management system. Innovate 1 (4). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=69 (accessed May 5, 2005).
• LaCour, S. (2005). The future of integration, personalization, and ePortfolio technologies. Innovate 1 (4). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=85 (accessed May 5, 2005)
• Lee, H. (2000). Church Structure in 2025. Adventist Review Online. <http://www.adventistreview.org/thisweek/millenn5.htm>
• Lee, H. (2000). Proposals for Structural Change. Adventist Review Online. <http://www.adventistreview.org/thisweek/millenn5-1.htm>
• Murray, C. (2004). Will virtual lectures vacate classrooms? eSchool News, November 18, 2004. <http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5384>
  Free registration to view this article.
• National Center for Educational Statistics. (2005). Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2002-03, <http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005010>
• Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives. On the Horizon (9:5) NCB University Press. <http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf>
• Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Immigrants, Digital Natives Part II: Do They Really Think Differently? On the Horizon (9:6) NCB University Press. <http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part2.pdf>
• Prensky, M. See also his other writing on gaming & learning. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
• The Sloan Consortium. (2005). Entering the Mainstream: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States, 2003 and 2004 <http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/survey.asp>
• Suter, V., Alexander, B., and Kaplan P. (2005). Social Software and the Future of Conferences – Right Now. Educause Review, 40(1), 46-59. <http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm05/erm0513.asp?bhcp=1>
  What does it mean to attend an online conference? This article from Educause helps capture the flavor of our dreams for this conference.
• Tezt, G., and Lang Bell, D. (2005). The Little Clinics that Could. Adventist Review, <http://www.adventistreview.org/2005-1508/story2.html>
  What if schools and churches collaborated in a similar way? What other ways might we collaborate?
• Ulf-Daniel, E. (2005). What Do you Need for Quality in e-Learning? <http://www.elearningeuropa.info/index.php?page=doc&doc_id=6068&doclng=6>

Suggest a reading. Email 2005 Conference Chair, Janine Lim, at janine@janinelim.com.