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    Posted 08-26-2000 09:39
    from Jason Mann <jason.mann@vanderbilt.edu> at Vanderbilt University in
    Tennessee:

    Subject: ALN ANNOUNCEMENTS - Getting Started Fall2000 | Journal of ALN | ALN
    Conference

    ANNOUNCEMENT 2: JOURNAL OF ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKS
    ANNOUNCEMENT 3: 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALN
    ANNOUNCEMENT 1: NEWEST ALN WORKSHOP



    ANNOUNCEMENT 2: JOURNAL OF ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKS

    Two Special Issues of the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks

    http://www.aln.org/alnweb/journal/jaln-vol4issue2-3.htm

    - JALN Vol. 4, Issue 2
    September 2000
    Special Issue on LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS

    - JALN Vol. 4, Issue 3
    September 2000
    Special Issue on FACULTY SATISFACTION


    ANNOUNCEMENT 3: 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALN
    http://www.aln.org/alnconf2000/

    November 3-5, 2000
    The 6th International Conference on ALN will be held at:

    University of Maryland University College
    Inn and Conference Center
    Adelphi, MD.

    The Fifth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks
    is the premier conference devoted exclusively to online learning. It
    brings together an international group of innovative educators,
    trainers, and technologists who are developing the art and practice
    of online learning.
    The conference, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
    <http://www.sloan.org/> in conjunction with
    University of Maryland University College
    <http://www.umuc.edu/>, the
    University System of Maryland
    <http://www.usmh.usmd.edu/>, the
    ALN Center
    <http://www.aln.org/> at Vanderbilt University, and the
    Goethe-Institut Washington
    <http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/enindex.htm>,
    provides an opportunity for you to study key issues, learn new approaches,
    see new technologies, share best practices, hear research results, and
    become part of an international community that is shaping education for a
    knowledge society of lifelong learners.


    ANNOUNCEMENT 1: NEWEST ALN WORKSHOP

    ALN Workshop: "Getting Started Creating Online Courses - FrontPage2000"
    Fall 2000 session: October 1 - November 25, 2000. Register now! at
    http://www.netlearning.org/gs-fall2000/

    This workshop includes 4 modules that can be taken as a package or
    individually:
    Module 1: Basics (HTML and FrontPage 2000 basics)
    Module 2: Advanced FrontPage (more advanced features of FrontPage 2000
    such as forms, frames, themes, shared borders, etc.)
    Module 3: Database Management *PC only (Setting up the database
    connection, submitting to a database, displaying database results,
    searching a database, passing parameters)
    Module 4: Advanced Media (multimedia documents, streaming technology,
    discussion forums, netmeeting)

    This workshop is geared to show you what is currently going on in the
    area of online courses, and walk you through the steps to produce
    your own course using Microsoft FrontPage. You get your own
    development space on a FrontPage server while taking the workshop.
    A large part of the workshop involves interacting in an online conference
    setting with other participants (typically around 50) and the workshop
    facilitators who give excellent support and feedback.



    Thank you for your time and interest in ALN.

    Jason Mann
    jason.mann@vanderbilt.edu