You are invited to a special webinar this Wednesday 26th at 11:00 AM  MDT. This event is sponsored by the Canadian E-Learniing Enterprise  Association (CELEA) ( http://www.celea-aceel.ca/) and Athabasca's Technology Enhanced Research Centre (TEKRI) (https://tekri.athabascau.ca/).  

The URL for this session is  https://connect.athabascau.ca/celea/

CELEA is clebebrating thier 10th anniversary and are doing so with a public dialogue between e-learning entrepreneurs and e-learning researchers. 

The round robin discussion will focus on questions such as:

·         Public/Private partnerships in the eLearning industry: can universities and elearning vendors work together?

·         How can the private sector best access the research conducted at universities?

·         How can private sector eLearning companies support research done at universities?

·         Do universities have a role supporting the eLearning industry in Canada?

·         Is instructional design in eLearning based on research results?

The panel includes:

From Athabasca’s TEKRI (Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute) –

·         Terry Andersen,  https://tekri.athabascau.ca/content/dr-terry-anderson-canada-research-chair-distance-education

·         Dragan Gasevic, Associate Professor - School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University http://scis.athabascau.ca/scis/staff/faculty.jsp?id=dragang

·         Marti Cleveland-Innis, Director, Centre for Distance Education Athabasca University, Athabasca University http://cde.athabascau.ca/faculty/martic.php

·         George Siemens, theorist on learning in a digitally based society, http://www.elearnspace.org/about.htm

From CeLEA (Canadian eLearning Enterprise Alliance) –

·         Claude Martel, Professor in Educational Technology at Concordia University, President of Educonsillium and Chairman of CELEA http://ca.linkedin.com/in/claudem

·         Mollie O’Neill, President of Brigus Learning http://www.brigusgroup.com

·         Gary Woodill, President of i5Research http://i5research.com/

This session will be of interest to those looking to collaborate with or becoming a member of Canada's e-learning industry.

Hope to see lots of AUers there!