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COME TO THE LETT'96 CONFERENCE!
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LEADING EDGE TRAINING TECHNOLOGIES (LETT)
FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 19 - 20, 1996
VICTORIA CONFERENCE CENTRE
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
HOSTED BY
Technology, Engineering, and Computing (TEC) Programs
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
THEME: Human Factors in the Design and Application of Training
Technologies
WHO WILL ATTEND
- Middle and senior managers from industry and business
- Leaders from all levels of government
- Consultants and trainers using emerging training technologies
- Educators from universities, colleges, and school districts
- Researchers who investigate and report on the use and the effects
of training technologies
- Multimedia, education and training software developers
The annual conference is designed to help training and business
professionals meet the competitive training challenges of the
nineties through the use of leading edge training technologies.
Delegates will:
- explore the uses, variety, and availability of the latest training
technologies, and decide which technologies you can use to enhance
and enrich your educational and training programs;
- understand the cost and benefit of these new training technologies
and their impact on your organization;
- identify predicted changes in education and business environments
which can affect your strategic planning.
FEATURING: Keynote speakers, workshops, research papers, networking
lunch, "Conference Proceedings".
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
We are pleased to announce two confirmed keynote speakers:
George Fierheller, Vice Chairman of Rogers Communications Inc.,
and
Bruce Phillips, Canada's Federal Privacy Commissioner.
PLENARY PANEL
Stephan Loyd, Office of Learning Technologies, Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Ottawa;
Paul Swinwood, President, Software Human Resource Council, Ottawa;
Grant Thomas, Vice President, The Halifax Group, Ottawa, and
Co-chair, Second Global Conference on Life-long Learning
LETT'96 PRESENTATIONS
We have received over 35 proposals for workshops and papers from
business, industry, government and education representatives from
Canada, the USA, Australia, Britain, and Germany. Presentations
address the following topics:
- trends in interactive technologies
- the design and evaluation of instructional technologies
- learning styles and design
- what motivates and hinders students and instructors in using new
technologies
- types of training and educational technologies for different
settings, i.e. workplace, classroom, home
- the Internet: societal factors; the government's role
- issues in confidentiality
- partnerships
- case studies
Some of the LETT'96 presenters include:
Zane Berge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD,
USA
Jennifer Davies, Senior Lecturer, SCIT, University of Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Doug Elias, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Ann Boland, Video Arts Inc., Chicago, IL, USA
Ben Hechter, Prism Systems/Northern Telecom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pat Murphy, and Bonnie Becker-Ramsey, Bell Atlantic Network Services
Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA
Richard Morse, Sequent Computer Systems, Denver, CO, USA
Peter Olsen, University of South Queensland, Australia
Michelle Keating, Learning Technology Designer, Hewlett-Packard Co.,
Vancouver, Washington, USA
Ed McGushin, SRA, Fairfax, VA, USA
Julean A. Simon, Consultant, Berlin, Germany
Daniel Poulin, Faculty of Law, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Richard Smith, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Larry Shaw, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Carmen Swalwell, Gemini Learning Systems, Calgary, AB, Canada
Presentation abstracts and biographies of all presenters are given on
our web site, at
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/tecweb/lettprog.htm
Following the conference, we expect to issue "Conference Proceedings"
containing presentations suitable for publication.
PARTICIPANTS' COMMENTS FROM LETT'95
"Excellent conference overall! Well organized, great location and
very good speakers and presenters! One of the best conferences that
I've been to for a long while."
"I think it would be hard to beat this for organization, content and
planning - well done!"
"Presenters were very knowledgeable. Lots of workshop choices."
"Once more an excellent conference. Bravo! Felicitations a toutes
et a tous!"
"Excellent variety in presentations - it's good to know what's
happening in industry and academia."
REGISTRATION:
For complete information on registration, hotels and airlines, visit
our registration web page at
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/tecweb/lettreg.htm
Note that the blocks of hotel rooms, being held for LETT'96
delegates, will be released by February 18, 1996.
Registration prices are as follows (all funds Canadian dollars):
Before and including March 1, 1996: $395 + 27.65(7% GST) = CAD$422.65
After March 1, 1996: $450 + 31.50(7% GST) = CAD$481.50
(Full-time) Student Fee: $200 + 14.00(7% GST) = CAD$214.00
Special Group Fee for 5 persons: $1600 + $112.00(7% GST) = CAD$1712.00
Additional delegates: $320 + $22.40(7% GST) = CAD$342.40
(A Group is defined as 5 or more staff members from a single
government ministry, university, college, school district, or company.)
TO REGISTER:
To register, please provide the following information:
(Conference Code is TECT X 001 - internal use only)
First Name:
Initial:
Last Name:
Title:
Company/Organization:
Company Address:
Postal Code/Zip:
Phone :
Fax:
Mailing Address (if different from above):
E-mail Address:
Total Fees:
What is your Payment Method? (Personal Cheque/Company
Cheque/MasterCard/Visa):
Credit Card Account #:
Credit Card Expiry Date:
Registration includes: all presentations, the networking lunch,
coffee breaks, and conference program. All registrations must be
accompanied by complete credit card information or full payment by
cheque or money order in Canadian funds, made payable to the
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA. The University will not invoice or accept
post-dated cheques. There is a $15 fee for NSF cheques. Fax
registrations are payable only by credit card. GST is exempt on
registrations paid by BC government cheques only.
Refund Policy:
A processing fee of $50 (for groups, $50 per delegate) will be
withheld for any cancellation prior to March 5, 1996. No refunds
will be given for cancellations received after March 5, 1996. A
substitute delegate is welcome at any time with no additional
charge. To obtain a refund, please return the white official receipt
(not a copy) along with your written request to the address below.
Refunds will be mailed after the conference.
INTERNET WEB SITE
The LETT Conference home page is located at:
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/tecweb/letthome.htm
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For more information, please visit the web site, or contact the
Conference Coordinator:
Roel Hurkens
Program Coordinator, TEC Programs,
Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria
Box 3030, Victoria, BC, V8W 3N6, Canada
E-mail: rhurkens@uvcs.uvic.ca; or: lett@uvcs.uvic.ca
ph: 604-721-8779; fax: 604-721-8774