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27th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning

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The call for proposals is now open for the 27th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning.
The deadline for proposals is January 19, 2011, 4:00 pm (CST).
The conference will be held in Madison,Wisconsin August 3-5, 2011.
The new video share lessons sound like an interesting format for a presentation.
For more information: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/
Submit a proposal

Finding Instructional Design Jobs

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While the field of Instructional Design and Technology is growing, finding a job can be difficult (in part because jobs are posted all over the place).  It is important to know the right places to look.  The following are some of the top job boards to check when looking for a job as a instructional designer, instructional technologist or basically any job related to the field of Instructional Design and Technology (IDT). I recommend searching using key words (e.g., “instructional design” “educational technology” “instructional developer”) as well as searching by position/type or category (if available).

Higheredjobs.com
http://www.higheredjobs.com/

Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/

Inside HigherEd
http://www.insidehighered.com/career/seekers

AECT
http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=136

AACE
http://jobs.aace.org/home/index.cfm?site_id=3855

Sloan-C
http://sloanconsortium.org/jobline

ASTD
http://jobs.astd.org/

ISPI
http://www.jobtarget.com/home/index.cfm?site_id=2637

SALT
http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l&pn=joblistall

Indiana University Job Board
http://www.indiana.edu/~ist/students/jobs/joblink.html

Indeed
http://www.indeed.com/q-Instructional-Technology-jobs.html

The eLearning Guild
http://www.elearningguild.com/job_board/jobs/index.cfm?action=viewcats&selection=doc.25

Society of Technical Communication*
http://www.stc.org

Are there other places you look? If so, let me know.

*Added based on comments

Research Articles that Show Distance Education Works

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@wcet_info tweeted the following today:

“Asked to create list of research articles, journal articles, or other “credible” evidence that distance ed works. What would you include?”

I have been asked similar questions in the past. While I usually start by saying that as a whole research on distance education and online learning is still in its infancy, the following are a few articles I point to. These tend to be literature reviews or meta-analyses.

  • Bernard, R. M., Abrami, P. C., Lou, Y., Borokhovski, E., Wade, A., Wozney, L., Wallet, P. A., Fiset, M., & Huang, B. (2004). How Does Distance Education Compare With Classroom Instruction? A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature. Review of Educational Research, 74(3), 379-439.
    Retrieved from http://rer.sagepub.com/content/74/3/379.full.pdf+html

  • Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Thomas, J. A., Lan, W. Y., Cooper, S., Ahern, T. C., Shaw, S. M., & Liu, X. (2006). Teaching courses online: A review of the research. Review of Educational Research, 76(1), 93-135.
    Retrieved from http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/93.full.pdf+html

  • Larreamendy-Joerns, J., & Leinhardt, G. (2006). Going the distance with online education. Review of Educational Research, 76(4), 567-605.
    Retrieved from http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/4/567.full.pdf+html

  • Means, B., Toyama, Y., Murphy, R., Bakia, M., & Jones, K. (2009). Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies. U.S. Department of Education.
    Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf

  • Zhao, Y., J. Lei, B. Yan, C. Lai, & H. S. Tan. (2005). What makes the difference? A practical analysis of research on the effectiveness of distance education. Teachers College Record 107 (8):183684.


Did I miss any? What would you include? Please comment.

SITE 2011

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Involved with post-secondary education (ideally Teacher Preparation) and technology? If so, you should consider SITE 2011attending and presenting at SITE 2011. I am a strong believer that if you are attending a conference for professional development then you should consider presenting at it as well. The call for presentations is out for SITE 2011. You have until Jan. 3rd to submit your proposal.
http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm