e-Learning DevCon 2005 Issues Call for Presentations
Rapid Intake, Inc, the organizer of the annual e-Learning Developers Conference (e-Learning DevCon), has issued a call for presentations for the 2005 conference. Following the success of the 2004 e-Learning Developers Conference, Rapid Intake will be accepting presentation proposals immediately for the August 2005 event.
Vancouver, WA (PRWEB) November 11, 2004 -- Rapid Intake, Inc, the organizer
of the annual e-Learning Developers Conference (e-Learning DevCon), has issued a
call for presentations for the 2005 conference. Following the success of the
2004 e-Learning Developers Conference, Rapid Intake will be accepting
presentation proposals immediately for the August 2005 event.
While there
are many other e-learning industry conferences, the e-Learning DevCon is the
only conference focusing exclusively on e-learning development tools,
techniques, and training targeted at e-learning developers.
“We are
e-learning developers ourselves,” says Steven Hancock, conference co-organizer,
“so we organized a conference that we would want to go to. Many of the
conferences in our industry don’t go into the depth that developers need.
Specific development techniques are usually treated far too
lightly.”
“The people that attend this conference are here to learn
techniques that will help them get their jobs done,” says Garin Hess, conference
co-organizer. “They aren’t interested in lots of theory or fluff.” With this
focus in mind, Rapid Intake encourages potential presenters to submit
presentations that go deeper than general overviews of a particular authoring
tool or environment. Hess further states “We need beginner, intermediate, and
expert level presentations to accommodate the many different levels of skill and
experience that our participants bring to the conference. Once they have decided
to attend, they can choose the level that best suits them with our multiple
track format.”
Rapid Intake takes a unique approach to organizing the
conference. Instead of being held at an expensive hotel, the conference is held
on a university campus in Forest Grove, Oregon (near Portland, Oregon), where
attendees eat in the cafeteria and have the option of staying in the campus dorm
rooms or nearby hotels.
“When we have attended other conferences, we’ve
often felt we didn’t really get a lot of bang for the buck,” says Hancock. “At
most events, when you count the expensive registration fees, lodging, and food
costs, you can easily spend a couple of thousand dollars or more. Consequently,
it is usually managers, not developers, who get to attend those conferences. At
e-Learning DevCon you can get a pass to the conference, lodging, and all of your
food for less than the registration fee alone charged by most other
conferences.”
The university setting and the focus on development and
developers has apparently been a success with those who have attended in the
past. One participant who attended in August 2004 put it this way, “This was the
best conference I've attended out of 10 conferences I've attended in the last
four years, a great conference." Another stated, “I really enjoyed the
'learning' format of the conference. I've gotten much more information in the
first couple of days than I've gotten in the last 2 'conferences' I've
attended."
While presentation proposals will be accepted through April
2005, conference organizers suggest presenters submit proposals by the end of
2004. While any topic will be considered, topics in the following areas are
recommended: Dreamweaver, CourseBuilder, Learning Site, Flash, Swish, Captivate
(formerly RoboDemo), Breeze, Database Connectivity, LMSes, new tools on the
market, SCORM, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Section 508 Compliance, W3C
Standards, JavaScript, ActionScript, ASP, Fireworks, Case Studies, Visual
Design, Instructional Design, Project Management
Potential presenters can
find more information at http://www.elearndevcon.com.
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