Opening Keynote:

NAWeb, in partnership with the National Research Council of Canada, is pleased to present Howard Strauss, Manager of Academic Applications at Princeton University, is as close as anyone on the globe to the pulse of what's happening now on the World Wide Web as it relates to higher education - managing our institutions, enhancing learning, publishing documents and data, and what it takes to make all that happen. Howard's talk will be: "We Have All Our Courses Online. Now What? A stratigraphic look at the evolution of instructional technology at Euphoric State University."

Invited Speakers:

Jeremy Rowe is Head of Media Development with Information Technology at Arizona State University. Responsibilities include involvement in institution and system level strategic planning for technology and distance education, and development of related policy including copyright, licensing, and multimedia materials ownership. Currently ASU representative to the Government Information Technology Agency for State of Arizona, and consultant evaluator for information technology and on-line instruction for Higher Learning Commission, and for their Academic Quality Improvement Project.

Jeremy will speak on Copyright and Intellectual Property

David Macneil, is Director of Network Relations at CANARIE, on secondment from UNB where he is Professor of Computer Science. He has been at UNB since 1967 and was Director of Computing Services from 1979 to 2000. Professor Macneil has been extensively involved with organizing computer networking in Canada for the past thirty years. He has served as Executive Secretary of the Canadian university computer network, NetNorth and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of CA*net and its vice-chair. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of CANARIE a consortium of more than 100 Canadian organizations and the major federal government initiative to construct a world class research network infrastructure for Canada. Professor Macneil was a founding member and chairman of the NATO Science Council Advisory Panel on Computer Networking.

David will speak on High Speed bandwidth and Higher Education

Overview:

We know there is no significant difference when comparing face-to-face teaching and learning with teaching and learning via the World Wide Web. But - we want to go beyond no significant difference - we want to strive for excellence in teaching and learning, for best practices and for innovative learning opportunities. If you feel the same way, then NAWeb 2003 - The Web-Based Learning Conference is for you!

How do you make Web-based education even better than "traditional" educational venues? How do you foster the sense of campus community online, with students and educators who may never meet face-to-face? How do you make Web technology work to support learning - and not the other way around?

The North American Web-based Learning Conference, 2003, will focus on innovative and practical uses of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning, extending the reach of existing campuses and creating "virtual" campuses of a new and unique nature.

Who should attend?

Those people involved. The ones doing it and making the decisions:

• Instructors and Professors
• Administrators
• IT Directors
• Academic VPs and Deans