About the Conference

The 7th Annual Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference and Workshop: The Promise and Practice of Blended Learning, offered in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago, provides the opportunity for administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers to discover and share effective practices in blended learning.

Attendees will be able to design the two days by choosing any combination of interactive workshops and information sessions focused on instructional practices, academic planning, faculty development and assessment/evaluation. As an attendee, you and your institution will benefit from this highly interactive conference as well as gain the ability to continue discussion through the Sloan Consortium community and online workshops.

The Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conference and Workshop provides the opportunity for administrative leaders, faculty members, instructional designers and researchers to discuss blended learning in higher education. Attendees will engage with one another throughout this conference by networking, considering effective practices and discussing assessment strategies. As an attendee, you and your institution will benefit from this highly interactive conference as well as gain the ability to continue discussion and interaction via Sloan-C's asynchronous online Moodle site and online workshops.

Opening Plenary Speaker	Closing Plenary Speaker	Featured Workshop
Dr. Joel Hartman Vice Provost for Information Technologies & Resources University of Central Florida "The Promise and Practice of Blended Learning"	Veronica Diaz Associate Director, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, EDUCAUSE “Hybrid Learning meets Web 2.0: (re) designing a Hybrid Course with Emerging Technologies for the Net Generation Learner”	Dr. Norm Vaughan Assistant Professor Mount Royal University Calgary, Alberta "Student Assessment in Blended Learning Environments: Using the Community of Inquiry Framework for Design and Implementation."