This is a reminder that you are welcome to observe and participate in the 
Summit on the Future of Adult Education in the New Digital World.  Go to 
this website to accessing the streaming video, chats and discussion 
forums: 

http://newdigitalworld.ning.com

I look forward to interacting with you over the next two days. 

Jason Guard
GED Specialist
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
3600 West Broad Street, Suite 669
Richmond, VA  23230-4930
Phone:  1-800-237-0178 or  804-827-2635 
Virginia GED Helpline: 1-877-376-9433
eLearn Virginia: 1-888-589-9003
Fax:  804-828-7539
Email: jkguard at vcu.edu
Twitter: jkguard
www.valrc.org
www.GEDVA.com
www.elearnva.com
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[Technology 2423] Summit on the Future of Adult Education in the New 
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Hello adult education and technology professionals: 

You are cordially invited to participate virtually in the Virginia Adult 
Learning Resource Center at VCU's Summit on the Future of Adult Education 
in the New Digital Age .  During this event, which will take place in 
Richmond, VA on November 5-6, 2009 , a group of invited experts in the 
fields of education and technology from across the nation will convene to 
discuss technology use in adult literacy education and the challenges and 
opportunities it presents. Keynote addresses will be offered by Dr. 
Stephen Reder of Portland State University and Marian Thacher, Director of 
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN), with recorded remarks 
offered by Virginia Senator Jim Webb. During the summit, attendees will 
participate in working groups to generate a research agenda, along with 
policy and practice recommendations, that will provide guidance for the 
integration of technology into the field of adult literacy education. 
Virginia will use these recommendations to inform a new adult education 
technology plan. 

So, how can you get in on some of the conversations happening at the 
summit? Both the opening keynote and closing plenary sessions at the 
summit will be streamed live on the web, and there will be an ongoing 
discussion forum, live chat, and, of course, Twitter feed available to 
field questions and comments from education professionals interested in 
participating virtually. You can watch the stream and chime in via chat 
with your questions, or, anytime before or during the two day event, you 
can post questions or comments for participants on our discussion forum.  
Event organizers will attempt to get your questions addressed during the 
summit activities. 

If you are interested in participating online, please follow the 
instructions below to join Ning and familiarize yourself with the features 
of the summit site.   

Before the summit 
Anyone can *view* the summit site. However, we encourage everyone who is 
interested to formally join Ning in order to fully participate. Here's 
how: 

1.      Join the summit Ning site by clicking on this link: 
http://newdigitalworld.ning.com/?xgi=1pLoJSUghfblzf 
2.      If you don't have an account already, you will be asked to create 
one. No worries--it's quick and it's free. 
3.      Once have logged in, be sure to explore the summit site by reading 
the participants' bios and position papers, viewing the schedule of summit 
events, and posting any pre-summit questions or comments you have to the 
site forum. 

During the summit 
1.      Log in to the summit Ning site at http://newdigitalworld.ning.com 
2.      Watch a live stream of the keynote and plenary sessions from the 
summit home page (see the Schedule page for live streaming times). 
3.      Participate in ongoing discussions with summit observers through 
the Ning forum. 
4.      For those with a Twitter account, be sure to follow @vaeln for 
summit updates and use the summit hashtag #AdultEd2020 

If you have technical questions during the event, contact Karen at(888) 
589-9003. 

I hope you enjoy being a part of this exciting event. 

Sincerely, 

Richard A. Sebastian 
Instructional Technology Specialist 
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center 
Virginia Commonwealth University 
(804) 828-7537 
rasebastian at vcu dot edu 
Twitter: @rasebastian 
Twitter: @vaeln----------------------------------------------------
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