Program

Preconference Workshops

Five half-day preconference workshops will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on January 20. These intensive, in-depth, highly interactive sessions will provide attendees with a chance to explore key issues, tools, and subjects in great detail.

PLEASE NOTE: A separate registration and fee are required.

Social Media

Whether contributing or consuming content about the conference through blogs, social bookmarking sites, or photo-sharing services, use the tag [EDUCAUSE_ELIAnnual09]. EDUCAUSE members can sign up for a blog at EDUCAUSE Connect. Blog posts could take the form of brief session descriptions, links to useful related resources, or other comments that might generate discussion in the community.

Share your conference experience by tweeting messages regarding the conference with the hashtag #ELI09. If you have a Twitter account, select the "Follow" button at http://twitter.com/ELI2009. Or, visit http://twitter.com to set up your free Twitter account today. And, if you just need a little help getting started, send an email to eli09@educause.edu.

Meeting Agenda

The annual meeting will take place from 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 22. Don't forget to come to the Attendee Reception on Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

You can view the full conference agenda or follow the links below for schedule information for specific dates. The best way to plan your conference schedule is to use our Itinerary Builder, which allows you to chart, save, update, download, and print your conference schedule before you head to Orlando.

• Tuesday schedule (Full details)
• Wednesday schedule (Full details)
• Thursday schedule (Full details)

Also available is a complete listing of speakers, and links to their sessions. Speakers now have the ability to upload session materials. See sessions with available resources.

Session Types

Annual meeting sessions generally fall into one of the following types:

• Research-based: A session involving the presentation of quantitative and / or qualitative research on a teaching, learning, and technology project or topic
• Innovative Practice: A session in which the presenter describes an innovative teaching, learning, and technology practice or program at one or more institutions
• Learning Technology: A session focusing on the implementation or exploration of a learning technology

We have included session types at the end of the session titles in the online program to help you plan your personal conference agenda. We will also provide session type identifiers in the print program to assist you in navigating the conference onsite.

Conference Components

Experience It Sessions

ELI will once again offer Experience It sessions, which provide participants the opportunity to gain direct experience with emerging learning practices and technologies. Each session will be repeated so a total of 80 attendees may attend the four different sessions. To make the Experience It sessions' hands-on activities possible, space is limited to 40 people each session and in-person registration for these sessions is required.

Poster and Project Briefing Sessions

Informal, drop-in poster and project briefing sessions will be held over all three days of the annual meeting in Curacao 1-4, allowing attendees to explore member initiatives and research related to the use of technology to advance successful learning on a one-to-one basis.

Innovation and Community Interaction at the Annual Meeting

At the ELI Annual Meeting, session presentations are only the beginning of the learning that can take place. Don't forget to explore the ways ELI is fostering innovation and community interaction through interactive activities such as learning circles, informal learning space demonstrations, Experience It sessions, and community-generated media. In 2009, ELI is piloted new ways to connect through an online Ning community, an informal Ribbon Bar, and a conference-wide experimentation with alternate reality games. Don't forget to check out what's new in 2009.

Meeting Location

Caribe Royale Orlando Hotel & Convention Center

8101 World Center Drive
Orlando, FL 32821
Phone: 407-238-8000

Program Committee

2009 ELI Annual Meeting Program Committee members