Conference Program/Schedule Builder

View the entire conference educational program with our online Program Guide. This feature allows you to view a day by day listing of all educational session titles and speakers. Looking for more information? Click on the session title for a complete session description. Best of all, when you find something that interests you, simply add it to your own personal schedule builder to help you keep track of the sessions you wish to attend. Remember, Schedule Builder does not register you for a particular session. Build Your Schedule Now.

 

Preconference Workshops - February 25, 2008

Workshops are full and half-day programs held the day before the conference begins. These workshops offer in-depth coverage of topics as well as hands-on work to build skills.

Learn More about the TK 2008 Preconference Workshops.

 

General Sessions

General Sessions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday showcasing keynote speakers with important messages for the e-learning practitioner.

These sessions are an opportunity for all conference participants to come together and hear from the leaders in the profession. Presenters offer insight and inspiration, current thinking and future trends on a range of topics of interest to participants. General Sessions are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday beginning at 8:15 a.m. General Sessions will be followed by extended EXPO time.

Learn more about the TK2008 General Session Speakers.

 

Tracks & Sessions - February 26-28, 2008

Concurrent Education Sessions take place from Tuesday through Thursday and are organized into five tracks. The overall schedule is designed to provide maximum time for sessions, visiting the EXPO, and networking throughout the day. Important changes have also been made to the design and delivery of education sessions to ensure a great learning experience with immediate application of your learning back-on-the-job.

Conference sessions are designed to give you an overview of a topic, updates on trends, best practices and case studies, and new technologies, techniques, and software to help you in your work. Over 80 sessions will be offered Wednesday through Friday. Sessions are developed according to eight Learning Approaches and directed at specific Target Audiences. A new feature, Learning Labs, provides an opportunity for informal learning with peers to anchor the daily learning experience.

 

Track	Description and Topics
E-Learning Design	This track is directed toward e-learning designers at all levels of experience. They may have instructional design experience—or not. They may be part of a team or work alone. They may be designers only, or wear multiple hats. Topics include: • Instructional design strategies • Collaboration as a design element • Designing meaningful practices • Emotional elements of learning • Graphics and media development • 508 Design • User-interface design • Writing for the Web • How-to’s of E-learning selection • Globalization/localization approaches • Incorporating and writing assessments
Platforms and Authoring Tools	This track is for training managers, e-learning designers, and implementers who manage enterprise-wide initiatives and are interested in staying current with learning technologies, platforms, and authoring tools. They work for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses of less than 10 people. Topics include: • Automating evaluation • Ways to produce games and simulations • Selecting and using authoring tools • Standards/Accessibility • Evaluating, choosing, and implementing LMS, LCMS, collaboration systems • Virtual classrooms/Web conferencing
Virtual Delivery & Facilitation	This track is for those who are involved with teaching or facilitating e-learning offerings—or they manage those who are. Some may currently be teaching in the classroom and want to move into teaching in the virtual (online) classroom—they need to adapt their teaching techniques to the new medium. Topics include: • How to moderate discussion forums • Methods to design and structure group activities • Ways to motivate distant learners • Skills and strategies for effective synchronous learning events • Strengths and limitations of online meeting and collaboration tools
Implementation & Management Strategies	This track is for training managers and implementers who manage enterprise-wide initiatives and must ensure the successful implementation of their learning initiatives. They may work for organizations ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses of less than 10 people. Topics include: • Building and implementing an e-learning strategy • The ROI of e-learning • Marketing e-learning to the organization • Selecting and managing e-learning providers • Working with the IT department • Outsourcing and off-shoring • How to build a new e-learning department
Emerging Technologies & Methods	This track focuses on the next big thing within e-learning, providing insights into new technologies, methodologies, and ways of thinking about solving learning needs. It is for training managers, designers, and anyone evaluating new alternatives to solving current challenges. Topics include: • Content models/single sourcing • Informal learning • Managing organizational knowledge • Mobile learning • Social Networking

 

Advanced Programming - February 28, 2008

On Thursday, the final day of the conference, the focus is on intensive education offered by some of the best and brightest in today’s technology arena. ASTD brings back the Tech Intensives and adds more Creation Stations.

Additional Creation Stations will be offered followed by nine Tech Intensives on topics requiring a greater depth of focus and interaction for an outstanding finish to the conference.

 

Creation Stations

Remember labs from your school days, how much more you learned in the hands-on environment? Creation Stations are tech labs for adult learners. Each class is limited in size and seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Computers are provided for in-depth learning.

Each Creation Station will be repeated to allow more people to attend. Topics covered will include the latest software versions for creating simulations, videos, assessments, rapid e-learning, immersive learning, and web-based applications. See individual session descriptions for any prerequisites.

Learn More about Creation Stations.

FACE-TIME

This feature is designed to give you focused time with experts in the e-learning field to discuss your particular issue or question.

Check the flyer in your tote bag for a list of consultants and their areas of expertise. The sign-up sheet will be located on the board outside Mission A.

Please limit your appointments to one per person to allow others to have an opportunity.

 

Learning Labs

Learning Lab are designed to provide an informal learning opportunity for you to gather with peers and discuss and anchor your learning experience. These facilitated discussions will be organized around key e-learning job functions and skill sets.

Each Lab will be led by a facilitator to provide an underlying structure and will be focused by e-learning job functions such as developer, instructional designer, manager, etc. Learning Labs will be held on Tuesday & Wednesday from 5:45 - 6:30 p.m.

Each Lab will also have a Wiki assigned which will be moderated by the facilitator. The Wiki will be available prior to the conference to launch ideas and discussions and may be continued after the conference.

New for 2008! Professional Development Sessions

Enhance your personal professional development with these helpful education sessions.

Learn More about professional development sessions.

Tech Intensives

These highly-interactive sessions are 2.25 hours long to allow for a greater depth of content development and advanced skill-building. Five of the sessions will be computer-based, hands-on learning.

Learn More about tech intensive sessions.