SITE Conference 2015 – Virtual schooling panel proposals and general proposals due by October 6
It's hard to believe, but it's not too soon to start thinking about SITE 2015 conference in Las Vegas, NV, March 2-6, 2015. As co-chairs of the Virtual Schooling Special Interest Group, Kathryn Kennedy (MVLRI) and Leanna Archambault (Past Fellow, MVLRI, and Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University) are putting together a panel or two focusing on research related to K-12 online and blended learning.If you’re interested in being considered for participation on a panel of researchers to share your recent work in this area, please send us a title and abstract (150 words) of the work you would like to present. Also include your name, affiliation(s), address, phone number and email address.Please send us this information no later than Friday, September 26. We will organize the panels around common themes and will take care of submitting the necessary proposal(s) by the October 6 deadline. Keep in mind that you must be planning on attending the conference in person to be included on the panels. We look forward to your response, and please let us know if you have any questions.All SITE proposals are due by October 6 – looking forward to receiving your proposal(s)!Thanks so much!Leanna Archambault (leanna.Archambault@asu.edu) Kathryn Kennedy (kkennedy@mivu.org) SITE Virtual Schooling SIG Chairs
Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute
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