The 4th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning, July 11-13, 2011

摘要

In the summer of 2011 several hundred representatives of American campuses and e-learn-ing industry descended on San Jose in California for the 4th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies forOnline Learning (ET4Online). For three days on July 11-13 academics and practitioners from across the United States shared their thoughts, trends, best practices, and challenges pertaining to teaching and learning in the digital age. This was an impressive meeting reflecting well the contemporary mood in American academia: exhilaration at learning opportunities created by advances in technology, concerns about financial stresses and budget cuts, and anticipatory curiosity about emergent developments.