ITC Membership Benefits
The Instructional Technology Council's mission is to provide exceptional leadership and professional development to its network of eLearning experts by advocating, collaborating, researching, and sharing exemplary, innovative practices and potential in learning technologies. ITC tracks federal legislation that will affect distance learning, conducts annual professional development meetings, supports research, and provides a forum for members to share expertise and materials.
ITC offers single institutions and multi-campus districts; regional and statewide systems of community, technical and two-year colleges; for-profit organizations; four-year institutions; and, non-profit organizations that are interested or involved in instructional telecommunications the following benefits of membership.
ITC has surveyed and reported on the state of distance education at ITC-member institutions for the past five years. ITC has mailed a free copy of this report to ITC members, community college presidents, and inserted a copy into the participant bag of attendees at the AACC annual convention.
ITC awards outstanding individuals and institutions in distance education based upon the nominations of its members. Both national and regional contributions to the field are considered. See ITC Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning - Winners 1991-2011.
- Current eLearning News - Delivered to Your Inbox
You don't have time to search for and keep track of national news, research or activities on eLearning – ITC will keep you informed! Be the first on your campus to learn about articles on eLearning in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, the New York Times, the blogosphere, and other news sources. ITC staff will send you quick summaries and links to these articles and the latest eLearning research from the National Center for Educational Statistics, other agencies at the Department of Education, the Sloan Foundation, other sources. ITC archives these past news updates on its Web site for ITC members only.
eLearning 2012 is the annual event distance educators cannot afford to miss! This gathering of distance learning professionals features more than 80 workshops and seminars. eLearning 2012 will introduce you to other distance learning professionals so you can share ideas, insights and tips that work! Individuals from ITC member institutions each receive a discount to attend!
ITC will e-mail you about upcoming grant opportunities – while you still have time to apply – as soon as the guidelines are released to the public, so you can build or expand your distance learning program.
ITC will hold its third Leadership Academy for distance educators on July 24-26, 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Eighteen participants worked with academy speakers and members of the ITC board to create a sound leadership strategy, develop a model to fit their institution, identify and acquire key tools for successful distance learning leadership, and obtain a new network of fellow eLearning practitioners.
- Job Announcements
ITC will advertise eLearning postition opening announcements at your institution for no charge. We will send an e-mail announcement to other members and we will post your listing on the ITC Web site.
ITC will e-mail you about the latest news on national legislation that could affect your eLearning program. In 2011 ITC followed the statewide authorization for out-of-state distance education students, the Higher Education Opportunities Act, funding for broadband connections, net neutrality, copyright issues, accreditation, student financial aid funding, and other hot topics. An advocate for distance learning with the American Association of Community Colleges, ITC informs legislators about the concerns of distance educators.
ITC has created a searchable library or database of distance learning articles, abstracts and research which is on the ITC Web site. Many resources are available to anyone who visits the ITC Web site, but ITC members should enter their login and password so their searches on the ITC Web site will include additional articles, research and information on distance education topics that were included in the weekly ITC news e-mails ITC's executive director sent to them.
Pose a quick, easy-to-answer question on eLearning to other ITC members to learn about the distance learning practices and programs at their institutions.
Save your travel money – this is the best bargain in town! For these weekly presentations, ITC invites distance learning administrators and faculty to share their best practices, tips and challenges for teaching at a distance. We invite authors to share their latest distance learning research; copyright gurus and government officials to explain what you need to do; accreditation experts and grant administrators to inform you about timely, hot topics. The cost for ITC members is only $30-$35, these charges are double for non-members. See the calendar of upcoming workshops to register online.
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