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About the Instructional Technology Council |
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The Instructional Technology Council, ITC, provides 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. |
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| An affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges established in 1977, ITC represents higher education institutions in the United States and Canada, and is leader in advancing distance education. ITC is constantly working to raise awareness about the benefits of distance learning, instructional telecommunications, and future needs and possibilities. 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 members include 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. | |
| ITC Membership Benefits | |
| eLearning News - Delivered Two-Three Times a Week 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. Receive links to 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. |
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| Legislative Advocacy/Updates ITC will e-mail you about the latest news on national legislation that could affect your eLearning program. In 2010 ITC followed 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. |
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| Upcoming Grant Opportunities 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. |
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| Discounts on Weekly Professional Development Webinar Series 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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| Discounts to Attend eLearning 2011 - Feb. 19-22, 2011 in St. Pete Beach, Florida eLearning 2011 is the annual event distance educators cannot afford to miss! This gathering of distance learning professionals features more than 80 workshops and seminars. eLearning 2011 will introduce you to other distance learning professionals so you can share ideas, insights and tips that work! |
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| ITC Distance Learning Leadership Academy ITC held its second Leadership Academy for distance educators on on July 25-27, 2010 in Portland, Maine. 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. Stay tuned for the dates and location for our 2011 Leadership Academy! |
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| ITC’s Monthly Quick Polls 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. |
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| 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 post your listing on the ITC Web site. |
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| Awards and Recognition 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 1991-2009 |
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| 2009 Distance Education Survey Results: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges ITC has surveyed and reported on the state of distance education at ITC-member institutions for the past five years. For the past two 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. |
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| Library: Articles, Abstracts and Research ITC has created a searchable library or database of distance learning articles, abstracts and research which is on the ITC Web site. Searchable categories include: academic advising; academic resources - business, humanities, math, sciences, social science; accessibility issues; accreditation; best practices; blended/hybrid learning; broadband; career and technical education; case studies; computer software; copyright and fair use; corporate e-learning; costs for distance learning; course management; the digital divide; digital libraries and learning; object repositories; effectiveness of distance learning; e-books; e-portfolios; faculty compensation and support; faculty training and education; gaming and simulations; Higher Education Opportunities Act (HEOA Authentication); instructional design; intellectual property issues; interactivity and teaching online; K-12 technology; marketing; national data and statistics; online student orientation; open source; plagiarism; quality assessment; rural distance education; science labs/courses; second life; security; statewide virtual colleges; strategic and policy plans; student retention; student services; students and technology; technologies; testing and assessment; Twitter; videoconferencing/ITFS; Web design; Web tools; wireless; wikis; women and the Web. |
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| Library: Journals, Links and Resources ITC has also created a a searchable library or database of distance learning journals, links and resources which is on the ITC Web site. |
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| Join ITC | |
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Please contact Christine Mullins at the ITC office with any questions! |
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