Alberta Distributed Education and Technology Association

I have place a new News Feed page on the site. You can access it by clicking on News Feeds on the Navigation menu on the left.  To start with, I have put the feeds on this page that we normally have highlighted in the newsletter but hope to refine this list as we go.

If you have any RSS feeds that you think we should add to this list, please let me know by emailing them to admin@adeta.org or in a comment below.

As we move closer to the fall, we at ADETA are behind the scenes preparing to launch a new look for this website. Much of this will be happening live, so if you visit us often you've already seen some of the changes we've made to the layout. More changes are coming! They include tweaks to content, and adjustments to the graphics and design.

Welcome to the new and improved adeta.org website. We upgraded the Drupal engine from version 4.7 to 5.9 today. And along with the upgrade, we installed the new name of ADETA and its new Logo. Of course, we had to change the colours of the site to match the logo.

The ADETA Communications Committee is working on further refinements of this site so feel free to bookmark the site and visit us again. Or better yet, sign up for a free access account and membership, or subscribe to this site using your RSS feed reader.

Rod Corbett

To: Past Participants of the 2008 CEL Conference

We've started to post pictures from the event on the conference.adeta.org website.

Be sure check out that website as we will continue to post all the pictures within the next couple of weeks!

Toni

This last year has seen some very significant changes for ADETA that have important implications for the future direction. All of these changes contribute to the redefining of the association to better meet the needs of our members and all professionals working in this part of the educational sector.

1. Increase in Membership

We have successfully reached 500 members this year due opening up the membership process and eliminating the annual membership fees and making it easier for members to sign up.

The ADETA Annual General Meeting will take place over Lunch on June 20 from 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm in the Alberta Room in the Dining Centre on the UofC campus.  Lunch is on ADETA so come and join us.   Or join us using Elluminate by going to https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.E0F499336BE55EE258CE3C3DDCD3ED

If you are not familar with Elluminate, go to www.elluminate.com and check out their support pages.

Rod Corbe

Recommended changes to the ADETA By-Laws will be presented at the AGM on June 20, 2008. The revised By Laws are posted here for review.

Changes include:

1. Name change from Alberta Distance Education and Training Association to Alberta Distributive Education and Technology Association

2. Additions of  two definitions: Distributed Education and Distributed Learning Community

3. Decommission of the Elections and Member Awards committee. Past President will assume these duties
 
4. Installation of a Research commi

The following people are on our slate as Nominees to the ADETA Board for the coming year. See the Board and Membership link of this site for more information about the nominees.

For President

• Linda Lucas

For the Board of Directors (5 openings)

• Martha Burkle
• Cathy Faber
• Bill Fricker
• Dawn McManus

We will be accepting nominations from the floor at our AGM to be held on June 20, 2008.

Canadian E-Learning Conference Attendee Information Package is now available to download.

The next Annual General Meeting of ADETA will take place on June 20th, 2008 at 12:00 pm in the Alberta Room of the Dining Centre on the University of Calgary campus.  ADETA will be providing lunch.

Agenda

1. Approval of Agenda