Previously an e-journal at http://www.virtuallyemployed.net, we are undergoing some major changes. Angelic Rodgers is still your hostess and managing editor, and our focus, as always, will be online pedagogy and academia in general. You can reach us easily by EMAIL.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

TCC Proposals--Open Call Link

Attached is the TCC 2007 call for papers and presentations. We hope
that you'll consider submitting a paper or proposal.

Feel free to distribute this announcement to interested colleagues,
friends and appropriate mailing lists.

Additionally, we have opened the TCC 2006 conference archives for
viewing by anyone. A free LearningTimes account is needed to access
the archives:

http://home.learningtimes.net/2006

Thank you for your support and participation in previous TCC Online
Conferences.

Cheers,
-Bert Kimura

Illinois Online Conference Call for Presentation Proposals

Presentation proposals are being accepted for the 5th Annual Illinois Online Conference (IOC) for Teaching and Learning. Featured speakers include Tony Bates, Margaret Maag, Chip Banks and Jonathan Finkelstein. For more information, go to our website at

http://www.ilonlineconf.org

Submissions will be accepted through December 13, 2006. The conference will be held February 14-16, 2007. Please submit your proposal here:

http://www.ilonlineconf.org/index.cfm?page=callForProposals

This year the Curriculum, Technology, and Education Reform (CTER) Online Master of Education Program from the University of Illinois will feature a hybrid conference live from the University of Illinois in Champaign and through the IOC community. Presenters and participants online will be given access to both the IOC and CTER conferences.

This conference - which is attended by participants from all across the globe - is held entirely on the Internet using: live virtual classrooms, recorded presentations, email, web poster sessions, synchronous chats, discussion areas, and other Internet technologies. IOC was created to focus on issues and concerns of K-20 classroom faculty and related technology support, learning resources, student services, and workforce development professionals.

IOC 2007 takes place in a LearningTimes Online Conference Community - an online environment in which groups of participants, both small and large, gather electronically to learn, collaborate and network. Not sure how an online conference works? Want to experience the conference community before registering? Highlights from last year's conference are available at:

http://home.learningtimes.net/ioc2006

For more information, please contact:

Stephen P. Garren
Director of Learning Technologies
Center for Technology and Professional Development
Lake Land College
5001 Lake Land Blvd.
Mattoon, IL 61938
(217) 234-5459

Friday, October 13, 2006

Seattle Times Article

An interesting article on Adjunct Pay was in yesterday's Seattle Times. Also, if you are interested in pay issues, you might want to check out the current issue of The Adjunct Advocate, as there is a story regarding pay equity there.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

A New Book about Teaching Online

A new book, Making Money Teaching Online, is now available for preorder.

Given that there is an ongoing debate about how online and onground teaching are different, I'm a bit dismayed about the way in which the title focuses on making money, rather than on quality instruction. I'll also post this entry to our LiveJournal Community (see the link to the right) so that we can actually discuss this if folks want to.

If I can get my hands on the book from a library, perhaps I'll post a review.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Issue One Article Links

Note that I just got these moved, and I also fixed the "return home" links to bring you back here. More articles to come soon, I hope!


You can also view the contributor bios and information for issue 1. You can also check out the LiveJournal community that we started back when.

Virtually Employed Articles Moving

We've lost access to our server due to some conflicts with the host. We're making some major changes in staff and set up as well, so keep your eyes on us to see what happens!