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Diane J. Goldsmith
Diane has over 25 years experience in higher education in a variety of roles including teaching, student affairs, strategic planning, research, grant writing, and elearning. Until July 2011, she served as the executive director of the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium (CTDLC), a state higher education consortium whose mission is to promote quality e-learning. She led the research and assessment efforts of CTDLC since its inception and has published and presented nationally on a wide variety of topics related to e-learning, including adult learners, online pedagogy, e-portfolios, supporting online students, building cost-savings collaborations, learning objects, and issues related to assessment and evaluation. As part of this work, she wrote and led several grant-funded initiatives working with two- and four-year, public and private institutional partners to create online support services including a unique collaborative tutoring project (etutoring.org), a shared e-portfolio platform, an adult success coach (adultsuccesscoach.org) program, and a technology-assessment tool with remediation units. She continues to direct both the adult success coach grant project and the CTDLC’s work on state authorization issues.
Diane currently serves as the chair of the Executive Council of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technology (WCET) and as co-chair of the Retention Common Interest Group.

Joel Hartman
As the University of Central Florida’s CIO, Joel has overall responsibility for library, computing, networking, telecommunications, media services, and distributed learning activities. Joel has been an information technology consultant to both public and private sector organizations and has been active in the development of statewide education and research networks in Illinois and Florida. He has served and held offices on numerous state, regional, and national IT committees in areas including public broadcasting, distributed learning, and networking.

Dana Offerman
Dana is currently serving as a consultant to Kaplan University Group to develop online competency-based, workplace-referenced degree programs. Previously, she served as provost of Excelsior College, vice provost for assessment and institutional research at Capella University, and director of PK-16 at the University of Wisconsin System. She has extensive experience in online program development and policy, continuing education, and all aspects of academic affairs. She has contributed to national efforts to develop distance and online education standards and policy, having served on the Distance Education Demonstration Project and national task force to develop distance education standards for military education.

Michael Zahn
Michael has 25 years of experience in marketing management, communications planning, product management, and business strategy development in several industry sectors including advertising, publishing, educational assessment, financial services, higher education, and nonprofit. He has taught at four universities over the past 17 years and is an adjunct faculty member at Texas A&M University – San Antonio teaching traditional classroom and Internet-classroom hybrid courses in marketing, advertising, internet marketing, and public relations. His past role as director of marketing at the University of Texas at San Antonio gives him practical experience in developing branding, communication, and engagement strategies in a university setting. He led the team that created and executed the first comprehensive branding strategy for UTSA that is still in use for recruitment of students, activation of the alumni network, and cultivation of community support. In his current role at Goodwill of San Antonio, Michael has the responsibility for developing and implementing integrated marketing communication strategy in support of donations, retail, agency services, and community engagement. This includes the Good Careers Academy, an educational component working in collaboration with the Alamo Community College District that provides career certification programs in business services, medical front office, pharmacy, and trade careers.

May 21 - 23, 2012 :: San Antonio, TX
Hotel:
Hyatt Regency San Antonio
123 Losoya St.
San Antonio, TX 78205
To reserve your room, please call 210-222-1234. Please indicate that you are with the Academic Impressions group to receive the group rate.
Room Rate:
The rate is $169 for single or double occupancy, plus applicable tax.
Room Block Dates:
A room block has been reserved for the nights of May 20 - 22, 2012
Rate Available Until:
Make your reservations prior to April 29, 2012. There are a limited number of rooms available at the conference rate. Please make your reservations early.
Additional Information:
The Hyatt Regency San Antonio is centrally located next to the Riverwalk and overlooking the Alamo. Take advantage of this premier location to discover all the famous attractions, more than 100 world-renowned restaurants, and the plentiful shopping surrounding the hotel. The hotel is also in close proximity to the San Antonio International Airport (SAT) - less than 10 miles away.
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Full access to all conference sessions and materials, access to the networking reception on Monday, breakfast and lunch on Tuesday, and breakfast on Wednesday, as well as refreshments and snacks throughout the conference.
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I enjoyed the framework for continuing to build our online program. I now have a more systematic approach and resources I can use.
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Dean, Southwestern Community College
This was the most relevant and focused conference I have ever attended. Everything was on topic and access to the facilitator was phenomenal. I highly recommend this group.
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Professor, School of Business, Confederation College (Thunder Bay)
This is by far the most beneficial, productive, and thought-provoking conference I have ever attended. Whether you are a novice or veteran, you must take advantage of this conference!
”Arletha McSwain
Interim Associate Dean, School of Extended Learning, Norfolk State University
The information provided was more than what I was expecting and will definitely be useful in moving forward with my vision for the university.
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Interim CIO, Florida Memorial University
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