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<p class="MsoNormal">Please take this quick (3-7 min) <a href="https://columbiabasin.evaluationkit.com/Respondent/Survey?id=OPyQLx%2f7rNko1DMVrvqHJoxJUxNPUk%2b%2bo49P9UFN%2fbfpAlsNOuGE0k92DXcbUbckRuVkdE4bEAKAO2ynSJafeQ%3d%3d">
survey</a> to inform the NWeLearn Board on topics of interest and keynote preferences for our next and future conferences if this is an area of interest to you (see description below). If you are on our MailChimp list, you should have already gotten an invitation.
Please take the poll by Monday 1/28, if possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you’re not familiar with NWeLearn, we offer a regional (WA, OR, ID, mainly, but others certainly welcome), cost-effective conference with high quality sessions by (you and) your colleagues and peers. Our sessions are not strictly about
distance learning, but more where technology, teaching and learning converge. We have topics that range from accessibility to regular and substantive interaction to pedagogy to virtual reality and more. See our
<a href="http://nwelearn.org/conference/program/">program from 2018</a> for an idea.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year, we will be in Bend, OR on Oct. 18 & 19. Mark your calendar and make a plan to come!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Connect with the NWeLearning Community (hover for descriptions):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://join.slack.com/t/nwelearn/shared_invite/enQtNDY4NzE0Mzg1NjU1LTZkZWUyOTE5ZDhjZmMzYjZiMGNhYTc2MmUzNDMwYTQzY2JjYWY2Y2RkYTk2ZmE5NDkxNjEwNTEzZWU4ODViZDk" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="36" height="36" style="width:.375in;height:.375in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D4B3D0.DDFD4700" alt="Title: Slack - Description: You can find us on Slack. Sign up for our Slack community group (nwelearn) and subscribe to topics. Join us to share information on research, elearning tools, conferences, job openings and more."></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jerry Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director for eLearning & Virtual Campus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Columbia Basin College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Treasurer, Northwest eLearning Community (NWeLearn)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">509-542-4465 direct; 509-547-0511 x 2465<o:p></o:p></p>
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