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The conference is in session now - The Morning Show is ending soon and will lead into the first keynote about algorithms biasing education (see below) at 8 a.m. PT. </p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://nwelearn.org/conference/" title="https://nwelearn.org/conference/">NWeLearn</a>,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.elearningcolorado.org/" target="_blank"><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#678A26; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">eLCC</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> and </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://nwmet.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#678A26; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">NW/MET</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> (acronyms
expanded below) are co-hosting <a href="http://www.elearningcolorado.org/conference.html">
a virtual conference</a> April 7-9, 2021, </span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">free of charge</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white">.
There is a wide range of topics related to education, online, equity, etc., with about 100 concurrent presentations and three keynotes (see below). The
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schedule</a> (see tips <span class="SpellE">below</span>) is available (be sure the selection is on the correct time zone). Each day will start with The Morning Show at 7 a.m. PT and end with a social activity at 4 p.m. PT. As of Monday, there were over 1500
registrants from all over the world, and we've increased the limit to over 2,000!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white">Here's
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the registration link</a> (registration is required to be able to access the Zoom links, and did I mention, it’s
<b>free of charge!</b>) It’s going to be an exciting conference. Definitely not your grandpa’s eLearning conference!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"><a href="https://discord.gg/znaK6uzXD4" title="https://discord.gg/znaK6uzXD4"><img size="460" tabindex="-1" style="max-width:100%; height:auto" data-outlook-trace="F:2|T:2" src="cid:745ff0f0-526c-424b-b90a-182900047540">Join
us on Discord for the latest conference updates</a><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white">Keynotes </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Wednesday (4/7) 8:00-8:50 a.m. PT </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></li><ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Speaker: Albert <span class="SpellE">
Lionelle</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Title: <a href="http://www.elearningcolorado.org/albert-lionelle.html">We are Biased: Algorithms and Applications That Are Biasing Modern Education</a></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thursday (4/8) 8:00-8:50 a.m. PT </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></li><ul>
<li><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Speaker: Dr. Pam Hanks</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Title: <a href="http://www.elearningcolorado.org/pam-hanks.html">How To Recognize And Support Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder across Teaching Modalities</a></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thursday (4/8) 11:00 -11:50 a.m. PT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></li><ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Speaker: Dr. <span class="SpellE">
Bridgitt</span> Mitchell</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Title: We Teach Who We Are: Call to Consciousness & Accountability<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For the <b>evening socials</b>:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Host: Raul <span class="SpellE">
Burriel</span> (NW/MET) & Joe Way, University of Southern California</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Higher Ed AV Podcast (Live Recording)</span></li></ul>
<li><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thursday (4/8) 4:00-4:50 p.m. PT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></li><ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Host(s): Amy Arnold and Kristin <span class="SpellE">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">"Let's Put on a Show!" Variety Show</span></li></ul>
<li><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Friday (4/8) 4:00-4:50 p.m. PT</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span></li><ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Host: Tim Chase (NWeLearn)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Friday Finale!</font></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Full organizer names:
<a href="https://nwelearn.org/conference/" title="https://nwelearn.org/conference/">
Northwest eLearning Community</a> (NWeLearn),</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.elearningcolorado.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#678A26; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">eLearning
Council of Colorado (<span class="SpellE">eLCC</span>)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> and </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://nwmet.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#678A26; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Northwest
Managers of Educational Technology (NW/MET)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif; color:#333333; background:white"><a href="https://nwelearn.org/conference/2021-program/" title="https://nwelearn.org/conference/2021-program/">Schedule</a> tips:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:10pt">To get the Zoom join buttons in the schedule, enter the registration password (that you were sent after registration or in the reminder email) or the email address you used to register. You can
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register</a> on the spot and you will receive an email confirmation.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">You can star sessions to add them to your favorites and then show only your favorited sessions by clicking on the "Show only my favorites" button. Your favorites are remembered so you can come back, reload the page, etc. and
they'll still be there (assuming you're using the same browser).</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">Like the above, the time zone you choose is remembered so when you come back to the page, it'll keep that time zone selected. (Be sure to select the correct time zone!)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">When the session ends, the zoom link will be replaced with "This session has passed" text.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">When the session is in progress, the zoom join link will say Join – session in progress (the link will be available until the session has ended).</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt">When the session is less than 15 minutes away, there's a little countdown above the join link that counts down to the session start.</span></li></ul>
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Also, lastly, most of the sessions will be recorded, however with over 100 sessions, it will be a bit before we can get them up.
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