PRESS
RELEASE OF THE YEAR 2000
January
10, 2000 - President & CEO of Contact North/Contact Nord
appointed to a National Advisory Network of Experts on Learning
Technologies - The
Office of Learning Technologies of HRDC has asked Maxim Jean-Louis to
join a distinguished group of leaders in distance education
technologies who will offer their advice and expertise.
February
3, 2000 - Contact North/Contact Nord
announces the 1999/2000 winners of the Wired for Learning Millennium
Technology Awards - Twelve Ontario educators and one
school are this year's first recipients of the Millennium
Technology Awards.
February
22, 2000 - ADCOM Videoconferencing and Contact North/Contact Nord
launch the Ontario Centre of Excellence in Videoconferencing - Northern
Ontario is the centre of cutting-edge initiative.
March
13, 2000 - World's Most Advanced Videoconference Bridging
Technology Connects Northern Ontario's Colleges, Universities and
Secondary Schools - The
Ontario Centre of Excellence in Videoconferencing positions
Northern Ontario at the forefront of the global digital age.
April
10, 2000 - Contact North/Contact Nord shares its Distance
Education Experience and Expertise Internationally to Help
Establish a National Distance Learning System in Trinidad &
Tobago
May
23, 2000 - Contact North/Contact Nord's Wired for
Learning Program Hosts Meet the Authors Teleconference
- On Tuesday, May 23, 2000, secondary school principals,
department heads and classroom teachers of Information Technology,
Computer Studies and Business had the opportunity to meet the
authors of Introduction to Information Technology in Business
via audioconference through Contact North/Contact Nord.
May
29, 2000 - "The Future
of Online Learning": Predicts Massive Educational
Transformation - Contact North/Contact Nord,
Northern Ontario's Distance Education & Training Network, has
recently published Stephen Downes' predictions on "The Future
of Online Learning", with a Preface and Epilogue by Dr.
Sylvia Thornburg, the network's Coordinator, Instructional Design
and Evaluation.
June
1, 2000 - Contact North/Contact Nord President & CEO
appointed to review panel for Province Wide Optical Internet
Research Network
August
28, 2000 - Increasing Access to Educational and Training
Opportunities in Loring - Contact North/Contact Nord
opens another Distance Education & Training Access Centre.
October
11, 2000 - Residents of Magnetawan First Nation will Have Access
to Educational and Training Opportunities Via Audioconferencing
and Audiographics - Contact North/Contact Nord
increases its network with the opening of a new Distance Education
& Training Access Centre.
November
1st, 2000 - Sudbury to Host Northern Ontario's First
Major Conference on Wireless Technologies and Communications
- This conference on
Wireless Technologies and Communications will be held in Sudbury on January 1st,
and February 1st, 2001.
November
6, 2000 - Northern Ontario's Distance Education & Training
Network Continues to Experience Significant Enrolment Growth.
November
22, 2000 -
Contact North/Contact
Nord Hosts Ontario’s Top Education and Technology Executives
in Toronto to Reflect on the Future of Online Learning.
- This province-wide session, held on November 15, 2000 in
Toronto, is part of an ongoing series spearheaded by Contact
North/Contact Nord’s Centre for Innovation in Learning
focusing on new and innovative practices in learning
technologies. You can access Sir John Daniel's related
material or slides
related to his talk.
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