Events

ImplementationFest is the premier, annual event for the Department of Defense (DoD) training community and is presented by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness) Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative.  It provides unique opportunities for military, government, industry, and academic professionals to learn about the latest research and events shaping distributed learning.  
The conference focuses on topics including immersive learning technologies, [...]

The Learning Registery Plugfest is a hands-on technical event. Attendees will experience two days of hands-on work to connect their repositories, content collections and communities to the Learning Registry; to build tools, to explore the data the Learning Registry has; and to work on the Learning Registry code to add new features. Attendees should have programming/software engineering/development skills and plan to come [...]

The Annual Games for Change Festival is the largest gaming event in New York City and the only international event uniting “games for change” creators, the public, civil society, academia, the gaming industry and media.

The 2011 National Transition Conference provides the opportunity to access the latest information available in the field that can be used to improve the transition from school to adult life for young adults with disabilities.

The World Report on Disability explores how physical, attitudinal and systemic barriers hinder participation of persons with disabilities in fields such as health, transport, education and employment, and provides information on what works to improve inclusion and participation.

For many people with disabilities, games offer a window to the world. To showcase the progress in accessible gaming, the AbleGamers Foundation presents “The Game Accessibility Arcade”, and all-day presentation offering a hands-on showcase of accessibility technology that can enable play on the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PS3, and more. The foundation will be featuring [...]

The OSEP Project Directors’ Conference will provide opportunities for attendees to explore issues regarding strategies to evaluate and track teacher performance, implementing and sustaining evidence based practices that lead to improved outcomes for children with disabilities, innovative strategies for turning around low performing schools, preparing students for college and career, and using data for instructional programming [...]

The 2011 Celebration of Teaching and Learning will gather global experts with PreK-12 educators to foster creativity and encourage lifelong learning in and out of the classroom.

The FOSE Conference & Exposition serves government agency program and project executives, CIOs, chief technology officers, network administrators, information technology managers, engineers, purchasing and training managers seeking new and improved solutions for managing and operating civilian, defense, state and local government agencies. FOSE also serves technology and business development executives and professionals doing business with [...]

The ISTE 2011 Conference will help attendees unlock their potential and key in to new ways of learning and teaching.  Conference themes and strands will address the following topic areas:

School Improvement addresses development and articulation of a vision for the role of technology in school improvement.
Technology Infrastructure focuses on the technology, resources, and policies necessary [...]

The CEC 2011 Convention & Expo is the largest professional gathering of the special education community. This event offers more than 800 sessions to help attendees learn the latest in evidence-based practices; explore innovative technologies, products, and services; and network with other professionals working with children with exceptionalities and their families.

Attendees will learn how the [...]

The 2011 CSUN Conference will allow  researchers, educators, practitioners, end users, speakers and exhibitors to convene to share research data, best practices, and preview new products and applications.

This year’s Keynote Address will be an informative and enlightening panel discussion of global issues, the impact of new accessibility updates and how we can involve third-world countries. [...]

In the face of the most serious economic crisis in generations, educational technology has become an easy target for budget cuts. Yet the current crisis presents not just challenges, but also tremendous opportunities to strengthen technology investments and focus on results. CoSN, in its 16th year as the premier technology leadership conference, is dedicated to [...]

The ATIA 2011 Orlando Conference features the latest products and services, showcasing more than 100 companies and organizations that provide assistive technologies to enhance learning, working, and independence for people with disabilities in one of the most comprehensive exhibitions in the industry.

Educational sessions for educators, therapists and specialists are organized by strand and include best practises, [...]

The Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) will bring together clinicians, researchers, allied health professionals, and consumers in Washington, DC to learn about the seminal advances in TBI research and clinical care that have served to advance the field and to change service, practice and policy.

NSF’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) will host its first-ever technology webinar and expo on accessibility and accommodations awareness. Gregg Vanderheiden, director of the Trace Research and Development Center and professor in the Industrial & Systems and Biomedical Engineering departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will deliver a webinar lecture on “Building Access into [...]

The 2011 Games for Health conference will be held on May 18-19 in Boston, MA and includes simultaneous tracks, a poster session, exhibits, and special topic rooms. Pre-conference events on mobile games, games accessibility, and game-based medical learning, modeling, and simulation will take part on May 17.  

The main Games for Health Conference features five tracks [...]

Congress designated each October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). This effort to educate the American public about issues related to disability and employment began in 1945, when Congress enacted a law declaring the first week in October each year “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” In 1962, the word “physically” was removed to [...]

Silicon Flatirons, a center for law, technology, and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, in partnership with the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities, will host a public workshop on Implications of Cloud Computing for People with Cognitive Disabilities. The workshop will bring together leaders from industry, education, public policy, disability, advocacy, and government with a shared [...]

Washington, DC
*Look for Tracy Gray, NCTI Director, at the October 8, 2010 (Boston, MA) session of this event.

Unleashing Technology to Personalize Learning is an interactive forum for district-level personnel charged with maximizing the effectiveness of technology in education. In this one-day forum, participatns will discover the benefits of customizing student learning with proven ed-tech strategies. Discussions [...]

As virtual schools and courses gain traction and continue to grow, some experts say it’s imperative to recognize that online teachers need a special set of skills that are different from what their face-to-face counterparts need. Some virtual schools and states are adopting guidelines that require online teachers to respond to student e-mails within 24 [...]

ISTE is now accepting session proposals for ISTE 2011. ISTE is seeking content that addresses digital-age learning and takes advantage of student-centered pedagogy as well as digital tools and resources. Digital-age learning is authentic, real-world, rigorous, collaborative, and global. Student-centered pedagogy is individualized and differentiated; project, problem, or challenge based; and/or supported by the latest [...]

Closing the Gap is a practitioner-driven AT conference taking place in Minneapolis, MN. This year’s conference builds on a tradition of providing a comprehensive examination of the most current uses of technology by persons with disabilities and the professionals who work with them.

Topics will cover a broad spectrum of technology as it is being applied to all disabilities [...]

The “Designing UDL” contest aims to give educators at all levels the opportunity to share how they put UDL principles into action.  Submissions should describe how UDL has influenced you as a learner or as an educator. These submissions can come in a variety forms (text, audio, video, photo/drawing) and creativity is encouraged! Entries in four [...]

The National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s (NASDSE) 73rd Annual Business Meeting and Conference will take place October 16-19, 2010 in Nashville, TN. The conference theme, Composition of Connectivity, will focus on how to embrace technology that can assist in performance of the routine tasks in jobs and help improve outcomes for students and teachers. The conference is [...]

Now in its 31st year, ISTE’s Annual Conference & Exposition features an array of professional learning and collaborative networking opportunities. Attendees can choose from more than 600 sessions—formal sessions and hands-on labs, traditional and student poster presentations, Birds-of-a-Feather discussions, and themed lounges and playgrounds, as well as three inspirational keynotes.

To learn more and register, visit [...]

Never heard of SCORM until now?  Tasked with creating SCORM-conformant content?  Wondering what SCORM is and where to get started?  This webinar will provide an overview of SCORM concepts. It will:

Define key terms (such as assets, sharable content objects, reusability)
Describe the main contents in each of the SCORM 2004 books
Discuss major considerations when [...]

Learn about how authoring tools are optimized for particular types of learning, output formats, workflows, etc., and how these can be matched to your requirements and environment. This webinar will provide an overview of authoring tools and recommend a process for choosing them. Specific tools are discussed as examples, but in a vendor-neutral context; this [...]

Instructional designers inevitably deal with visual design while designing e-learning screens. There are aesthetic principles, technical best practices, usability principles, and standards compliance constraints involved. This webinar will provide an overview of considerations in these areas, covering the following areas of visual e-learning design:

Layout
Color
Typography
Graphic Element Characteristics

Register for this webinar at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/518740098

Fidelity of Implementation: Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based Practices and Programs

Fidelity of implementation is a vital component of any school improvement process. This interactive webinar will outline the “nuts and bolts” of fidelity implementation by highlighting the IRIS Center’s newly developed, free, online professional development instructional module about fidelity. This module discusses the importance of selecting [...]

ImplementationFest provides an opportunity to a unique gathering of military, government, industry, and academic learning/education/training professionals to share lessons learned.

NCTI will once again head to Boston for the Games for Health conference, presenting in the Accessibility Pre Conference. Games Beyond Entertainment promises to bring together a heady mix of researchers, developers, and gamers who are launching breakthrough approaches to learning, social, and health issues.

Benetech CEO Jim Fruchterman to speak about Bookshare’s leadership role in global initiatives that increase the availability of accessible published materials for individuals with print disabilities.  The event will take place on April 29, at 10 am in the Zenger Room of the National Press Club in Washington D.C. and is open to members of [...]

The National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is a non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement. NSDC’s 40th Annual Conference will be held in Washington, D.C, on Dec. 6-10, 2008.

Attend the NCTI Technology Innovators Conference, Thriving in a Global Marketplace, on November 20-21, 2008 in Washington, DC. The conference offers a comprehensive two-day agenda focusing on emerging technology trends, challenges, and guidance for Thriving in a Global Marketplace.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and [...]

Each year, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) holds the premier national technology leadership conference, dedicated to policy and effective implementation from school district, state, and national perspectives. The conference attracts over 1,000 district, state and national education technology leaders. Enhance your career and learn from other leaders as we define the future of the [...]

The CILC Symposium, title sponsored by AT&T, will convene educators from across the nation to address issues and opportunities related to interactive videoconferencing (IVC) and collaborative technologies. Participants will gather in Indianapolis for the event, slated for Tuesday, Nov. 13 — Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Additional participants will connect remotely via streaming and collaboration technologies.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society have recognized individuals and organizations for their outstanding design innovations aimed at helping the disabled overcome barriers and further empower all people. The 2007 winners will be honored Friday, September 28th at the da Vinci Awards gala at the Ritz Carlton in Dearborn, Michigan. Past winners include a Who’s Who of accessible design.

This year’s RESNA conference will be held in Phoenix on June 17-19. There will be two days of Instructional Courses June 15-16, followed by three days of workshops, paper presentations, and networking opportunities. The conference includes an Exhibit Hall featuring the latest assistive technology products from a wide range of leading companies and cutting-edge research taking place at two dozen federally-funded Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers.

Plan for the 28th annual National Educational Computing Conference. Join more than 18,000 teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, teacher educators, administrators, policy makers, industry representatives, and students from all over the world who’ll gather June 24–27 at the Georgia World Congress Center in the heart of Downtown Atlanta.

NCTI co-hosted a Vendor Forum and Networking Event at ATIA with the Special Education Assistive Technology (SEAT) Center at Illinois State University. In response to stakeholder requests, we have posted the presentation and supporting documents from experts in the assistive technology (AT) field to explore ways to advance your products and learn about future partnership opportunities.