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Keynote: Barry Dahl, e-Learning Myth Busters: Is Conventional Wisdom Wrong?Home | Session Slides | Register | Agenda | Hotels | Parking | Keynote e-Learning Myth Busters: Is Conventional Wisdom Wrong?
Barry Dahl
Independent e-Learning Consultant
Innovations in e-Education
 We've been traveling down the road to e-learning for more than a decade. We can now look back and see whether some of our previous hopes and fears have come to fruition. We can also examine some of the newer thoughts about e-learning in an effort to determine just how much truth there is to some of the rhetoric.
This presentation will examine many of the myths and realities surrounding e-learning. Do online faculty really work harder? Do online students really cheat more? Is Second Life the second coming for higher education? Let's explore some of the e-learning myths and realities and make a case for the examination of some unconventional wisdom when it comes to e-learning in higher education.
 About Barry Dahl
Barry Dahl is an independent consultant, speaker, conference planner, on-campus and online workshop facilitator, and expert in e-Learning quality improvement, strategic planning for e-Learning growth and e-Services development, and student surveys related to satisfaction and engagement. He previously served as the Vice President of Technology and Lake Superior Connect e-Campus at Lake Superior College (LSC) in Duluth, MN.
After obtaining a B.S. degree and a Masters in Accounting from Arizona State University (ASU), Dahl served as an accounting faculty member for a total of 17 years, including 11 years at ASU, Florida Atlantic University, University of Minnesota Duluth, and then six years at LSC. In 2001, Dahl heard a new calling and resigned his tenure to become the senior administrator in charge of online learning at LSC. As Chief Technology Officer of the college, Dahl had primary responsibility for the Computer Services department, Web and Information Services, and the e-Campus known as Lake Superior Connect.
Dahl presently serves on the Board of Directors for the Instructional Technology Council. The board concentrates on providing useful services to members schools (over 300) and holding the annual e-Learning conference at different sites around the U.S.
 Dahl also served a two-year role on the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Online Council within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, serving the first year ('05-06) as Chair-Elect and the second year ('06-07) as Chair. During 2002-2003, he also chaired the IMS of the Future selection process for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Blog: barrydahl.com
Twitter: @barrydahl
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