agenda

=Summit Agenda - Draft=

Friday, 13 July 2012
//9:00am - 9:30am: Welcome and Overview of the Event//
 * Greg Bitgood, Michael Canuel & Michael Barbour

//9:30am - 10:00am: Overview of the Canadian Regulatory System//
 * Michael Barbour

//10:00am - 10:15am: Nutrition Break (provided by Learn)//

//10:15am - 12:00pm: Introductions of Participants and their K-12 Distance Education Programs//
 * introduce yourself for approximately two minute
 * describe your program (i.e., grade levels and method of delivery) and how it fits into the provincial/territorial regulatory regime (i.e., how it is funded and regulated)
 * describe any specific challenges that you are currently facing

//12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch (provided by Learn)//

//1:30pm - 3:00pm: K-12 Online Teaching Challenges and Opportunities//
 * led by Greg Bitgood
 * informal discussions about the the delivery of distance education, as well as the selections, preparation and professional development of K-12 online teachers
 * take 5 minutes to write some topics they want to talk about on a whiteboard or note sheets
 * break the group up into smaller discussions or tables around the topics that people wanted to talk about
 * //people should feel free to move from group to group based on their own interests and expectations//

//3:00pm - 3:15pm: Nutrition Break (provided by Learn)//

//3:15pm - 4:45pm: K-12 Online Course Development Challenges and Opportunities//
 * led by Greg Bitgood
 * informal discussions about the selection or creation and maintenance of K-12 online content
 * same format as above

Saturday, 14 July 2012
//9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome Back//
 * Greg Bitgood, Michael Canuel & Michael Barbour

//9:15am - 10:45am: Roundtable Discussions//
 * led by Michael Canuel
 * informal discussions about various topics based on participants interests
 * same format as the previous day

//10:45am - 11:00am: Nutrition Break (provided by Learn)//

//11:00am - 1:00pm: Next Steps//
 * led by Michael Barbour
 * a discussion of what to do next, including the creation of a pan-Canadian group to continue this conversation, future events, potential sponsorship, etc.