Thank you for making the 23rd Annual Ann Ferren Conference the most well attended ever!
The 2012 Ann Ferren Conference was held on January 13, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Mary Graydon Center at American University. This year's conference broke the attendance record with 467 participating faculty, staff and graduate students. The program featured 30 sessions, an early breakfast with eight cohort breakout sessions and thematic roundtable discussions, and a plenary speech titled "Social networked learning in complex information environments" by George Siemens, Associate Director of the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. A dessert reception followed the last session.
Schedule of Events:
| 8:00 AM |
Registration Begins |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 10:15 AM |
Cohort Breakout Sessions and Breakfast Roundtable Discussions | |
| 10:30 - 11:45 AM |
Session One (10 concurrent sessions) |
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| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Plenary: George Siemens |
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| 1:00 - 1:45 PM |
Lunch | |
| 2:00 - 3:15 PM |
Session Two (10 concurrent sessions) |
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| 3:30 - 4:45 PM |
Session Three (10 concurrent sessions) |
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| 4:45 - 5:30 PM |
Dessert Reception |
CLICK HERE to view detailed session descriptions from the 2012 conference.
Links to video and audio files from all 2012 sessions will be posted on this website by mid-February.
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Anna Olsson at aolsson@american.edu or at extension -6077.
