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Sponsorship of the Virtual Learning Environments Conference WAOE is seeking to co-sponsor the 3rd World Conference on Virtual Learning Environments.  This is an annual conference for professionals engaged in designing, implementing, operating, evaluating or accrediting virtual learning environments, which will next be held on January 5-7, 2000 at Holiday Inn on the Bay, San Diego, California.  Sponsorship evidently involves assistance with promoting the event, eg by providing links or making announcements.

Kate Hand, Convenor of the Industry and Academy OCREW is pursuing this matter on behalf of the Association, with a possible view to involving the OCREW in panel discussions or other elements of the conference.  Kate is looking for any information which might be helpful to her efforts from members who know about the organisers of the VLE 2000 Conference or who have participated in the previous events.  Email Kate if you can offer any help.
                                                                                                                                                      
If Kate's approaches bear fruit, they would put WAOE in some very interesting company of organisations involved in online education and distance learning which are also supporting VLE 2000 - including Western Governors University, UCLA, Southern Regional Electronic Campus, Cal VIrtual U, Minnesota Virtual U, and the Commonwealth of Learning.