Hello AIR fans! Are any of you located in Africa-- or interested in e-learning and e-research in Africa? If so, you may want to log into the e/merge 2012 online conference (9-20 July) about the use of educational technology in African universities. e/merge 2012 includes five keynotes, 35 papers and presentations, six online workshops and opportunities for rich participant initiated conversations in the Open Space forums. See: http://emerge2012.net. Registration is free for all participants based in Africa and costs R750 (approximately $90) for participants in other continents. (Please contact me off-list if you are interested but lack funds to attend.) I will be presenting a workshop (17-20 July): Use What You Have! Designing and Conducting Research Interviews Online. This interactive, multi-session workshop will introduce key steps for designing and conducting ethical research interviews online. The workshop is relevant whether you teach research or are yourself a researcher. Graduate students whether at thesis or dissertation stages– can benefit from the practical tips for using online technologies to collect data with interviews. You can attend one or all of the sessions! Each new topic will be launched with a live webinar, with ongoing asynchronous discussion. See the outline: http://bit.ly/NaJ831. Hope to see you there! ___________________________________________________________ Conference contact details: General inquiries: info@emerge2012.net Website: http://emerge2012.net Registration: http://emerge2012.net/registration/ Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/303640366396764/ Twitter hashtag: #emergeafrica Janet Salmons Ph.D. Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, Inc. Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available: Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons[at]vision2lead.com