From May 23 to 26

UQAM and TÉLUQ will welcome over 500 participants to a conference on "Innovation in Education: Challenges, Issues and Solutions"

From May 23 to 26, UQAM and TÉLUQ will host the first joint congress of the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE- ACÉD) and the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC). The event will be held in the Sherbrooke Pavilion of UQAM's new Pierre-Dansereau Science Complex.

More than 500 participants from Canada, the United States and Europe will assemble for this scientific conference on “Innovation in Education: Challenges, Issues and Solutions”, exploring distance education and the educational uses of information and communication technologies. Co-presiding over the conference are Carole Lamoureux, UQAM Vice-Rector of Studies and Student Life, and Raymond Duchesne, TÉLUQ Director of Teaching and Research. This is the first event organized jointly by UQAM and TÉLUQ since their merger last October.

About CADE This national association is the voice of Canada's distance education communities. It comprises educators and researchers committed to excellence in the provision of distance education in Canada.

For more information about CADE, please contact :

Joan Collinge
President, CADE
604-291-3850
collinge@sfu.ca

About AMTEC AMTEC is a Pan-Canadian association of professionals working to facilitate and improve learning in all educational contexts, through the appropriate application and integration of educational technology.

For more information about AMTEC, please contact :

Rik Hall
President, AMTEC
506-452-0625
rikhall@stu.ca and hall@unb.ca

For further information about the conference: www.acedamtec.uqam.ca

Source : Jenny Desrochers,
Press Relations and Special Events Officer
UQAM Communications Office
Phone : (514) 987-3000, ext. 7730#
Fax : (514) 987-3251
desrochers.jennifer@uqam.ca

06-047 (02-03-06)