6^th Annual MVU Online Learning Symposium - Dec. 2, 2009

Kellogg Center | Michigan State University
 55 South Harrison Ave., East Lansing, MI 48824-1022
 Phone: 517.432.4000  Reservations: 800.875.5090

The 2009 MVU Online Learning Symposium will explore how young people are using new media and communication tools to build social networks, create content and learn from their peers. This new environment has significant implications for learning and teaching, and it creates new challenges for students, parents, educators and policy makers.

The conference agenda will provide perspectives on education in the digital age, who today's students are, what they are doing online, the growing disconnect between in-school and out-of-school activities, and the changing roles of young people and adults.

Keynote Speakers

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project
Rainie will discuss the Pew Internet Project’s latest research findings on students and their world, highlight some of the trends that are developing and share his perspectives on this important research. The Pew Internet & American Life Project is a nonprofit, non-partisan “fact tank” that studies the social impact of the Internet.

Julia Angwin, Columnist and Technology Editor for the Wall Street Journal
Angwin’s presentation, “Media Literacy in the 21st Century,” will focus on the use of social media tools by youth, including personal branding, students’ online identity, new online marketing efforts targeted at teens and young adults and social media literacy skills. Angwin is author of Stealing MySpace, a new book that, according to an Amazon.com review, “chronicles the swift, dramatic rise and deep impact of MySpace.”