July 18, 2023: The USDLA’s 2023 National Conference is underway in Orlando, FL!

Welcome to everyone attending USDLA’s 2023 National Conference is underway in Orlando, FL. We are so glad you are here!

If you are following us online: Click here to check out our virtual schedule:https://usdla.org/2023-registration/

Sign up for your photo opportunity: JDLHorizon’s Tom Lapping and his team will shoot videos and offer free headshots to conference attendees. Click here to pick your 30-minute time slot.

Remember: The USDLA Conference is a great place to expand your network circle in an intimate, relaxing environment with leaders from the industry, leading-edge vendors, and our state chapters.

  • NEDLA: Sign up for the July 27 webinar hosted by our colleagues, NEDLA.org(the Northeast Digital Learning Association), which teaches us how to Cultivate a Culture of Well-being with Linda Bonnar! She is a coach, educator, author, and the Co-Founder of Upstrive
  • USDLA Board Member Dr. Geo Laws will speak at the Distance Learning Association on July 23-26 in Jekyll Island, GA. Click here to learn more: westga.edu/~distance/dla/

Learn more about the national conference:

Please let us know if you need anything more! — The USDLA Communications team

Get ready to have your picture taken: JDLHorizons is offering free headshots at the National Conference

Photo opp: We are excited to bring back JDLHorizon’s Tom Lapping and his team this year. They will be shooting videos and offering free headshots to conference attendees.

Sign up to be interviewed or for your headshot by clicking here. Please provide your name, cell, and email address.

Eduvision, developed by JDL Horizons, is the trusted source for creating, hosting, managing, and distributing high-quality video to all desktop browsers and mobile devices. Eduvision Capture and Quiz Wizard can be integrated directly into your LMS Lesson creation and linked to the grade book. This tool allows users to host, capture, caption, translate, and create quizzes with full WCAG2.1 AA Compliance all in one platform.

Thomas Lapping has over 30 years of management, sales, marketing, and technology-related services delivery in the US education market. He founded JDL Technologies, without outside investment capital, in 1989 as a K-12 education network integrator. He led the company to deliver over 5,000 IP networks in K-20 institutions and merged JDL with Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ JCS) in 1998. ESchool News then selected him as one of the 30 most influential leaders in the use of technology in 2001 with Bill Gates and Michael Dell. He also founded JDL Horizons and acquired two operating divisions from JDL Technologies in 2007 and is the developer of award-winning Eduvision, with over 1 million hours of coding for safe and secure video workflows specific to the needs of Educators, JDL has district-wide adoptions for Eduvision in the nation’s largest schools, Miami-Dade, Clark County, Las Vegas, Broward, Ft. Lauderdale, and Michigan. He enjoys skiing and boating and summers on Big Island, Lake Minnetonka. Click here to learn more about JDLHorizons.com.

NEDLA.org webinar: July 27, 6pm Eastern — Cultivating a Culture of Wellbeing in Your Organization

NEDLA is excited to announce our July Webinar featuring an interactive and engaging session with Linda Bonnar, coach, educator, author, co-founder, and Director of Content of Upstrive.

Please join us for this exciting session: July 27, 6pm Eastern

In this informative and engaging session, she will explore:

  • What it means to cultivate a culture of well-being in your organization
  • Why well-being truly is the foundation of organizational success
  • Steps any organization can take to cultivate a culture of well-being

Register here: www.nedla.org

About Linda: Passionate about empowering people to become the drivers of their success, She combines 16 years of educational experience with her wealth of coaching certifications, NLP training, and Positive Psychology to empower her clients to maximize their full potential. As a corporate coach, Linda has coached employees in global companies such as Google, Salesforce, Chevron, and Warner Media in leadership, executive, and change management. Originally from Ireland, Linda lives in New York City with her husband, Stephen, and their two tortoises. An avid runner, Linda has completed 16 marathons, two ultra-marathons, and numerous half-marathons.

DLA Keynote Speaker Geo Laws: July 23-26 — Leading Through Uncertainty: AI in Higher ED and Online Learning

USDLA Board Member Dr. Geo Laws will speak at the Distance Learning Association conference on July 23-26 in Jekyll Island, GA.

Click here to register to join her: https://www.westga.edu/~distance/dla/

Geo explains: After attending the Distance Learning Administration (DLA) conference for 15 years, this year I have the honor of delivering the keynote speech. I will provide a theory-informed compass for online leaders to navigate the uncertainties of decision-making in the age of artificial intelligence in higher education.

This conference has been going on for 23 years and is a destination for online leaders to collaborate in research, practice, thought leadership, and advocacy. Previous DLA keynote speakers have included:

  • Dr. Deb Adair, Executive Director of Quality Matters, DLA 2018
  • Dr. Ken Harmon, Business Professor, Executive Coach, Motivational Speaker, Kennesaw State University, DLA 2019
  • Dr. Richard Garrett, Chief Research Officer at Eduventures, DLA 2021
  • Dr. Kelvin Thompson, Executive Director of the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Center for Distributed Learning, 2022 (and now Vice Provost for Online Strategy and Teaching Innovation at the University of Louisville)

About Geo: A USDLA Board of Directors member and chair of National Distance Learning Week annual conference, Geo’s consulting firm is Geo Laws Consulting LLC.

Questions? Click here to send Geo an email: glaws@usdla.org