The conference features a wide variety of keynote speakers ranging in topics from the pedagogy of online instruction to the perspectives of industry on E-Learning. Including: Josh Anderson, Basehor-Linwood Virtual Charter School Josh Anderson is a Language Arts teacher at Basehor-Linwood High School, Basehor-Linwood Virtual Charter School, and the Basehor-Linwood Distance Learning Program. Using a single web site, he has given parents and students in all three schools unlimited access to his classroom and courses. In addition to coaching debate and forensics, Josh has presented at national and local conferences on topics ranging from The Virtual Charter School to Effective On-Line Course Design. Rob Fenty, Director of Marketing-Intel Worldwide Director of Sales and Marketing for Intel Corporation's Business Communications Products Operation, Rob Fenty has eight years of management experience in high-tech, communications, and Internet industries, directly focused on video and audio streaming technologies at use in online and distance learning. Rob has been a member of the board of governors for the University of Kansas Online Academy for more that two years. He has an MBA from Stanford University. Judi Harris, Associate Professor, University of Texas Judi Harris's research focuses upon curriculum-based telecomputing, telementoring, and authentic professional development. Judi directs "The Electronic Emissary" (http://www.tapr.org/emissary), a K-12 curriculum-oriented telementoring service and research effort. She also leads professional development programs and speaks to educators in the U.S. and Canada about telecomputing. Judi has authored "Way of the Ferret: Finding and Using Educational Resources on the Internet" (1994 & 1995, ISTE), "Teaching and Learning with the Internet" (1996, ASCD), "Virtual Architecture: Designing and Directing Curriculum-Based Telecomputing" (1998, ISTE), "Design Tools for the Internet-Supported Classroom" (1998, ASCD), and more than 145 articles on curriculum-based applications of educational technologies. Charlotte Hazzard, University of Nebraska Charlotte Hazzard is the Assistant Director of Distance Education in the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) providing administrative leadership for research and development and the CLASS Project. The focus of the CLASS (Communications, Learning, and Assessment in a Student-centered System) is to develop a high school diploma sequence of Web-based courses. Courses are offered through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's fully accredited Independent Study High School, founded in 1929. The CLASS Project provides individual students with access to interactive flexible course materials that include data, graphics, audio, video and other multimedia enhancements that incorporate electronic interactivity between student and teacher, student and student, and student and external resources. Ed Meyen, Principal Investigator, The Online Academy, University of Kansas Ed Meyen is a Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas. He has taught all of his courses fully online since 1996. In 1997, one of his courses received honorable mention "for specific features worthy of notice and imitation" by the Paul Allen Virtual Education Foundation. Meyen is principal investigator for the Online Academy, which is developing online instruction in teacher education for dissemination nationally. His research and development are focused on the pedagogy of online instruction. Paul Resta, Professor, University of Texas Dr. Paul E. Resta is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of the Learning Technology Center and the University of Texas at Austin. His current work focuses on computer -supported collaborative learning, the use of telecommunications and multimedia technologies to enhance learning opportunities for Native American and other students in rural isolated areas, and the design of an international study of exemplary applications of technology in education. Tracy Russo, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Tracy Russo is Director of KU's Edwards Campus Graduate Program in Communication Studies, and teaches classes in new communication technologies, organizational communication, communication theory, and business communication at both Edwards and Lawrence campuses. Her research interests are communication processes in distance education and distributed organizations. Prior to her academic work, Russo worked for Knight-Ridder Financial Information for 17 years as Vice President Editorial, responsible for the U.S. newsgathering operation and later Vice President Operations, responsible for order processing, installation and repair, and customer support.