March 23, 2005 -- LearningTimes joined an outstanding group of innovators today, with the announcement of our “Distinguished Partnership” with the New Media Consortium (NMC). Like LearningTimes, NMC reaches educators around the world – building communities among people from leading colleges, universities, museums, corporations, and other learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.

NMC member institutions are found in almost every state in the US, across Canada, and in Europe, Latin America, and Japan. Among the membership are an elite list of the most highly regarded colleges and universities in the world, as well as a growing list of innovative museums, research centers, foundations, and forward-thinking companies.

The LearningTimes and NMC partnership will kick-off with 4 interactive webcasts during the Online Conference on Visual Literacy. Held completely via the internet, April 5-6, 2005, this event will focus on how emerging ideas, constructs, tools, and theories are fueling new interest in visual communication in education.

Registration is now open. Members of any of the 60+ LearningTimes Network Communities receive a special discount. Click here to submit your registration online.

Full text of the announcement to NMC members by Larry Johnson, CEO of NMC

As we continue to explore new and more effective ways of bringing NMC members together online, we have been looking for a partner to help us to deliver live events via the Internet more effectively and to larger groups than has been possible for us in the past. I am pleased to report that we have found one.

Please join me in welcoming LearningTimes as the NMC’s newest Distinguished Partner — the highest level of corporate participation in the organization, and one that reflects a deep commitment to the goals and purposes of the NMC.

LearningTimes designs online learning communities and produces online conferences, interactive webcasts and events for educational and cultural institutions. The growing LearningTimes Network (LTN) now consists of over 60 custom built communities, with over 32,000 members. LTN communities represent a wide variety of organizations within the world of education, including K-12, higher education, educational and web publishing, museums, government bodies, technology providers, corporate training, nonprofit learning consortia and associations.

LearningTimes' focus is on designing and producing learning communities that connect people with other people, online. LearningTimes believes in utilizing the Web to enable rich collaboration, vibrant community activity, and meaningful interaction between humans, especially across distances. While the foundation of good learning relies on access to the right content, we believe that access to the right people, in ways in which humans are comfortable interacting, is fundamental. To accomplish its goals, LearningTimes seeks out or develops "best-of-breed" tools to enhance the online experience of participants, presenters and sponsors.

LearningTimes joins a prestigious list of companies supporting the work of the NMC. A complete list of NMC corporate partners and member institutions is available at http://www.nmc.org/membership.

While you're there, click on the LearningTimes link to learn more about our newest partner, or visit their site directly at: http://www.learningtimes.net, or write to info@learningtimes.net.

Let's extend a warm welcome to our friends at LearningTimes!

Larry Johnson
NMC


Mark your calendars!

Register now! The Online Conference on Visual Literacy will be held April 5-6, 2005 via the Internet.

The 2005 NMC Summer Conference will be held June 15-18, 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

For a comprehensive listing of NMC events, see http://www.nmc.org/events/