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Volume 2 Issue 3March 1998

CVU Vendor Fair and Exposition

Dr. Diane Vines
Vice President, Academic Development, CSU Institute
Chair, CVU Mission and Academic Policy Committee

The California Virtual University (CVU) Corporate Partners Exhibition attracted over 250 college and university administrators and faculty to the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel on February 18, 1998. Thirty-nine companies had vendor booths in which they demonstrated their mediated and distributed learning products and services. Company representatives were available to answer questions and solicit feedback from the campus representatives.

The day began with a kick-off general session moderated by Joe Rodota, Executive Director of the California Virtual University Design Team and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Peter Wilson. Roger Benjamin of the Rand Corporation discussed the implications of Rand's recent report on California higher education. He was followed by a futuristic look at mediated and distributed learning by Bernie Luskin, a consultant and member of the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

Following the general session, CVU Design Team members hosted break-out sessions for the four segments of higher education in California. The University of California session was hosted by Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. The California Community Colleges session was hosted by Larry Toy, and the session for the independent colleges and universities was hosted by Jonathan Brown. In these sessions, attendees learned more about the CVU and the involvement of campuses in that segment in the CVU. Also, Ric Matthews of the California Community Colleges discussed the upcoming articulation meeting sponsored by the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates. Professor Matthews chairs the ICAS planning committee for the meeting.