Back in April, 2005 you signed up for a teleconference on online teaching and learning that featured the Moodle course management platform as part of Online Dispute Resolution Cyberweek.  
 
Next week as part of Cyberweek 2006 there is a series of three free online teleconferences on vaious topics of interest to mediators, lawyers and other dispute resolution professionals. 
 
These free Cyberweek online teleconference, to be held Tuesday, September 26 through Thursday, Septermer 28, will be using the Moodle platform for support including email- web-based discussion forums.  Here is the message that was sent out in the Dispute-Res and ADR email-based discussion groups:
 
Join in with mediators, lawyers and other dispute resolution professionals in this teleconference the eighth annual running of Cyberweek, an online exposition sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Institute for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution. Cyberweek brings together dispute resolution professionals from around the world to participate in conferences, demonstrations and other activities over the internet.

Three Cyberweek online teleconferences for mediators, lawyers and allied professionals are scheduled for 9 pm GMT UK/Western EU, 4 pm Eastern US/Canada, 1 pm Pacific US/Canada and 6 am (next day) Eastern Australia on September 26, 27 and 28.

You may connect via long distance or Skype voice over the internet (VOIP). The conferences are free (except your long distance charge) and participation via Skype will make these truly world wide events. The three one-hour teleconferences are:

Tue, 26th The Intersection  of Mediation, Facilitation, Coaching and Teaching -- the panel includes Forrest Mosten and Zena Zumeta, as well as Tony Carr, Cape Town, and Bronwyn Stuckey, Sidney.  This conference, and companion, online discussion forum will focus on the shared skills, strategies and best practices of mediators, facilitators, coaches and teachers -- new perspectives on building skills and improving strategies in one on one, one on two, small group and large group interactions.

Wed, 27th Mediation Excellence  Program -- the panel will be lead by Rachel Wohl, Director of the Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office for the Maryland State Judiciary and Cindy Savage, Director of the Office of Dispute Resolution for the Colorado State Judiciary. The program seeks to take mediation to the next level by growing the Mediation Excellence tree, take a look:

http://www.courts.state.md.us/macro/tree_portrait_10_05.pdf

Thu, 28th Mediation Excellence in  Cyberspace -- the panel will be lead by Nancy White of Seattle, Washington. Panelists include Graham Ross, Claims Room, UK, and Colin Rule, Ebay and Paypal Dispute Resolution, (Colin is working on his schedule).  This conference, and companion online discussion forum, will focus on how to learn and work together on an ongoing basis. The two perspectives covered by this teleconference and the online discussion forum will be: (1) supporting Mediation Excellence in online dispute resolution; and (2) using the internet for education, mentoring, networking and cooperation between mediators and mediation organizations in the quest for Mediation Excellence generally.

Professor Ethan Katsh, founder of Dispute-Res and Cyberweek will be on all three panels.

Web site for more information on the online teleconference series and related online discussion forums visit: http://coadr.com/

Headquarters for Online Dispute Resolution Cyberweek is at: http://www.odr.info/cyberweek2006/index.php is where you will find a listing of the other Cyberweek programs and also register to get Cyberweek announcements by email.

John DeBruyn -- jdebruyn@debruyn.com -- Denver CO USA

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