In an effort to encourage networking and collaboration among the Sloan-C community before, during, and after the International Symposium, we have developed this site in a way that rewards you for these activities. No purchase is neccessary to participate. All you have to do is register on this site and start participating in ways you would normally participate, including:

• 100 points - Inviting your colleagues to join the site.
• 100 points - Your colleagues automatically receive 100 points for accepting your invite.
• 25 points - Fill in your biography so that others can find out more about you.
• 10 points - Post to the forums.
• 5 points - Respond to other posts using the "add a comment" feature.
• 3 points - Vote on forum posts and comments using the arrow boxes next to most posts (vote up if you found it helpful, down if you didn't).
• 1 point - Use the private messages to send messages back and forth with your colleagues. 1 point for each message sent.

If you earn 500 points, we will send you a free Sloan-C publication. Select from any of these popular publications (while supplies last, please see note below about international shipping):

• Elements of Quality: The Sloan-C™ Framework (2002) - Sloan-C's most popular publication of all time, Elements of Quality is a reference manual that draws from the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, the Sloan-C catalog, listserv, books, workshops and conferences, and an online exchange of effective practices to provide a comprehensive overview of the Sloan-C Framework.. The framework uses the principles of continuous quality improvement as tools for measuring progress toward the goal of affordable, accessible education for all. Click here to find out more...
• Elements of Quality Online Education: Into the Mainstream, Volume 5 in the Sloan-C series (2003) CD-ROM Format - Contains a PDF version of Volume 5 in the Sloan-C Series, as well as 14 informative video presentations from the contributors of the papers in this popular volume. The 14 peer-reviewed studies in this volume provide guidance for effectively responding to the challenges facing higher education. In our time of “profound, rapid, and discontinuous change,” these studies envision solutions to the challenges of online, blended and face-to-face education in higher education. There are several hours of video on the CD-ROM representing 28 of the most influential researchers in the field of online learning. Click her to find out more...
• Elements of Quality Online Education: Into the Mainstream: Wisdom from the Sloan Consortium - Of value to practitioners in the full range of educational contexts, the sixteen wisdom papers in this collection include perspectives ranging from programs and institutions to effective practices to insights about the future of higher education as new models emerge that will improve learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness, access, faculty satisfaction and student satisfaction. Click here to find out more...
• Engaging Communities: Wisdom from the Sloan Consortium - The nineteen papers in this volume portray organizations that are negotiating the simultaneous demands of tradition, the status quo, and the transformation of higher education. These wisdom papers include views on the ways assessment guides improvement; on the potential of blended environments; and on transformations that will give new meaning to the Sloan-C quality pillars of learning effectiveness, cost effectiveness, access, and faculty and student satisfaction. Click here to find out more...

Community is at the heart of what Sloan-C is all about, so please join the community, share, collaborate, and let us reward you for it!

International Participants, Please Note: Due to the high cost of international shipping, Sloan-C is unable to offer hardcopy publications to international participants. Instead, a PDF version of the the publication selected will be provided.