While there are many other e-learning industry conferences, the e-Learning DevCon was the first conference to focus exclusively on e-learning development tools, techniques, and training targeted at e-learning developers. It is also the only conference to receive a 4/4 star rating from Training Media Review.

“We are e-learning developers ourselves,” says Steven Hancock, conference co-organizer, “so we organized a conference that we would want to go to. Many of the conferences in our industry don’t go into the depth that e-learning developers need.”

“The people that attend this e-learning conference are here to learn techniques that will help them get their jobs done,” says Garin Hess, conference co-organizer. “They aren’t interested in lots of theory or fluff.”

Rapid Intake encourages potential presenters to submit presentations that go deeper than general overviews of a particular e-learning authoring tool or environment. Hess further states “We need beginner, intermediate, and expert level presentations to accommodate the many different levels of skill and experience that our participants bring to the conference.”

The e-Learning DevCon conference is hosted in a university setting and the focus on development and developers has apparently been a success with those who have attended in the past. One participant put it this way, “This was the best conferences I've attended in the last four years." Another stated, “I really enjoyed the 'learning' format of the conference. I've gotten much more information in the first couple of days than I've gotten in the last 2 'conferences' I've attended."

Presentation proposals will be accepted through April 2006.

Conference organizers suggest presenters submit proposals by the end of 2005. While any topic will be considered, topics in the following areas are suggested and sought: Wiki, Dreamweaver, CourseBuilder, Flash, Swish, Captivate (formerly RoboDemo), Camtasia, Photoshop, Breeze, Database Connectivity, LMSes, new tools on the market, SCORM, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Section 508 Compliance, W3C Standards, JavaScript, ActionScript, ASP, Fireworks, Case Studies, Visual Design, Instructional Design, Project Management.

Potential presenters can find more information at http://www.elearndevcon.com.