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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The First Annual Rice University Workshop on Personalized Learning will occur 22 April 2013 and feature talks and discussion from leading researchers and industry representatives from areas like machine learning, cognitive science, and big data. A list of confirmed speakers plus registration information is available at <a href="http://rdls.rice.edu/personalized-learning-workshop">http://rdls.rice.edu/personalized-learning-workshop</a>.<br><br>The 2013 Connexions Conference will be held on the next day, 23 April 2013. Already in its 5th year, the Connexions Conference brings together leading policy, academic, and technology experts to discuss the future of Open Education Resources as well as the technologies that are driving it. This year we are especially excited to discuss the launch of a new OER authoring toolset as well as an expansion of the OpenStax College library. The agenda and registration information are available on the conference website at <a href="http://conference.cnx.org/">http://conference.cnx.org</a> <<a href="http://conference.cnx.org/"> http://conference.cnx.org/</a>> <br><br>These events will be held in Duncan Hall on 22-23 April 2013. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>