Plans and preparations for HigherEd BlogCon 2006, an all-online event exploring the impact of new media in higher education, are progressing nicely. I’m sure you’ll want to take note of the dates.

Teaching - April 2-8, 2006
Library and Information Resources - April 10-14, 2006
Admissions, Alumni Relations, and Communications & Marketing - April 17-21, 2006
Websites and Web Development - April 24-28, 2006

The event site itself is up and running. This feed will include everything posted to the conference site, including all presentations and announcements. (Track-specific feeds are forthcoming.)

There are more than forty presentation proposals listed on the planning wiki. Each proposal has a page supporting comments, so please feel free to offer your thoughts on what you see there. Until further notice, we are continuing to accept proposals.

Just a reminder that all presentations posted on the conference site will be publicly viewable, for free, and registration will not be required.

Keep an eye out for chats and podcasts leading up to the event.

Finally, in case you are interested in being part of the event by highlighting the event on your blog or website, a badge is available in the lower left corner of the HigherEd BlogCon home page.