ECIS PRESENTS ANNUAL ECIS CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM DIGITAL AND BLENDED LEARNING FACILITATED BY DR. DONALD JACOBS - CEO, PLS 3RD LEARNING DR. MICHAEL SPEZIALE - VP, WILKES UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER / BARCELONA COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CAN SUPPORT CREATIVE AND SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO TRA- DITIONAL CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. DESIGNING AND IMPILEMENT- ING SUCCESSFUL APPROACHES, THOUGH, REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING AND EXECUTION. THIS PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING MODELS THAT SUPPORT THE SUCCESS - FUL USE AND INTEGRATION OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMA- TION TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. PARTICULAR FOCUS WILL BE ON. “FLIPPED CLASSROOMS” AND BLENDED (HY- BRID) LEARNING MODELS. THIS PRE-CONFERENCE SESSION WILL PROVIDE THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE NEEDED: FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS WHO PAR= TICIPATE IN THE BLENDED AND ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING WIGRO' CREDENTIAE PROGRAMME OFFERED THROUGH THE ECIS