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Path: Home > Conferences > Archive > Apr 06 > Human Capital

Innovative e-learning conference

Learning from experience

This event is now Full

Date: Thursday 27 April 2006
Venue: East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RJ
Ref: C1329/0406
Fee*: Free Event
*Includes tea/coffee and lunch

[Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]

Background & Aims

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC). is supporting the development of e-learning across Adult and Community Learning (ACL) through a wide range of initiatives and processes. The conference showcases and celebrates innovative e-learning projects funded by the LSC. These include:

bulletTrEACL (Technology to enhance learning in ACL)
bulletCACL (Content for Adult and Community Learning)
bulletWIPE (Widening Participation)
bulletRARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement)
bulletWeblogs projects for Teaching and Learning
bulletE-Skills Passport
bulletITQ in ACL (accreditation of IT and e-learning skills).

These projects range across the ACL curriculum and include specific strands on Basic Skills, Family Learning, Modern Foreign Languages, Widening Participation, Recording Learner Progress, Learning Diaries, Accreditation of e-learning and IT skills for practitioners. In addition, technologies addressed throughout the conference will include mobile technologies, Learning Platforms, DVD and video production, interactive voting systems and content creation. This conference aims to:

bulletExplore new ways of using technology to deliver and support learning for a variety of target groups
bulletShare lessons learned and content outputs from projects
bulletProvide extensive networking opportunities

Workshops will offer opportunities to discuss issues surrounding the integration of technology into adult learning and there will be opportunities to meet with and talk to project representatives.

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Audience

Attendance at the conference is free and will be relevant to practitioners delivering adult learning, ACL managers, staff and volunteers involved in implementing e-learning initiatives and strategy.

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Programme

09:30 Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available)
10:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Day
Chair: Stuart Jones, Assistant Director – Learning and Teaching, BECTA
10:10 Keynote Address
Innovative Technology in Adult and Community Learning
Dr. Alan Clarke, Associate Director, NIACE
10:30 Workshops: morning session
  1. E-learning in Language, Literacy and Numeracy
    This workshop will give delegates the opportunity to
    explore web-based templates and tutor-produced materials
    that support the development of literacy, language and
    numeracy.
     
  2. Innovative Practice in Family Learning
    An interactive workshop exploring the use of technology in
    family learning by examining illustrative practice and
    resources from innovative projects.
     
  3. E-learning and Modern Foreign Languages
    This workshop will investigate the uses of DVDs and CDs,
    tutor created materials for inclusion on Virtual Learning
    Environments (VLEs) and blogging between countries.
     
  4. Widening Participation with ICT
    In this workshop, delegates will be given an overview of
    WIPE projects from Harrow, Bolton , Kingston and the
    Leicester Centre for Deaf People and will be invited to
    explore how the outputs can be applied to their own
    organisations.
     
  5. Recording Learner Progress – RARPA and the use of Technology
    A hands-on workshop to explore the use of technology in
    RARPA. Technologies illustrated include voting systems,
    voice recorders, PDAs and digital cameras.
     
  6. Learner Diaries – Using weblogs to support teaching and learning
    Using weblogs to support teaching and learning.
     
  7. Mobile Technology – Hand held opportunities
    A hands-on workshop exemplifying the practical use of
    hand held devices in teaching and learning.
     
  8. IT Skills for Teachers (E-Skills Passport and ITQ)
    Demonstration and exploration of process, practice and
    resources for the accreditation of IT skills in post-16
    using the ITQ.
     
  9. Workshop I Interactive Café- Browse projects from TrEACL, CACL, Weblogs, RARPA and WIPE.
    Talk informally to project representatives and view their outputs.
     
12:00 Lunch and Exhibition
13:00 Workshops: afternoon session (repeated)
14:30 Press Button Evaluation and Prize Draw
15:15 Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available)

This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.

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