E-Guides National Event 2009: Refresh and Sustain

Date:	26 Mar 2009
Venue:	Nottingham: East Midlands Conference Centre, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RJ
Ref:	C1730/0309
Fee:	Book before Friday 30 January 2009 and get an early bird discount E-Guides: Early bird: £60.00, Full price: £95.00 (those who have completed or are booked to attend the three-day E-Guides training programme) Non E-Guides: Early bird: £115.00, Full price: £150.00 Optional Extra: The evening of 25th March 2009... Dinner and overnight accommodation with evening event: £50.00 (subject to availability) Includes lunch and refreshments Bursaries are available (see application brochure for details) NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference and course fees
Contact:	NIACE Conferences and Courses (courses@niace.org.uk) Tel: 0116 285 9661
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Live Webcast

Are you unable to attend the E-Guides National Event 2009: Refresh and Sustain at Nottingham on Thursday 26 March?

You can still be a part of this exciting event: by accessing the webcast. All sessions held at the main plenary will be shown through the webcast.

The webcast will be available at www.voiceprompt.co.uk/niace from 10:00 on Thursday 26 March 2009. As well as being carried live, keynote speeches and keynote workshops will remain available online after the event.

Resources will be available post-event on http://moodle.niace.org.uk/moodle-es. If you are not already registered as a user, please do so first, and then follow the link to the "E-Guides National Event 2009".

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NIACE is pleased to announce that booking is now open for the E-Guides National Event 2009: Refresh and Sustain.

Over the last three years, the E-Guides National Event has become a key part of the sustainability of the cascade training undertaken by E-Guides and underpins the importance or effective teaching and learning.

Who is this event for?

The event is aimed at both practitioners and leaders from across the post-16 sector with an interest in e-learning, and is part of the E-Guides training programme. It is delivered by NIACE on behalf of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) as part of the Teaching and Learning Programme.

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What does it feature?

An extensive range of workshops and speakers, providing an environment to network with other practitioners and professionals from all sectors of adult learning.

Key speakers include Markos Tiris, LSIS and Jane Williams, Becta
The workshop programme includes a choice of over 40 different workshops
Breakfast chat - an exclusive networking opportunity
Exhibition area
'Tony Burgess E-Guide' Award
Certificate of attendance - recording your learning during the event may provide evidence towards Continuing Professional Development

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The evening before...

...will commence with a three-course dinner, followed by 'Dr Alan Clarke, NIACE in conversation with Prof. Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester'. All this, including overnight university accommodation with breakfast for just an additional £50.00.

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Programme

08:30	Breakfast chat (optional)
09:00	Registration (refreshments available)
10:00	Welcome and introduction: Alan Tuckett, Chief Executive, NIACE Keynote workshops: These topics will be presented as keynote workshops during the day: Maintaining momentum (Judith Swift, TUC) Informal adult learning and the role of technology (Louise Proctor, LSC) Using technology to advance professional learning (Lee Davies, IfL) What next? (Alastair Clark, NIACE)
10:10	Workshop session A
11:10	Break (refreshments available)
11:25	Workshop session B
12:25	Keynote address and presentation of the Tony Burgess E-Guide Award and Growing old Disgracefully Award: Alan Tuckett, Chief Executive, NIACE and Markos Tiris, Programme Director, Teaching and Learning Programme, Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
13:10	Lunch
14:00	Workshop session C
15:00	Break (refreshments available)
15:15	Workshop Session D
16:15	Keynote address: Jane Williams, Executive Director, Further Education, Regeneration and Delivery, Becta
16:35	Closing remarks Alan Clarke, Associate Director, ICT and Learning, NIACE

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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