ICT: Events

This online conference is part of five years of Learning and Skills Council (LSC) investment in e-learning for adult learners. There is a growing body of evidence about the ways that learners can benefit when providers make confident and innovative uses of technology. That benefit is maximised where the use of technology is part of an organisation-wide strategy.

The 3 day conference is mainly aimed at LSC funded Adult Learning organisations (Local Education Authority adult services and Workers’ Educational Associations, WEAs) plus LSC funded Third Sector organisations who are in receipt of LSC e-learning capital grants (CaMel) in 2008/09 (see list of organisations on pages 5 and 6). The conference is also open, and will be of benefit, to those working in community - based Adult Learning or Adult and Community Learning as well as those interested in implementing technology in their teaching and learning.

NIACE is pleased to announce the annual E-Guides National Event. The event will start with an optional dinner and guest speaker on the evening of Wednesday 25 March with the main event on Thursday 26 March.

The event will feature an extensive range of speakers and workshops covering key information and policy updates and hands on workshops about getting to grips with various new technologies as well as providing an environment to network with other practitioners and professionals from all sectors of adult learning.

Please mark the date in your diary. Further information will be posted soon, including how you can book a place.

The event is part of the E-Guides training programme, delivered by NIACE on behalf of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) as part of the Teaching and Learning Programme.

The E-Guides training programme continues this year to make a major contribution to workforce development in those sectors where it has been implemented – adult and community learning, work-based learning, offender learning and skills and the voluntary and community sector.

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. It has supported their own professional development and has always offered a wealth of materials and resources to take away.