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The comprehensive conference website is complemented by an active forum where you can find links to recordings of the main presentations.

Recordings of keynote sessions:

http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/keynotes.html 

Highly recommended.

The main ALT-C conference starts on Tuesday morning, but I took the opportunity to travel up the day before and meet up with colleagues at the pre-conference buffet.

The organisers of ALT-C have shown the world how to make the best of pre-conference online support. For a couple of weeks now I have been a regular visitor on the conference crowdvine:

ALT-C 2009 Crowdvine

This has enabled me to engage with the conference content as well as delegates and presenters well before the event itself.

I’m looking forward to taking part in the “VLE is dead” debate, learning about the latest developments in Second Life / other virtual worlds as well as finding out what work / research is being done in the fields of mobile learning, the social web and the wider ethical implications.

See my ALT-C crowdvine network here and my schedule here.

I loved the way in which details of my personal schedule can be imported as an outlook calendar and accessed from my ‘phone.

 http://info.rsc-northern.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=590

Presented a workshop, jointly with Jane.

All presentations and resources from this event are available from:

http://moodle.rsc-northern.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=117

http://info.rsc-eastern.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=621

If you have already booked for Innovating e-Learning 2008, congratulations! If not, here are ten good reasons why this could be a good thing to do.. 

I: It’s a showcase for Innovative work on e-learning from JISC-funded projects and others – a chance to find out about recent e-learning developments
N: It offers great Networking opportunities with e-learning enthusiasts in the UK and overseas
N: It’s Not just for one sector – Innovating e-Learning 2008 offers a collaborative environment in which experiences can be shared with colleagues in both higher and further education sectors
O: It’s Online - you can view the session papers and presentations in advance, then participate at times convenient to you. But don’t try taking part and still keeping up the day job at the same time - it will be a very rich experience
V: It offers a wide Variety of topics – from Web 2.0 to e-portfolios, from Second Life for Learning and Teaching (guided tours available) to designing learning spaces for 21^st century learning and achieving transformational change
A: Its aim is to Assist you in Achieving learner-centred, technology-enhanced practice in your context
T: It’s Time-shifted, so you can view the presentations when you want, and read through discussions after they have finished – the conference remains open for 2 weeks after the last posting to enable you to catch up with what you have missed
I: It features Interesting and engaging presenters - keynotes by Gilly Salmon (University of Leicester), Rose Luckin (London Knowledge Lab) and John Davitt (writer and broadcaster and educational technology specialist)
N: There’s No chance to get bored – apart from three keynotes and ten sessions under themes of Embracing the future now and Going boldly into the dark, Innovating e-Learning 2008  offers a  Showcase area of other innovative work to browse through, a social space for virtual networking, technical support if needed, and last, but not least, the 2008 conference blogger, James Clay
G: It’s Great value for money – still only £50 per delegate! 

And of course, it’s about e-learning! 

Make sure you will be taking part in the 2008 conference by registering now at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference08/booking.aspx 

Invite others you know will enjoy this conference. More details of the programme can be found at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference08/programme.aspx 

Looking forward to meeting you there!