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David Kelly of the eLearning Guild has a series of interviews going on about attending conferences. Today’s interview is me, and you’re welcome to have a look at my thoughts on conferences. The point is to help attendees get some good strategies about how to prepare beforehand and take advantage after the fact, as well as what to bring and how to get the most out of it. Feedback welcome! meta-learning social strategy MORE
A couple of weeks ago I attended MIT’s Second Machine Age Conference , an event inspired by the best-selling book of the same title published earlier this year by MIT’s Erik Brynjolffson and Andy McAfee. The conference was truly thought provoking. MORE
This conference is a platform for all of us to come up with ideas and better solutions. In this conference there are sessions about the future, which I encourage you to attend. Opening Plenary Laura Czerniewicz Changing Pedagogies Two short stories about pedagogy: 1. There have been protests recently in South African universities. Interestingly, some of these have been about pedagogy. MORE
The Networked Learning Conference has now posted conference papers from the 2010 conference. I want to draw attention to three papers in particular that were influenced by CCK08/09 that Stephen Downes and I have delivered over the last few years (we’re gearing up for 2010. MORE
The conference business is booming yet every participant has some major gripe about the way conferences are run. In the beginning of the year, I looked into the future of conferences. I concluded that: Flipping conference presentations can vastly improve learning outcomes. MORE
Clayton R Wright has produced the latest version of his well-known and well-regarded conference list. “This 26 th version of the conference list covers selected events from four continents. Conferences MORE
So, at the recent AECT 2017 conference, I participated in three ways that are worth noting. Unfortunately, the audience was small ( 27 parallel sessions and at the end of the conference) so there wasn’t a lot of feedback. The post #AECT17 Conference Contributions appeared first on Learnlets. I had the honor of participating in two sessions based upon writings I’d contributed, and one based upon my own cogitations. I thought I’d share the thinking. MORE
Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, check the specific conference website. No liability is assumed for any errors that may have been introduced inadvertently during the assembly of this selected conference list. crw Another source of major eLearning conferences is: Tom King's eLearning Google Calendar. MORE
Worth while a read, specially, for those conference organisers that are starting to ramp up activities for the next upcoming conference season , which, in my case, it always seems to start in June (Don’t know why…). Conference Events Enterprise2.0 MORE
Conference blogs NewsI started yesterday with a keynote address to the BCS Agile group. I'd accepted the booking some time ago on condition that I was on first so that I could get to Cardiff in time for certain important events but it made for a packed morning. MORE
conference in Boston recently, Ross Mayfield ( @ross ) opined on center stage the following: “Discover people through content. Conference over here. Conference itself, more sessions should be devoted to actually connecting people to people, rather than content to people. MORE
Wright has done his 28th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year. Past years eLearning Conferences 2012 , eLearning Conferences 2011 , eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Middle East Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. MORE
I spoke at a Development Day for senior leaders in the NHS today. As promised slides, podcast and other material are all referenced below. To all other readers - normal blogging will resume shortly, but you may find all the links here useful anyway. MORE
Of course, I am talking about the Meaning 2012 conference event that took place in Brighton, UK, on October 1st and that three months later I am still remembering it as it were just yesterday. Something other conference events should mimic and learn from a great deal! MORE
I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California along with roughly 8,000 other attendees. This was the first SharePoint conference since the Fall of 2009. Overall, it was a good conference. MORE
I am, surprisingly, at the first PAIR (People + AI Research) conference at Google, in Cambridge. ” I’ve already had three eye-opening conversations and the conference hasn’t even begun yet. The conference seems admirably gender-balanced in audience and speakers.). The post [liveblog] Google AI Conference appeared first on Joho the Blog There are about 100 people here, maybe half from Google. MORE
In one of the most passionate talks of the conference, she told the audience how she got her staff to understand the value of paying attention to the patron experience, from the trash in the parking lot to checking out books to the feeling of the bathroom. MORE
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I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. When developing PowerPoint slides to use in web conference training follow these guidelines: Simplify content. Is it a Conference MORE
11 - Micro Virtual Conferences The move towards acceptance of virtual classroom means. acceptance of online conferences. in between a full online conference and something that's a few sessions. Online Conference Associated with Major In-Person Conferences It was interesting to see that ASTD TechKnowledge offer an online conference. And I'm not the only one: Online conferences - the future is now. Create an online conference. MORE
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It’s that time of year again… We’re running our annual end-of-year events sale and now is the time to save big on next year’s conferences and our Copenhagen UX Intensive workshop. Conferences. MX: Managing Experience Conference. MORE
Wright has done his 26th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2011 , eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Clayton R. MORE
I’m rather excited to announce the EdTech Innovation conference in Calgary, Alberta, May 1-3, 2013. The conference has a Canadian focus, but we welcome international attendees who are interested in EdTech innovation: EdTech Innovation is a national conference, hosted by Athabasca University in Calgary, May 1 -3, 2013, bringing together startups, researchers, and technology purchasers and venture capitalists. MORE
Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. link] December 1-3, 2010 European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), 8 th , Ayia Napa, Cyprus. MORE
I’m investigating the future of f2f conferences. Will conferences be disrupted à la newspaper business? What’s the future for L&D conferences, say five years out? How can we make conferences more effective? First of all, Why do people attend conferences? MORE
I will be speaking tomorrow at the AITD national conference in Sydney, NSW. Can you give us an overview of what we can expect from your From Training to Performance to Social pre-conference workshop? Sydney Harbour. MORE
It is time to start planning your 2019 learning conferences to attend, we are! Here is a list of some of our favorite conference to go to, but we would love your input also! Email Us the details of any conferences we have missed or that aren’t on our radar yet. MORE
As part of the Digital Learning Research Network, we held our first conference at Stanford last year. The conference focused on making sense of higher education. This year, we are hosting the 2nd dLRN conference in downtown Fort Worth, October 21-22 The conference call for papers is now open. The discussions and prsentations addressed many of the critical challenges faced by learners, educators, administrators, and others. The schedule and archive are available here. MORE
I have been working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the past year on organizing a grant, whitepaper, and conference on MOOCs. The Conference. As part of this work, we are organizing a conference at University of Texas Arlington December 5-6, 2013: MOOCs and Emerging Educational Models: Policy, Practice, and Learning. Basically, this conference will be an outstanding opportunity to get a pulse of MOOC trends and trajectories. MORE
At this year’s Service Experience Conference , it was clear: playtime is over. The theme of this year’s conference seemed to hang on that question. You can find full videos of speaker’s presentations on our Service Experience Conference Vimeo channel. MORE
Just read a great post by Clive Shepherd - Cutting the Pie - where he discusses what the appropriate balance is at conferences. As you know creating Better Conferences is something that very much interests me. That conference was certainly the old model - mostly ideas and examples. MORE
Over the last few years I have attended quite a few technical conferences and time and time again the main issue I keep bumping into is not having enough time to converse with fellow attendees to continue learning from one another. but also for the overall conference. MORE
When I signed up for Spaces for Interaction: An Online Conversation about Improving the Traditional Conference , I didn’t appreciate how timely the topic would become. Conference attendance have played a vital role in our professional development. Is it a Conference? MORE
Over the past six months, we’ve been working on pulling together a conference to evaluate, highlight, explore, and engage with prominent trends in wearable technologies in the educational process. The aWEAR conference will be held Nov 14-15 at Stanford. If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring or supporting the conference, please send me an email. The 2016 aWEAR conference is the first international wearables in learning and education conference. MORE
On the dates of 25 January through 26 January, 2012, I had the opportunity to participate for the first time in the Learning Without Frontiers “ Future of Learning Conference and Festival ” held at Olympia in London, England. It was far too weird and off topic to the conference themes. MORE
The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Conferences MORE
That’s probably the best part of the conference, where you just sit back, relax, free your brain from any constraint and just learn. Collaboration Communities Conference Events Enterprise2.0 MORE
Clayton Wright just sent me his incredible annual list of eLearning Conferences. link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. MORE
Our edtech innovation conference, held in Calgary May 1-3, is now more or less planned: [link]. I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say that there won’t be an edtech innovation conference in Canada this year that will have as stellar a line up of keynote speakers and panels: [link]. MORE
This is brilliant from TEDX Edmonton. Green. Social. Creative. I’m going to steal- um- borrow this idea! Thanks for blogging about it, Mack Male ! Lunch was next on the schedule and as with the rest of TEDxEdmonton it was anything but ordinary. MORE
The Core77 Conference speaker line up includes, among others, a UX lead at Google X, a wearable technology designer and a guy brazen enough to suggest that putting a floating swimming pool in the East River would be a great way to clean it up. At first glance, this event may not look like a typical conference for an interaction designer, but at the core of each presentation, you’ll find a reverence for the human experience and the way we interact with the world around us. MORE
I’ve been working with several colleagues on arranging the upcoming Digital Learning Research Network (dLRN) conference at Stanford, October 16-17, 2015. The conference will include social scientists, activists, philosophers, researchers, and rabble rousers. For a more thoughtful analysis of the conference and our call for submissions, see Bonnie Stewart , Kate Bowles , and Kristen Eshleman. MORE
Conference Related Topics Dave Snowden
MARCH 17, 2013
Conference blogs NewsI started yesterday with a keynote address to the BCS Agile group. I'd accepted the booking some time ago on condition that I was on first so that I could get to Cardiff in time for certain important events but it made for a packed morning.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Wright has done his 28th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year. Past years eLearning Conferences 2012 , eLearning Conferences 2011 , eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Middle East Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Wright has done his 26th version of his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2011 , eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Clayton R.
David Weinberger
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017
I am, surprisingly, at the first PAIR (People + AI Research) conference at Google, in Cambridge. ” I’ve already had three eye-opening conversations and the conference hasn’t even begun yet. The conference seems admirably gender-balanced in audience and speakers.). The post [liveblog] Google AI Conference appeared first on Joho the Blog There are about 100 people here, maybe half from Google.
Luis Suarez
JANUARY 16, 2013
Of course, I am talking about the Meaning 2012 conference event that took place in Brighton, UK, on October 1st and that three months later I am still remembering it as it were just yesterday. Something other conference events should mimic and learn from a great deal!
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. link] December 1-3, 2010 European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), 8 th , Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
Clark Quinn
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
So, at the recent AECT 2017 conference, I participated in three ways that are worth noting. Unfortunately, the audience was small ( 27 parallel sessions and at the end of the conference) so there wasn’t a lot of feedback. The post #AECT17 Conference Contributions appeared first on Learnlets. I had the honor of participating in two sessions based upon writings I’d contributed, and one based upon my own cogitations. I thought I’d share the thinking.
Dan Pontefract
OCTOBER 10, 2011
I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California along with roughly 8,000 other attendees. This was the first SharePoint conference since the Fall of 2009. Overall, it was a good conference.
Luis Suarez
JUNE 14, 2011
Over the last few years I have attended quite a few technical conferences and time and time again the main issue I keep bumping into is not having enough time to converse with fellow attendees to continue learning from one another. but also for the overall conference.
George Siemens
APRIL 5, 2013
Our edtech innovation conference, held in Calgary May 1-3, is now more or less planned: [link]. I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say that there won’t be an edtech innovation conference in Canada this year that will have as stellar a line up of keynote speakers and panels: [link].
Luis Suarez
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Collaboration Communities Conference Events Enterprise2.0
Dan Pontefract
JANUARY 29, 2012
On the dates of 25 January through 26 January, 2012, I had the opportunity to participate for the first time in the Learning Without Frontiers “ Future of Learning Conference and Festival ” held at Olympia in London, England. It was far too weird and off topic to the conference themes.
Adaptive Path
DECEMBER 1, 2014
It’s that time of year again… We’re running our annual end-of-year events sale and now is the time to save big on next year’s conferences and our Copenhagen UX Intensive workshop. Conferences. MX: Managing Experience Conference.
Dave Snowden
OCTOBER 12, 2010
I spoke at a Development Day for senior leaders in the NHS today. As promised slides, podcast and other material are all referenced below. To all other readers - normal blogging will resume shortly, but you may find all the links here useful anyway.
Adaptive Path
DECEMBER 3, 2015
At this year’s Service Experience Conference , it was clear: playtime is over. The theme of this year’s conference seemed to hang on that question. You can find full videos of speaker’s presentations on our Service Experience Conference Vimeo channel.
Nancy White
JULY 1, 2011
This is brilliant from TEDX Edmonton. Green. Social. Creative. I’m going to steal- um- borrow this idea! Thanks for blogging about it, Mack Male ! Lunch was next on the schedule and as with the rest of TEDxEdmonton it was anything but ordinary.
Jay Cross
JANUARY 6, 2015
I’m investigating the future of f2f conferences. Will conferences be disrupted à la newspaper business? What’s the future for L&D conferences, say five years out? How can we make conferences more effective? First of all, Why do people attend conferences?
Luis Suarez
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
That’s probably the best part of the conference, where you just sit back, relax, free your brain from any constraint and just learn. Collaboration Communities Conference Events Enterprise2.0
Xyleme
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
It is time to start planning your 2019 learning conferences to attend, we are! Here is a list of some of our favorite conference to go to, but we would love your input also! Email Us the details of any conferences we have missed or that aren’t on our radar yet.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 3, 2014
David Kelly of the eLearning Guild has a series of interviews going on about attending conferences. Today’s interview is me, and you’re welcome to have a look at my thoughts on conferences. The point is to help attendees get some good strategies about how to prepare beforehand and take advantage after the fact, as well as what to bring and how to get the most out of it. Feedback welcome! meta-learning social strategy
Harold Jarche
MAY 13, 2014
I will be speaking tomorrow at the AITD national conference in Sydney, NSW. Can you give us an overview of what we can expect from your From Training to Performance to Social pre-conference workshop? Sydney Harbour.
Luis Suarez
MAY 11, 2011
Worth while a read, specially, for those conference organisers that are starting to ramp up activities for the next upcoming conference season , which, in my case, it always seems to start in June (Don’t know why…). Conference Events Enterprise2.0
Adaptive Path
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
In one of the most passionate talks of the conference, she told the audience how she got her staff to understand the value of paying attention to the patron experience, from the trash in the parking lot to checking out books to the feeling of the bathroom.
Jay Cross
JULY 29, 2015
The conference business is booming yet every participant has some major gripe about the way conferences are run. In the beginning of the year, I looked into the future of conferences. I concluded that: Flipping conference presentations can vastly improve learning outcomes.
Tony Karrer
JUNE 6, 2008
Just read a great post by Clive Shepherd - Cutting the Pie - where he discusses what the appropriate balance is at conferences. As you know creating Better Conferences is something that very much interests me. That conference was certainly the old model - mostly ideas and examples.
Dan Pontefract
JUNE 24, 2011
conference in Boston recently, Ross Mayfield ( @ross ) opined on center stage the following: “Discover people through content. Conference over here. Conference itself, more sessions should be devoted to actually connecting people to people, rather than content to people.
George Siemens
MAY 18, 2010
The Networked Learning Conference has now posted conference papers from the 2010 conference. I want to draw attention to three papers in particular that were influenced by CCK08/09 that Stephen Downes and I have delivered over the last few years (we’re gearing up for 2010.
George Siemens
MAY 28, 2016
Over the past six months, we’ve been working on pulling together a conference to evaluate, highlight, explore, and engage with prominent trends in wearable technologies in the educational process. The aWEAR conference will be held Nov 14-15 at Stanford. If you have questions or are interested in sponsoring or supporting the conference, please send me an email. The 2016 aWEAR conference is the first international wearables in learning and education conference.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
A couple of weeks ago I attended MIT’s Second Machine Age Conference , an event inspired by the best-selling book of the same title published earlier this year by MIT’s Erik Brynjolffson and Andy McAfee. The conference was truly thought provoking.
Jay Cross's Informal Learning
FEBRUARY 17, 2009
When I signed up for Spaces for Interaction: An Online Conversation about Improving the Traditional Conference , I didn’t appreciate how timely the topic would become. Conference attendance have played a vital role in our professional development. Is it a Conference?
Jay Cross
FEBRUARY 28, 2015
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Tony Karrer
JANUARY 2, 2009
Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, check the specific conference website. No liability is assumed for any errors that may have been introduced inadvertently during the assembly of this selected conference list. crw Another source of major eLearning conferences is: Tom King's eLearning Google Calendar.
George Siemens
JUNE 21, 2016
As part of the Digital Learning Research Network, we held our first conference at Stanford last year. The conference focused on making sense of higher education. This year, we are hosting the 2nd dLRN conference in downtown Fort Worth, October 21-22 The conference call for papers is now open. The discussions and prsentations addressed many of the critical challenges faced by learners, educators, administrators, and others. The schedule and archive are available here.
Beth Kanter
APRIL 6, 2012
The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Conferences
Jane Hart
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Clayton R Wright has produced the latest version of his well-known and well-regarded conference list. “This 26 th version of the conference list covers selected events from four continents. Conferences
Adaptive Path
JUNE 2, 2014
The Core77 Conference speaker line up includes, among others, a UX lead at Google X, a wearable technology designer and a guy brazen enough to suggest that putting a floating swimming pool in the East River would be a great way to clean it up. At first glance, this event may not look like a typical conference for an interaction designer, but at the core of each presentation, you’ll find a reverence for the human experience and the way we interact with the world around us.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Clayton Wright just sent me his incredible annual list of eLearning Conferences. link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany.
George Siemens
OCTOBER 2, 2013
I have been working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the past year on organizing a grant, whitepaper, and conference on MOOCs. The Conference. As part of this work, we are organizing a conference at University of Texas Arlington December 5-6, 2013: MOOCs and Emerging Educational Models: Policy, Practice, and Learning. Basically, this conference will be an outstanding opportunity to get a pulse of MOOC trends and trajectories.
Tony Karrer
AUGUST 10, 2010
I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. When developing PowerPoint slides to use in web conference training follow these guidelines: Simplify content. Is it a Conference
George Siemens
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
I’m rather excited to announce the EdTech Innovation conference in Calgary, Alberta, May 1-3, 2013. The conference has a Canadian focus, but we welcome international attendees who are interested in EdTech innovation: EdTech Innovation is a national conference, hosted by Athabasca University in Calgary, May 1 -3, 2013, bringing together startups, researchers, and technology purchasers and venture capitalists.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 2, 2009
11 - Micro Virtual Conferences The move towards acceptance of virtual classroom means. acceptance of online conferences. in between a full online conference and something that's a few sessions. Online Conference Associated with Major In-Person Conferences It was interesting to see that ASTD TechKnowledge offer an online conference. And I'm not the only one: Online conferences - the future is now. Create an online conference.
Stephen Downes: Half an Hour
OCTOBER 17, 2017
This conference is a platform for all of us to come up with ideas and better solutions. In this conference there are sessions about the future, which I encourage you to attend. Opening Plenary Laura Czerniewicz Changing Pedagogies Two short stories about pedagogy: 1. There have been protests recently in South African universities. Interestingly, some of these have been about pedagogy.
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