Ahead of this week’s Learning Technologies event, I wanted to supply some more details on how to make the most of the backchannel from near or far. Based on feedback from last year, I have set up the backchannel to run along the same lines in an effort to make it as easy as possible to tune into the sessions or speakers you want.
Hashtags
Each conference session has an individual hashtag that will be used in addition to the main #LT14UK hashtag. So if you’re following using TweetChat or a similar application, you can search on the specific sessions to keep your focus on a particular topic. Below is a list of these hashtags and which of our tweeters is covering those sessions. Hopefully you can start following them in advance and really hone in on any areas of interest during the event. Note, the keynotes and opening and closing addresses won’t have individual hashtags. For the full conference programme, click here.
Day one: Keynote: What’s the future (WTF)? The effect of emerging technologies on business and culture – Brian Solis
Day one: 11.30 – 12.30
- Future-cation: learning with today’s powerful technology – Marc Prensky – #T1S1 (Covered by Nic Laycock and Hannah Gore)
- Mobile learning – Terence Eden, Helen Bingham and Alison Potter – #T2S1 (Covered by Ollie Gardener and Joan Keevil)
- Learning Strategy – Nigel Paine and Suzanne Peacock – #T3S1 (Covered by Kim George and Alex Watson)
- Learning evaluation – Dr Jim Kirkpatrick – #T4S1 (Covered by Sukh Pabial and Jo Cook)
- The myth of talent and the science of success – Matthew Syed – #T5S1 (Covered by Kate Graham and Susie Finch)
Day one: 14.00 – 15.00
- Disruptive innovation and learning – where do we go from here? – Steve Wheeler and Andrew Jacobs – #T1S2 (Covered by Ollie Gardener and Alex Watson)
- Performance support – Mark Bradshaw and Brendan Leonard – #T2S2 (Covered by Lee Jones and Jo Cook)
- Diversity and compliance – Angela Cooke and Karl White – #T3S2 (Covered by Sukh Pabial and Joan Keevil)
- Designing for how people learn – Julie Dirksen – #T4S2 (Covered by Kate Graham and Hannah Gore)
- Creativity and learning – Ger Driesen – #T5S2 (Covered by Nic Laycock and Susie Finch)
Day one: 15.30 – 16.30
- Emerging technologies – Doug Belshaw, Tim Riches and David Kelly – #T1S3 (Covered by Lee Jones and Jo Cook)
- Learning and talent technologies in EMEA – David Wilson and David Perring – #T2S3 (Covered by Kate Graham and Joan Keevil)
- Learning impact – Richard Gregory and Sue Husband – #T3S3 (Covered by Ollie Gardener and Sukh Pabial)
- Interface design for smarter learning – Chris Atherton and Simon Bostock – #T4S3 (Covered by Kim George and Hannah Gore)
- The social future business – Euan Semple – #T5S3 – (Covered by Susie Finch and Alex Watson)
Day two: Keynote: A beautiful mind – deepening our understanding of perception, creativity and how the brain learns – Beau Lotto
Day two: 11.30 – 12.30
- Storytelling for learning – Deborah Frances-White – #T1S4 (Covered by Susie Finch and Joan Keevil)
- Addicted to the game of learning – Julie Wedgwood – #T2S4 (Covered by Ollie Gardener and Alex Watson)
- Learning engagement – Laura Overton and Lucy Standing – #T3S4 (Covered by Lee Jones and Hannah Gore)
- Collaborative learning – Jane Bozarth and Jane Hart – #T4S4 (Covered by Kim George and Kate Graham)
- Building successful learners – Guy Claxton – #T5S4 (Covered by Jo Cook and Marco Faccini)
Day two: 14.00 – 15.00
- Social learning – Harold Jarche – #T1S5 (Covered by Susie Finch and Ollie Gardener)
- Behavioural impact – Celine Mullins and Brid Nunn – #T2S5 (Covered by Alex Watson and Joan Keevil)
- Embedded learning – Helena Moore and Lucy Ventrice – #T3S5 (Covered by Kate Graham and Jo Cook)
- Video for learning – Mark Copeman and Barbara Thompson – #T4S5 (Covered by Kim George and Hannah Gore)
- Self organised learning – Hans de Zwart – #T5S5 (Covered by Lee Jones and Marco Faccini)
Day two: 15.30 – 16.30
- The mind and learning – Itiel Dror – #T1S6 (Covered by Kim George and Alex Watson)
- Business aligned learning – Helen Thiel, Beth Evans and Joe Williams – #T2S6 (Covered by Susie Finch and Lee Jones)
- L&D beyond the organisation – Dieter Tolksdorf and Ant Pugh – #T3S6 (Covered by Ollie Gardener and Jo Cook)
- More than blended learning – Clive Shepherd – #T4S6 (Covered by Kate Graham and Joan Keevil)
- MOOCs – Donald Clark and Crispin Weston – #T5S6 (Covered by Marco Faccini and Hannah Gore)
For all the Twitter handles of the team covering the sessions, see my earlier blog.
Official app
The official conference app is now ready to download on iOS, Android and ‘all other internet-enabled mobile phones’. You can download it now to get the latest information on all these sessions, the exhibitors, speakers and more: http://showcase.genie-connect.com/learningtechnologies/?f=1
The good folk at Towards Maturity have also devised a useful guide to making the most of the Learning Technologies exhibition which you can find here: http://www.towardsmaturity.org/article/2014/01/13/towards-maturity-definitive-guide-making-most-lear/
I hope you’ll join in this week, whether it’s just reading the Twitter stream or joining in with the tweets or adding further thoughts and reflection through your own blog posts, I’m looking forward to a week of sharing and connecting. Tweet me @kategraham23 or feel free to drop me a comment below if you have any suggestions for how we can make this the best Learning Technologies yet.
Kate
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