[Events] EdTech 2010 - 20 / 21 May 2010 - Athlone Institution of Technology

[Yvonne.Diggins]

Apologies for cross posting. Emailed on behalf of the Irish Learning
Technology Association.

 

Best Wishes, 

Yvonne

 

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	EdTech 2010: Technology in  Action
	The Irish Educational Technology User's Conference
	20th /   21st May 2010
	Athlone Institute of Technology

	Registration is now open for EdTech 2010 (http://www.ilta.net/)
at Athlone  Institute of Technology from May 20th - May 21st 2010. This
year's event will  showcase innovations and novel experiences from
practitioners, researchers and  industry partners - all with the common
interest of using technology to  enhance the teaching and learning
experience. The conference theme is  'Technology in Action', with over
70 activities and presentations on  topics including: 
	
	

	*	Learning technologies for challenging times    
	*	Informing policy and strategy, industry/work based
learning   
	*	Sustainable models of innovation   
	*	Technology-enhanced learning and  society

	
	Keynote speakers include:
	 

	*	Elliott Masie, Head of the Masie Centre    
	*	Jane Hart, Founder of the Centre for Learning  &
Performance Technologies (C4LPT)   
	*	James Clay, Editor of eLearning Stuff and ALT  UK
Learning Technologist of the Year 2009.

	
	Activities will include:
	 

	*	Practitioner strand; describing applications or
evaluations of technology-enhanced learning, and their benefit to
teaching  and learning.   
	*	Research strand; describing research on new or  emergent
ideas, technology or practice, and the benefits of this research to
teaching and learning.   
	*	Technology- in -Action sessions; highlighting Irish
higher education collaborations between education and eLearning solution
providers in the areas of online meeting rooms, smartboards, Web 2.0
blog  and wiki technologies, ePortfolio software, and lecture capture
systems.    
	*	Pecha Kucha; short, focused, quick-fire  presentations
focused on an idea or a topic   
	*	Moderated poster  sessions

	
	Registration, programme schedules and  conference updates are
available from http://ilta.net. Don't forget to sign up for  our 20 euro
subsidised full Conference Dinner in the beautiful Olive Grove,
situated on the banks of the river Shannon. Special EdTech2010 room
rates are  available from the Sheraton Hotel Athlone <
http://www.sheratonathlonehotel.com/>  
	
	Join us on Twitter at 
http://www.twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/edtech10   (#edtech10)
	
	All information about this event is available  from 
http://ilta.net  

 

 

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