Trade show for learning technology and post-compulsory education
If you think there is a "dark side" to mode 2 knowledge, this could be one to avoid.
But there will be presentations from people working in companies and organisations.
After ten years there are some convincing case studies.
Stephen Heppell will be one of the keynote speakers, following his playful adventures at BETT.
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Will Pollard
12:20pm 28 January 2010 (Edited 12:22pm 28 January 2010)
I have added links for EPIC and Towards Maturity page for the show. More from yesterday later. Show continues today and the research from Towards Maturity is not yet available for download.
On day one I found a lot of energy but not much research backup as in universities. Not sure what the cred is for Towards Maturity. I find it very interesting but it is based on surveys of people working on the topics concerned. The model is a bit vague too, no clear idea of management or direction. But then the surveys seem to show that management is not fully informed even when the projects work out well. This is just my memory from yesterday slides. There will be a full report to download later.
The EPIC White Papers have academic references. You need to register. I have started on mobile learning, given away on a USB stick.
Downstairs the new show on Skills included some stands about leadership, development etc. Still not sure what the new show is about. Several stands might have been upstairs if there was space. But busines schools could have been there I think with their take on leadership.
Maybe forget about previous models for a while and just take in the new information.
Will Pollard
11:05am 29 January 2010
Antonella, thanks for links to Steve Wheeler. Good to have an idea of the main conference. I only went to one day of the show. Yes there were a lot of Content Management Systems. Not sure all of education has left this behind though. I think there are still useful comparisons with skills and training.
Will Pollard
11:19am 30 January 2010 (Edited 11:20am 30 January 2010)
Link added to Twitter quaestion. Why few speakers from the OU? I say few rather than none as there may have been one or two as well as Lord Puttnam
Is this just a show for companies or should academics be there?
Antonella Esposito
6:22pm 30 January 2010 (Edited 6:27pm 30 January 2010)
Thanks you for setting this cloud and providing a first-hand account from the conference. Unfortunately I couldn't draw so much info from the Twitter stream as in other conferences followed at a distance.
I have just added another blog post on LTUK2010, reported on Twitter by Jane Hart (@c4lpt).
Will Pollard
4:41pm 7 February 2010
Have added a link to a draft story for OhmyNews
Comments welcome. Probably final version middle of the week
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Will Pollard
4:21pm 25 January 2010
I am interested in research from organisations connected with this event (Wed Thur) including ones that are not there. Last year LSIS were at BETT but this event would be more suitable I think. Towards Maturity have a stand. They offer a model of how a mature e-learning organisation would behave. I am not aware how this links to academic research.
LSIS combines previous organisations working on quality and leadership/learning. I don't know how much research supports this connection or where to find it. Some from Excellence in Leadership is still available from Lancaster but I don't know how Networked Learning fits into practice.
This show is for commercial training departments but i think academics could relate to some of it. I hope to do some background for a future story for OhmyNews.