e-Learning and Beer

e-Learning and beer seems to have found a home and for the second time running will be in The Bayview Bar

What is e-Learning and beer? Well, it's a bit like e-learning and cakes but outside work hours and also to include people outside the University – Swansea College, Swansea Metropolitan University etc. It's not a formal meeting but a chance for anyone who is interested in using technology in learning to share what they are doing and find out what others are up to.

When: Thursday 6th November
What time: from 6pm
Where: The Bayview Bar, Oystermouth Road, Swansea http://www.bayviewbar.co.uk/

Learning Lab Wiki Upgraded

You may have noticed that the Learning Lab Wiki has been upgraded to PB Wiki 2. It will hopefully be easier to use, especially for those who are new to wikis. The purpose of the wiki is for you to be able to share useful websites, materials, learning objects, training, articles etc. You can also see what other staff at Swansea have found useful and tell others about resources you have found or recommend.

The wiki also now contains pages for the Lunch and Learn sessions that relate to using technology to support and enhance learning.

Learning in a digital age – are we prepared?

JISC Innovating e-Learning 2008

Learning in a digital age – are we prepared?

4-7^th November 2008

Register now for the third international JISC online conference. This important conference for practitioners and managers embedding e-learning into their practice focuses on the tension between the tried and tested and the wholly innovative. e-Learning may now have established a foothold in learning and teaching, but are the demands of delivering the curriculum restricting its innovative potential? How can we plan to ensure the best possible e-enhancement of learning in the future?

Keynote speakers are Professor Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester, on transforming curriculum design through technology and Professor Rose Luckin, London Knowledge Lab, on the relationship between learners, their tutors and institutions. The closing keynote is being delivered by John Davitt, writer, broadcaster and education technology specialist.

The conference has two themes each running over two days and will also include guided tours in Second Life facilitated by the JISC Emerge team. During the reading weeks, the two weeks prior to the conference, there will be orientation sessions for delegates new to Second Life. We are pleased to have James Clay, mobile-learning enthusiast, as the conference blogger. Some sessions will make use of the Elluminate real-time web conferencing system.

Finally, the e-Learning Showcase will provide a shop window on innovative work from JISC e-Learning projects and services and social events include a virtual fashion show.

Details of the programme are available at www.jisc.ac.uk/elpconference08.

Delegates from further and higher education and from overseas are welcome to take part. The conference takes place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. Book now at www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning_pedagogy/elpconference08/booking.aspx. The fee is £50 per delegate