Conference venue – Elluminate
Wednesday morning 1000 – 1230 (all times CET) – To enter click here: http://tinyurl.com/6ak3q2 (No password required. Simply type your name, and ignore the password field)
Wednesday afternoon 14.30 – 16.30 – To enter click here: http://tinyurl.com/6h9y3v
Day 2 – 6 November 2008
Thursday morning
Starting time: 10.30 – 12.30 am (all times are Central European Time – check your local time here: http://tinyurl.com/69menp )
Venue: Elluminate. To enter click here: http://tinyurl.com/6z69ee (no password required. Simply type your name)
Thursday afternoon
Starting time: 14.30 – 16.30
Venue: Elluminate. To enter click http://tinyurl.com/6cqe9w . (no password required. Simply type your name)
First International on-line conference – 5-6 November 2008
The Network to Support Trainers in Europe is launching its first annual on-line conference on “the Training of Trainers” on 5 and 6 November, 2008. The confernce is co-sponsored by the Jisc funded Evolve network.
Who is the conference for?
The conference is for all those interested in the training and professional development of teachers and trainers. This includes teachers, trainers, tutors, researchers, managers and policy makers and other interested individuals.
About the conference
The conference will take place through the internet using the Elluminate conference tool. We hope this will not only reduce the carbon footprint of our activities, but will allow wide participation by those who might not be able to travel. The conference will utilise simple web-based tools and will be accessible by anyone with an internet connection and a web browser. For those of you not used to presenting on the internet, we will provide full technical support and a short pre-conference training course.
To find out more go to the conference technology page.
Conference themes
The conference will be organised around four themes:
- Theme 1 – The changing role of trainers in learning
- Theme 2 – E-learning for trainers
- Theme 3 – Work-based learning
- Theme 4 – Support for the professional development of trainers
Go the the conference themes page to find out more.
Speakers
Speakers include:
Professor Alan Felstead and Nick Jewson, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
Professor Alison Fuller, School of Education, University of Southampton, UK
Professor Alan Brown, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK
Professor Lorna Unwin, Institute of Education, UK
George Roberts, Oxford Brooks University, UK
Barry Nyhan, Ireland
Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen and Anita Eskola-Kronqvist, HAMK, Finland
Nick Kearney, University of Florida, Spain
Eduardo Figueira, Academus, Portugal
Simone Kirpal, Institut Technik und Bildung, Univeristy of Bremen, Germany
John Pallister, Wolsingham School
Cristina Costa, Pontydysgu, UK
Doris Beer, Germany
Vance Stevens, Abu Dubai
Carla Arena et al – United States, Japan, Ukraine, Argentina and the UK
Anne Fox, Denmark
Regina Lamscheck Nielsen, DEL, Denmark
Linda Castañeda, University of Murcia, Spain
Titles and abstracts for the presentations can be found on the programme page. Presentations will be 15 minutes allowing 15 minutes for discussion.
Exhibition
There will also be an on-line exhibition. Go to the exhibition page for details of how you can participate.
Registration
The conference is free. However, we would ask you to please register for the conference in advance as places are limited.
More information
For more information email the project coordinator Simone Kirpal – kirpal @uni-bremen.de or the conference organiser Graham Attwell – graham10 @mac.com.
