Comments on: My thoughts on the conference http://www.trainersineurope.org/blog/2008/11/10/my-thoughts-on-the-conference/ Key Actors of Lifelong Learning Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:09:23 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Graham Attwell http://www.trainersineurope.org/blog/2008/11/10/my-thoughts-on-the-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Graham Attwell Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:57:27 +0000 http://www.trainersineurope.org/blog/2008/11/10/my-thoughts-on-the-conference/#comment-81 Thanks Heike. I agree with you. But there is an interesting tension being revealed in the evaluation returns. Whilst some of the participants clearly valued the chat channel others seem to have found it a distraction to what they saw as the main proceedings of the conference - the presentations by the speakers. I guess we all have different ways of learning and it may also be that for those not used to learning on-line, the multi channel communication enabled by platforms like Elluminate may seem both unfamiliar and overwealming. I wil write a report on the evaluation returns and highlight some of these issues once we have a few more returns. Thanks Heike. I agree with you. But there is an interesting tension being revealed in the evaluation returns. Whilst some of the participants clearly valued the chat channel others seem to have found it a distraction to what they saw as the main proceedings of the conference – the presentations by the speakers.
I guess we all have different ways of learning and it may also be that for those not used to learning on-line, the multi channel communication enabled by platforms like Elluminate may seem both unfamiliar and overwealming. I wil write a report on the evaluation returns and highlight some of these issues once we have a few more returns.

]]> By: heikephilp http://www.trainersineurope.org/blog/2008/11/10/my-thoughts-on-the-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-80 heikephilp Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:20:18 +0000 http://www.trainersineurope.org/blog/2008/11/10/my-thoughts-on-the-conference/#comment-80 I truly enjoyed this interchange of thought and totally agree with Graham, that when compared to a real conference the voices of the audience certainly were heard. Several comments were silently placed in the text chat and moderators like Graham and Cristina and others skillfully selected and verbalized the questions and comments. What a beautiful way of communicating. I often badly miss this in real conferences. What could perhaps be done also quite nicely are discussions between experts and real interviews. Just a thought for next year. BTW, will there be a second Trainers in Europe conference live online or is the idea to doing one for real? I hope you keep up this format as I truly enjoyed it. I truly enjoyed this interchange of thought and totally agree with Graham, that when compared to a real conference the voices of the audience certainly were heard.

Several comments were silently placed in the text chat and moderators like Graham and Cristina and others skillfully selected and verbalized the questions and comments. What a beautiful way of communicating. I often badly miss this in real conferences.

What could perhaps be done also quite nicely are discussions between experts and real interviews. Just a thought for next year.

BTW, will there be a second Trainers in Europe conference live online or is the idea to doing one for real? I hope you keep up this format as I truly enjoyed it.

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