Programmes

Outline Programme

9.00 Registration, exhibition and coffee

10.00 Welcome – John Stone, Chief Executive, LSN

10.10 LSC Introduction – Steve Nichols, Technology for Learning, LSC

10.20 Stuart Edwards, Deputy Director, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

10.35 Parallel sessions 1
MoLeNET Projects Presentations/Demonstrations and Mobile Learning Research Papers

11.35 Transforming the college and practice in Gloucestershire
Greg Smith, Principal and James Clay, ILT & Learning Resources Manager

12.00 Lunch

12.45 Exhibition and Optional Activities:

TechDis eBooks workshop
MoLeShare and MoLeTV workshop
ConnectEd workshop
ITQ for mobile learning workshop
Tour of St Paul’s Cathedral
Trip to skydeck

13.30 The Becta perspective, Cathy Ellis, Director, Becta

13.45 Double panel ‘Question Time’ debate

One panel of educators and policy makers and one of mobile industries representatives will field questions and explore with the audience some of the key mobile learning trends, issues, opportunities and barriers and the question of where do we go from here?

Chair: Bob Harrison, Vice Chair of Governors, Northern College and Education Advisor, Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd.

Education Panel:
Dr Ian Chowcat (Becta), Markos Tiris (Programme Director for Technology and Learning, LSIS)
James Clay (Gloucestershire College and MoLeNET mentor), Alistair McNaught ( TechDis)

Industry Panel:
John O'Donnell (Cisco), Mick Mullane (an Apple Educator and MoLeNET mentor)
Andy Goff (ConnectEd), Stuart Taylor (T-Mobile), Steve Pluta (Telefonica O2)

15.15 Tea

15.30 Parallel sessions 2
MoLeNET Projects Presentations/Demonstrations & Mobile Learning Research Papers

16.30 The impact of MoLeNET, Jill Attewell & Carol Savill-Smith, LSN

16.45 The MoLeNET Awards

17.00 Departure

Brochures and Publications

All abstracts accepted for the research strand of the conference will be available here prior to the event and in print form on the day. Following the conference, presenters will be invited to submit full papers for publication in early 2010.

A date for your diary flyer was sent out to English FE college principals in June 2009.

Further publications will be available shortly.