Have not blogged about all sessions, just the more interesting ones!
Some thoughts from first day:
- Best conference opening have been to – the Lion Dance (pictured) and children were brilliant
- Very mixed conference-paper scope ranges from Schools to Unwishes; educational theory to practical case studies
- Interesting ideas from keynotes- theme of popular culture and technology impact on education
- Similar themes to our discussions at City about changing educational models needed to meet new ways of learning and different needs of our learners
- Some negatives – organisation a bit chaotic – cancelled and changed sessions, transport confusion and rooms moved. Also some dire presentations and not due to having to present in English. Lack of preparation for number of sessions -poor slides, too many slides etc. I did get unlucky with some of my session choices – note to self -choose more carefully
- Er so more positives – lovely campus, in the hills, very peaceful and some great learning spaces. Will put up photos
- Idea to run presenter preparation sessions at LD conference at City next year and ask people to submit sample slides
Susannah, Thank you very much for your post. I am a presenter and Just now, at the lunch time, I suff online and found your blog. LOL.