Images from eLearning 2.0 2014

Keynote Speakers from 2014

Peter Bryant

John Carter McKnight

Behind the Scenes

Conference Chair Jennifer Killham is hard at work

Thank You!

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to making this year's #eLearning2.0 a big success! We hope you will all join us again next year.

Jennifer & Chris
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Conference Chairs

Arrival details

On arrival at Brunel University, head for the Reception in the Eastern Gateway Building at the entrance. The Registration Desk is on the Ground Floor in the lobby (look out for signs). From here you will be directed to the Conference Room 109 on the First Floor.

See you there!

Presentations at eLearning 2.0 - another taster

Flipped Learning: Creating Interaction in Lectures Using Peer Instruction

Flipping the Classroom with Peer Instruction – How Effective Is It?

Assessment of Tacit Knowledge Diffusion in Online Distance Learning and Improvement of Student Performance via Knowledge Objects

Education and Skills for an Innovative Economy: An Albanian Case

Two days to go...

Just two days left until #elearning2 starts! We have some excellent looking presentations. Looking forward to meeting you all!

Tweet Us!

The Twitter hashtag for the conference is #elearning2 Why not join in the discussion?

Programme Updated

The conference programme has been updated - just minor amendments. The new version can be downloaded here.

Travel Alert

From Monday 21 to Friday 25 July, there will be no service on the Metropolitan or Piccadilly tube lines between Ruislip and Uxbridge whilst the track is repaired. This will obviously affect those hoping to travel to Brunel by tube. A replacement bus service will operate but the journey time is expected to take at least an extra 20 minutes.

For the latest travel information, you should check the Transport for London website 

Word Cloud for Conference Abstracts

Programme Now Available

The #elearning2 2014 Conference Programme is available for download

Presentations at eLearning 2.0 - a taster

Here are titles from some of the presentations for this year's #elearning2 conference

• Seeing is Believing! Using Screencasting to Flip the Classroom

• Wikis as a Virtual Platform for Collaboration in the University

• Mobiles to the Rescue: The Potential of Mobile Phone Learning for Increasing the Quality of Life in Developing Countries

• A Business Model for MOOCs

• The Use of Storytelling in MOOCs

Call for Participation

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

eLEARNING 2.0

Brunel University, UK

July 23, 2014

www.elearning2.org

eLearning 2.0 is a lively international conference exploring Technology-Enhanced Learning and social media technologies including Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Wikis, MOOCs and YouTube. The main themes of this year’s conference are MOOCs and “flipping the classroom”. Flipping the classroom involves delivering digital material outside the classroom and then using class sessions to make sense of the material. The conference will consider evolving pedagogical approaches and raise the profile of research in technology-enhanced learning; spread good practice in the use of digital technologies for learning; and facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Chris Evans – Brunel University, UK

&

Jennifer Killham – University of Cincinnati, USA

OBJECTIVES

-       consider the pedagogy and implementation of “flipping the classroom”

-       consider the impact and future of the development of MOOCs

-       explore the potential impact of social media on technology-enhanced learning

-       spread good practice in the use of digital media in technology-enhanced learning

-       consider evolving pedagogical approaches to digital media

-       raise the profile of research on digital media and technology-enhanced learning

Topics of presentations include: flipping the classroom, screencasting, social networking, student engagement, mobile learning, elearning in the developing world, massive open online courses (MOOCs)

FORMAT

eLearning 2.0 will comprise invited keynote speakers and individual presentations. Abstracts of presentations will be available to participants

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Peter Bryant, Head of Learning Technology and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Political Science

&

John Carter McKnight, postdoctoral Research Associate at Lancaster University

PARTICIPANTS

All welcome but places are limited. Register at http://bit.ly/UfvBzh

CONNECT

w: www.elearning2.org t: @elearning2 #elearning2

fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/elearning2.0/

CONFERENCE LOCATION

Brunel Business School (Eastern Gateway Building), Brunel University, West London, UK. Brunel University is in Uxbridge on the western edge of London. Uxbridge is in a prime location for reaching the transport network that embraces London and South-east England. It is a short drive from the M4, M40 and M25 and has the added benefit of being on the edge of the London Underground network. It is a 25-minute drive from London's Heathrow airport.

ENQUIRIES

chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk with "eLearning2.0" in the subject line.

eLearning 2.0 1014 to be IGNITED

Selected contributions at eLearning 2.0 will take the form of Ignite presentations - 20 slides, 15 seconds each. Want to learn more? Click the links below.

What is Ignite?

Give me an example

eLearning 2.0 is coming very soon...!

Preparations for this year's eLearning 2.0 are now well under way. We have a range of exciting presentations from speakers across the UK including Scotland and Wales, as well as Ireland, Norway, Denmark and Russia. Plenty about MOOCs and flipping the classroom. The future is digital - are you ready for it?

Join us on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter @elearning2 and join the discussion using the tag #elearning2

Keynote Speaker - John Carter McKnight

Our second #elearning2 Keynote Speaker this year is John Carter McKnight.

John Carter McKnight is a postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University in the U.K. His research focuses on emergent community governance, ethics and social norm enforcement in technologically-mediated spaces from internet gaming communities to spacecraft. 

He has developed and taught a range of graduate and undergraduate courses in games and culture, and the governance of emerging technologies.

You can visit his website.

Online Registration Form 2014

The online registration form is now active

Keynote Speaker - Peter Bryant

Our first #elearning2 Keynote Speaker this year is Peter Bryant.

Peter Bryant is the Head of Learning Technology and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  He was previously a Principal Lecturer in Educational Technology at the University of Greenwich where he led the innovative Greenwich Connect project, which was designed to transform learning and teaching with technology at institutional level. His interests lie in the area of developing and implementing digital pedagogies, using and integrating students as producers and creators through social media and supporting innovation in higher education teaching.  He also publishes in the area of community and network development in the arts.

You can visit his blog.

Flip Your Classroom

Flip Your Classroom

7 Things You Should Know about Flipped Classrooms

Things You Should Know about Flipped Classrooms (PDF)

Call for Contributions - Deadline 26 June

2nd CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

eLEARNING 2.0
Brunel University, UK
July 23, 2014
www.elearning2.org

eLearning 2.0 is a lively international conference exploring Technology-Enhanced Learning and social media technologies including Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Wikis, MOOCs and YouTube. The main theme of this year’s conference is “flipping the classroom” and social media for teaching. Flipping the classroom involves delivering digital material outside the classroom and then using class sessions to make sense of the material. The conference will consider evolving pedagogical approaches and raise the profile of research in technology-enhanced learning; spread good practice in the use of Web 2.0 technologies for learning; and facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Chris Evans – Brunel University, UK
&
Jennifer Killham, University of Cincinnati, USA

OBJECTIVES
- consider the pedagogy and implementation of “flipping the classroom”
- explore the potential impact of social media on technology-enhanced learning
- spread good practice in the use of social media in technology-enhanced learning
- consider evolving pedagogical approaches using social media
- raise the profile of research on social media and technology-enhanced learning

Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to: flipping the classroom, use of social media for teaching, evolving pedagogies for Web 2.0, security, privacy, social networking, podcasting, wikis, blogging, video sharing, screencasting, folksonomies, MOOCs, eLearning 2.0 and people with disabilities, the potential impact of eLearning 2.0 on the Third World, creativity and Web 2.0, Human-Computer Interaction, and Business.

FORMAT
eLearning 2.0 will comprise invited keynote speakers and individual presentations. The presentations will be recorded and published online as a series of screencasts. There are no full papers published or required.

PARTICIPANTS
All welcome but presenters must submit a 500 word ABSTRACT and TITLE for BLIND REVIEW. Submission indicates consent for your presentation to be screen recorded.

SUBMISSION
chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk with "eLearning2.0" in the subject line.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of title and abstract DEADLINE: June 26, 2014

Can MOOCs and Universities Co-exist?

This article in the Wall Street Journal might be of interest

Can MOOCs and Universities Co-exist

Call for Presentations announced

Details of this year's conference and an invitation to present are here.

eLearning 2.0 2014 Announced!

This year's eLearning 2.0 conference will be held on 23 July at Brunel Business School, West London, UK. Further details soon...