Thursday 3 September 2015

2015 Slideshares Available

Presentations from #elearning2.0 parallel session 1b are now available on Slideshare - see links below:

Lee Campbell

Darren Gash

Darrell Wilkinson

Amani Hamdan

Wednesday 2 September 2015

2015 Videos Available

Videos (screen recordings) of most of the #elearning2.0 presentations are now available on YouTube. This is an unlisted link - only those with this link will be able to see them. Presentations from Session 1b will be posted on Slideshare - watch this space for details!

Monday 27 July 2015

Where do I go?

Finding this year's #eLearning2.0 conference is very easy because it is in the same building as the main Brunel University London reception. It is known as the Eastern Gateway Building.

When you arrive at the road entrance to the University, the Eastern Gateway Building is immediately to the right. Registration for eLearning 2.0 will be in the foyer on the ground floor, close to the Reception desk. The main conference room is room 111 on the first floor - turn left out of the lift. Coffee, tea, fruit juice, and pastries will be waiting for you!

Friday 24 July 2015

Conference Programme Available

The #elearning2.0 conference programme is available for download. Hardcopies will also be placed in your conference pack available when you register.

Thursday 23 July 2015

Presentations at eLearning 2.0 2015 - another Taster

More titles from planned presentations at #elearning2

  • The knowledge is out there: is self-directed e-learning redefining Higher Education?
  • Batting for the other side: student produced e-learning to develop staff and student all-rounders 
  • Using video to support differentiation
  • Tell me a story: developing a MOOC pedagogy
  • What drives MOOC learner retention? An empirical investigation with MOOC participants 

Wednesday 15 July 2015

Presentations at eLearning 2.0 - a taster

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

  • Technoparticipation: Skype’s the Limit! Skype as a tool to spark classroom engagement and build student enterprise opportunities
  • Using Technology to Enhance Student Feedback in the Teaching Laboratory
  • Articulate for Assessment: Development and Initial Findings
  • Moons, Toasters and MOOCs: Going Live with Google Hangouts
  • Up Periscope! Simples! - Social Learning using Live Broadcasting via Periscope and Meerkat

Two weeks to go!

Just two weeks now until #elearning2.0 2015. Are you ready for the future of learning?

Thursday 2 July 2015

Keynote speaker - Ellen Jameson

Our next #elearning2 Keynote Speaker is Ellen Jameson. Ellen will be speaking jointly with Gabriel Recchia.

Ellen Jameson is a research associate at Indiana University's Center for Research on Learning and Technology. She is also consultant learning specialist for Filament Games and AW3DU. Her research interests include curriculum and classroom integration requirements for games and the use of games to teach and discuss issues in environmental science.

Keynote speaker - Gabriel Recchia

Our next #elearning2 Keynote Speaker is Gabriel Recchia. Gabriel will be speaking jointly with Ellen Jameson.

Gabriel Recchia is a research associate at the Centre for Digital Knowledge at Cambridge University. He received his PhD in Cognitive Science from Indiana University in 2012. His interests include digital tools that facilitate informal learning practices; ways in which games can facilitate reflective experiences that provide opportunities for personal growth; and computational models of language learning.

Tuesday 30 June 2015

Present a Poster!


To add to the liveliness of the conference and to encourage spirited dialogue, we are inviting people to present posters based around the conference themes. This is our first year with poster presentations. If you are interested in presenting a poster at the conference, you just need to submit an abstract and title, along your  affiliation, for consideration. Authors of accepted abstracts should design posters formatted to A1 size and present them on the day of the conference. Abstracts will be included with the conference materials given to all delegates. Doctoral students are particularly encouraged to apply. Work in progress is welcome. Please send submissions to chris.evans@brunel.ac.uk with "eLearning2.0" in the subject line before 8th July.

Thursday 18 June 2015

Deadline for Presentations

Today is the deadline for the 2nd call for presentations at #elearning2. This may be your last chance. Get your abstract in today!

Monday 8 June 2015

Keynote speaker - Sue Beckingham

Our second #elearning2 Keynote Speaker is Sue Beckingham



Sue Beckingham is an Educational Developer, taking a Faculty lead role for technology enhanced learning (TEL) at Sheffield Hallam University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and also a Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association (where she is a member of the Executive Board). Her teaching portfolio includes Professionalism and Communication; Digital Marketing; Web 2.0 in Business; Social Media Use in Organisations; and Information Design. She is also a course designer and facilitator of the cross institution open online course 'Bring Your Own Device for Learning’ and co-lead of the weekly Learning and Teaching in Higher Education online chat  #LTHEchat.
 Sue's research interests alongside TEL include digital identity and connectedness, and the use of social media in higher education and business. 

Keynote speaker - Mark Childs


Our first #elearning2 Keynote Speaker is Mark Childs


Dr Mark Childs is a freelance academic, working for several universities and learning organisations in the UK, USA, South Africa and Croatia. Since 1997 he has worked on nearly 40 technology-supported learning projects as an evaluator, manager and principal investigator, predominantly in synchronous online communication. In parallel to this he has had posts in academic development at Wolverhampton, Warwick, Coventry and Worcester Universities as well as running staff development sessions in Singapore, Oman and Ethiopia. His PhD in Education in 2010 was on learners’ experiences of presence in virtual worlds and he has written and edited several books in this field.