Presentations

The conference featured a rich and varied programme of keynote speakers across number of strands, including learning and teaching, user training, skills development, help desks, web development and staff development.

The key presentations and handouts from the event can be found here.

The Student Experience: a University and a Student Perspective
Chris West, Director, Library and Information Services, University of Wales
Sophie McGlinn, University of Sussex

• Chris West Slides  
• Sophie McGinn Slides 

Parellel Sessions 1

• Getting certified. CMALT, the Association for Learning Technology's certified membership scheme. Who it is for and how it works.
• Shotgun wedding produces healthy child
• Learning Needs Analysis for Personal and Organisational Development 
• Using Web Services to Support e-Learning
• Toshiba: How do you want to learn today? 

Getting our act together
Liz Elvidge, Chair of Staff Development Forum and University of Cambridge
Paddy Anstey, Secretary of Staff Development and University of East Anglia

• Slides 

Parellel Sessions 2

• Update on two CETLs: the Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) CETL and Blended Learning Unit (BLU) CETL
• Are Blackberries the only fruit? 
• Working together to support users with special needs 
• 'PR' for IT People 
• Khipu Networks Ltd: Helpdesks' Big Brother 

Educational outcomes and networked learning
Paul Grist, Blackboard International

• Slides 

Customer service in an IT helpdesk context
Noel Bruton, Bruton Consultancy

• Slides 

Parellel Sessions 3

• VLEs - institutionally embed, adapt, rebarge, die? 
• One for all and all for one 
• Content creation, delivery and the modern leaner 
• Interrogating impact assessment 
• Web 2.0 - implications for IT services 
• Altman Technologies: supporting the independence of the customer 

Learning spaces: another 'next big thing'?
Steve Ryan, Director, Centre for Learning Technology, LSE and Political Auditorium

• Slides 

Twenty first century computing
Andrew Herbert, Microsoft Research Labs

• Slides 

Collaboration in an online environment
Kevin Thompson, Ultralab, Anglia Ruskin University

• Slides