Tag: Conference
5th International Plagiarism Conference July 2012
September 13th, 2011 at 12:09
The 5th International Plagiarism Conference will take place at the Sage Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 16-18 July, 2012. The 2012 conference celebrates ten years of pioneering research in this area, and now in its fifth iteration the conference has established a reputation as a forum for worldwide good practice in this area and attracts [...]
The mouse is dead… ALT-C 2011 conference report
September 8th, 2011 at 03:09
At the ALT-C conference in Leeds yesterday I went to an interesting presentation by Dragos Ciobanu of Leeds University about the uses of the Xbox Kinect (and similar body-tracking) technology in teaching and learning. I guess you could say that it’s the ultimate in catering for the kinaesthetic learner! Dragos was keen for it to [...]
ALT Conference 2011: skating on thin ice? #altc2011
September 6th, 2011 at 08:09
The latest Association for Learning Technology conference is taking place this week in Leeds. The theme is “Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate”, which is certainly topical, and so far many of the sessions that I have attended have been consolidating research for real-world use, optimising processes and looking at cross-institutional applications. JISC [...]
Open Nottingham Seminar hashtag #openn11
March 30th, 2011 at 12:03
We’ve created a hashtag for the event next week – the Open Nottingham Seminar on April 7th – #openn11 What is a hashtag and why have one? The conference is full and to accommodate those who aren’t able to attend for whatever reason we are providing access to the content and discussions in a variety [...]
Open Nottingham Seminar – April 7th 2011
1 January 6th, 2011 at 10:01
Following the success of the Open Learning Conference (Nov 2009), the University of Nottingham is once again hosting a national event to examine Open Educational Resources (OER) and the influence they are having on teaching and learning. The Open Nottingham seminar will take place on Thursday 7th April, 10am to 3.30pm at the Sir Colin [...]