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Annual NILTA Conference - Book now

Places are still available for the annual NILTA conference, "Blended
Learning: Effective Use of Technology" which takes place between Oct
13th and 15th at the Hanover International Hotel and Club, Hinckley,
Leicestershire.

The NILTA Annual Conference is regarded by the sector as the key ILT
conference in the UK for practitioners, administrators and those
supporting the use of ICT in the delivery of learning - not just for the
post-16 sector, but for the whole of lifelong learning too. It is a
forum for the exchange of views and ideas among policy makers and those
listening to the needs of the sector. The conference is particularly
suitable for Principals, Vice/Assistant Principals, Heads of Department
and ILT Senior Management Champions. And those from schools with 6th
forms, the private sector, and community associations will find the
conference particularly rewarding. Equally, senior decision takers in
national and local strategic planning bodies will find the conference of
much benefit to keep them in close touch with emerging issues. A rounded
programme will enable participants to gain most from attendance at all
three days, but for those restricted by their diary, attendance at any
of the three days will bring a most valuable reward. Include
international delegates, head teachers, CTC Trusts, ICT Advisers in
schools, ICT Advisers in Local LSCs.

The Conference will:

• examine the components of blended learning

• illuminate issues facing organisations implementing blended learning

• contrast the changing role of professionals implementing blended
learning methodologies

• enable participants to invigorate colleagues, cascading the ideas and
knowledge networks that the Conference will give

Our keynote speakers, all experts in their field, will challenge
delegates to embrace the emerging approach to delivery through blended
learning, capturing innovation and the leading-edge use of technology.
This inspiration will be drawn out through a balanced programme of
plenary sessions establishing concept and inspiring debate which will be
further examined in interactive forums with a practical and practitioner
focus.

To book now, go to http://www.nilta.org.uk/updated/nconfs.htm

The programme is as follows:

Sunday 13th October 2002

12:30 MARKETPLACE & BT COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE FORMALLY OPEN

12:30 – 14:30 REGISTRATION, LUNCH and MARKETPLACE

14:00 – 14:20 "THE BT STRATEGY" Chris Penn, Business Consultant, BT
Education

14:30 – 14:45 OPENING ADDRESS Fred McCrindle, National Chair, NILTA &
Principal of Reading College & School of Arts & Design

14:45 – 15:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1 "How People Learn" Josh Hillman, Head of
Education Policy, BBC

15:30 – 16:30 MARKETPLACE, BT COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE and Afternoon Tea

16:30 – 17:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 "Setting the Agenda" Keith Duckitt, Head
of ICT, Learning and Skills Council

17:00 – 17:45 INTERACTIVE FORUM / BREAKOUT SESSION

A FE Focus: Paul Ricketts, Assistant Principal,
City College Manchester

B 14 – 19 Focus: Eddie Brady, Principal, Unity City
Academy, Middlesbrough

C Communities Focus: Jenny Rogers, Training
Co-ordinator, Young at Now

D Dissolving the Silos: Specialist Colleges leading
the way Tim Ashmore, The Royal National College for the Blind

19:30 – 20:00 PRE DINNER RECEPTION sponsored by SITS Ltd - Meet the
Chair and the Chief Executive

20:00 – 20:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 "Making Connections: the global skills
development dialogue'" Keith Williams, The British Council

20:30 INTERNATIONAL DINNER

Followed by Charity Event – Dancing to the Creeping Bentgrass Band
Sponsored by BT Education

Monday 14th October 2002

09:00 – 9:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4 "Applying Technology"

Steve Morrison, Chief Executive, Granada Plc,
facilitated by Chris West, Chair, NILTA Finance & General Purposes
Committee and Managing Director, Granada Learning Professional
Development

09:45 – 11:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 5 "Assessing the Effectiveness of ILT"

Janice Shiner, Director General, Lifelong Learning,
Department for Education and Skills, with comparisons from a speaker
reflecting the challenges of policy development, facilitated by John
Taylor, Principal, The Sheffield College

11:00 – 11:45 DiversITy DISPLAY FORMALLY OPEN, sponsored by the DfES -
MARKETPLACE, BT COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE & Morning Coffee

11:45 – 12:30 INTERACTIVE FORUM / BREAKOUT SESSION Facilitated by Chairs
of NILTA’s National Special Interest Groups

E Staff Development Focus: NILTA’s Staff
Development Committee

F Technical Focus: George Vernon, Computer Systems
Manager, Plymouth College of FE

G Curriculum Focus: Sal Cooke, Chair of NILTA
Curriculum Committee, IT Access & Curriculum Support Manager, Hull
College, Development Officer, Ferl

H Learning Resources Focus: John Peacock, Chair of
NILTA Learning Resources Committee & Facilities Manager Director of IT,
City of Sunderland College

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH WITH VISIT TO DiversITy Display, MARKETPLACE and BT
COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE

13:30 – 14:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 6 "Widening Participation" Alan Clarke,
NIACE Facilitated by Fred McCrindle, National Chair, NILTA

14:15 – 15:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 7 "Distributing the Blend: The role of the
NHSU" Bob Fryer, Chief Executive, NHSU

15:00 – 16:00 DiversITy DISPLAY, MARKETPLACE, BT COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE
and Afternoon Tea

16:00 – 16:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 8 "Raising the Standards" Bob Powell,
Acting Director for Youth and Lifelong Learning, Becta



16:30 – 17:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 9 "Perspectives on Blended Learning" David
Dana, HMI, Ofsted

17:00 – 18:00 INTERACTIVE FORUM / BREAKOUT SESSION

I NATFHE: Dan Taubman, National Official

J Student Focus: Mandy Telford, National President, NUS

K Adult and Community – Learning Focus, Ian Harford,
District Secretary, WEA

L Association of Learning Providers – Speaker from
National Training Federation / ALP

19:30 – 20:00 PRE DINNER RECEPTION sponsored by Granada Learning
Professional Development, Meet the Chair and the Chief Executive

20:00 NILTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE DINNER sponsored by Granada
Learning Professional Development

21:30 – 22:30 NILTA AWARDS PRESENTATION Presented by Bob Fryer, Chief
Executive, NHSU



Tuesday 15th October 2002

09:00 – 11:45 PARTNER STRAND PROGRAMMES

M Association of Colleges:

"Quality Perpectives and the Effective use of
Technology" Rosemary Clark, Quality Manager, AoC

E-learning - the underlying concepts and their
application to the curriculum David Howe, Director of Planning and
Innovation, South East Essex College

Student tracking and inspection requirements Nigel
Parkinson, Director of ICLT, Tameside College

Achieving outstanding results in inspection -how we did
it, Andy Berry, Section Leader, Computing and Electronics, Bridgwater
College

N Becta:

"14 Plus: Learning Together Working Collaboratively",
Claire Gill, Ferl Co-ordinator

0 JISC:

"Developing and Supporting College Learning
Environments", Norman Wiseman, Head of Outreach and Institutional
Support

Planning your college’s future: managed learning
environments, Sarah Porter and Dawne Hodkinson

Learning materials for colleges, Susan Eales

Supporting the changing needs of the FE community, Andy
Cook and Peter Kilcoyne

P Learning and Skills Development Agency:

"Embedding ILT learning materials: Highlighting the
outcomes of a 6 month extensive trial of the embedding of Ufi materials
into the college curriculum", Markos Tiris, Manager NLN Programme

10:30 – 11:00 DiversITy DISLAY, MARKETPLACE, BT COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE
and Morning Coffee

11:45 – 12:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 10 Margaret Hodge, MBE MP, Minister of
State for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education

12:15 – 13:00 PLENARY ROUND TABLE SESSION

Fred McCrindle, National Chair NILTA, Sue Dutton, Deputy
Chief Executive, Association of College, Helen Milner, Director of
Distributed Learning & Operations, Ufi, Malcolm Read, Executive
Secretary, JISC, Keith Duckitt, Head of ICT, Learning & Skills Council

Led by Chris Hughes, Chief Executive, Learning and
Skills Development Agency

13:00 – 14:00 BUFFET LUNCH, DiversITy DISPLAY, MARKETPLACE and BT
COMMUNICATIONS LOUNGE

Afternoon Programme

14:00 – 15:00 Panel Session - Open Forum

Messages from the Conference – Making it Happen Facilitated by Fred
McCrindle, National Chair, NILTA

CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

(NILTA reserves the right to amend the programmes in the event of
circumstances beyond its control)

For further details please contact:

Val Sellman, NILTA, c/o Park Lane College, Calverley Lane, Horsforth,
Leeds LS18 4RQ. Tel: 0113 2583029 Fax: 0113 2162059

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