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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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