Dear Colleagues,
Before the Christmas and New Year break Sal Cooke and I wanted to update
you about the ALT/JISCTechDis conference "Rewiring Inclusion -
Strategies, tools, and techniques to promote barrier-free learning" at
the National College in Nottingham on 8/9 February.
In particular we are pleased to announce some (but not yet all) of our
plenary speakers.
1. Prior to dinner on 8 February, Julian Harty from Google will run a
plenary session "Wave, Chrome OS, Online Docs, and Android. What impact
will they have on the environment for learning?" Julian will also run a
40 minute workshop during the morning of 9 February.
2. During the morning of 9 February, Artur Ortega, Accessibility
Evangelist for Yahoo! Europe, will speak in the opening plenary about
the Yahoo! approach to accessibility. Artur will also run a 40 minute
workshop during the morning of 9 February.
3. During the closing plenary on 9 February, Alison Mills, Head of
Assessment for Learning at The Manchester College, will talk about how a
large urban college is taking inclusion to the heart of its operations.
During week beginning 21 December we intend to announce the whole
programme for the event, including the titles and details of the 16
workshops that will take place during 9 February. We will also announce
the names of the other plenary contributors.
ALT and JISC TechDis are confident that the conference will be unusual,
useful, and interesting. Costs to attend are as follows: £120 members of
ALT; £160 non-members of ALT; £100 dinner, bed and breakfast at the
National College. To avoid disappointment you can book now at
http://tinyurl.com/ykhcp72.
If booking before Christmas is not possible, you might want to put
"Rewiring Inclusion" on your To Do list for early January.
With best wishes,
Seb Schmoller Sal Cooke
ALT JISC TechDis
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