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Innovating e-Learning 2009: Latest news!

Charlie Leadbeater, influential innovator and adviser to companies, cities and governments, is opening the JISC Innovating e-Learning 2009 conference live in Elluminate on 24^th November. In 2007, Charlie was ranked as the most outstanding innovation expert in the UK by the Financial Times. Read more about this exciting development on the JISC website: www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/11/podcast94jamesclay.aspx

Register now: next week is Reading Week!

Innovating e-Learning 2009 takes place online on 24-27^th November with sessions based around the theme of Thriving, Not Just Surviving! The Reading Week begins very soon (Tuesday 17^th November) and gives delegates time to browse, read, watch and listen before joining in discussions when the conference opens.

Sarah Knight, JISC programme manager and conference organiser, offers some advice for those taking part for the first time: ‘My top tip for making the most of the conference is for delegates to use the Reading Week to browse through the sessions and identify the ones they particularly have an interest in and want to follow closely during the conference.’ James Clay of Gloucestershire College and mobile learning expert and conference blogger, has also recorded a useful podcast of tips for new delegates (available from  www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/11/podcast94jamesclay.aspx). Also view his exciting video trailer, ‘Wherever you are’ for the conference at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfJlY9S1Oo

The two themes of the conference are Finding the Way and Meeting the Challenge. These include live keynotes in Elluminate and a variety of sessions, many using multimedia presentations. Alongside the main conference are a range of alternatives: the Have-a-Go, Social and Resource-Sharing areas, guided tours in Second Life led by staff from the JISC Regional Support Centres (RSCs) not to mention chilling out in the Virtual Coffee Shop and posting your very own comments on the conference blog.

Innovating e-Learning 2009 is a simply unmissable conference experience! Register now and let us know your top tip for making the most of an online conference. If you have not yet registered, please hurry. The conference programme and booking information are available at www.jisc.ac.uk/elpconference09

You can follow the conference on Twitter, using #jiscel09

Best regards,

Sarah Knight

Programme Manager: JISC e-Learning Programme
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