You are invited to our one-day conference, hosted at London Metropolitan University, to explore how visual learning practices are becoming more mainstream in the digital age. Taking inspiration from a number of recent initiatives,

Date:  Tuesday

Time:  10am-4pm

Venue: London Metropolitan University

             GC-G08 Graduate Centre

             Holloway Road

             London N7 8DB

Conference Fee: £50

Outline of day:

9.30-10.00 arrival, coffee, registration

10.15 Welcome from Pauline, Sandra and Debbie - and Chris O’Reilly

10.30 - 11.30 Drawing to learn Everyone can draw – whether diagrams, doodles or storyboards -to think, explore, learn, reflect, understand and communicate. But many of us lack confidence or just forget to use this essential tool for learning.  This interactive session will include practical activities relevant for any discipline and any context.

11.30-12.30 Science and Social Sciences:  using visual approaches for qualitative research and  (re)conceptualising science (Philip Howlett and Debbie Holley) 

12.30-1.30 lunch and networking

1.30-2.30 ‘It’s more than just drawing!’ Using collages and Cabinets of Curiosities; Memory envelopes and installations; Digital artefacts and Animations - for TLA. (Pauline Ridley, Sandra Sinfield, Tom Burns & Chris O’Reilly)

2.30/ 2.45 shuffle & comfort break - reconvene in main hall

2.45- 3.45 MOOC madness: digital tools, activities, exemplars – and table tasks.

3.45- 4.00 summary, thanks, depart 

To register your interest/book a place, please contact Amaechi Echedolu [log in to unmask]   with your name, institution and email address.