ULearn News » Angela Page http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn Subscribe to the ULearn news blog and keep up to date with conference news and events Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en ULearn09 - change of conference venue http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/11/ulearn09-change-of-conference-venue.html http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/11/ulearn09-change-of-conference-venue.html#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:56 +0000 Angela Page http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/?p=62 ULearn09 will now be held in Christchurch, instead of in Auckland as originally advertised. ULearn conferences have been held annually since 2005, and previously had alternated between Christchurch and Auckland. With the number of delegates and presentations continuing to grow each year, there are sometimes up to fifty sessions happening concurrently at different venues. The number of venues available for workshops within a close vicinity is considerably greater in Christchurch. While Auckland venues offer excellent facilities for keynotes and spotlights, limited venues available for workshops close by means that numbers need to be significantly restricted. Also, the Westpac Arena in Christchurch is able to comfortably seat around 2000 guests for dinner, whereas seating at the Sky City Convention Centre is limited to 1000, meaning that many delegates will miss out the opportunity to attend the conference dinner.

In addition, the development of the advanced network allowed excellent connectivity across almost all conference venues in Christchurch, and we are keen to exploit these opportunities again in the future. Therefore, with these factors in mind, it has been decided to once again hold ULearn in Christchurch in 2009.

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]]> http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/11/ulearn09-change-of-conference-venue.html/feed Spotlight videos now available http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/spotlight-videos-now-available.html http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/spotlight-videos-now-available.html#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:02:57 +0000 Angela Page http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/?p=58 Five spotlight videos are now available for viewing on the ULearn08 website. You can view spotlight presentations by Julia Atkin, Westley Field, Greg Gebhart, Nicola Yelland, and Mark Treadwell. The final two spotlights, and those of our keynotes, will be available shortly.

Please note that the synchronising of video and presenter slides while editing the video may result in some variance from the conference session. Also, some presenters used media files which we have not been able to include in these video versions.

Presenters have given permission for these presentations to be made available online for 4 months to conference attendees by login access to this ULearn08 website, for the purpose of further professional discussion in ICT PD cluster schools. We do not have permission to provide DVD copies of the presentations.

Supporting materials for some spotlight presentations can be accessed from the Find presenters’ material knowledge base.

]]> http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/spotlight-videos-now-available.html/feed Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on Kim Hill show http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/sheryl-nussbaum-beach-on-kim-hill-show.html http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/sheryl-nussbaum-beach-on-kim-hill-show.html#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:32:42 +0000 Angela Page http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/?p=57 Listen to the interview between our keynote speaker, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, and Kim Hill. The interview was broadcast on Radio New Zealand National Saturday morning. You can access the podcast online.

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

]]> http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/sheryl-nussbaum-beach-on-kim-hill-show.html/feed Supporting material http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/supporting-material.html http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/2008/10/supporting-material.html#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:38:23 +0000 Angela Page http://blog.core-ed.net/ulearn/?p=56 Just a reminder to presenters to please post your presenters’ material on the ULearn08 site. If you have any problems with this, please contact Angela angela.page@core-ed.net or Suzie ictpdonline@core-ed.net

The keynotes and spotlights were all videoed and most will be available for you to view online the site once they have been edited. We’ll keep you posted!

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