the learning & teaching olympics

About the Conference

Our e-Learning Conference 2012, The Learning and Teaching Olympics, took place at the Rose Bowl, Leeds, on Wednesday 13th June 2012. The conference focused on how teachers inspire, push boundaries, overcome barriers, increase student confidence and improve access to learning through technology. Our Olympics was about celebrating the work teachers do in our region.

Keynote Speaker

“A society that is structured around learning tends towards freedom.”

The Exhibition Area

Comments from exhibitors

Interactive Area

The interactive zone, as in previous years, was offered as a workshop choice. JISC RSC YH e Learning Advisors supported delegates with activities using QR Codes, Augmented Reality, gaming and mobile devices.

Workshop 2

Think before you Click: Steps on the Road to Independent LearningAnthony Beal

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Interactive 4.1 Handouts

Workshop 2

The Classroom of the future is virtualNathan Cobb

Workshop 4

Polished Performance: Managing your Social Media PresenceKevin Campbell-Wright

Link to Presentation

Workshop 6

Quality, Collaboration, Interaction and the VLERob Hutton

Workshop 7

Gamification - The Future of Active Learning?Ross Anderson

Workshops

Passionate TeachersWill Stewart

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Technology in Action ProjectJISC RSC YH launched a project called Technology in Action in April 2012. 6 bids were successful from the ACL and WBL community and some of them shared their findings with the conference. Watch our video of the highlights of their presentations.

Workshop 1 - Session 2

Our Stars Must Glister with New Fire or Be Today ExtinctCheryl Reynolds

Workshop 2 - Session 2

A Stitch in Time vs UtopiaDaniella Morrison

Workshop 3 - Session 2

Mobile Learning in Work Based Clinical PracticeNancy Davies

Workshop 4 - Session 2

Using Technology to Enhance the Quality of the Student ExperienceNeil Morris

Workshop 5 - Session 2

Transforming Teacher Education: Using Social Media to Explore Teaching for a Social PurposeLouise Mycroft

Amazing Interactives 3D Session

Amazing Interactives - 3D Teaching ResourcesPravin Jethwa

A demonstration of 3D interactive resources for education. You can find out more about available hardware and software from their website here.

Workshop 1 - Session 3

Publish & be Damned

Kathy Boyer

Workshop 2 - Session 3

Online Course Delivery: Putting it into PracticeKen Scott

Workshop 3 - Session 3

Plant the Seed and Let it GrowDaniel Scott

Handout from Daniel’s Session. To view, tap or swipe the image.

Chapter 20

Blogs & Podcasting in ActionMick Mullane

Chapter 21

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad WolfColin Fallows

Chapter 22

Students to help Improve the Student ExperienceChris Smith

Chapter 23

An investigation of the effectiveness of Tablet Devices in Business and Management EducationNicolas Forsans

Chapter 24

Social Bookmarking: Focussing your StudentsDeborah Judah

Workshop 3 - Session 3

Applying Educational Apps to LearningChris Barber

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Chapter 26

Managing your Digital FootprintScott Hibberson

Chapter 27

Reflective Practice for Vocational Students: Using Video on Mobile DevicesMike Abel, Rick Gilroy, Emily Armstrong

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Link to Prezi presentation tap here

Final Session

The DebateGood teachers need technology?

Photo Gallery

Video Diary

Delegate Feedback

Our workshop feedback cards and overall evaluations showed that the event was a resounding success.

“Lots of excellent ideas to run with back at college”

“Fantastic experience today. Thank you!”

I”t’s been a great,informative day. The venue was fab and the organisation was really impressive - I liked the lanyards”

“First time at the event and came away with lots of ideas”

Fantastic! Best conference the RSC have done. I loved it!!

“An excellent day. Relaxed, informal. I liked the way students were included on the panel”

“An inspirational day that brought a lot of ideas to the forefront.”

The Learning & Teaching Olympics

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©2012 JISC Regional Support Centre YH

The Learning & Teaching Olympics by Theresa Beattie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Acknowledgements

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Thank you to:

The exhibitors

The workshop facilitators

The presenters

The passionate teachers

The Conference Team