The European eLearning Summit (EeLS 2008), taking place in Nottingham, UK from 19th to 21st August, have circulated a call for late registrations along with details of an impressive line-up of keynotes over the three days.
- Day 1: E-Learning using Serious Games: Serious learning, serious fun or just seriously expensive?
Professor Ian Marshall, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Coventry University. Professor Marshall started the world’s first Masters degree in Computer Games Technology and followed this up with the first full undergraduate degree in Computer Games Technology as well as the first online MSc in Computer Games Technology. He established the International Centre for Computer Games Technology and obtained over £3 million to support research in 10 years. - Day 2: Trends in rapid eLearning
Peter Ryce, Technical Evangelist, Knowledge Worker Business Unit Adobe Systems Inc. Ryce is focused on the company’s Connect product family - including Acrobat Connect Professional and Adobe Presenter. The products evolved from Macromedia Breeze and provide a secure, flexible Web communication solution. At Macromedia, he held product management positions for the Authorware, Director, Freehand and Flash Media Server products. - Day 3: Disruptive Mobile Learning
Professor Mike Sharples, Director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Nottingham. The focus of the LSRI is to explore theories and practices of learning and to design and evaluate novel learning technologies and environments. Professor Sharples’ research interests include human-centred design of new technologies for learning, mobile and contextual learning, and the application of studies of human cognition and social interation to the design of novel interactive systems.
And of course, this is on top of the EeLS ToolBook track featuring Tomas Lund, Dom Sinclair, John Henn, Scott Matheson, Margaret Rooms and, myself, Simon Price.
eLearning seldom involves a single tool these days and EeLS 2008 is a rare chance to compare and contrast a range of eLearning tools and development approaches in a very practically focused conference.
Further details at http://www.elearningsummit.eu
