Elearning event

Today was indeed a day well spent. I just got back from an eLearningNetwork event on "building learning communities".

The speakers had the experience of building learning communities and maintaining the same. The event was focussed on the importance of having a learning community and many spoke of how it can be achieved.

Case studies were presented by the Royal Carribean Cruise ( training team), National College for School Leadership,Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, London Gifted and Talented, Barry Sampson and the event closed with an interview of Laura Overton.

I agree to the importance of having a learning community but am much too aware of the issues involved in implementing it. Another hurdle will be to keep the community live and going. The community will work very well in organisations focusing on learning or imparting learning in any way but to get it started elsewhere will be a challenge. However, I shall try and do my bit and only time will tell how successful I've been.

Any comments/ discussions more than welcome.

Second time- lucky, woohoo!!

I had heard that you normally don't get lucky the second time or rather don't get things better the second time. Well, at least for me it was proved wrong at the 2nd and last day of the conference.

I totally loved it and the speakers ( to name a few) Jane Hart, Clive Shepherd, Nigel Paine, Dr. Ltiel Dror were just as good as yesterday. The topics covered today were all too 'cool' ( not a term I would have chosen to use, but then it's my blog.....)

All good things must come to an end, sadly........but I just hope this is a beginning to many more good events in learning.

I wish I get to attend next year too.

My 1st Conference

What can I say about today! It was 1 of the best days of my life- attended a conference for the first time. It was learning technologies 2008. It was an awesome experience and listening to some of the e-learning experts like Jay Cross, Patrick Dunn, talk made it all the more special for me.
I even had the opportunity to have a brief chat with a very famous e-learning guru who had flown in from the U.S.