What’s the intention of having the conference? Jeff Hurt, over at Midcourse Corrections, has a great post about opening and keynote speakers, and it made me think about conferences in general… …and about my own situation. Without an employer to cover costs of membership or the expenses related to travelling to various conferences, I’ve become really picky about what I want to do. So what’s the purpose of the conference? Or are you perpetuating a conference model that needs to be transformed? Is it an educational event? Meeting? MORE >>

Clayton Wright just sent me his incredible annual list of eLearning Conferences. link] December 2-4, 2009 Online Educa Berlin International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training, 15 th , Hotel InterContinental, Berlin, Germany. link] December 3-4, 2009 International LAMS and Learning Design Conference, 4 th , MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia. link] December 4-6, 2009, Social, Global and Green: The California League of Middle Schools/California League of High Schools Technology Conference, Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California, USA. MORE >>

Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, CHECK the specific conference website. No liability is assumed for any errors that may have been introduced inadvertently during the assembly of this conference list. Often conference organizers forget to provide the full name of the organization and an e-mail contact address. And send that to Clayton. link]. MORE >>

am today I am speaking at the NAACE conference in Blackpool.  I will also be auto-tweeting at the conference, using one of my other Twitter accounts @140learning - no need to follow - just watch the tweets with my presentation hashtag #jhnaace.  Tags: Conferences At 11.30 My presentation is on  building a social learning environment.  Below is the presentations slideset.  Feel free to join in and contribute. Building a social learning environment View more presentations from Jane Hart. MORE >>

Twitter has become a pretty great tool to help with socializing at conferences. There is also an interesting effect that people who are not attending still hear quite a bit about the conference and have some level of tangential participation. There's also a bit of risk as exemplified by - TechKnowledge09 - Another Conference that Missed the Social Opportunity. But, in the short run, it might make sense to set up a similar kind of series of activities as listed above based on the conference program. We also encouraged everyone to put in the hashtag. MORE >>