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MAY 21, 2018

Photo by Tup Wanders on Flickr In my previous post , I reflected on 18 years of keynote speaking in academic conferences. If you are lucky enough to be invited to address an audience of your peers at a conference, a lot will depend on what you say and the manner in which you say it. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler It was great to be back in Berlin - that wonderful, glittering city - to speak at Online Educa Berlin , or OEB Global, as it's now called. If I have left anyone out, I apologise, but OEB Global is a very large conference. Below is the recording of my Spotlight presentation complete with slides. Unported License.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Publicdomainpictures Ever wondered how we can overcome feelings of loneliness and disconnect in distance education? It's a common psychological phenomenon to feel that although you are separated by distance, the technology actually mediates your connection with someone else. Wheeler, S. ALT-J , 15(2), 103-117.

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JUNE 15, 2013

Whatever your views on this shade of auto-didacticism - and there have been some vociferous criticisms , do watch the video interview I did with him at this year''s EDEN conference , and then make your own mind up. Photo by Steve Wheeler Sugata Mitra - Charlatan or genius? Is he a charlatan, or a genius? Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler - Entrance to the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild Last week you would have discovered me in the cellar of a French palace - the stylish Hotel Salomon de Rothschild , not a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The classic old building was transformed into a hi-tech conference venue for European Innovation Day.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

I greatly enjoyed attending the Future of Technology in Education (FOTE) conference at London University''s Senate Building last week. Photos by FOTE A FOTE opportunity by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler (Duck by Denise Hudson ) If I didn't know any better I would believe in synchronicity. We enjoyed an animated and challenging keynote speech from Graham Brown-Martin at the LPI's Learning Live conference in London earlier today. Let me elaborate. What the duck? Unported License.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo by Guillaume Speurt on Flickr Tallinn is one of my favourite European cities. The theme of the EADL conference this year is Connected Learning , and delegates will represent corporate learning and development, and other learning professionals from around the globe. Unported License.

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JULY 8, 2016

HTC Vive in action - Photo by Steve Wheeler At the JISC Connect More event held in Cheltenham recently, a number of futuristic technologies were on display for delegates to experience. All of these technologies will undoubtedly find some useful application in higher education in the coming years. Personally, I can't wait. Unported License.

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APRIL 17, 2013

I have enjoyed my short stay here in Doha, Qatar, where I was an invited speaker at the Technology in Higher Education Conference. The conference event (#the2013) was organised by the Qatar Foundation in alliance with a number of overseas universities, based within the Education City network. Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

She is Secretary General of the European Universities Association , and was a keynote speaker at the EDEN 25th Anniversary Conference in Budapest. During the conference we sat down to discuss her work. How effective are digital repositories? These and other questions feature in the interview. Unported License.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons During the life of the Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCon), we tried to be innovative, introducing new features each of the ten years the event ran. The idea was simple, and a counterpoint to the sometimes congratulatory culture seen in most conferences. Reference Gerver, R.

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OCTOBER 18, 2014

There is also at least one specialised conference dedicated to the concept. Photo by Adib Wahab This time it''s personal by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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JUNE 22, 2019

Image by Craig Whitehead on Unsplash While in conversation last week at the EDEN annual conference in Bruges, my good friend Marci Powell told me about a brilliant resource called Unsplash. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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MAY 30, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler This is the first of a short series of posts, presenting my thoughts leading up to a keynote speech I will give at EDEN 2019, in Bruges. Connected pedagogy: Smart technology by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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APRIL 20, 2012

It's all over for another year, but I really believe that this year's Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference really lived up to its theme - create, connect, collaborate. In brief, here are a few of the artefacts created: The Instagram collection of photos itself is richly representative of the event from start to finish.

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APRIL 5, 2014

CSEDU is the annual Computer Supported Education Conference which is now in its sixth year. Digital Age Learning from Steve Wheeler Photo by Steve Wheeler Richly social and intensely personal by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

It was a distinct pleasure to sit down in conversation with Yves Punie at the 25th EDEN Conference in Budapest in June. Video courtesy of EDEN Photo by William Starkey on Geograph The EDEN Interviews: Yves Punie by Steve Wheeler was recorded in Budapest, Hungary and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler I joined the press pack in Paris last week to attend two events sponsored by electronics giant Huawei. Many of the sessions focused on the immense task of digitally connecting society, and I was pleased to see that the key emphasis of the conference was on people rather than technology. Unported License.

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JULY 8, 2016

I've been speaking at a variety of conference up and down the country, and it can get quite time consuming putting in the miles and preparation. But during the conferences, I have heard some interesting ideas which I would like to share a little wider. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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MAY 31, 2018

Photo by Sean MacEntee on Flickr Old Trafford. The conference is on midsummer day - 21 June. A click on the conference website will tell you that the themes of the event are close to my own heart: “ The programme will focus on getting industry and education to work together to harness technology and put learning first.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The theme of the conference was 'Future of Work, Future of Learning', which sent a clear message to delegates that the two are inseparable. Photo courtesy of the Adult Learning Symposium Just for me learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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MAY 25, 2013

I''m very much looking forward to taking part in the EDEN Conference in Oslo between June 12-15 this year. This time I made sure I would have the time, by blocking out my diary for the conference week. Sir Ken will be speaking live via satellite from the USA and Sugata will be present at the conference in Norway.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

In June I had the singular honour of being invited to host a unique keynote session in Oslo for the EDEN annual conference. Just before the conference, it had been announced that he had won the prestigious TED prize of one million US dollars for his innovative research into learning. More reflections on 2013 tomorrow. Unported License.

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JUNE 13, 2013

Where is the learner voice at learning conferences? It''s important to qualify these comments in the context of this year''s EDEN Conference , the title of which is: '' The Joy of Learning: Enhancing Learning Experience, Improving Learning Quality.'' The learner. Why are students'' experience so poor in most state run schools?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons Predictably, the ideas that dominated at Learning Technologies 2019 (#LT19uk) were mostly on new and emerging technologies. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) cropped up several times during sessions across the event. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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MAY 7, 2020

Photo by Marcus Aurelius on Pexels What fresh kind of hell is this? Throughout your day the meetings beckon, students demand tutorials, webinar and conference invitations bombard your in-box. Cue a deluge of complaints about video call fatigue. Yes, video call fatigue. You know it's a thing. Video calls are inescapable now.

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AUGUST 23, 2015

Recently, in the wake of the #blimage blogging challenge I've been thinking about the power of photos and images. I have quite a collection of selfies and other photos of me with people who have either inspired me or influenced my thinking in some way. In the centre of the photo is Joyce Seitzinger. Far right is George Couros.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Following her keynote at the EDEN annual Conference in Budapest, she sat down with me to discuss some of her ideas about open content, distance learning and open licensing. Melissa's blog posts and other content reveal some clearly innovative approaches to the open use of content in higher education. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Photo from Pxhere I can't speak for anyone else, but my own personal learning is most enriched when I'm in conversations with others. Head, hand and heart by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Reference Hyman, P. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

It was a great pleasure to give the opening keynote at the Social Science special interest group Higher Education Academy conference yesterday in Manchester. He also live tweets from the conference as the images take shape! We need more of this at conferences! Unported License. Unported License.

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AUGUST 26, 2017

Photo by Benson Kua on Wikimedia Commons Coming in to land after a long flight is always a great relief. If you want to check out what happened at the conference, follow the Twitter hashtag #PeelEML17. Well, it didn't go quite as smoothly as that on my first, (and then second) visit to Canada recently. Unported License.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Daniel Susskind - Photo by Steve Wheeler All change! ExCel is very familiar to me, but for the conference, it will take a little time to adapt. LT19uk only took up one 8th of the space available for exhibitions, and the conference rooms occupied are also a fraction of those available within the vast building. Unported License.

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APRIL 4, 2016

Some people display framed certificates on their walls, or photos of their degree ceremony. I do all of the above, but also keep a collection of lanyards and name badges from conferences I have attended. How do you represent your learning? Learning is symbolic, but can also be demonstrated in so many practical ways. Unported License.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

I first met Alec Couros among that amazing gathering of people at the inaugural PLE (Personal Learning Environment) conference in Barcelona, in 2010. I add him to my list of selfies and photos for many reasons (here we are larking about on the Barcelona Metro). Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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MARCH 23, 2012

With Pelecon (the 7th Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference) only a few weeks away, preparations are almost complete. Set in an idyllic part of the South West of England, we hope Pelecon is now established on the annual international conference schedule. We want to encourage dialogue before the conference starts.

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JULY 7, 2015

Richard was also kind enough to write the foreword of my latest book Learning with 'e's , in which he swears blind that we met on a camel in the Saudi desert - during a social event for the ELI conference. Here is an edited version of that discussion, courtesy of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Public Education Development Project.

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