EL06a


 * How does EL06 compare to previous LearnScope showcase events?**
 * I think this one ‘hit the mark’ – great diversity and enjoyed flexibility of program/ snapshots
 * I thought this years conference was very refreshing. Very good keynote speakers – Nancy White’s theories on 3 tensions very interesting. George Siemens also good presentation
 * The ability to escape from booths and actually see other things and people/ networking
 * Taking to a higher level
 * Much more interaction and innovation
 * I have attended from 2003. This has been the best since then.
 * I liked it better in general – though the theatrettes all needed mics and the noise outside was difficult. Better networking this time.
 * Seemed a bit confusing, disorganised compared to previous years – perhaps it was the venue
 * Much more relaxed, less rigid and more interactive
 * Greater opportunities to see more projects, posters and theatrettes. Great idea
 * Great content. Great ideas.
 * Well laid out, easy to get to, excellent content, good variety
 * It’s getting out there!
 * Have not attended an event for a couple of years but previous events have been better with more organised speakers
 * This is by far the best showcase event I have attended over 5 years
 * Hard to compare as so different. I enjoyed the presentations, workshops and guest speakers
 * I enjoyed this one much more than the one I attended several years ago
 * It was interesting and enabled more networking and communication between teams
 * It was more conversational in keeping with the theme of social networking
 * Very different – more scattered
 * Better than last year but a bit chaotic. Not enough time to work out which session to attend and a lot of background noise in sessions
 * What can I say! We got Alex now and we wanna keep him.
 * Best time for networking, pre-showcase information very helpful
 * Excellent in 06
 * More hands on with small presentations. It’s great having keynote speakers
 * Seems bigger
 * Different – hard to work out where to go. Noise! Time limit and movement
 * Missed last year. Year before. Enjoyed attending different sites and choosing different projects
 * Impressive because there was scope for learning, meeting people who are willing to share, scope for experimentation
 * Exposes us to much more scope where, as teachers, we could use e-learning facilities to make learning more interesting and hands on
 * Excellent event – love the new format! As usual not nearly enough time. Presentations have been excellent and a quick way to get a feel for what has been happening
 * Loved the new format and venue. Wireless was fab.
 * Much better, great format. Mixing lunch with keynote was a great idea.
 * 10 min not adequate to showcase 6 months of effort.

//Robyn's response and reflection.... We had to cut costs at 11th hour and the theatrette ceilings had to go. Our contractors let us down badly arriving with laptops at 9am Thus instead of delivery the day before and they actually changed the wireless router they ahd promised the day before!! I guess we didn't envisage the amount of enthusiastic networking and how much noise that would create. In future I'd separate the theatrettes from networking area. The original aim was to feed from poster to snapshot to discussion tables but after day 1 the tables weren't being used in any formal way so we removed the timetables and just let things flow. The 10 min slot was purely a means of giving people an overview leading into networking and discussions. Day 2 timing was up the creek and the instruction sheets for presenters informing of tight timing and that everyone should nominate time-keeper etc didn't seem to reach people. Mics were introduced Day 2 but not used?? Apart from noise and some timing issues I was happy with process - being the first time there were always going to be things to change and learn from and certainly we'd design things a little differently in the future. Overall there was energy, enthusiasm, talk, networking and a wonderful buzz.//