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 * What were the highlights?**
 * Catching up F2F with fellow LearnScope team members
 * Seeing others posters, viewing their photostories, hearing their presentations… sharing, processing and comparing
 * Meeting the technical support team members and discussing technical issues
 * Talks
 * Meeting other people who want to transform the way they teach
 * Nancy White opened my eyes to new ways of viewing e-learning practice
 * The presentation by CLI – it was informed and informative. Carol Walsh seems a true professional.
 * Meeting new people and being inspired by folks teaching youth using digital media
 * Met some informative interesting people and feel lots to now learn in a new area for me! Thank you as I need to be innovative in business
 * Lunch, talk, discussion
 * No booths
 * Networking with teams
 * Keynote speaker
 * Keynote speaker! Wow! Wikispaces and blogs
 * Presentations and the learning of teams
 * Sharing of information
 * Meeting people in person that have only been names on the internet
 * Nancy White’s keynote and the diversity of project presentations
 * Video streaming session
 * Networking, learning new things
 * Individual presentations. Ideas gained from variety of presentations
 * Lunch
 * Seeing projects, people networking
 * Video streaming
 * Blogs, digital stories, protopage and wikis for online interaction
 * Viewing the various e-learning projects – this provided a pool of ideas
 * Afternoon workshops
 * Networking, networking, networking
 * Some of the snapshot sessions. Chatting to colleagues
 * Individual sessions, snapshots of projects
 * Lunch/speakers. Networking. Listening to outcomes of other projects.
 * Lunch. Meeting F2F interacting with group members that we usually meet online
 * Team presentations – excellent. Nancy White – great speaker, very entertaining
 * Listening to presentations, talking to presenters but I thought the presentation by Nancy White was fantastic and broadened my thinking
 * Sharing of stories and what others are using tools for
 * Hearing snippets of projects and talking to people who are achieving things in different ways, using different technologies
 * Ideas to connect and bring technology into my workplace. Mixing and talking to others
 * Meeting other teams, snapshot presentations and information sharing
 * George Siemens
 * Presentations were very valuable, ability to speak to presenters in person
 * The sessions where teachers presented the projects they had done
 * E tools and evaluation on these tools
 * Enabling me to tap the resources out there
 * George Siemens
 * George Siemens’ presentation was very engaging
 * Networking small presentations in theatrettes
 * First half of George Siemens address was excellent – second half was a bit ponderous
 * Workshops, networking
 * George Siemens
 * Seeing everyone I know! Meeting those project teams that I have heard about or worked with via Breeze. Gauging work and progress
 * Both speakersThe ARED workshop – very interesting and practical. Also the 10 minute presentations
 * Watching the snapshot presentations and the afternoon workshops. Networking with others
 * Participation in workshops. Attendance in presentations
 * Mini-presentations and Nancy White
 * Conversations, poster/project displays, booths, keynote sessions, project yarns
 * ARED workshop, networking
 * Nancy White
 * George Siemens
 * George Siemens address, some of the sessions/snapshots, meeting and seeing so many people engaged or learning about e-learning
 * George Siemens
 * Hands-on workshop – even with glitches
 * Talking, networking and learning from people I bumped into
 * Nancy White and Advanced Team presentation on Thursday
 * Interaction with colleagues, links made and improving on current technology
 * Interesting to see the range of wonderful projects, personal networking opportunities (past and present colleagues)
 * George Siemens was v. good but I enjoyed all the sessions I attended
 * Being able to see other projects and sharing ideas. Also liked hearing workshops.
 * Learning about new tools I can use eg. Protopage
 * Participating in own LearnScope project – has been fantastic
 * Presenting our session. Networking with others. New innovations in technology
 * There were none – TAFE dominated. Not about learning – should have just had a TAFE conference.
 * Aboriginal Community Education facilitators project and Outback E-challenge
 * Meeting others – conversations
 * Guest speaker, talking to various representatives of project teams, short sessions, networking, engaging with the rich conversations around me
 * Learning about activities by private RTOs. Learning about variety of technologies and their applications pedagogically and more generally
 * George Siemens morning session with TAFE Managers and afternoon session
 * Meeting people with similar ideas and expanding knowledge of new learning technologies
 * George Siemens talk and networking opportunities
 * Aboriginal Toolbox (Interactive Ochre)
 * Interactive Ochre. Nancy’s presentation and SMS engagement, theatrettes, networking – LOTS!
 * George Siemens provided a very stimulating and interactive session. I’m pleased I made time to attend.
 * Nancy White’s talk
 * Seeing and hearing about the projects. Networking.
 * The sessions
 * George Siemens presentation. Diana Khabbaz.
 * George Siemens presentation. Diana Khabbaz.
 * The 2 speakers and lunch – great keynotes, especially George Siemens. Space to network, chat, sit and readily available drinks, tea, coffee etc. Great.
 * Connecting was easier. Guest speakers.
 * Seeing other teams showcase their projects. Networking ‘in person’
 * Second life and keynote speaker
 * Blue cheese
 * Keynote speakers and networking
 * George Siemens address and 10 min presentations from LearnScopers. Networking.
 * Sharing and connecting with other LearnScopers to find out about their innovations. George Siemens
 * Keynote speakers. Inclusive learning. Teaching and Learning in a Networked World. Unlimited Bandwidth. Interactive Ochre. Individual project on innovation (Diana Khabbaz)
 * Networking and informal opportunities to discuss approaches. Thursday keynote.

//Robyn's comments and reflections... Isn't it interesting how diverse people's outcomes, expectations, responses and attitudes are. Goes to show you need to provide diversity and choice - some structure, some freedom//