IT Futures Conference Event

Attended an event all morning providing an opportunity for staff who are mainly in Learner Support Services to take a bit of time out to discuss where we might be going with respect to e-learning in particular. The slightly innovative nature of the event was the location (the newly refurbed Learn Higher Room), the fact that it was a cross-divisional conversation within LSS, and the idea of 5 minute speed dating intro presentations. For the 5 mins I was allocated I decided to talk about the four issues that emerged on Tuesday at the e-learning showcase:

• How we support things may need to change
• The infrastructure must be robust
• The debate about standards
• We are likely to use tools in unexpected and anticipated ways

There were four groups which then discussed their own takes on the key issues. Assuming that all this information will be posted onto the web shortly. One of the observations related to presentation styles and this is something that came up last week when some of us spent time on the Myers-Briggs preferences. There were examples of a range of styles which re-inforced the need identified last week to think about the personal preferences of individuals in terms of content and presentation of new information.