• Stephen Downes – senior researcher for Canada’s National Research Council and a leading proponent of the use of online media and services in education
• Dame Wendy Hall - Dean of the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences and former President of the Association for Computing Machinery
• Rachel Wenstone – Vice-President (Higher Education) of the National Union of Students

This year’s conference includes a special celebratory evening and awards ceremony on the Wednesday evening to celebrate both the 20th annual conference and the 20th anniversary of ALT.

We are hoping that we’ll have good turnout on the day from interested students… and maybe even staff!

This one-day workshop will showcase digital crowdsourcing projects in the Arts and Humanities, and discuss the impact of such initiatives. ‘Impact’ is a broad term, which encompasses issues connected to community, digital curation, public engagement and knowledge exchange. Key questions will include:

• What does impact mean in this environment?
• What types of impacts can be achieved by crowdsourcing initiatives?
• How can crowdsourced resources balance quality control and peer review?
• What are the impacts of devolving key processes away from core teams and institutions to public participants?
• What impacts do crowdsourcing initiatives have on participants and to what extent is it possible to influence this?

This year’s event will explore the increasing use of partnerships to address the challenges presented by change. The three conference strands are: students; employers; and organisations as partners. The opening address will be provided by Sir Michael Barber, Chief Executive of Pearson. The provisional programme is available on the website.

Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park

Price: £795.00

This SEDA Summer School is intended for colleagues, whether new or experienced in academic development, who see as part of their role helping their institution to increase and enhance the appropriate use of digital technologies. The Summer School is not primarily about the technologies themselves. Rather it is about the good and critical uses of digital technologies in academic development to support the increasingly digital university.

The conference has an excellent line up with keynote speakers that include Dr Sue Black, James Clay and Ian Gilbert.  The conference will explore topics relevant to a wide range of delegates from further and higher education through live presentations and asynchronous debates and will share the latest thinking about the benefits and challenges of enhancing learning and teaching with technology.

The title of the 2012 conference, Shaping the future, reflects the changing educational environment and addresses the challenges that institutions and practitioners are facing. The conference will focus on some of the innovative solutions being developed to: engage students and stakeholders; enhance learning, assessment and feedback; develop digital literacies and employment potential; improve and sustain organisational efficiency; facilitate openness and sharing; and manage organisational transformation.

A day-and-a-half conference looking at Wikipedia, Wikiversity and related charitable projects, not in terms of educational resources, but educational practice, including collaboration, open review, and global participation. It’s a chance to talk about innovative work in your classroom, your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK’s work in this area

We will explore the ways these projects can support innovative education. We will discuss the Wikipedia Education Program (in which university students improve Wikipedia articles for course credit). We will learn from universities where the program is already embedded, exploring the educational opportunities and drawing lessons from the experience so far.