Scottish Learning Festival News

The SLF team are delighted to announce the following internationally renowned keynote speakers for this years conference:-

• Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop MSP, Scottish Government

• Prof. Ferre Laevers, Director of the Research Centre for Experiential Education, University of Leuven

• Prof. Carol Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

• Frank Dick OBE, former British Athletics Federation Director of Coaching.

Further information about the keynotes, conference programme and details of how to book will be available from the SLF website at the end of April.

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We are pleased to welcome:

Speakers confirmed so far are Professor Carlina Rinaldi from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy and Ian Jukes, Director of the InfoSavvy Group, an international consulting group.

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The deadline for submissions for SLF 2009 has been extended until Friday 30 January 2009 with approved abstracts being invited to present at the conference by Monday 2 March 2009.

If you have any questions about the submission process please contact either myself or Martin Jack on martinjack@thinkdifferentevents.co.uk or 0141 221 7423.

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Go to the SLF website to download the documentation needed for proposals for presentations at SLF 2009.  Details include the submission form , examples to follow, conference themes and deadlines.

Forms should be returned by Friday 19 December 2008 now 30 January 2009 - see newer blog post,  and approved submissions will be invited to present at the conference by Friday 13 February 2009 now Monday 2 March 2009.

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Many of you who have visited the LTS Online Service and the SLF website will have seen the voting poll displayed during the Learning Festival and the week after.

As a snapshot view - the sample of votes cast showed your favourite feature to be:

•  Range of seminars - 43% votes
•  Networking - 21% votes
•  Exhibition - 15% votes
•  CPD opportunities - 8% votes
•  Others - 9% votes
•  Learning in Practice area - 5% votes

Among the Other votes - there was support for TeachMeet and the Keynote speeches.

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Recordings of keynote speeches for 2008 are already published on the website. Fiona Hyslop’s speech is available and others will follow shortly.

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On Wednesday 17 September, Glow users from across Scotland had the opportunity to have a live discussion with the Cabinet Secretary on Glow.  See a transcript of the ‘chat’ in SLF Extra. (Glow login required).

Any questions that remained unanswered at the end of the session will be transferred to the discussion forum and answered by the Cabinet Secretary in the near future.

On the discussion forum you still have the opportunity to exchange views, ask questions or share experiences about Scottish education that can be taken up by the Cabinet Secretary during her keynote speech at the Scottish Learning Festival. Technorati Tags: SLF2008 

Join the Cabinet Secretary in a live discussion on Wednesday 17 September from 5.30pm until 5.55pm to exchange views, to chat, ask questions, or share your experiences (Glow login required).

You can also submit questions in advance.  Any questions not dealt with on the day will have an answer posted following the event.

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Did you know the Festival is also taking place in Glow this year? Using Glow, you could ask your seminar, spotlight or keynote speaker a question prior to attending their session. Better still, you will be able to revisit the session recorded in Glow, and even continue the discussion after the festival has finished. Glow will also be the only place you can find ‘Conference in Pictures’.

If you have a Glow login - go to the SLF Extra tab in the National site and join the discussion.

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