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 […]

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 […]

For those that could not attend the LTS Inspiration Session yesterday (11/08/08) on learning how to improve presentations, there are online bookmarks (via delicious) for the videos that were shown, and a list of supplementary resources can be accessed.
An overview of this event, and others in the series, is on the Connected Live blog: (LTS Inspiration Sessions: Run your […]

More pathway brochures have just come online.  Brochures now available for:

Keynote speakers
Glow
Primary
Literacy
Numeracy
Enterprise in Education
Twilight session

All these brochures bring together a range of activities from seminars to Topic surgeries or sessions on the Scottish Education Village.
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Visitor registration for the Scottish Learning Festival 2008 opens Monday 21 April.
Attendance is free to all educationalists due to funding from the Scottish Government.
For the first time, visitors can pre-book a seat to all four keynote addresses, plus two spotlights or seminars per day.
Remember, don’t wait to book seminars. Many seminars reach capacity before the […]

Described as an ideas generator, strategic adviser and one the most influential creative people in the world, we are excited to confirm Charles Leadbeater as a keynote at SLF 2008. He is Tony Blair’s favourite corporate thinker.
The New York Times anointed Charlie’s idea, The Pro-Am Revolution, as one of the 12 biggest global ideas of […]

We are pleased to announce that Professor Richard Teese will be a keynote speaker for the Scottish Learning Festival 2008.

Professor Richard Teese is Professor and Director of the Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning in the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Richard’s research is about how well education systems work and for whom. He has delivered many research […]

Edited highlights from the keynote speech by Mick Waters are now available.
Sorry for delay in putting this on the website.
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