This year it was great to have Simon Shaw from BECTA who came and gave a great keynote speech on how BECTA see Learning Gateways and Learning Platforms moving in the future. These slides are now available for download.
Learning Gateway Conf
Learning Gateway Conference Slide Deck – What is live@edu?
StandardThe slides for the Learning Gateway Conference are starting to come in and here is the first one ‘What is live@edu?’
Thanks to Chris Rothwell for taking the time out to come and present at the conference.
Learning Gateway Conference: Tomorrow
StandardTomorrow sees the second Learning Gateway Conference that both Richard Willis and I are very proud to bring to you.
We have a very exciting day of speakers and sessions lined up and we hope you enjoy the day.
The twitter hash tag for the day is #LGCUK10 so if you are unable to attend, listen out to what is being said through twitter.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Learning Gateway Conference 2010, 14th July, London
StandardWe are happy to announce that the Learning Gateway Conference is back and we are now taking bookings.
This year we are travelling south and holding the conference in London on the 14th July at Church House around the corner from Westminster Abbey.
The conference will have 3 tracks discussing ‘How to build the Learning Gateway’, ‘User Adoption’ and the new track, ‘School Stories’.
We are delighted to have 5 schools presenting discussing what they have done with the Learning Gateway within their school and how they achieved great adoption in their school.
Here are the tracks and session available.
To cover the cost of the venue and food we are charging £150 for the day which is less than the cost of a cover member of staff for the day and will not blow your budget either.
You can get more information on the session and abstracts for these at the website. http://www.learninggatewayconference.co.uk
You can also get a quote for the event by going clicking here
We look forward to seeing you there.
My Slides from Learning Gateway Conference
StandardThanks for all those who attended my session on SharePoint Governance for Education. Remember there is no right and wrong – it all depends on your school.
Here are of the links I used throughout the day
- Learning Gateway User Group
- SharePoint User Group UK
- SharePoint 2010 Sneak Preview
Thanks for Learning Gateway Conference
StandardRichard and I would just like to thank everyone who turned up to the first Learning Gateway Conference during the week.
The event was a massive success and I hope you found the day as useful as we hoped it would for you. I want to thank all the speakers and all my friends who helped on the day.
We will keep you updated about the next one. We have ideas but nothing is confirmed yet.
Watch this space.
Thanks again
But I’m a business why should I attend the Learning Gateway Conference?
StandardThe Learning Gateway Conference is focused mainly for education but there are at least 10 reasons why you, as IT Pro’s should attend which would benefit your environment.
- Simple really – find out about great innovative technologies being used in education
- Session 1 – Maintaining your SharePoint
Steve Smith will talk about best practices for your SharePoint environments, SQL, patching etc. These are the best practices for education, health and any small or medium sized SharePoint farms - Session 2 – Unified Communications for the Learning Gateway
Hear Nathan Winters talk about the Microsoft Unified Communications, Office Communications Server, Live Meeting, Group Chat and Exchange. All these are used in small and medium sized businesses. Again for any industry. - Session 3 – Sites and Structure
Andrew Woodward will talk about different site templates you can use and how to structure your site properly with content databases. - Session 4 – Branding
Whether you are a school or business you still need you site to be branded well. Hear Penny talk about how to brand your site. - Session 5 – What else can you do with the Learning Gateway
A session that looks at what else can be done with SharePoint. Can you benefit from some of these features in your business? Do they give you ideas for your environment? - Ask the exports!
- Hear a great keynote speakers – Steve Beswick, Microsoft's Director of Education
- Meeting with suppliers that work in both education and business
- COME TO SHAREPINT!!!! We’ll meet in The Bell bar at the Belfry afterwards.
All that for £150 – not to be missed