NAIRTL
6 October 2010

NAIRTL / LIN Annual Conference

Free registration.
Location: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Date: 6-7 October 2010.

Download full conference programme (pdf, 2 pgs)
Download book of abstracts for conference talks and workshops (pdf, 40 pgs)

The focus of this year's conference is on Flexible Learning* which relates to providing learners with increased choice about where, when and how they learn. The aim of this conference is to encourage and support HEI staff to undertake innovative approaches to their curriculum design and course implementation to meet the challenges of flexible learning.

This conference is collaborative between NAIRTL and LIN and the programme will feature keynote talks, invited papers, workshops and a poster session relating to the below conference themes. 

*For more information on this topic and to aid discussion on this theme please read the HEA position paper on Open and Flexible Learning (pdf).

Conference themes:

  • Technology Enhanced Learning
  • Integrative Learning
  • Innovation in Integrating Research, Teaching and Learning
Confirmed speakers:

Professor Richard Baraniuk
Founder of Connexions and Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University.

The Open Education Revolution

Michael Hörig
Policy officer in the Higher Education Policy Unit at the European University Association. Michael is in charge of policy on widening access, lifelong learning, qualifications frameworks, innovative teaching and the Bologna Process.

Flexible Learning: the European Context

Conference Dinner
The conference dinner will be held in the historic Board Room, upstairs from the RCSI at 7pm on October 6. The cost of the dinner is €40.

Optional workshops
To facilitate staff development, there will be a number of training workshops held post-conference to make delegates familiar with the software tools available relating to the delivery of flexible learning options. The NAIRTL /LIN conference ends at lunchtime on Thursday with the optional workshops after lunch. Full details to follow. 

Accommodation: List of hotels near the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin. Other accomodation options can be found on the Discover Ireland website.

Getting there: Full directions on how to reach the RCSI by train, car and automobile are available here.

Time: 9am

Venue: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

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