Reasonable quality audio files, alongside copies of all but Stephen Heppell's presentation, are now available on the Association for Learning Technology web site (I work for ALT half-time), or below, and they represent a mix of sometimes quite provocative material. Stephen Heppell, in particular, has a good dry sense of humour, and strongly questions whether conventional institutionally based education has much of a future. (And most of the time you find yourself wanting to believe him even if at the back of your mind you guess that the evidence may be a bit thin.) Tim O'Shea asserts the long term strength of big research universities. Diana Oblinger comments on how today's learners are different, and draws on EDUCAUSE's excellent work on building design. The end of conference summings up by the theme leaders, who are drawn from a wide range of roles, provide a good insight into what makes the ALT conference worth attending.
- Stephen Heppell's 7/9/2006 keynote: 19 MB, 65 minute MP3;
- Diana Oblinger's 5/9/2006 keynote: 1.5 MB PDF 25 MB, 88 minute MP3;
- Tim O'Shea's keynote 6/9/2006: 5.5 MB PPT 16 MB, 56 minute MP3;
- Terry Anderson's summing up from "next generation technology" theme: 3.6 MB PPT 21 MB, 73 minute MP3;
- Phil Candy's summing up from "next generation learners" theme: 0.3 MB PPT 13 MB, 44 minute MP3;
- Gilly Salmon's summing up from "next generation learning" theme: 0.8 MB PPT 9 MB, 33 minute MP3;
- Chris Yapp's summing up from "next generation providers" theme: 3.7 MB PPT 19 MB, 68 minute MP3.
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