We’ve got Google! and Yahoo!!

We blogged a little while ago about the upcoming “Rewiring Inclusion” conference organised by ALT & ourselves. We really pleased to announce some of our plenary speakers for the event:-

1. Prior to the dinner on the 8th February, Julian Harty from Google will be running a plenary session titled “Wave, Chrome OS, Online Docs and Android. What impact will they have on the environment for learning?”
Julian will also be running a 40 minute workshop on the morning of 9 February.

2. On the 9th February, Artur Ortega, Accessibility Evangelist for Yahoo! Europe will speak in the opening plenary about the Yahoo! approach to accessibility. Artur will also be running a 40 minute workshop on the morning of 9 February.

3. During the closing plenary on 9 February, Alison Mills, Head of Assessment for Learning at The Manchester College will be talking about how a large urban college is taking inclusion to the heart of its operations.

The full programme is now available for the event from here:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/rewiring_inclusion_feb09.pdf

And a large print version is available here:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/rewiring_inclusion_feb09_lp.pdf

Just to recap the previous details of the event, Rewiring Inclusion: Strategies, Tools and Techniques to promote barrier-free learning is a national one day conference being held at the National College in Nottingham on 9 February, with an optional evening session on 8 February.

The conference is being jointly organised by ourselves and ALT for any staff whose work and role affects learners and learning.

The costs to attend are:
£120 for Members of ALT
£160 for non-members of ALT
£100 dinner, bed and breakfast at the National College

The booking deadline is approaching fast so visit http://www.alt.ac.uk/conferences.php before Tuesday 2 February 2010 to ensure you get a place.

We’ll see you there!