Update, 18 Dec: papers now available #pleconf has popped up in my stream for a couple of years now, so I thought it was time to find out what it was all about. PLE Conference 2012 took place from 11-13 July in Aveiro and Melbourne, which sounds challenging! It aimed to flip the conference - music to my ears, [...]
Update, 20 July 2012: this event is the subject of a case study in JISC’s Greening Events II report, giving more insights into the event model and how it was run on the day. The event tested Janet’s potential role in the delivery of hybrid events, with presentations made from four different locations. The report [...]
Update, April 2012: AssociCom makes some good points about extending the lifecycle of a conference using blended learning, while Jenny Mackness looks at what makes participation at a blended event work. Event Camp Europe (Eventbrite | website) on 9 September was presented as an opportunity for event professionals to “learn about hybrid events through actual experience”. A [...]
Update, December 2011: the final report from UKOLN’s evidence, impact and metrics work has now been published. This includes a summary of blog posts and a framework for metrics. Hybrid events, aimed equally at both face to face and remote participation, can be challenging. With the need to balance several audiences the event architecture can become quite complex. The UKOLN workshop on metrics [...]
The 2011 JISC conference took place on 14-15 March in Liverpool. All stops were pulled out in terms of amplification, although a few ideas used in the past were dropped as they showed poor ROI (specifically an event network and a live blog). This is probably still my key question about event amplification in general – what [...]