1st Trans-National Distance Conference on Quality in Adult Learning 2009

Event Details

Time: December 17, 2009 from 9am to 6:15pm
Location: Internet
City/Town: Brussels, Bologna, Söderhamn, Bucharest, Erlangen, Leicester
Website or Map: http://www.qualc.eu
Event Type: conference, second, life
Organized By: QUALC partners
Latest Activity: Dec 18, 2009

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Event Description

On the 17th of December 2009, five national workshops from all over Europe and one virtual seminar in Second Life will be facilitated by a Roundtable in Brussels. Participants will be following via live stream, Twitter and chat. The 1st Trans-National Distance Conference on Quality in Adult Learning 2009 is crossing barriers: Adult learners have the possibility to discuss their needs directly with representatives of Adult Learning Centers and leading networks of Europe which are representing the policy dimension.

What is quality in adult learning? In two years of research and piloting, the QUALC project partnership has developed a toolset of methods and criteria which will be presented for the first time to a broad public audience during the 1st Trans-National Distance Conference on Quality in Adult Learning 2009. Educational scientists and practitioners have worked hand in hand to develop a quality approach to meet the special needs of adult learners. According to Mariarosa Di Nubila, project manager of QUALC who developed the initial idea of the conference, quality is a continuous process of sharing, participating and improving among all the actors which are involved in the learning activities.

Practical information for participants:

The event will be streamed on the QUALC website and on the adult learning NING http://adult-learning.ning.com of the QUALC partnership. At the NING, everybody has the possibility to directly communicate with the Roundtable and the conference team within a live chat.

Everybody who is interested in participating in the Second Life seminar, should register at info@efquel.org until the 16th of December at 12:00 o’clock CET.

Check the Ning event website...
http://adult-learning.ning.com/events/1st-transnational-distance

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Comment by James O'Reilly on December 11, 2009 at 6:52am: Agenda 1st Trans-National Distance Conference on Quality in Adult Learning V3
http://www.scribd.com/doc/23942889

For Event Capability, a barebone avatar beginner needs to be able to
do the following:

MUST-HAVE: walk, fly, dress clothes, chat, add contacts, teleport to
the event, use Twitterfall.com and the event hashtags

SHOULD-HAVE: use voice, accept and copy items, take pictures or screenshots, transfer Linden dollars, possess a Twitter.com account, and use Skype.com

CAN-HAVE: organize items in the inventory

NICE-TO-HAVE: many other things listed

First-time Out-World Newbies and Barebone In-World Newbies are
asked to acquire adequate skills for event participation prior
to the beginning of the event by checking the following
Help Desk information:

http://second-life-tool-ranking.ning.com/group/virtualhelpdesks

In-world check-in time is 30 minutes prior to event begin.
Avatar check-in prior to the event has the purpose to validate the
maturity of appropriate event skills.

Please teleport to the Secondlife.com In-World Location
IRC - ITALIAN RESUSCITATION COUNCIL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Irelore/193/89/21

QUALC Event Tags & Stuff
Twitter.com name: adult_learning_
Twitterfall.com hashtag: #qualc
Flickr.com photo tag: efquel

CET = Central European Time GMT+1

Worldwide Times: GMT Fixed Time
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=17&mon...

Comment by James O'Reilly on December 15, 2009 at 3:27am: Event location in Second Life "SLurl"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Irelore/196/101/25
Please also check the main Ning event website for dashboard announcements!

Comment by James O'Reilly on December 18, 2009 at 9:14am: A Present for Your Christmas Tree - Don't Open Until Xmas
EU-Endorsed Quality Toolkit for Adult Learning Centers
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24180718/Final-Workshop-Questions-Toolkit...

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