Microlearning Conference 2006
On this page you will find information about the Microlearning Conference 2006 which took place on June 8-9, 2006 in Innsbruck, Austria.
You can also have a look at speakers and presentations from other past and upcoming conferences.
Speakers
Martina A. Roth (GER)
Director EMEA, Intel Education program
Up to this day Intel has spent over 1 billion $ on Education Programs. Dr. Roth is responsible for a number of quite successful Education programs (schools, Higher Education and others) in over 18 European countries.
Presentation:
Intel® Education Initiative
Richard Straub (F)
Director of Learning Solutions, IBM EMEA
Chairman, eLIG (European E-Learning Industry Group)
As Director Learning Solutions since 2002, Richard is responsible for developing and representing the e-learning portfolio of IBM (EMEA). Richard is teaching International Management, Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning for distinct MBA programmes.
Presentation:
Getting the Big Picture - The Corporate Context
Simo Hoikka
Nokia
Presentation:
Mobile Learning, Mobile Knowledge Sharing
Stephen Downes(CAN)
Senior Researcher e-Learning, Canadian National Research Council
He is not only the man who coined the term "e-Learning 2.0" - beyond the buzz, Stephen is also leading expert in the world and the Web on the concepts and technologies that already start to have a great impact on the e-learning scene. He will give a keynote on that subject.
Presentation:
E-Learning 2.0 - Platform, Not Medium
Arnaud Leene (F)
Microcontent Consultant
One of very few experts in the emerging field of "microcontent services & markets".
Presentation:
Microcontent and Micromedia
Daniel Purlich (ESP/F)
CEO, Knowledge Pills
After developing the concept of "Knowledge Pills" as Content Director of Educaterra, the e-learning division of global mobile provider Telefonica, Daniel started his own microlearning business and will launch his product at the conference.
Presentation:
Knowledge-Pills
Peter Krieg
Pile Systems Inc., Berlin
Presentation:
RELATIONEN SIND ALLES
Jochen Robes (GER)
e-Learning Consultant (Frankfurt)
Jochen is working as a consultant for e-learning and Knowledge Management for German corporate clients. Before that he has been a the Deutsche Bank (Frankfurt) in the HR/Learning & Development division. Via his very popular blog www.weiterbildungsblog.de, Jochen has become well known in the German e-learning community for being the leading expert on "e-Learning 2.0" concepts in a corprate context.
Presentation:
The Microlearning Stagnation
George Siemens (CAN)
Learning Theorist for the Digital Age
Educational Technology Specialist, Red River College (Winnipeg) Renowned worldwide and web-wide as author of the brilliant manifesto and essay "Connectivism: A Learning Theory of the Digital Age". But he is a leading practitioner as well.
Presentation:
Learning and Knowledge
Michael Kerres (GER)
University Essen-Duisburg.
Professor for Media Pdeagogy (University Essen-Duisburg). Interested in the impact of "Web 2.0" on learning in academic and non-academic contexts. Wrote the first full version of the entry on "Web 2.0" in the German Wikipedia.
Presentation:
web 2.0 | and its implications for eLearning
David Smith (UK)
Lecturer, Educational Technology Specialist, Radley College (Oxford)
Lecturer, Educational Technology Specialist, Radley College (Oxford) Working and thinking at the point of intersection where Humanities and the latest Digital Media Technologies (mobile,Web 2.0) overlap. He will give a keynote on that subject.
Presentation:
Learning in Micromedia Environments
Roger Fischer
CEO Kaywa
Presentation:
Mobile & Micro Future Perspectives of Mobile Data Services in a Micromedia Context
Thomas Vanderwal (USA)
CEO, InfoCloud Solutions
Information architect, consultant, entrepeneur. Expert for organizing microcontent into "Personal InfoClouds" across digital platforms.
Presentation:
The Personal Infocloud - The MicromediaRevolution
Norm Friesen (CAN)
Simon Fraser University (Vancouver)
Norm is the principal investigator in the SSHRC-sponsored research project "Learning Spaces: A Phenomenological Comparison of Simulated and Mediated Computer Worlds". He has built quite a reputation in the e-learning Community as the author of fundamental contributions to the discussions of Learning Objects, both from the technological side as well as from the didactical side.
Presentation:
Microlearning And (Micro)Didaktik
Martin Lindner(A)
RSA Studio e-Learning Environments (Innsbruck)
Presentation:
Micro Buzz Honey -
A Stimulating Verbal Blend