Abstract:

We know that learning occurs in a variety of ways: through formal or instructionally designed events, informally, and incidentally. I will look at some key ideas from each of these learning settings and reflect on their application in traditional (and non-traditional) conferences. One of my main observations is that we tend not to design conferences around learning principles; I wil ask if we should? and if so, how?

Biographical Information:

Betty Collis is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Twente in The Netherlands since taking early retirement from the university in 2005. She works as a consultant with Moonen & Collis Learning Technology Consultants where her work ranges from learning in the corporate sector to advice and project partnerships in higher education settings in the UK, Australia and Spain. In terms of conferences, she has served on 65 conference committees over the years, including 14 times as conference chair or co-chair. See an overview of her work at http://users.gw.utwente.nl/collis/