Why learning is transforming schools, organisations and markets

Professor Stephen Heppell of Bournemouth University will close Learning Technologies 2010 (now in association with Learning and Skills) in January looking at 'why 21st century learning is transforming schools, organisations, companies and markets,' and giving L&D professionals a roadmap for the year ahead.

As we enter 2010, it is interesting to reflect on the last ten years since the new millennium began. It has indeed been a remarkable decade: schools have begun to sprint away from the factory schools of the last century, companies are closing their training facilities and embracing a new future as agile learning organisations, universities are exploring exhibition and collaboration as underpinning entitlements for learners, Olympic athletes are understanding that excellence is only medal worthy when it is paired with ingenuity, and everywhere - from TV chefs to dancing celebrities - learning finds itself centre stage.

And learning is looking like a key differentiator, both in the marketplace and in the public service battle between emerging and established economies. For many this is happening so fast that it is hugely confusing. Just a moment ago, surely, content was king? And now somehow community is sovereign. A moment back, knowledge was delivered, and wisdom received. Now, knowledge is constructed, and deconstructed, in social networks and 180 degree relationships exchange wisdoms. Of course, technology is at the heart of this apparent revolution - but already for our young post-Google generation email is unfashionably what your dad does, technology lives in a pocket, and life in an Office sounds like a sentence. Technology moves rapidly too.

Donald H Taylor, Learning Technologies 2010 Conference Chair, said: "Stephen Heppell is able to draw on a host of major projects and three decades of experience. His closing keynote aims to make sense of it all and to give the conference a roadmap for the future. Miss it at your peril."

The complete Learning Technologies Conference programme is online along with full conference and speakers details, booking information and the available discounts.

About Stephen Heppell

Professor Bournemouth University, Chair in New Media Environments, Emeritus Professor Anglia Ruskin University Visiting Professor University of Wales, Newport. Executive chairman LP+; 'Europe's leading online education expert' Microsoft 2006. Stephen has a vast portfolio of successful, large scale, learning projects behind him. JISC 2006Stephen was the guiding 'father' of a number of social networking projects including *ESW in the 1980s, Schools OnLine for the Department of Trade and `industry in 1995/6, Tesco Schoolnet 2000 from 1999, Think.com from 1999.
Stephen Heppell's biography

About Learning Technologies 2010
27 and 28 January 2010, Olympia 2, London

The Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference is Europe's leading showcase of the technology used to support learning at work.

With 130 exhibitors, 50 free seminars, more than 3,000 visitors and over 400 conference delegates, Learning Technologies is the must-attend event for all learning and development professionals.

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About Learning and Skills 2010
Learning and Skills 2010 is being co-located with the established Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition on 27 and 28 January 2010.

The Learning and Skills Exhibition will showcase the entire spectrum of methods products and services available for workplace learning and employee development with a focus on people development, learning and performance, learning resources and HR systems and services.

Built around a multi-streamed programme of more than 50 free seminars, Learning and Skills will be the must attend event for the HR and L&D community.

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