ELF 2007


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Inaugural Forum - Overview

 
 
"Insights often arise at the boundary between communities"
Etienne Wenger


 

The inaugural Education Leaders Forum will be held on 17 and 18 October at Terrace Downs, a mind-clearing high country resort 50 minutes from Christchurch airport. It will be both a professional refresher and a forum on key educational and training issues.

Connectivity and Collaboration

Connectivity and new media have shrunk the world and changed the way people learn and work. Education Leaders Forum 07 will attract key people from different parts of the whole learning system who want their organisations to be more responsive to change.

Participants will share evidence and experience based insights into evolving leadership and learning practice. A web-based forum will enable continuing dialogue.

 

Who may attend


This groundbreaking forum is for key people from across the education and training spectrum who are leaders or stakeholders because of their position, influence, or ideas. See registration details

 

2007 Themes
 

Theme 1: Leading Learning Professionals

Education leaders who wish to be more credible may need to learn how to discover and communicate the shared values and visions within their learning community that can form a common ground upon which all can stand, or a direction in which they can all head. […more ]

Theme 2: Personalising Learning

Education professionals who want to better tap the talents of individuals as they flow in and out of the learning system may need re-orientation and support in order to personalise the itinerary of their students for the next stage of their life-long learning journey. […more ]


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2007 Contributors

 

Theme Setters

   

Dr Don Hanna: Leadership for 21st Century Learning
Don Hanna, Wisconsin USA, is the author of Leadership for 21st Century Learning, which explores digital education today.

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Dr Peter Cammock: Dancing with the Leaders
Peter Cammock is the author of The Dance of Leadership and The Spirit of Leadership.

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Hon Steve Maharey: Personalising Learning
Steve Maharey is Minister of Education, Minister of Research, Science and Technology and Minister responsible for the Education Review Office.

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Stimulators
   
Gillian Heald: Re-orienting Education Professionals
Gillian Heald is co-director of Unlimited paenga tawhiti and a Guardian of Secondary Futures.

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Deb Gilbertson: IQ, EQ & SQ
Deb Gilbertson is a university educator, social researcher, innovator and economist.

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Dr Neil Scott: The IDEAL classroom and the Invention Factory
Neil Scott is a pioneer in human interface technology and educational innovation.

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Prof. Denis Dutton: New media and e-ducational elites
Dennis Dutton is the originator of http://aldaily.com/. He was named in 2004 by Time magazine as among "the most influential media personalities in the world".

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Keriana Tawhiwhirangi
Keriana has been the Programme Director of the Principals' Development Planning Centre since January 2005.

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Peter Sheahan: Beyond Generation Y: Generating Engagement *
Peter Sheahan was 2006 Australian Keynote Speaker of the Year. He is a leading expert in workforce trends and generational change.

*Video link

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Nicola Meek: Future Education Scenarios
Chief Executive, Secondary Futures

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Derek Wenmoth: CORPS-web communities of research and practice
Director of eLearning, CORE Education Ltd

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Dr Derek Roger: Less stress-more resilience
World Leading Stress Expert

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Associate Professor Cynthia Darlington
Neuroscientist and author of The Female Brain

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Monique Dawson
Work Directions Group, Department of Labour

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Forum Concept
 

Forum Ingredients

Openmindedness
Exploring new ideas while appreciating the legacy of the past.

New media Understanding the transformational impact of new media on formal education.
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Forum Characteristics

Relaxed venue Terrace Downs High Country Resort, 50 minutes from Christchurch airport, comprises clubhouse and chalet venues plus upmarket accommodation at reasonable rates.

Networking and engagement A mix of whole forum dialogue, small group workshops and 1:1 conversations will ensure that the forum is not a spectator sport. […more]

 
 
 
   
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