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eLearning Futures: The Edinburgh 2004 eLearning International Conference
April 2004
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Eilif Trondsen
Stephen Taylor |
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About This Report
Issues and developments affecting the future of learning and eLearning are of interest to the Learning-on-Demand (LoD) program, as are methodologies and conceptual frameworks that improve our understanding of these future issues. For these reasons, we had great interest in the eLearning International conference, which Scottish Enterprise held in mid-February 2004 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (See Table 1 for a list of selected participants.) The conference, which drew some 250 people from around the world (with most from Europe and particularly the United Kingdom), focused on the so-called Edinburgh scenarios, which lay out alternative visions of the future of eLearning.
This report draws on many of the presentations at the conference and places them in the context of the four Edinburgh scenarios. We also offer our comments and observations, with relevant references to LoD reports, LoD Bulletins and LoD meeting topics.
Table 1
SELECTED PARTICIPANTS |
Companies
British Broadcasting Corporation
Business Lab Ltd.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Cisco Systems
Compaq Computer
Crawford Scientific
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
Granada Learning
IBM
KPMG
LOGIC
MediaCorp
Microsoft Business Solutions
NESTA
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Universities
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Delft University of Technology
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lancaster University
Moscow State University
Napier University
NTNU, Norway
Queens University Belfast
University of Abertay Dundee
University of Belgrade
University of East Anglia
University of Glasgow
University of Queensland, Australia
University of Southern Denmark |
Government Agencies
Communities Scotland
Department of Education and Skills (England)
Dundee City Council (Scotland)
Enterprise Ireland
Highland and Island Enterprise (Scotland)
Industry Canada
Invest Northern Ireland
LearnDirect Scotland
Ministry of Labor (Greece)
Norwegian Ministry of Education & Research
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Executive Health Department
Welsh Assembly Government
Zambian Institute for Capacity Building |
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We welcome feedback about this report and the program, and we encourage you to contact us with any questions or suggestions. For more information, contact Eilif Trondsen, director, Learning-on-Demand (LoD) Program; telephone: +1 650 859 2665; fax: +1 650 859 4544; e-mail: etrondsen@sric-bi.com. We appreciate your support of our program and look forward to working closely with you as a Learning-on-Demand sponsor.
Table of Contents
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| Scenario Analysis: Value and Use |
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| Edinburgh Scenarios |
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Web of Confidence Scenario |
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Virtually Vanilla Scenario |
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You Choose Scenario |
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Back to the Future Scenario |
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| Reflections and Observations |
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| Tables |
| Selected Participants |
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| Figures |
| Edinburgh Scenario Process |
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| Edinburgh Scenarios |
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| eLearning Infrastructure of Cisco Networking Academy |
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