Adobe Systems' seminars on virtual classrooms and collaborative learning

Can virtual classrooms replace face-to-face teacher and student interactions? by Will Cawthorne, Web Conferencing Specialist, Adobe Systems, takes places on Wednesday 26th January 12:00 - 12:30, in Theatre 8 on the Learning and Skills exhibition floor. With the current economic challenges facing many organisations today, reducing travel budget has become a priority. Rapid changes in virtual technology is making web conferencing an accessible option. However, in the classroom environment, can technology ever replace the importance of physical, face-to-face collaboration?

Adobe's second seminar, Collaborative learning using Twitter and Adobe Captivate, by Akshay Bharadwaj, Product Manager, Adobe Systems, is taking place on Thursday 27th January 11:00 - 11:30, in Theatre 1 on the Learning Technologies exhibition floor. Ashay will show how the move from classroom based training to eLearning can be eased by using social tools like Twitter and includes a demonstration of Captivate content integrated with Twitter to enable collaborative learning. The presentation will also showcase how courses delivered on this social networking platform will catalyze learner collaboration, and teacher-learner interaction.

The complete Learning And Skills 2011 exhibition seminar programme: covering the methods, products and services for workplace learning and employee development.

The complete Learning Technologies 2011 exhibition seminar programme: covering organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work.

Seminar seats are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early and plan their day as in previous years the seminars have proved very popular. Entry to both the Learning Technologies and Learning and Skills exhibitions is free-of-charge and pre-registration at either exhibition includes fast-track access into both exhibitions: http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/registration-page/.