Talks

Invited conference and seminar talks

• Learning at transition for new and experienced staff.  Invited talk at the 2012 annual conference of the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES), Institute of Education, University of London, 18 October 2012. Abstract
• Learning in the modern workplace. Presentation given as part of the “Collective Learning in the Workplace” invited seminar (with Allison Littlejohn and Colin Milligan) held within 'Social Networks and Learning” Doctoral Summer School organised by Technology-Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI), University of Athabasca, Canada, 21-25 June, 2010.

• Work-based blended learning.  Keynote talk at “Corporate Learning” Colloquium, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, UK, 03 June 2010.
• Digital natives: Is there evidence? Seminar given at Bournemouth University, UK, 9 October 2008.
• Community dimensions of learning object repositories.  Invited presentation at the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China, 13 December 2005.
• Blended learning in the corporate context: Merging work and learning.  Invited presentation at the Supporting Sustainable e-Learning Forum 2005 (SSeLF) workshop "Planning for Blended Learning", ALT-C 2005 Conference "Exploring the frontiers of e-learning: Borders, outposts and migration", Manchester, UK, September 5, 2005.
• Work-based activities and the technologies that support them: A bridge between formal and informal learning in the corporate context. Presentation at the Learn IT 2003 seminar, University of Gothenburg , Sweden, September 10, 2003.
• Activity-based blended learning in Shell Open University. Invited presentation at eLearn 2003 International conference, Edinburgh, UK, February 10, 2003.

Regular conference and seminar talks

• What is learned through work? A typology of professional learning in the workplace. Presentation at the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Special Interest Group (SIG) 14 ‘Professional Development and Learning’ Conference, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 24 August, 2012. 
• Managers’ role in the facilitation of workplace learning. Presentation at Researching Work and Learning (RWL) Conference, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, December 7, 2011.
• A typology of informal learning in the workplace. Round table presentation at the 2011 Conference of the European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Exeter, UK (with Colin Milligan and Allison Littlejohn).
• Self-regulated learning in the workplace: Enhancing knowledge flow between novices and experts. Round table presentation at the 2009 Conference of the European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Charting collective knowledge: Supporting self-regulated learning in the workplace.  Presentation at the 2009 IEEE International Conference  on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Riga, Latvia.
• Learning and knowledge sharing in the workplace: Differences and similarities between novices and experts. Presentation at the 2009 Researching Work and Learning Conference, June 28-July 1, Roskilde, Denmark.
• Self-regulated learning and knowledge sharing in the workplace. Presentation at the 2009 Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference, 26-28 April, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Horses for courses: How personal a PLE should be? Presentation at Symposium "How Social is my Personal Learning Environment (PLE)?", 2008 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA), July 1, 2008, Vienna, Austria.
• Students' use of technology in formal and informal learning. Presentation at 2008 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA), July 1, 2008, Vienna, Austria.
• Repositories and communities at cross-purposes: Issues in sharing and reuse of digital learning resources. Presentation at 2007 Online Educa Berlin Conference, Germany, November 29, 2007.
• Cultural issues in the sharing and reuse of resources for learning. Presentation at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA), 27 June 2007, Vancouver, Canada.
• Learning communities and repositories: Underpinning the vision. Presentation at the symposium 'Would You Care to Share? Sharing Resources, Collaborating and Community-Building with Next Generation Repositories in a Wild Web World', ALT-C 2006 Conference, September 6, 2006, Edinburgh, UK.
• Community dimensions of learning object repositories. Presentation at the Symposium 'Repositories for Teaching Materials & Learning Objects: Enablers And Barriers To Use', Networked Learning 2006 Conference, April 12 2006, Lancaster, UK.
• Designing technology-supported work-based learning for professional competence development. Presentation at EHRD 2004 Professional Learning in Changing Society Conference, Oslo, Norway, 25 November 2004.
• Criteria for evaluation of success of blended learning methodology. Presentation at the Workshop "Blended Learning, a Learning Model for Geoscientists?", 66th Conference of the European Association of Engineers and Geoscientists (EAGE), Paris, France, June 7, 2004.
• Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) and work-based activities in multicultural corporate settings. Presentation at the 2003 Annual Conference of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA, USA, October 27, 2003.
• Collaborative learning in business education: Experience with a web-based course at the European Business School (ebs) in Germany.Presentation at the Research Workshop of European Distance Education Network (EDEN), University of Hildesheim, Germany, March 22 2002.