One was Matt Bower from Macquarie Uni looking at the research basis for principles of presentation design related to cognitive load. This is applicable to IWBs but much wider.

The other was David Seedhouse demonstrating The Values Exchange – a very exciting online space for reflecting upon and talking about one’s ideas about issues.

I went to some good practioner presentations which reinforced what I already knew – and these were not disappointments as most were well described in their abstracts. There were many people who appreciated these presentations as new material. So pushing the boundaries is a very variable thing.

I presented within a subject area – English literature & reading – and I think the subject specific aspect was what brought the attendees. I was trying to show the value of the IWB as an excellent vehicle to make, share and present this type of program, especially as it makes it easy to use multimedia files and online interactives along the way. Don’t know how well this came across though. Didn’t get through all I had planned.

I would like to have seen more advanced sessions which jumped staright to the deep end, but often the audience means that isn’t practical.

Have attended the last two ACEC conferences where Trudy Sweeney’s IWB research was a highlight. Pity she wasn’t presenting at this conference. I didn’t get to your sessions because of clashes – would have been interested in the inquiry learning one.