ECER is a big conference. With more than 25 networks and over 2000 delegates,it can be difficult to keep in touch with everything going on – or even tojust find old friends. This year we are experimenting with new technologieswhich we hope will help get people together, find old and new friends andallow the discussion of ideas before, during and after the conference. We alsohope to start to open the conference outwards – to involve those not able toattend face to face and to enhance connections with the wider communities ofeducation research. At the same time we are trying to build a small history ofthe conference – not just through papers – but through recordingpeople’s reflections of their experiences and learning.
CONFERENCE HASHTAG
Firstly use the conference hashtag – #ECER2010 - on any web or blog posts oron any social software sites or services which you use. This will help usbring all the different things written or posted about ECER together.
ECER WEBSPACE
We have set up an account on the twitter micro blogging service. Our twitter name is EERA_ECER and are we are sending out regular tweets about the conference (followers very welcome). We have added a plug in to the ECER web site to accumulate our tweets –http://www.eera-ecer.eu/ecer/ecer2010/twitter-news/?no_cache=1. If you have a twitter account and are writing about the conference please remember to use the ECER2010 hashtag. We have also set up an ECER2010 group on the photo sharing Flickr web site and are asking delegates to add their photos to that group. Just go to www.flickr.com/groups/ecer2010/ and join the group. You can also find us on YouTube and Blip.tv.
CONFERENCE RADIO SHOWS
We will be broadcasting three special issues of the Sounds of the Bazaar LIVE internet radio programme from 1300 – 1330 Finnish time (12-12.30 CentralEuropean time) on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 August. On 27 August we will be on air one hour earlier, from 1200 – 1230 Finnish time (1100 - 1130 Central European time. If you are at the conference please come and join us live. The programme will be broadcast from our stand near the Festival Hall entrance in the MainBuilding.If you can’t make the conference you can listen to the radio programmes by pointing your web browser at radio.jiscemerge.org.uk/Emerge.m3u and this will open the LIVE radio stream in your MP3 player of choice. You can also send us your questions and comments by Twitter using the #ECER2010hashtag.
KEYNOTES
We are planning to video stream the keynote sessions from the conference. You can watch these sessions live on your computer. Full details will be posted on the ECER web site soon. (<link http: www.eera-ecer.eu>www.eera-ecer.eu)
AFTER THE CONFERENCE
We will be making short videos with twelve of the different network conveners as well as vox pops with conference delegates. The videos will be released on the ECER web site soon after the conference. And finally, we will be broadcasting 3 special issues of the Sounds of the Bazaar LIVE internet radio programme from 1300 – 1330 Finnish time (12-12.30Central European time) on 25, 26 and 27 August. Point your browser athttp://radio.jiscemerge.org.uk:80/Emerge.m3u and this will open the LIVE radiostream in your MP3 player of choice. You can also send us your questions andcomments by Twitter using the #ECER2010 hashtag.
Web 2.0 for ECER 2010
Hashtag: #ECER2010
Flikr group: <link http: www.flickr.com groups ecer2010 _self external link in new>ecer2010
Live Radio: <link http: radio.jiscemerge.org.uk emerge.m3u _self external link in new>Sounds of the Bazar
25 & 26 Aug: 13.00- 13.30 Finnish time/ 12.00-12.30 Central Europ. Time
27 Aug: 12.00 - 12.30 Finnish time/ 11.00-11.30 Central Europ. Time