This event you will learn:

1. About Responsive Design and how this has become is a major growth area across the whole of the web, but many people are not  yet of aware of it and how it will affect them
2. How a learning environment can be the organiser of education 
3. How to create a digital learning environment that supports qualification programmes
4. How, by putting social technologies at the heart of the experience, won DPG a silver learning award

Our Speakers Include:

Darren Hockley - Managing Director, DeltaNet International 

Darren founded DeltaNet in September 1999 and has been Managing Director ever since. In the early days Darren was very hands-on in all aspects of the business including sales, marketing, project design, project management, customer service and financial management. More recently, as DeltaNet experiences a continued period of strong growth, Darren is able to focus on the strategic development of the business.

Darren is a strong advocate of the use of technology to achieve real business advantage and is excited at the opportunities presented by recent developments in mobile computing. He keeps abreast of developments in the e-learning sector through active membership of BILD (The British Institute of Learning and Development). He served 3 years as a volunteer Trustee for BILD, ending his tenure in the role of Vice–Chair. He has spoken at many exhibitions and conferences including HR-D, BILDing You and WOLCE. Outside of work Darren is kept very busy by his 4 children

Hans van Bergen - Consultant Technology in Education Hogeschool Utrecht(Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) 

Hans was trained as singer and music teacher at Conservatorium Arnhem and graduated in both programs. After ten years of singing in a professional choir and teaching music at primary schools, he became music teacher at the teacher training college from Hogeschool Utrecht in 1993.

Pretty soon he was involved in designing a digital learning environment for music at all Dutch TTC’s by order of the ministry of education. Over the years Hans switched more and more from music to technology in education. For almost ten years Hans was responsible for implementation of the digital portfolio at Hogeschool Utrecht. This included a European Tender and resulted in the use of the digital portfolio by the majority of the 40.000 students at the university.

About three years ago the board of Hogeschool Utrecht asked to develop the didactical concept on blended learning. Hans is now responsible for this concept and the translation of this concept to a digital learning environment. In this digital learning environment, HUbl, there are now 57 courses active for more than 3000 students in the educational programs. In the 2014-2015 period this will expend to 150 courses for 5000 students in all departments of HU. 

Mike Collins - Head of Learning Solutions, DPG

Mike has created the award winning DPG Community from inception and will share his approach, successes and challenges in using technology to create a learning environment that can make a huge difference to the way in which people can learn. Mike is a big advocate in using social tools for his own personal development and can be found on Twitter under the name @Community_Mike. Mike has spoken at various events on the subject of community development and social technologies.