Conference
e-Learning: the role of Learning Management Systems

Place: Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

Date: 5 of November 2002

Information: One-day conference, room for 200 participants, small exhibition hall, simultaneous translation English - Portuguese, Portuguese English

Price: 90 Euro per participant, include the documentation and the book published by Inofor

Audiences: University and training managers that would like to migrate to e-Learning environments, public and private decision makers and social partners
Researchers, teachers, trainers and training staff, e-learning experts
Human resources managers and consultants

The conference: This Conference aims to present the major findings from a European wide study that has analyzed the satisfaction, or lack of satisfaction, of European institutions with the e-Learning Learning Management Systems (LMSs) that they have purchased or developed themselves. (http://www.nettskolen.com/in_english/webedusite/index.html).

The conference program

09:00 Registration
09:30 Opening address -TecMinho Director, Ana Dias, TecMinho (Chairlady), Desmond Keegan - DEI (Ireland), Morten Paulsen - NKI (Norway)
10:00 Overview of the Web Education Systems Study, M Paulsen, NKI (Norway)
10:30 Trends and Presentation of the North Western Europe study results, Desmond Keegan - DEI (Ireland)
11:00 Coffee-Break
11:30 Southern Europe study results, Ana Dias, TecMinho (Portugal), Paulo Dias and Pedro Pimenta - Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
12:00 Central and Western Europe study results, Helmut Fritsch - ZIFF (Germany), Maria Micincova (Slovakia)
12:30 Open Debate
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Scandinavia study results, M Paulsen, NKI (Norway)
15:00 e-Learning in Portugal, Carina Baptista - Inofor ( Portugal)
15:15 Case Studies: Formare (Self developed platform commercially available in Portugal), Arnaldo Santos - PT Inovação (Portugal)
Class Fronter, Fronter ( Norway)
16:15 e-Learning Standards; Synne K. Nese, NKN ( Norway)
16:45 Open Debate
17:15 Closing Address - Ministry Person, Rector of Universidade do Minho, TecMinho President

The conference has reserved the entrance hall to allow the presence of LMS vendors at the conference.