Handheld Learning - learning with mobile and ubiquitous technologies

Note: The Official Handheld Learning 2006 website is now live at www.handheldlearning.co.uk/hl2006





After last years successful event and the large number of active projects now under way across the UK, Europe, US, Australia, Africa and the rest of the World we are preparing for another large turn out. Many of you will remember that last year we ran out of places and had to turn away over 100 delegates due to capacity limitations. So this year our annual conference will be taking place at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London on October 12-13th, where we will be able to manage a capacity of more than 400 people.

I'm pleased to announce that Professor Stephen Heppell will also be delivering what is sure to be a thunderous and rousing keynote with his vision of the future for handheld learning at our conference.


I've known Stephen for more than 20 years and if the truth be known he's probably one of the key reasons for what I'm doing today in that he inspired me with visions for how ICT could genuinely have a profound and positive impact on teaching and learning.

We both participated in an event in 1989 that, the then nascent, Ultralab organised called "Education 2010". Looking back over those notes it's surprising how close we were not just about the technology, afterall that was the easy bit, but also how society would develop and view teaching and learning. It certainly stuck in my mind and for those who haven't enjoyed hearing Stephen at full throttle you are in for a treat

More about Stephen may be found here: http://rubble.heppell.net/heppell/biog.html