On Tuesday I attended the Vitae Researcher Development Conference at the University of Warwick. It was attended by around 400 delegates, all people involved in supporting researchers, but only a handful of librarians were present. The conference was a great opportunity to hear about new developments in researcher support and you’ll find lots of information about it on their web pages.
I liked their use of Twitter in the opening plenary. Delegates sat around circular tables to listen to the speakers, each table equipped with a laptop, so we could twitter during the presentations and afterwards during our discussion. All the tweets were displayed on the large screens around the room and this gave very quick feedback on any common threads arising from the discussions. I wonder if we could use this technique within a teaching session with students?
Lea Gardens yet again