Posts Tagged ‘delegates’

• MootUK10 Delegate Survey

  Date: 2010.06.01 | Category: moodlemoot | Response: 0

  A brief summary of results

  In an effort to get feedback on this year’s Moot and ask delegates to provide input for next year’s conference we’ve invited all 285 attendees to fill in our online survey. At closing of the polls on 7 May 2010 we had received 81 responses, giving us a 28% response rate.

  There was an equal split of Moot first-timers (49.4%) and more seasoned Moot attendees (50.6%).

  The majority (81%) of respondents gave this year’s Moot the thumbs up with either an Excellent (37%) or Good (44.4%) rating of the conference.

  This trend continues with 87.7% rating the conference venue and facilities at Senate House as Excellent (45.7%) or Good (42%).

  However the catering didn’t fare so well with over a tenth of attendees rating it either Very Poor (3.7%) or Poor (8.6%).

  The majority (78.4%) of delegates felt this year’s Moot provided value for money, with a fifth (21.6%) feeling it did not.

  What went well?

  Prof. Sugata’s keynote on Whole in The Wall project was named by most as an inspirational opening-keynote. Networking, meeting like-minded people to share experience and expertise and the good quality of workshops & presentations were named by many as key advantages of this year’s Moot.

  ‘I liked the sense of enthusiasm and drive of those there and it was great to see teachers and technicians with a common purpose. Good to see relative absence of commerciality.’

  MoodleMoot UK 2010 delegate

  What could be improved?

  Many felt that the 1h workshop sessions were packed with too many small presentations allowing less time for Q&A and felt rushed at times, as one delegate said ‘quality instead of quantity on workshops’. More detailed information on workshops upon sign-up and facilitation of all sessions for time-keeping purpose have been mentioned as areas for improvements, as well as considering to live stream all keynotes and workshops as they happen.

  There was also a general trend for delegates asking for more technical presentations, even suggestions of a technical strand running throughout the 2-day conference.

  MoodleMoot UK 2010 – Feedback

  Interesting feedback for next year’s Moot organisers is the preferred ticketing option, with almost half (45.3%) wishing for a more tech-focused pre-Moot event and a similar number of people (43.8%) being in favour the evening entertainment to be included in the ticket price.

  15.6% like to see overnight accommodation included in the MoodleMoot ticket price and a third (31.3%) prefers 1-day only tickets for the Moot.

  The complete survey results can be viewed online, simply enter ‘moodlemootuk2010′ when prompted for a password.

• MoodleMoot UK 2010 – the story so far

  Date: 2010.02.11 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 1

  It was late November last year when we first heard that our proposal to host MoodleMoot UK 2010 had been approved. With our very own customer event – Moodle Wonderland – about to be held and Christmas around the corner, we knew we had our work cut out  getting everything ready in time for April.

  Pre-registration craziness

  With two Future of Technology in Education (FOTE) conferences under our belt, events similar in scope and size, we got down to business, confirming venue and dates to be able to let the community know about the when and where. We decided to offer the chance to pre-register an interest in the conference to help us gauge the general interest in MoodleMoot UK and also have a list to advertise tickets to, once they become available.

  

  We were hoping to reach at least 200-250 sign-up, based on previous MoodleMoots. Since then we have seen the number of pre-registration increase constantly. Now 2-months after opening our mailing list it stands at 400, an amazing achievement that completely took us by surprise. We will close pre-registration at 5pm on Friday, 12 February; so here’s 48h and counting for you to get your name on it. Just enter your email address on our pre-registration form and we will be in touch, simplez as the Meerkat would say.

  Speakers, workshops and presentations

  We also published a call for papers a few weeks and back since then had a good number of proposals send to us. You can send us your proposals until 3pm Friday, 19 February -  the more merrier. We already have the makings of a very interesting Moot. We are also in the process of confirming keynote speakers and hope to have a more detailed outline of the day available within the next two weeks.

  Accommodation & entertainment

  MoodleMoot tickets won’t include accommodation and due to the limited time frame we haven’t been able negotiate discounts. We have however published a map showing hotels local to the area and there’s a chance of College Hall availability, we are waiting to hear back from them and will share information once received.

  We are also considering a few options for evening entertainment on the 13 April and we hope to make a decision sometime next week.

  In the meantime follow us on Twitter for short and snappy updates on MoodleMoot progress and make sure you use the official hashtag #mootuk10 when you tweet.