Completed project · 2018
Supporting hybrid presentations, hybrid posters and ePosters with the help of ECER-Toolbox
The Learning Layers project (EU FP7), completed in 2017, developed and introduced the Learning Toolbox (LTB), with ITB involvement, as a digital toolkit for work-process-related learning. Its developers subsequently adapted it for presenting e-posters at conferences. These applications were piloted at two European conferences, AMEE and ECTEL, in 2017.
Following an ITB initiative, the European VET research network VETNET conducted a similar pilot at ECER 2018 in Bolzano, supported by its umbrella association, EERA. The VETNET project team invited registered poster presenters to use the LTB to prepare e-posters instead of conventional posters and present them in an interactive poster session. As subcontractors, the LTB developers provided online instructions, videos and a dedicated LTB domain.
As planned, participants used the ECER Toolbox to present in the interactive poster session and continue engaging with interested colleagues afterwards. Following the conference, a final pilot report with recommendations for further development was submitted to EERA.
In November, Learning Layers received the European VET Research Excellence 2018 award during European Vocational Skills Week. Shortly afterwards, the LTB developers received the #IBTMWorld Tech Watch Award 2018 from conference organisers for their e-posters.