Questionmark users who join us in Los Angeles for the Questionmark Users Conference March 15 – 18 will be spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing breakout sessions. Many delegates will be presenting case studies and leading peer discussions. And we’ve put together product training, best practice and drop-in demo sessions to suit everyone from beginners to power users.
Here’s the complete conference line-up. You can Click here for details about all these sessions:
General Sessions
Opening General Session: Would You “Like” To Know? The Roles of Assessment in Social Learning
Keynote: Bryan Chapman on Assessment’s Strategic Role in Enterprise Learning: Innovation and Trends
Closing General Session: The Road Ahead
Case Studies
Tiered Assessment Model for Internal Certification (Intermediate/Advanced) – Accenture
Applying Diagnostic Assessment in a Virtual Corporate University (All Experience Levels) – PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dynamically Generating Certificates from an Assessment (Intermediate/Advanced) – Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Questionmark in Medical Education: Planning and Implementing Blended Course Exams (Beginning/Intermediate) – Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Implementing E-Testing in the US Coast Guard: Challenges and Solutions (All Experience Levels)
Ensuring the Security and Integrity of Certification Tests (All Experience Levels) – Philadelphia Parking Authority
Using Captivate and Flash Simulations in eLearning and Assessments (Beginning/Intermediate) – Verizon Communications
Tech Training
Introduction to Questionmark Perception for Beginners
Advanced Authoring Techniques Using Authoring Manager (Intermediate/Advanced)
Planning Your Migration from Perception v4 to v5 (Intermediate/Advanced)
Configuring the User Experience and Understanding Templates in Perception v5 (Intermediate/Advanced)
Authoring with Questionmark Live – A hands-on introduction (Bring your own laptop!) (Beginning/Intermediate)
Analyzing and Sharing Assessment Results (Beginning/Intermediate)
Integrating Perception with Other Systems (Advanced)
Best Practices
Best Practices for Surveys and Course Evaluations (All Experience Levels) – Greg Pope, Analytics and Psychometrics Manager, Questionmark
Using Questionmark Perception to Make SharePoint an Effective Learning Platform (All Experience Levels) – John Kleeman, Chairman, Questionmark
Getting the Most from a Small Screen: Design Strategies for Mobile Devices (All Experience Levels) – Silke Fleischer, Co-founder and CEO, ATIV Software
Principles of Item and Test Analysis (All Experience Levels) – Greg Pope, Analytics and Psychometrics Manager, Questionmark
Using the Latest Learning Research to Improve Your Questionmark Assessments (All Experience Levels) – John Kleeman, Chairman, Questionmark
Writing High-quality Assessments that Yield Meaningful Results (All Experience Levels) – Howard Eisenberg, Training and Consultancy Manager, Questionmark
Peer Discussions
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Training Programs: Metrics and ROI – Farmers Insurance
Using Printing and Scanning to Capture Survey and Test Results – PG&E Academy
Delivering Assessments at Academic Institutions: An Open Conversation- Rio Salado College
Improving Your Workflow: Ensuring smooth sailing from question creation to release – U.S. Coast Guard
Drop-in Demos
Using Assessments with Social/Informal Learning Tools
Perception v5 and Questionmark Live
Tools and Features for Enhancing Your Assessments and Reports
We’ll also be hosting drop-in sessions with Questionmark technicians and group discussions with our product owners about potential new offerings. You can register for the conference online or email conference@questionmark.com for more information.
“The Social Network” – a movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg — was a big winner at the recent Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. And we’re pleased to say that social networks will be high on the agenda as Questionmark users gather in LA (with black ties nowhere in sight!) March 15 – 18 for the Questionmark 2011 Users Conference.
We’ll be paying considerable attention there to the growing importance of social networks as one aspect of a major shift in how people learn. Many organizations, recognizing that the vast majority of what we learn comes from firsthand experience and from other people rather than from formal learning and study, are turning to informal and ‘social’ learning initiatives that use portals, blogs, wikis, forums and other tools. At this year’s conference we’ll be highlighting many new features and applications of Questionmark’s Open Assessment Platform that work in concert with many commonly used informal/social learning technologies – from embedded and observational assessment to new user interfaces and tools for content evaluation. (See a sneak peek below — and come to the conference for more on this!)
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the conference in March – we’re making sure the conference agenda will be packed with sessions and events that we’re sure you’ll be able to “like.”
Only two more days to register before the early-bird deadline!
As we build the program for the Questionmark 2011 Users Conference in Los Angeles, we are also building a list of eager participants. Those who have signed up so far have saved $200 on registration. You can, too, if you register today — our first early-bird registration deadline!
Here are just a few reasons to attend this conference, to be held March 15 – 18 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel downtown:
Maximize the value of your investment in assessment technologies and services
Smooth your transition to Questionmark Perception version 5
Attend training sessions that will improve your effectiveness in using Questionmark
See the product roadmap and influence future developments
Network with other Questionmark users and hear their case studies
Drop in on the Questionmark Techs and get your questions answered
Here’s what participants in the 2010 Users Conference have to say about it. Heed their advice and sign up today!
We’re very pleased that Bryan Chapman will present the keynote address there. As Chief Learning Strategist at Chapman Alliance, Bryan is involved in providing research-centric consulting solutions that help organizations define, operate and optimize their strategic learning initiatives. His talk on Assessment’s Strategic Role in Enterprise Learning: Innovation and Trends will include examples of innovative assessment strategies that have improved learning and performance within many different organizations.
In addition to tech training, best practice presentations, demonstrations of new technologies, meetings with Questionmark product managers and drop-in meetings with the Questionmark techs, the conference includes case studies and peer discussions presented by Questionmark users. The call for proposals is now open, so we hope that Perception users who are thinking about attending will consider their own participation in the conference program.
This video will give you a general overview of what happens during the conference.
Quick! Mark the dates of March 15 – 18 and consider all the things you’d like to see on your trip to Los Angeles for the Questionmark 2011 Users Conference.
We’ve booked space at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza for this great learning event and look forward to seeing our customers there!
Join your colleagues to discuss best practices, attend technical training, meet with Questionmark technicians, share your ideas and learn how to write better assessments. Judging from the positive feedback we get about the conference every year, this is event is not to be missed:
“What I enjoy most is the opportunity to network with other other people, compare solutions and mine the wealth of data that’s available.”
“I appreciate learning about various ways to implement Questionmark and looking at emerging technologies.”
“The conference was great! I learned a lot and had fun doing it! I can’t wait till the next one.”
The “next one” will be here before we know it! We soon post more information about the conference and issue a call for proposals.
In the meantime, click here to enjoy some quick videos from the 2010 conference!
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