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Technology and Bilingualism Conference

Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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Conference details

Location: Merthyr College

Time: 10am-3:30pm

Conference to discuss how technology can be used within bilingual and Welsh medium provision in the higher education, further education and apprenticeship sector. Sessions to include good practice in the sector and networking opportunities.

Language: Welsh with simultaneous translation to English available

We would like to thanks JISC for their cooperation in organising this conference and to Merthyr College for allowing us to use their facilities.

Please fill in the form below to register for the conference.

RESERVE LIST

We have had a great response to our Technology and Bilingualism conference this year, and as a result, the conference is now full. We do have a reserve list, so if for any reason you have registered but cannot attend , please could you let us know by e-mailing post16@colegcymraeg.ac.uk

 

Conference Programme

10:00

Registration, tea & coffee

10:20

Opening remarks

Aled Eirug, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

10:30

Key note speaker Indeg Marshall, Welsh Government

Technology and the Welsh language - the future

11:15

Panel discussion

'The use of technology post-COVID'

12:00

Lecture - Gruff Prys, Prifysgol Bangor

AI for a Bilingual Wales

12:30

Lunch with time to visit the exhibitor stalls

13:15

Afternoon first session

(attendees to select one of the following to attend):

·       Panel discussion - Cutting-edge developments in technology

·       Introduction to the Welsh Interactive Toolkit (Mary Richards)

·       User research - Porth Resources Website - future developments...? (Joanna Evans, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol)

13:45

Time to chat / visit the exhibitor stalls

14:00

Afternoon second session 

(attendees to select one of the following to attend):

·       Panel discussion - Using Technology to Socialise in Welsh

·       Immersive Learning: Technology in further education (Marion Evans)

·       Workshop - AI - where to start? (Mary Richards)

14:40

Group sessions - reflecting on the day with a tea / coffee

15:10

Closing remarks - Meri Huws, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

15:15

End