Event: The future of technology in education

One of Microsoft's education partners in the UK, Waterstons, is hosting an event with Durham Business School and Microsoft in Durham on the 6 August 2008 at 12:00.

The Agenda will be based on the following:

Registration and refreshments - 12:00pm
Seminar starts at 12:30pm

• Introduction
• Dominic Watts from Microsoft opens the afternoon’s events
• IT Strategy: Durham Business School
• Colin Ashurst , Senior Teaching Fellow in MIS at Durham Business School talks about the institute’s strategy for using technology to improve the student experience.
• Virtual Learning Environment
• Waterstons’ Chris Fenly and Daniel Halliday discuss the benefi ts of using MOSS 2007 as the platform for a comprehensive Virtual Learning Environment for full time, part time & distance learning students.
• Efficient Administration
• Lesley Renteurs and David Challenor from Waterstons discuss the use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for admissions and programme management and the use of business intelligence tools in education.
• Effective Marketing
• Leveraging Microsoft Dynamics CRM to provide high quality service for prospective students and MOSS 2007 as a web authoring tool.
• Virtualisation in Education
• Simon Birbeck from Waterstons will discuss the use of the latest technologies for creating a secure and resilient IT infratructure
• Buffet & Demonstrations

BOOK FOR THIS FREE SEMINAR NOW!
For further details and to register, please contact Michael King at Waterstons on 0845 094 094 5