Autodesk University (AU), the unconference, and the unplugged sessions
Written by glenn
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Pete Kelsey over at "The Dirt" blog informs us not only about the 600+ sessions planned for AU this year but an interesting concept in some "un-plugged" or "un-conference" sessions (Kelsey links to this wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference) .
Each session is scheduled for 50 minutes. In most cases, the session leader will start out introducing the topic. Each participant in the room will do a quick 10 second introduction. All this should take about 10 to 15 minutes. Once the stage is set, the session leader will start asking questions and directly solicit comments and opinions from those in the room around topic. The value of an AU Unplugged!—or any unconference for that matter—is that the line between presenter and audience is blurred. At an unconference, there are only session leaders and session participants. A session leader has to prepare and is expected to set the stage for the session, but it is likely that the leader learns as much from the participants as the participants learn from the leader or each other.
A reminder, AU is scheduled to take place November 27-30, 2007 at The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas - see http://au.autodesk.com/2007/
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