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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think this is an excellent idea: what do others think? I’m certainly interested in what’s happening in Flanders – I guess the AGM / tech / developers day could be a separate event - but I’ve never been to Belgium…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'> Katrien Bernaerts [mailto:katrien.bernaerts@toll-net.be] <br><b>Sent:</b> 29 May 2013 12:23<br><b>To:</b> Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br><b>Subject:</b> proposal two-day Xerte conference in Flanders<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Hi Julian,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>I have sent the mail below a few weeks ago, </span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>can you</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>let</span> <span class=hps>me</span> <span class=hps>know what you think</span> <span class=hps>of the proposal</span>?</span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Toll-net</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>is</span> <span class=hps>a </span>project that is <span class=hps>subsidized</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> by the Flemish government</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>. Therefore <span class=hps>we are committed to</span> <span class=hps>an annual action plan</span>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>At the moment, we are</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>preparing</span> <span class=hps>our</span> <span class=hps>new</span> <span class=hps>action plan</span> <span class=hps>(2013-2014</span> )<span class=hps> and in this context we want to</span> <span class=hps>discuss with you the Xerte AGM day and a </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Flemish Xerte User Day</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>.</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>As you know,</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Xerte</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>takes</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>a large</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>part of</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>our activities</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>.</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>That's why we</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>'re thinking <span class=hps>to organize</span> <span class=hps>a</span> <span class=hps>two</span><span class=atn>-</span>day <span class=hps>Xerte conference next school year</span> <span class=hps>(</span>somewhere in <span class=hps>May 2014</span>)<span class=hps>: an AGM</span> day and <span class=hps>a “Flemish”</span> <span class=hps>users</span> <span class=hps>day.</span></span><span class=hps><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>For the</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>AGM</span> <span class=hps>we would</span> <span class=hps>provide</span> <span class=hps>a location</span> <span class=hps>in Flanders</span> while <span class=hps>you</span> <span class=hps>would provide the</span> <span class=hps>content.</span><span class=shorttext> The </span><span class=hps>“Flemish”</span> <span class=hps>users</span> <span class=hps>day will be our responsibility.</span></span><span class=shorttext><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Xerte</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>User day</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> would be on </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>the</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>2nd</span></span><span class=shorttext><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>day</span></span><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>. The day would</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>start</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>with</span> <span class=hps>two</span> <span class=hps>keynote speakers</span> <span class=hps>and</span> <span class=hps>in the afternoon</span>, our <span class=hps>users</span> would <span class=hps>present their</span> <span class=hps>learning objects</span>.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>We would like that someone of the developers team should <span class=hps>provide a</span> <span class=hps>keynote</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>In the afternoon, learning objects</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>are presented and evaluated by</span> <span class=hps>a jury</span> <span class=hps>and</span> at the end of the day <span class=hps>the</span> <span class=hps>best</span> <span class=hps>learning object</span> <span class=hps>receives</span> <span class=hps>a</span> “<span class=hps>Xerte</span> <span class=hps>Award”. Afterward</span>,<span class=hps> we would provide a drink. </span><span class=shorttext>We’d like to </span><span class=hps>ask you and Inge to</span><span class=shorttext> </span><span class=hps>make part of our</span><span class=shorttext> </span><span class=hps>jury. </span></span><span class=hps><span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Our question</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> <span class=hps>to you</span> <span class=hps>is</span>, <span class=hps>what</span> <span class=hps>do you think of</span> <span class=hps>this proposal?</span> If you and the developers team like this idea, we will integrate this conference in our action plan.</span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Katrien Bernaerts | Projectbegeleider Toll-net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Mobiel: +32 496 523058<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Tel.: +32 2 514 19 00 (Provinciaal Onderwijs Vlaanderen)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>e-mail:</span><span lang=NL-BE style='mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'> <a href="mailto:katrien.bernaerts@toll-net.be">katrien.bernaerts@toll-net.be</a> <span style='color:#1F497D'>website: </span><a href="http://www.toll-net.be/">http://www.toll-net.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>skype: katrienb twitter: kbernaerts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>linkedin</span><span lang=NL-BE style='mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>: <a href="http://be.linkedin.com/pub/katrien-bernaerts/10/55b/95">http://be.linkedin.com/pub/katrien-bernaerts/10/55b/95</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>