"Video is a powerful and increasingly prevalent learning tool," says international media executive Adam Salkeld, who is curating OEB's new component: VIDEO EDUCA. "Generation Z's learners are typically highly sophisticated consumers of video as well as native video makers. Educators need to respond to this major shift in the way media content is used and perceived by current generations to ensure effectiveness."

OEB 2012's programme is now online and features a series of expert-led video sessions grouped under the name VIDEO EDUCA. The VIDEO EDUCA sessions will focus on all aspects of using video in learning, ranging from the practical production process to learning practitioners' experiences. In the opening plenary session, the award-winning documentary maker Michael Grigsby will deliver a keynote speech on the role of video in education. As well as making nearly thirty acclaimed films, Grigsby co-founded the Abingdon Film Unit, which works with secondary-school pupils to create short documentaries and animated films.



Participants will have the unique opportunity to have their own videos critiqued by industry experts such as Steve Anderson, Executive Producer of BBC's Question Time, in the pre-conference Video Master Class. Taking place on 28 November, the Video Master Class will provide participants with a detailed overview of using video to communicate learning, as well as insider knowledge of the production process.


From script to screen, the Master Class will cover the key areas of filmmaking and ensure that all participants leave with the tools and techniques to make video a successful component of learning resources, whatever the budget.

Additional expert speakers and session leaders include Rebekah Tolley, an award-winning filmmaker and educator who has produced educational resources for the United Nations, the BBC and Channel 4; and Martin Addison, CEO of Video Arts, the company founded by John Cleese. Video Arts remains one of the world's leading video training companies and has changed the face of corporate training across the globe.

OEB 2012's programme features over 400 speakers from more than forty countries and provides an abundance of networking opportunities, as well as an extensive exhibition area with over ninety exhibitors.