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AMEE are again using Learning Toolbox for the ePosters at their 2021 conference. We are looking forward to welcoming our returning and new authors and seeing what wonderful ePosters you create this year.

Making your rich ePoster using Learning Toolbox

Learning Toolbox allows you to create a Stack of material that can be used to present and share your work. At the simplest level you can just add a presentation or poster file to your Stack, but the platform allows you to do much more. Learning Toolbox Stacks can also contain additional materials such as audio, videos, weblinks, papers and more.

Your ePosters in the conference

Your stack/ePoster will be published to AMEE ePoster Showcase where delegates can explore, view and interact with them throughout the conference and afterwards. Delegates will be able to post comments and questions to your stack/ePoster in a text chat channel, which you can answer and this discussion will be attached to your stack/ePoster. You will be able to turn on email notifications of new chat activity on your ePoster.

Your ePosters will be available for delegates to explore 24 hours per day – the sun will never set on the AMEE ePosters!

Some of the ePosters will also be presented live during the conference.

If your ePoster is going to be presented live then AMEE will have informed you of this. The live presentations (3 minutes presentation and 2 minutes for questions) will be done using Zoom and the the conference organisers will be inviting presenters to join an orientation session before the conference, to make sure that everyone is familiar with the use of Zoom to share their screens. We will also provide some guidance and answer questions about the live presentations as part of the second webinar we run for ePoster authors on the 9th August.

ePoster Helpdesk in the conference

As well as providing you with support as you make your ePoster, we will also have a dedicated ePosters Helpdesk within the Virtual Conference. So if you have any questions about using the ePosters during the conference then just come to the Helpdesk. We’d love to meet you there!

Your ePosters beyond the Conference

You can continue to share and use your ePoster after the conference as well. Each ePoster has its own unique web address, so you’ll be able to direct people straight to your work. You can even edit your ePoster after the conference if the discussions at the conference identifies some extra material you want to add. Viewers will always see the most recently saved version of your ePoster.

The following dates are important:

• 26th May at 2pm (GMT+1) Webinar Introduction to making your ePoster 
• 22nd July AMEE 2022 ePoster Prize DEADLINE (OPTIONAL) If you want your ePoster to be considered for the AMEE 2022 ePoster prize then it should be complete and marked as ready to publish by 22nd July.
• 8th August at 2pm (GMT+1) Webinar How the ePosters will work at the conference
• 12th August Final DEADLINE – Finalise your ePoster and mark it as ready to publish. 

All deadlines are at the time 23:59 Anywhere on Earth on the stated date.

ePosters are a valuable mode of information delivery at academic conferences. AMEE has been an innovator in having ePosters at its annual conferences. In 2019, the AMEE TEL Committee first introduced an ePoster prize, and the prize will be awarded again in 2022. Because of the expected numbers of ePosters, the judges will be formed from the TEL Committee and from previous mounted poster judges.

Eligibility for the Prize
To be eligible for the prize:

• The ePoster must have been created for the AMEE2022 Conference.
• At least one author listed on the poster must be registered for the AMEE2022 Conference.
• In Learning Toolbox, the author must have marked their ePoster/stack as ready to publish by 22nd July

More Information

Here you can find links to the key emails we have sent to the AMEE ePoster support mailing list.

We will be holding two webinars for AMEE & Ottawa 2022 ePoster authors. These webinars will be recorded and the recordings will be added to the Support Page soon after each webinar. We look forward to meeting you during the webinar. The first webinar was held on the 26th May and focused on introducing Learning Toolbox and showing authors how to create their ePoster stack. The second webinar will be held on the 8th August.

8th August at 2pm (GMT+1) How the ePosters will work at the conference Zoom Meeting Link

This webinar will focus on how delegates (including authors) will engage with the ePosters onsite and online and will identify some ways you can promote your ePoster and your work. It will also include some advice and guidance for ePoster authors who are presenting live.

This webinar focused on introducing Learning Toolbox’s interactive and flexible approach to ePosters and showing you how to create an ePoster/Stack in Learning Toolbox. Participants were able to ask questions throughout and these were also answered during the webinar – the questions and answers are included in the recording. To get a quick overview of what was covered you can also look at the presentation file.

Video recording (1 hour 18 minutes)

You can play the video in full-screen by clicking on the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar.

Presentation used in the webinar

Learning Toolbox supports an exciting new approach to ePosters (and more generally content sharing) at online, hybrid and onsite conferences and events.

Using Learning Toolbox you will create a Stack/ePoster (a collection of material that could include a presentation, video, weblinks and more) that you can use to present and share your work at the event.

People will be able to easily view and interact with your ePoster by browsing the online ePoster showcase. Your ePosters will be available for people to explore throughout the event and can also be presented in a scheduled session if your event supports this.

Viewers can open your ePoster and explore all the rich content you have added. Viewers can also post questions or comments to your ePoster, to which you can respond. This text chat discussion will be attached to your ePoster and can continue after the event. Viewers can also favourite your ePoster so that they can return to it more easily.

Your ePoster will also live beyond the event, as you can continue to share it and (in some cases) even add to it after the event.

Your ePoster can even have a physical presence in the real world. Within Learning Toolbox you can create a mini-poster that acts as an advert for and gateway into your interactive ePoster. People can simply scan the QR code on the mini-poster and your interactive ePoster will open on their phone/tablet.

Onsite and hybrid conferences will print these mini-posters and use them as a way of promoting the ePosters onsite. You can of course print the mini-poster yourself and use it wherever you want to promote your work and provide access to it.

Many conferences are now using Learning Toolbox to present, share and discuss research. We have seen some great examples of ePosters/stacks created by authors attending these conferences. The 3 minute video below explores some of the great ePosters made by authors using Learning Toolbox.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

You can see and interact with these great ePosters (and more) on the Learning Toolbox Showcase. These ePosters are live and still being used by authors to present and share their work. You will see that they vary in terms of what content they include and how they are structured, but they have all made great use of the platform to present their work.

Of course your own ePoster/stack does not need to be as sophisticated as these examples – a simple and effective ePoster/stack may just contain the abstract, a presentation and a link to a website for example. But we hope these examples may give you an idea of what is possible and some ideas of the type of material you could include to give people a richer view of your work.

We would like to thank the authors of these ePosters/stacks for agreeing to their excellent work being showcased here. If you have come across any brilliant Learning Toolbox ePosters that you would like to see added to this showcase then please let us know so that we can contact the author and ask for their permission to add them.

Thousands of ePoster authors are using Learning Toolbox to share and present their work at conferences and events. The ePosters can be as simple as an uploaded PDF file, but can also include more interactive and engaging material, as well as background information.

Below are short videos with 4 of our authors in which they talk about what they chose to include in their ePosters. Thank you very much to Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytske for making these videos. We hope they inspire and help new authors.

Quick overview of what Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytkse found useful about using Learning Toolbox

This 5 minute video highlights what Amy, Komal, Nathan and Sytske found most useful about using Learning Toolbox. It helps to show the different ways in which authors and conferences are using Learning Toolbox to help present and share research work effectively.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Amy Creaser’s ePoster for Future Physiology

Amy gives a short introduction to her work (on wearable activity trackers use by children and adolescents) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Amy explains what she chose to include in her ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:10

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Komal Atta’s ePoster for AMEE

Komal gives a short introduction to her work (on the impact of social media on professional identity) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Komal explains what she chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:20

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Nathan Kucko’s ePoster for NASS

Nathan gives a short introduction to his work (on developing a bone graft for spinal fusion surgery) and shows us his ePoster. In the ePoster tour Nathan explains what he chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 2:03

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

Sytske Lub’s ePoster for AMEE

Sytske gives a short introduction to her work (on science communication when talking about genetics) and shows us her ePoster. In the ePoster tour Sytske explains what she chose to include in the ePoster and why. The ePoster tour starts at 4:06

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

This video gives you a very quick introduction to the Learning Toolbox editor. We recommend that you play this video in full screen.

Press the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar to play in full-screen.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can access this video here instead.

This video is a longer introduction to Learning Toolbox which shows a fuller ePoster being created.

Press the full-screen icon at the end of the play bar to play in full-screen.

If your country does not allow access to the Vimeo video streaming service then you can also access the video here.

We know that some people prefer to follow a written guide, so we have produced this short guide that takes you through the key steps involved in making a simple ePoster/stack for a conference.

Getting started – Create an LTB stack for a conference v2.0 (updated 23rd May 2020)