Agenda OEB Global 2021
- Wednesday, Nov 30
- Thursday, Dec 1
- Friday, Dec 2
- Full Day Sessions
- Morning Session
- Afternoon Session
- Late Afternoon Session
- Academic Sector
- Artificial Intelligence
- Augmented Reality
- Badges
- Blended
- Certification
- Cloud
- Copyrights
- Data
- Digital Media
- E-Portfolio
- Ed-Tech
- Language Learning
- Platforms
- Training
- User Generated Content
- Virtual
- Workplace
- Academic Sector
- Artificial Intelligence
- Augmented Reality
- Badges
- Blended
- Certification
- Cloud
- Copyrights
- Data
- Digital Media
- E-Portfolio
- Ed-Tech
- Language Learning
- Platforms
- Training
- User Generated Content
- Virtual
- Workplace
- Discovery Demo
- Discussion and Debate
- Interactive Breakout Session
- Plenary
- Pre-Conference Workshop
- Presentation
- Special Focus Session
- Spotlight Stage
- Tech Lab
- Reset all
Create Your Own Digital Escape Room for Learning
Pre-Conference Workshops - M4
M4 Morning Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Create Your Own Digital Escape Room for Learning
Oliver Kamin
Head of Department Computer Science, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Willi Bernhard
Professor, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Willi Bernhard is a Professor at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences. As an expert in digital engineering at the Department of Computer Science, he works as an engineer, lecturer, researcher, consultant and book author in the fields of computer simulation, serious games and digital education. He is a member of the board of Swiss Engineering STV Basel and head of the special interest group Digital Collaboration of the Swiss academic e-learning community.
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Bodo Möslein-Tröppner
Professor, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Ravensburg, Germany
Escape room adventures are very popular all over the world. A team of 4-6 people must work together to solve thematic challenges in the form of puzzles in order to find their way out of a closed room in a certain time. Such learning adventures have also found their way into education, where the puzzles are subject-specific problems that need to be solved. In this way, knowledge related to topics is used to learn in a playful, motivated and team-based way.
Digital Escape Rooms have some advantages over the conventional original; they can be copied, scaled and only require digital resources. They can also be played alone, in teams and both online and face-to-face.
In this workshop, you will first learn what a digital escape room is and how you can use it for your learning purposes. Next, you will learn how to design a digital escape room and how to create it for your own needs.
In addition, we will show which possibilities exist to develop digital escape-rooms in different variations, to offer them in a practical way and to carry them out.
In short: join us to experience and practice how freely available digital tools can be used to design and use digital escape rooms according to your requirements.
Agenda
Introduction into digital escape rooms for educational purposes ( 40 Min) - Learn what a digital escape room is and how it can be used for educational purposes.
Designing a digital escape room (30 Min) - Learn how to design a digital escape-room for learning purposes.
Implementing a digital escape room (40 Min) - Learn which freely available tools you can use to develop and set up a digital escape-room according to your needs.
Variations and possibilities for implementation (30 Min) - Learn about the different possibilities that make up a digital escape room.
Outcomes
1 What it is: In this workshop you will learn what a digital escape room is and how it can be used for educational purposes.
2 How you design it: In this workshop you will learn how to design and implement a digital escape-room for learning purposes.
3 How you implement it: In this workshop you will learn which freely available tools you can use to develop and set up a digital escape-room according to your needs.
4 What possibilities you have: In this workshop you will learn about the different possibilities that make up a digital escape room.
Participants will know the possibilities of implementing their own digital escape room according to their needs and know which freely accessible tools they can use to put this into practice.
Audience
Level: Beginner
Teacher in Higher Education, Trainers in companies, People interested in Escape Rooms
Please note: Bring your laptop, tablet (or smartphone) to this workshop.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
M5 Morning Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Stimulating Social Learning by Playful Design & Humour
Joitske Hulsebosch
Consultant online and blended learning, Ennuonline, Netherlands
Joitske Hulsebosch is owner at Ennuonline company in the Netherlands. Ennuonline has 15 years of experience in online and blended learning. She wrote 3 books and many blogs on this subject (ennuonline.com). Ennuonline offers courses on blended learning and for leaders working with technology. She has a background in the development sector (worked in Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mali and Chile). Her clients are hence often internationally- oriented organizations like the Ministry of Defense, Wageningen University and the AIDSfonds.
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Ite Smit
Director, WerkLeer
Ite was over ten years in charge of the Businesschool at a social housing organization in the Netherlands. She was responsable for the learning from personal craftmanship to organizational development. Ite works also as an independant advisor for the Dutch Government on the subject of Digital learning Environments. In her spare time she follows the developments on crypto currencies and non-fungible Tokens (NFT's) because of it's impact on the society.
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Natasja van Schaik
Lecturer/ Researcher, Hogeschool Van Amsterdam
Steven van Luipen
Director, Van Luipen Advies
Steven van Luipen is an independent consultant. He facilitates professional learning networks, learning activities and programs, mostly technology supported, online or blended.
Steven works primarily in the public domain. His approach is practice oriented. He is an expert in sharing knowledge within and across organizations about present-day themes, such as the increasing importance of technology and data.
His aim is to help his customers get a better understanding of shared issues, agree on lasting solutions and ultimately improve their performance.
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In this evidence-informed workshop we will explore playful design in work and learning. You will walk away with 50+ ideas to use humour and playfulness in your own designs.
We all moved to online working and learning during COVID. We learned that social connections are crucial for resilience in organisations. Without these connections to our organisations and colleagues, we experience fatigue more easily and are at a higher risk of burn-out.
We believe that the future of work and learning is blended and hybrid. So online connectivity and the capacity to stimulate social connection and social learning will be crucial. And humour/playful design will be a critical element. In this workshop you will learn what the evidence says and will start experimenting with humour/playful design.
Agenda
0.00-0.10 Start and welcome & fun activity
0.10-0.30 Humour seriously? The evidence for using humour and playful design (interactive presentation)
0.30-1.00 What is your style of humour? Self-test and explanation of humour (contrast, exaggerate, analogies, etc.)
1.00-1.45 BREAK
1.45-2.15 Brilliant online bloopers (BOB) cartoons about humour in work settings: create your own BOB in live breakout rooms
2.15-2.45 Brainstorm humorously activities in work and learning settings
2.45- 3.00 Take away: how to bring humor / playful design in your work next week.
3.00-3.15 Fun evaluation
Outcomes
In this practical and evidence-informed workshop you will get to know the value of humour and playful design to increase connections. Expect inspiring examples and engage in playful design.
- Know the scientific evidence for using humour.
- Be more confident working with humour after trying and experimenting during the workshop.
- Collect 50+ ideas to use humour and playfulness in your designs.
- Be inspired to play with humour going forward
Who Should Attend?
Anyone interested in the topic. We expect people working in L&D, team leaders, HRD professionals, teachers and project managers.
Please note: make sure to bring your smartphone to this event.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
SPEEXX Exchange
Pre-Conference Workshops - FD1
FD1 Full-day Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
SPEEXX Exchange
Jo Cook
Live online learning specialist, Lightbulb Moment, United Kingdom
Jo Cook is a speaker, instructional designer and classroom facilitator who specialises in virtual classrooms, webinars and live online learning technology. Jo’s passion is in helping and supporting teams, professionals and organisations embrace the benefits of the virtual classroom. Jo’s background includes: further and higher education; the charity sector; small and large organisations, including CNN News and Bupa International.
Through her company Lightbulb Moment, Jo has specialised in training learning professionals about virtual classroom design and delivery since 2013 and has spoken on various topics at conferences such as Learning Technologies, OEB and keynoted for Colleges Wales and E-learning Fusion.
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Laura Overton
International Speaker|Analyst|Facilitator, Emerging Stronger, United Kingdom
Laura Overton is an author, facilitator and award winning learning analyst dedicated to uncovering and sharing progressive practices that add strategic business value. She led a 15 year global research programme that explored impactful learning strategies around the globe and has authored over 40 reports and hundreds of articles. Her work through #Learningchangemakers and Emerging Stronger continue to support and inform the changing world of workplace learning.
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Armin Hopp
President and Co-Founder, Speexx
DEUTSCH:
Armin Hopp ist Mitgründer und Vorstand von Speexx, der weltweit führenden digitalen Plattform für Sprachentraining und Online-Sprachtests in Unternehmen. Außerdem ist er Präsident des International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC). Seine Leidenschaft gilt der Familie, dem digitalen Lernen, EdTech, HR-Tech, Learning Transformation, Gitarren - und Speexx.
ENGLISH:
Armin Hopp is co-founder and president of Speexx, the world’s leading digital language skills testing and learning platform. He is also president of the International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC) He´s passionate about family, digital learning, EdTech, HR tech, learning transformation, guitars – and Speexx.
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Ever since the pandemic started it feels like someone pressed the fast-forward button for digital transformation. What we expected to happen in years is now happening within a few months. The 10th edition of Speexx Exchange on 1 December is the perfect juncture to discuss the new digital normal and what this massive acceleration of digital transformation means for HR and L&D.
Reality Check
Every year, we bring together HR and L&D leaders from across the globe for an in-depth reality check on learning transformation and talent management practices.
Community of Knowledge
Speexx Exchange is an international community of global thought leaders, friends and customers. We define what drives success in corporate learning, HR and business.
Facts & Data
Get the latest results from Europe’s leading independent benchmark research and return to work with brand-new data insights to underpin your team’s success. No future talk, just hard facts.
Digital Transformation
We look at best practices to understand how you can successfully transform your learning and HR organization to deliver real business value.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. If you are signed up for OEB already you can add this event to your registration via the registration form
Exploring Barriers to Change in Higher Education
Pre-Conference Workshops - M1
M1 Morning Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Exploring Barriers to Change in Higher Education
Workshop leader
Brian Mulligan
Head of Online Learning Innovation, Head of Online Learning Innovation, Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland
Brian qualified as an Engineer in 1978 and originally worked in mathematical modelling and simulation, and the application of IT in engineering. He is currently Head of Online Learning Innovation in the Centre for Online Learning at the Institute of Technology Sligo where he has worked as a lecturer and learning technology developer since 1984. He has been a leader in online distance learning in Ireland, initiating it in the country’s largest provider, IT Sligo, in 2002 and has contributed significantly to the growth of e-learning in Ireland since 1999 as a founding member of the Irish Learning Technology Association. His particular interests at the moment are in lean methods of content development, lowering the cost of higher education, work-based and project-based degrees.
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The barriers to change in higher education are many and often subtle. They also vary by the type of institution and by country. The workshop will draw participants together from many backgrounds to share their perceptions of the issues that are inhibiting change in their institutions or countries. Through discussions and online voting tools, the participants will identify the most important barriers and then propose possible actions to address these barriers.
Agenda
1. Presentation by the facilitator on barriers to change in higher education (10 minutes)
2. Breakout table discussions by smaller groups (4-6) on their perceptions of barriers. Groups
contribute barriers they have identified to online Padlet that will be displayed live (20 minutes)
3. All participants are invited to score the barriers listed in the Padlet and the most important
identified. Participants are invited to speak to the full group on why they suggested certain
barriers and influence the voting. (15 minutes)
4. Break (45 minutes)
5. Facilitator presents on the types of actions that might address barriers to change (5 minutes)
6. Participants, in groups, discuss actions that might address barriers and contribute ideas to the
Padlet. (15 minutes)
7. Participants start scoring suggested actions. Participants are invited to speak to the full group on
why they suggested certain actions and influence the voting. (20 minutes)
8. Close
Outcomes
● A deeper understanding of barriers to change.
● An insight into other organisations.
● Some ideas for addressing barriers to change.
Audience
Higher education policy makers and influencers at institutional and government level, as well as academics interested in innovation within higher education.
Please note: Participants should bring a smart device that allows them to access menti.com and padlet.com
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Voices, Sounds and Stories. Podcasting for Online Education, Research and Science Communication
Pre-Conference Workshops - M2
M2 Morning Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Voices, Sounds and Stories. Podcasting for Online Education, Research and Science Communication
Workshop leaders
Maria Conterno
Sound Engineer, Kaleidacoustics
Maria Conterno worked ten years as a university teacher and researcher, in the US, France, Lebanon, and Belgium. Until, one fine day, she fell in love with sound and everything audio, and she decided to pursue a career as sound engineer, sound designer, and podcast producer.
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Emanuele Fantini
Senior lecturer/researcher, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Netherlands
Emanuele Fantini is Senior lecturer and researcher in Water Politics and Communication at the Department of Water Governance of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (The Netherlands). Committed to public engagement and crossover projects with artists and journalists, he coordinates the project “Open Water Diplomacy. Media, science and transboundary cooperation in the Nile basin”, he hosts the podcasts “The Sources of the Nile” and “Water Alternatives Podcast”, and he is the editor of IHE Delft Water Governance Blog, FLOWs.
Maria Conterno is a sound engineer with a passion for sound design, field recording, and live sound. But in a previous life she was a university researcher and teacher: a historian, specialised in historiography and cultural history of the Middle East. Love for history and stories is not something you get easily rid of. And if you combine it with a passion for sound you get… audio storytelling! Her academic training and sound design skills complement and enhance each other in Kaleidacoustics’ productions.
Podcasts are really having a moment in the world of journalism and communication. We feel that education and research have not fully exploited the power of audio storytelling yet. Based on our experience and research on podcasting for online education and science communication, we will guide you through the full process of designing, recording, editing and sharing a podcast.
Agenda
This is a hands-on workshop. In the first part (1h and 15 minutes), after an introduction to the basic of podcasting, illustrated by some case studies of podcasts used in education, research, and science communication, we will do some exercises on active listening, interviewing, recording and editing. In the second part of the workshop (1h and 15 minutes), the participants will work at their own podcast, recording and editing interviews to other participants at the conference. We will conclude by listening together and giving feedback to the audio pieces produced.
Outcomes
In this workshop you will learn how to design, make, and publish a podcast:
- podcast design (looking at different podcast formats in education, research and science communication)
- audio storytelling
- good recording practices
- audio editing and finalising
By the end of the workshop, you will have produced your first own audio piece: it will be a lot of fun!
Audience
Anyone interested in using podcasts in education, research, and science communication.
Please note: Participants should bring their own laptop and headphones to edit their podcast, as well as their smartphone (or a recording device) to record audio files. They should also be able to transfer files from the smartphone to the laptop. We kindly request participants to download a free audio editing software, Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org/download) on their laptop ahead of the workshop.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Field Trip 2.0: Using the Space around You in Online Times
Pre-Conference Workshops - M3
M3 Morning Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Field Trip 2.0: Using the Space around You in Online Times
Daniek Bosch
Learning Experience Designer, Centre for Innovation - Leiden Univeristy
What is your most memorable learning experience? One of mine is teaching for the first time. I had prepared my class almost word by word, only to find out I was teaching a class from the French elementary school down the road. Instead of working on my didactical skills I got challenged on my improvisation skills. This is why learning is something I enjoy greatly, something unexpected is always around the corner.
In my work I hope to challenges teachers to rethink their current practices and translate their education to online or blended learning experiences. I use positive psychology and storytelling to make academic knowledge more personal and engaging.
Yentl Croese
Learning Experience Designer, Centre for Innovation - Leiden University, Netherlands
Yentl Croese is a Learning Experience Designer at Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation. Over the past few years Yentl has worked with a wide variety of teachers to develop new and innovative learning experiences for high school students, university students and staff.
She has also worked with students, including in her Honours Class in which students are given the opportunity to create part of their own education. Current passion projects consist of topics like Playful Learning, Mindfulness and Massive Multiplayer Forecasting Games (MMFG).
Yentl lives in the Rotterdam area (Netherlands), is married and has one son.
In this workshop you will take part in a collective fieldtrip, in the form of a podcast that allows you to wander, wonder and wind up in unexpected places.
You will either go outside and take a walk, or take yourself into your very own mind-palace right from where you’re sitting!
The aim of this workshop is to show that no matter where you are, you can still have a collective learning experience without sitting behind a (computer) screen the entire time. Change your views on online teaching and learning and get rid of your Zoom fatigue as we help you rediscover tools to learn while creating and retaining mental space.
Agenda
(20 min) Introduction
(25 min) Fieldtrip
(45 min) Return + Break
(10 min) General evaluation
(30 min) Reflection in groups
(10 min) Wrap up
Outcomes
During this hands on workshop we will:
- Provide you with new ideas for teaching and learning online.
- Help you rediscover tools to learn online while creating and retaining your mental space.
- Stimulate you to think creatively around integrating the offline world into online learning.
As a bonus we will also look at whether or not building a memory palace in the outside world is as effective as inside your mind.
Audience
Professionals who create learning experiences and/or train teachers; Teachers; anyone interested in podcasts, online learning or mindfulness.
Please note: All participants should bring a device to listen to the podcast, as well as their head-/earphones.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Careers Technology Supported Learning: The Bots Are Coming!
Pre-Conference Workshops - A2
A2 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Careers Technology Supported Learning: The Bots Are Coming!
Graham Attwell
CareerChat (UK)
Deirdre Hughes
CareerChat (UK)
George Bekiaridis
CareerChat (UK)
In today’s world, change is occurring at an unprecedented rate. Societies everywhere are undergoing a deep transformation. The Covid-19 pandemic, Industry 4.0 disruption, climate change, and an ageing workforce have become realities impacting on the social and economic fabric of societies.
Advances in technology are creating new tipping points that can trigger new ways in which customers and practitioners can access trustworthy careers information, advice and guidance at anytime of the day or night. The deepening divide between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ is forcing us all to consider how best to prepare for a fast-changing world of work.
Since March 2020, a team of highly experienced researchers and technology experts have worked on the creation of a unique and innovative Careers Chatbot (CiCi), powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. We believe that bots and humans can work together. You hear a lot about bots and technology being disruptive, but they do not need to be. This work is greatly influenced by the idea of social technology, of using combined human and digital resources to influence social processes – this can help individuals to prepare for possibilities rather than just simply make plans. We will set out key lessons learned and ideas for further development.
Agenda
1. Welcome Introduction to the team – 5mins
2. CiCi the careers chatbot demonstration and q &a session – 25 mins
3. Practitioner observations: technology-supported learning and training – 30 mins
Break - 45 mins
4. Design and development challenges and opportunities – 30 mins
5. Use of labour market information / intelligence – 30 mins
6. Question & Answer session – 15 mins
Outcomes
• The potential of chatbots in careers guidance and education
• Different kinds of chatbot
• How to design a chatbot
• How a chatbot gets its character
• How to use labour market data in careers education
• Ethical issues around chatbots
• How teachers, trainers and careers advisers can work alongside bots
Audience
Anyone interested in the topic from a wide range of sectors e.g., career development specialist organisations, Education and Research, NGOs and Civil Society, Government and Policy.
Please note: participants are kindly requested to bring a laptop or a mobile phone.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Storyboarding for Successful Student-centred Online Learning
Pre-Conference Workshops - A6
A6 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Storyboarding for Successful Student-centred Online Learning
Gilly Salmon
Professor & Principal consultant, Education Alchemists Ltd, United Kingdom
Professor Salmon is the founder and CEO of Education Alchemists Ltd - formed around her life's work including Carpe Diem learning design, pedagogical transformation, online education, technology-enhanced teaching, the 5 stage model, e-tivities, and Education 4.0. Until recently Professor of Learning Transformation and pro-vice-chancellor at universities in the UK and Australia, she is now based in London with all workshops offered fully digitally and worldwide. She is a well-known keynote speaker and workshop leader. Her books E-moderating and E-tivities are considered seminal texts
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Rod Angood
Managing and Visual Director, Education Alchemists Ltd, United Kingdom
Rod Angood, BA, MBA. is MD & Principal Visioning Director. of Education Alchemists Ltd. Previously he held senior roles as Executive Director of Information Technology & Information Systems at two UK universities. His first career was as a Royal Naval Officer in the Submarine Service. He brings extensive experience of leadership development, strategy & organisation.
Rod is now an established Graphic Artist providing ‘Artist in Residence’ services to Carpe Diem & Futuring workshops, supporting keynote speeches with real time artistic images, & academics with pictures & diagrams that explore concepts, ideas & models.
This workshop provides you with an opportunity to acquire concepts, skills and practice in rethinking a core element of designing for online or blend. It is based on Carpe Diem learning design, which is a team-based learning design process.
Agenda
- Understanding of how to move from ‘emergency teaching’ to sustainable student-centred learning, from ‘aspiration’ to achieving engagement and quality (30 mins)
- Understanding and acquisition of knowledge of seminal concepts: 5 stage model, e-tivities, student engagement, equivalence (30 mins)
- Trials, feedback and practice with others (90 mins)
Outcomes
How to use the best of researched evidence to create online and blended learning
How to collaborate with others to quickly and effectively plan units, modules and programmes
Maybe a draft storyboard for your own course
Audience
For all professional developers, teachers and lecturers at all levels, corporate trainers, learning technologists, educational designers and librarians. It is ideal for intermediate experience but also suitable for beginners and experienced.
Please note: it is desirable to bring a laptop, but not essential.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
How to Build the Future of Teaching and Learning While Learning from the Changes and Challenges of 2020-21
Pre-Conference Workshops - A1
A1 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
How to Build the Future of Teaching and Learning While Learning from the Changes and Challenges of 2020-21
Mary Ellen Wiltrout
Lecturer in Digital Learning/Director of Online and Blended Learning Initiatives, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
Mary Ellen has led the execution of the digital learning strategy for the Department of Biology at MIT for over seven years. As a Lecturer and Director of Online and Blended Learning Initiatives, she trains and mentors instructors, postdoctoral fellows, and students, manages the digital learning projects for the department including MOOCs and hybrid learning experiences and conducts research on the design of digital learning experiences. She and her team created two of the MOOCs on the list of the best online courses of all time according to ClassCentral. Her group received a silver award in the science of learning category at the 2019 Reimagine Education conference.
Prior to her current position, Mary Ellen earned her PhD in Biology from MIT, and then taught at Harvard University.
Mary Ellen’s broader roles at MIT include being a senior member of the Digital Learning Lab, an organizer of workshops on digital learning and has positions on committees that span all departments at MIT.
During 2020-21, higher education around the world pivoted in-person teaching and learning online in response to the COVD-19 pandemic. As campuses re-open(ed) with vaccinations, what’s the longer-term positive impact of all of the rapid changes for students, instructors, and staff? How do we take the lessons learned from difficult times and great challenges to transition to a better future rather than just a blind return to the pre-pandemic state of teaching and learning?
In this workshop, we will go beyond just thinking about the transition to more digital but also consider the increased awareness of more student-centered teaching methods during a time of great attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. At the time of this workshop, some participants will have already experienced a semester or two of how this new future is developing at their institute along with the hurdles and early reactions.
Agenda
In this workshop, we will discuss how the events of 2020-21 have impacted the present and future of higher education in a beneficial way. We will work through the following categories involving teaching and learning: logistics of running a course, the tools, general student services and programs, successful course examples, how we work, attitudes, and relationships from a student, instructor, and educational staff perspective. The workshop will be led from the perspective of someone involved in online course development for 7 years at MIT prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will share the similarities and differences of what is working well within their institute and how they overcame difficulties in this transitional time for others to take what they learn back to their teams and students.
Outcomes
Reflect upon a time of change and challenge to identify beneficial impacts for the future of how students learn and how those those behind instruction work.
Strategise maintaining the good and stopping the bad practices not working for students or not based on evidence-based pedagogy.
Build systems to support instructors in higher education continuing some percentage of digital learning.
Adjust and adapt during a time of transition to the “new normal” of teaching and learning.
Audience
Ed tech staff, managers, or faculty in higher ed or institutes of life-long learning
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
DistancE-Learning in Europe - Exchange of Experience and Knowledge Sharing
Pre-Conference Workshops - A3
A3 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
DistancE-Learning in Europe - Exchange of Experience and Knowledge Sharing
Workshop leaders
Jens Greefe
Director of Studies, ILS Institut für Lernsysteme GmbH, Germany
Jens Greefe is the Director of Studies at the ILS in Hamburg, Germanys biggest distance learning provider, educating app. 70.000 students in more than 300 distance courses. He is responsible for the development and the organization of the course programs and for the quality management of the ILS
He holds a diploma in Economics and is chairman of the Research & Development Committee of EADL since 2014. From 2012 until 2020 Jens Greefe was Vice president of the german association for distance learning “Bundesverband der Fernstudienanbieter” formerly named “Forum Distance Learning”.
Since 2021 he is member of the Global Adicory Board of the OEB Online Educa Berlin
Ellen Gunning
Member of the Board, EADL
Speakers
Tony Horsfield
Executive Director, European Association of Distance Learning
Tony has considerable experience as a senior manager, consultant, writer, executive coach and trainer, leading major projects for organisations in the UK and overseas. Tony is also a director of Elearn Limited, has been a trustee of the Lifelong Learning Foundation, and held senior positions in The Open College, Pearson Publishing, FT Management and Worldwide Learning.
In addition to engineering qualifications, Tony has a MA in management; and is a Johnson Medallist, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Training and Development, Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Member of the Institute of Consulting.
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Katja Borns-Löhn
Executive Director, Bundesverband der Fernstudienanbieter E.V.
Niels Pinkwart
Scientific Director of the Educational Technology Lab, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart is Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He is also Scientific Director of the Research Department Educational Technology Lab at DFKI Berlin. His research interests lie at the intersection of Computer Science, Education, and Organizational/Societal Change. Prof. Pinkwart has authored more than 250 peer reviewed publications. He is a regular member of a variety of program committees of scientific conferences and currently acts as associate editor of the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education and as member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Data Mining.
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JaapJan Vroom
Senior advisor Innovation and leader nationwide acceleration program data-enhanced education., Deltion College, Zwolle, Netherlands, Netherlands
JaapJan is advisor on TE-learning, projectmanager data enhanced education at Deltion College and also leader of the nationwide acceleration team Data enhanced Education for Vocational education. He is expert on blended learning and an out of the box innovator with special interest for use of data in education.
Michael Härtel
Senior Researcher, BIBB, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany
Distance Learning Providers today are processing large amounts of participants data to optimise their services and give/provide the best possible aid/support to their learners. It is expected that learning analytic tools will have an important impact on the learning environments of the future. This Pre-conference Workshop will give you insights into the latest (issues around) learning analytics from a scientific point of view and will discuss best practices in vocational education as well.
Agenda
- 15:00 Welcome and Introduction
European Association for Distance Learning EADL
Bundesverband der Fernstudienanbieter E.V.
Bundesinstitut für berufliche Bildung BIBB - 15:15 Learning Analytics – the scientific point of view
Prof. Dr. Niels Pinkwart, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin - 16:00 Coffee Break – Time for Networking
- 16:30 Learning Analytics – best practices in the Netherlands
Jaapjan Vroom, Deltion College, NL
Outcomes
Gaining information about learning analytic methods and tools
Receiving knowledge of best practice in learning analytics
Expanding networks and supporting the sharing of knowledge in Distance Education
Audience
This Pre-Conference Workshop will especially benefit all adult learning professionals working in the field of vocational education and training, but the topics will be relevant to educators, researchers and HR-specialists as well.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Design Thinking
Pre-Conference Workshops - A4
A4 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Design Thinking
Irene Conversano
Learning Experience Designer, Butterly Works, Netherlands
Irene Conversano has a background in Strategic Product Design at Delft University of Technology. She has more than three years of experience in conducting design research and service design in Asia and Africa. Irene joined Butterfly Works two years ago, and there she holds the role of Design Researcher and Learning Experience Designer. Africa. Her activities range from design research and co-creation facilitation to concept and content development of educational tools and toolkits, both
digital and offline. She gets energized when confronted with new challenges, when she can bring creativity out of people and when she can use co-creation and Design Thinking to have a positive
impact on society.
Thais Costa
Design researcher & learning experience designer, Butterfly Works, Netherlands
Thais is a design researcher and learning experience designer, with expertise in co-creation and design thinking approach. Thais has more than 5 years of experience with human-centred research processes that provide insights to the needs of the people we design for. She believes that the key to design is to question our own assumptions and being open to truly listen. Through co-creation and participatory tools, she creates spaces where people feel comfortable to share, learn, create and innovate together. This results in solutions with a wider social impact.
We believe in the power of co-creation and Design Thinking in creating more diverse, equal and inclusive spades for communities and organisations. Co-creation is about honouring different insights and including end users in the design process. The result is a strong sense of ownership and practical, sustainable solutions.
In this Pre-conference Workshop we will share our experience using a human-centred and co-creative approach to do user research and explain how it can be used as a powerful tool to highlight the voice of people and put their experiences and needs at the centre of the process.
We will particularly focus on the topic of inclusion and diversity. We will share learnings from previous projects we have conducted in Mozambique and the Netherlands, where we engaged with people with disabilities and from diverse cultural backgrounds on a journey to together map experiences, needs and visions for the future.
With this topic in mind, during the pre-conference workshop will be focusing on the challenge:
“How might we use design research tools to empower voices of diverse and multi-cultural people and provide spaces for them to take an active leading role in designing the future they want?"
Our unique experience in working with people with these intersecting identities means we are aware of the unique ways that they may experience vulnerability and disadvantage. Engaging in a human-centred approach is crucial to acknowledging these intersections and to actively include them in the need definition and project design.
At Online Educa Berlin, we would like to further discuss what it means to be inclusive and share our learnings of using a human-centered and co-creative approach towards inclusivity and equity. We would like to open the discussion and hear from others in the room about their experience with the topics of inclusion, diversity and equity. We will then finalise the session with a practical exercise for participants to practice one of our tools of the Exploration Lab
Agenda
(20 mins) Introduction to the Exploration Lab
We will start the session with an Introduction to our Exploration Lab research process and how it has been applied in the development sector, to support the creation of more diverse and inclusive spaces. We will share specifically about how we used this process to meaningfully engage with people with disabilities and from diverse cultural backgrounds in previous projects carried out in Mozambique and the Netherlands.
We will then introduce the design challenge for this session:
“How might we use design research tools to empower voices of diverse and multi-cultural people and provide spaces for them to take an active leading role in designing the future they want?
(20 mins) Brainstorm on the topics of inclusion, diversity and equity
Next, we will facilitate a brainstorming session on the topics inclusion, diversity and equity. We would like to hear from people in the room, discuss and reflect on their experiences within these topics. A few discussion questions we will be exploring are:
• What does inclusion mean to you and/or to your organisation?
• What are the main challenges you encounter when trying to make spaces more inclusive?
• What steps are you currently taking to make spaces more inclusive for you, your organisation and/or your community?
(45 mins) Break
(40 mins) Practical exercise: Exploration Lab tool
We will invite participants of the session to review tools we use in our Exploration Lab research process in relation to the needs of 4 fictional personas. The personas will serve as fictional scenarios to ignite discussions and solutions regarding inclusion and diversity. Participants will also learn more about our design research tools and how they have been adapted to be useful for people with disabilities.
(25 mins) Share back & wrap up the session with the main take-aways.
After the practical exercise, participants will share back in plenary their experiences while working with the research tools and discussing their scenarios. We will wrap-up the talk with a reflection on the use of design thinking and a human-centred approach to the main topics of this session.
Outcomes
Participants will learn about the applicability of Design thinking and co-creation in making more inclusive and sustainable spaces for organisations, end users and communities. In this process participants will explore tools and methodologies that can be applicable in different sectors and thematics. Furthermore, participants will have an inside look at practical examples of co-creation and design research applied, encouraging them to embark on the Design thinking mindset.
Audience
Anyone from Education and Research, NGO’s and civil society and Humanitarian working field organisations.
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.
Learning from Covid: The Shift to Hybrid Learning in K12 Education
Pre-Conference Workshops - A5
A5 Afternoon Event
Date Wednesday, Dec 1 Time –
Learning from Covid: The Shift to Hybrid Learning in K12 Education
Workshop leaders
Paul Bacsich
Founder and Managing Director, Professor of Practice for the University of West Indies Open Campus and consultant at Matic Media Ltd, United Kingdom
Paul Bacsich is the Founder and Managing Director of Matic Media Ltd, a consultancy in the UK active in online learning since 1996. He is also Professor of Practice for the University of West Indies Open Campus, which is headquartered in Barbados.
In addition he consults for the SeroHE division of Sero Consulting Ltd as a Senior Associate: he was a member of the Sero team who recently reviewed Learning Technology Support at the University of Oxford, and currently he is leading a 12-month project at Sero to develop an accredited vocational short online course to teach teachers to teach online for Wey Education (who run Interhigh Virtual School and other similar entities).
He is also Visiting Professor for University of Derby Online Learning (UDOL) in the UK.
He has a long-standing interest in Open Education via a large EU project (POERUP) and several EU/European Parliament studies: in particular he is Co-Coordinator of the Open Education Working Group and an Ambassador for the global advocacy of OER and a member of the OER Advocacy Committee of ICDE. He was a co-author for the JRC 2017 report “Policy Approaches to Open Education in 28 Member States”.
His interests in leadership in e-learning were developed during the Erasmus+ D-TRANSFORM project 2014-17, which drew on and continued his work over 20 years on management of open and distance learning.
In addition to his public work he consults for a number of international, government, commercial, venture fund and university clients on market/competitor/pricing research, policy, education funding models and retention strategies. He has recently finalised a report on credit recognition and transfer for online masters' programmes, for a university client in Canada.
In 2015-16 Paul chaired the review panel for the Vision and Strategy Appraisal of the UK Open University Library, where he interviewed over 70 staff and students and carried out substantial comparative and policy research. He also chaired the E-learning review panel for Uppsala University, with three days of intensive meetings and presentations, and spent four months chairing a task force for the National Forum for Learning and Teaching in Ireland to prepare a scoping document on infrastructure issues related to online learning.
Some of his recent thinking can be found in his UNESCO policy brief on "Alternative Models of Education Delivery" and in a paper for the "Open Education 2030" higher education workshop run by the EU. He remains very interested in "Multiversity" models and competence-based provision, based on his earlier studies on "Time and e-learning", developed from a speech given in Austria, a country with which he has increasing links.
He is a co-founder of MultEversity, a start-up in online/blended post-secondary education which aims in due course to be an accredited university and higher vocational provider. He also has had involvement in other early-stage online providers over the last six years and has done several studies of them.
In the university phase of his career he was a researcher at Oxford University, had many roles over 25 years at the UK Open University, and was for seven years Professor of Telematics at Sheffield Hallam University and then a Director at the UK e-University. He was also Visiting Professor at Middlesex University and Advisor to the Rector of the Arab Open University.
He has knowledge of and/or experience in higher education in many developed countries.
Michelle Selinger
Principal Consultant, Dualversity, United Kingdom
Michelle is a freelance consultant specialising in technology-supported innovation in learning and teaching with extensive and acclaimed experience in online and distance learning. She has acted as expert consultant and adviser to international agencies including the European Commission, UNESCO, the World Economic Forum, the South African Government, and as a member of the Australian Federal Minister of Education’s Digital Education Advisory Group. Michelle is an education strategy consultant to major IT companies Previously, Michelle was Director, Education Practice, Cisco Consultancy Services, Lecturer in Education, Open University, and Director of the Centre for New Technologies Research in Education, University of Warwick.
Links
The hurried move to virtual learning was a huge shock to school systems as schools went rapidly into lockdown during the pandemic. As we gradually move back to school, the lesson learnt are being translated into classroom practice and online learning and we see the embryo of a new model for hybrid learning. This workshop will provide ‘brain food’ for stimulating discussion through remote conversations and video input from those who have achieved success with new models of teaching and learning, and with short presentations from thought leaders in hybrid learning. Participants experiences will be shared and a new model for effective hybrid learning will be developed.
Agenda
- Introduction and outline of workshop and intended outcomes – 10 minutes
- Input 1 – School Perspective – successes and challenges of moving to virtual learning – 15- 20 mins
- Discussion and sharing of outcomes in small groups - what leads to success and how can challenges be overcome – 20 minutes
Break – 45 minutes - Input 2 – Policy perspective – how governments tackled the move to virtual learning and what lessons will they take forward to hybrid learning models and future lockdowns - 15-20 minutes
- Discussion – What messages to governments? How can schools work together more closely to build learning resilience and improve learning outcomes through hybrid learning and what edtech solutions and support are needed- 30 minutes
- Key take-aways
Outcomes
- Learning about other country /schools perspectives on virtual and hybrid learning
- New ideas about virtual and hybrid learning and role of edtech
- Formation of learning resilience networks to share ideas and practices
As seats are limited, Pre-Conference Workshops require prior registration. Whether you are signed up for OEB already or will be registering for the conference today, you can book this specific Workshop via: https://oeb.global/oeb-workshop-booking.