I am Dean of the Instructional Technologies faculty at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in Israel. 

From 2001 -2011, I served as an Adjunct Professor at The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Graduate School at the Master of Distance Education and E-learning Program.

Other positions were:  head of interactive television satellite-based unit at the Open University of Israel (OUI) and a director of an e-learning center at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Also, I was the Academic Vice President of a company that provided e-learning solutions for the corporate industry.

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Director for Innovations in Education, Executive Director of The Fund for Educational Innovation, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Law - Oksana Chernenko has been at HSE University since 2003. Responsibilities: • Supervising the activities of the HSE Office of Innovations in Education, as well as special international programmes; • Developing and implementing programmes aimed at raising the quality of instruction and teaching skills; • Organizing activities under the HSE Fund for Educational Innovation; • Implementing the HSE Summer University project, which was developed to boost the University’s overall visibility, while also promoting undergraduate and graduate programmes to international students; • Organizing research trips for students.

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https://www.hse.ru/en/

Dr Anne-Marie Chase is the Course Coordinator for Postgraduate Courses and Online Learning. In this role she is responsible for the effective management of postgraduate courses at ACER, including curriculum that aligns teaching, learning and assessment approaches in a strong pedagogical framework. Anne-Marie coordinates a team of online facilitators, student administration and technical support staff to provide a high quality student experience in line with ACER policies. She also coordinates the input of subject matter experts who have academic oversight of the courses. Dr Chase has worked in initial teacher education with a focus on development for online delivery and managing the professional experience component. Dr Chase has experience as a researcher and lecturer in teacher education and online learning in Australia and the UK. Her research has focused on information technology in learning and more recently on teaching and learning online. Dr Chase has a background teaching in secondary education in both the government and non-government sector in the UK and Australia. Dr Chase has managed school-based projects with a focus on digital technology in education for the Department of Education and Multimedia Victoria, developing professional learning for teachers and encouraging the growth of online learning communities.

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https://www.ufpe.br/

Safa Ghnaim leads Tactical Tech’s successful Data Detox Kit project, building partnerships and leading workshops around the world. The Data Detox Kit’s friendly, non-technical tone and flexible approach gives people the space to choose their own Data Detox journey through controlling their data privacy and digital security, enhancing their digital wellbeing, and spotting misinformation.

Before joining Tactical Tech, she worked as an educator and editor, most notably editing and formatting the book Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora, which told the story of her family.

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https://tacticaltech.org/#/

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Miho is a certified Data Protection Officer and a co-founder of Enobyte GmbH. Enobyte helps businesses comply and maintain General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) processes with their GDPR Toolbox. Prior to this she founded AirMarkr, a mobile app that lets you draw in the air. It was named one of the hottest startups in Germany by LeWeb, and The Next Web. Miho has won multiple awards as a digital concepter and UI/UX person, working for major clients such as Vodafone, MINI, and Sony-Playstation. 

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http://enobyte.com/https://www.gumpp.com

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Dr. Tero Kokkonen works as a senior lecturer and R&D manager at the Institute of Information Technology at JAMK University of Applied Sciences. Before his Academic career, Tero has served as a program manager and technical specialist with C4ISR Systems in Finnish Air Force. He is a graduate of Jyväskylä University (Ph.D. Mathematical Information Technology). Tero has significantly conducted research and development in cyber security and artificial intelligence including several international publications.

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http://www.jamk.fi/fi/Etusivu/

Dr Ismini Vasileiou Associate Professor in Information Systems (FBCS, SFHEA) is holding the roles of: Associate Head for Teaching and Learning and Subject Lead in Information Systems in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Leading the team on Information Systems, developing cutting edge curriculum giving attention to diverse teaching and assessment.

Dr. Vasileiou's is certified on Social Engineering delivering workshops as and when needed. Her research interests include Social Engineering, Security Education, Information Systems, Big Data and Technology-supported Learning. Holding an EdD in Flexible Learning for Computing Degrees in Higher Education, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of BCS, Dr Vasileiou is actively involved in academic delivery at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as the supervision of BSc, MSc and postgraduate research(PhD). Dr Vasileiou is publishing on topics including flexible learning, security education, and technology-supported delivery, and delivers a variety of invited presentations and keynote talks in relation to topics such as unconscious bias and stereotypes in STEM topics.

She was a successful Athena SWAN lead and has led various policy changes across the institutions. Has worked extensively on Unconscious Bias training material and can deliver it internally and externally as and when needed.

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http://www.dmu.ac.uk

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Andy Lancaster leads learning at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) where he is responsible for the vision and creation of innovative learning solutions to support the people profession worldwide.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in learning and organizational development in commercial, technological and not-for-profit organizations.

Andy leads the direction and delivery of CIPD’s new vision for learning and development. He was part of the team that developed CIPD’s new global L&D qualifications and is pioneering digital learning at the Institute. He also supports CIPD’s business consultancy services.

Andy has a Master’s Degree in Instructional Design and regularly speaks at conferences, writes and contributes to research. His latest book “Driving Performance Through Learning” won an award and was highly commended at the “2020 Business Book Awards” and is available through Kogan Page publishing.

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http://www.cipd.co.uk

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Donald H Taylor is a 25 year veteran of the learning, skills and human capital industries, with experience at every level from design and delivery to chairman of the board. He has been chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute since 2010.

A recognised commentator and organiser in the fields of workplace learning and learning technologies, Donald is passionately committed to helping develop the learning and development profession.

His background ranges from training delivery to director and vice-president positions in software companies. Donald has been a company director and shareholder for three companies through start up, growth and acquisition.

He is an influential writer and speaker in the fields of the professional development of L&D and of technology-supported learning. He was the 2007 recipient of the Colin Corder award for services to training and has chaired the Learning Technologies Conference since 2000. He also chairs the Learning and Skills Group, hosting its bi-weekly webinar programme, and edits Inside Learning Technologies Magazine. He is a graduate of Oxford University and in 2016 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Middlesex University in recognition of his work developing the L&D profession.

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http://www.iitt.org.uk/http://www.infobasis.com/

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Prof. Maria Amata Garito is a the president and rector of the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO. She is also Professor Emeritus of Psychotechnologies at the Faculty of Psychology of the same university. She is also a researcher, whereas her work mainly focused on the following three fields: 1. Training Structures and Methodologies; 2. Comparative Education; 3. New Technologies applied to Teaching and Learning Processes. She produced over two hundred publications including books, essays and contributions to international journals related to the aforementioned research topics. She received many prizes and awards at national and international level for the activity carried out at academic level.

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http://www.uninettunouniversity.net/

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http://www.mef.edu.tr

Afif Rustom is an international business development professional, whose career has been focused on transforming content providers and institutions to digital through various tools and methodologies enhancing the overall outcomes and learning experience. He works closely with key stakeholders in ministries of education, consortiums, institutions and content providers to enable learners, instructors and management to make a systematic transformation to digital and scale the solutions. In such capacity he has held various roles such as Senior Regional Manager for Europe at McGraw-Hill Education based in Frankfurt and Regional manager for the Gulf region at McGraw-Hill Education based in Dubai.

His experience has been extensive across more than 50 countries in building and leading teams to tackle educational solutions and implement digital transformation with successful results based on usage, collaborative interaction, and achieving learning outcomes. He is currently leading the Business Development team for Europe, Middle East and Africa at VitalSource Technologies. He is based in Frankfurt, working closely with various Higher Education and K12 Institutions, regional partners, publishers, consortiums and ministries of education.

Key Interests: technology, digital education, business intelligence, innovation, learning science, transformational management and professional development.

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http://mheducation.com

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Head of L&D at Kiwi.com, Adrian has been with Kiwi.com for over 4 years and has been involved in the development of the department from a training team of seven members support the company in it's start up phase to the current team of 26 direct spread across three teams addressing the ever evolving needs of the organisation.

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https://www.kiwi.com/

Patrick Parrish is Chief of Training Activities Division in the Education and Training Office of the World Meteorological Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland. He has been an instructional designer and training manager for 25 years, with a primary focus on distance learning solutions. In 2008 he earned a PhD in Education with an emphasis on the design of engaging learning experiences, and has published many journal articles and book chapters on related topics. For 20 years, he worked with the COMET Program in the development of education and training resources in meteorology and other geosciences topics, primarily for professional continuing education, before coming to WMO in 2012.

Patrick’s work is driven by a fascination with the processes of learning and the challenges of training, particularly the challenge of engaging learners with intrinsically motivating learning experiences. His current efforts include promoting and guiding the use of eLearning solutions for education and professional development for weather, climate, and hydrologic forecasters and related professions. 

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http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/dra/etrp…

Dr. Andreas Pippow is head of the center for continuous learning in data science at Fraunhofer FIT. Dr. Pippow gained his PhD in neuroscience in 2008 and joined Fraunhofer in 2011. As a Fraunhofer research manager, he is particularly committed to the transfer of Fraunhofer's technologies and knowledge.

This includes establishing appropriate internal structures and understanding needs of customers. He sees continuous learning as an important transfer path for a knowledge organization like Fraunhofer.

Dr. Pippow is also involved in several expert committees to facilitate learning in the field of data science. He is chair of the data science expert committee of the Fraunofer Personnel Certification board. He also leads the technical expert committee at Verein Deutscher Ingenieure to develop a guideline for data management.

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https://www.fit.fraunhofer.de

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Sophia completed her doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Potsdam with a thesis on democracy and political theory. She also taught and hold research positions in Potsdam (Germany), Dublin (Ireland) and Philadelphia (USA). Since 2018 she works as a project manager in E-Learning at the University of Potsdam.

Her main interests are in the consequences of the digital transformation on education, learning, organisational change, job and life skills. How the transformation can be implemented in schools and universities is one of the questions that keep her busy.

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https://bildung.digital.udk-berlin.de

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Alexander graduated from the Odessa State Economic University with a degree in marketing in 1999. During the time at the university, Alexander took several leadership positions in the local committee of AIESEC in Odessa, an international students’ association that facilitates international student exchanges.   After the graduation, Alexander started a tourist business and worked at the Odessa Regional Investment Promotion Bureau as a consultant.

Combining experience in the investment promotion and tourism fields Alexander had defended a Ph.D. thesis in environmental economics on methods of evaluation of economic and ecological attractiveness of recreational territories in 2007.

Alexander had participated in several EU sponsored projects as a local expert in business development and education for businesses. After having a 2-year contract in a modern construction company (EcoReed Int) Alexander went back to be an educational expert.

Now Alexander has a position of a tenure associate professor, an MBA program director and a pre-MBA program director at MIM-Kyiv Business School. He also runs an eLearning Lab at MIM-Kyiv.

Alexander is a guest professor with courses on communication and leadership for the Diplomatic Academy of MFA of Ukraine.

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Claudia runs the Communication Design program at the School of Art and Design at Texas State University and is the graduate advisor for the MFA program, a non-traditional low residency program that utilizes emerging technologies to support digitally engaged learning.

She brings 20+ years of international design experience and strategic entrepreneurial thinking and teaches graduate courses in typography, editorial and typeface design, as well as entrepreneurship. She gets excited about international and cross-disciplinary projects, and speaks at conferences about typography, design thinking and global learning.

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Just Kjærgård Pedersen is an Associate Professor with Cphbusiness, where he for the past 5 years he has lectured on project management, strategy, marketing and methodology.

Just holds a CEMS MiM degree as well as a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from CBS. Just has over a decade of experience with consulting and business development in the energy sector, where he has managed a number of strategic projects for Ørsted and BP.

In 2019, Just was part of launching a Bachelor’s Degree in E-commerce Management, which is the newest program at Cphbusiness. The program seeks to combine technical knowledge of content management systems with commercial insights.

Just is currently finalizing a research project on digital purchasing behavior, where Just is looking into concepts such as influencer marketing and marketing automation.

Just is a passionate presenter and mentor. He lives in Copenhagen with his family and enjoys travelling and playing strategy games in his spare time.

Marjut Anderson (MSc., Eng) works at CSC - Finnish IT Center for Science where she works as a service manager supporting national and local solutions for organising educational and teaching cooperation across organisation boundaries.

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https://csc.fi/en/web/guest/home

Liisa Kallio (M.A. in modern languages and B.Sc. in information system science) works at the University of Jyväskylä digital services since 2013. She is a coordinator in a digipedagogical team which is responsible for supporting the use of ICT in teaching and learning. She is an alumna of University of Jyväskylä and before joining the digital services she worked as a coordinator of ICT enhanced teaching and learning in the University of Jyväskylä Language Centre for 18 years.     

Founder and General Manager of EdTech Ventures consultancy services and EdTech Anyltics who develop formative assessment and data solutions. Peter has worldwide experience in the design and development of digital education solutions working with highest level of government organisations, NGOs, and Industry partners. Peter has significant experience with large country-wide education strategy deployments. 

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Pam Burnard is Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

She Chairs the University of Cambridge Arts and Creativities Research Group and is co-editor-in-chief of the international Journal Creativity and Thinking Skills.

She has published widely with 12 books and over 100 articles which advance and expand the conceptualization and plural expression of diverse creativities in practice across early years, primary and secondary school settings, through to creative and cultural industry sectors. Four of her most recent funded projects investigate STEAM Why science and arts creativities matter: Reconfigurings for future-making education; Contemporising Careers in Music; MUSICEUM (How music matters to young children in museum spaces); and Transformative Practices and Policy Change in Professional Doctoral Education: Disrupting Positionality.

Katja Ninnemann develops, implements and investigates innovative learning and working environments to link the physical and the virtual world while taking into account organizational, social and spatial aspects.

She studied Architecture and Urban Development at Technische Universität Darmstadt and wrote her doctoral thesis at Technische Universität Wien about innovation processes and the potentials of hybrid learning spaces at universities. From 2019 to 2020 she held the visiting professorship Corporate Learning Architecture at Technische Universität Berlin to teach and do research on the topic of spatial design processes and spatial design practices of hybrid environments.

After working several years at SRH (Stiftung Rehabilitation Heidelberg) as well as with her own office 47ig she starts the professorship Digitalization and Workspace Management at HTW Berlin – Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin in October 2020.

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https://www.srh-hochschulen.de/de/srh-h…

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Ellen Van de Woestijne is Global Strategic Marketing Director for Learning Experience at Barco. Ellen is an experienced B2B marketeer and passionate about digital transformation, sales and marketing. As Global Strategic Director, she is responsible for the go-to-market, the complete marketing value chain and the global communications of Barco’s products and solutions in the Learning & Development market. Ellen joined Barco 5 years ago. She lived, worked and studied in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong. She developed her skills at innovative companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Omega Pharma & Tennant.

Ellen is a regular speaker on learning technologies and the implementation of virtual-instructor led training.

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http://www.barco.com

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Instructional designer, capacity building and learning specialist with great experience in knowledge management. Daniela has been involved with the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) initiative, where she was responsible for the coordination of communication and training activities supporting the development of international emergency response mechanisms. Previously, she worked as knowledge manager and learning specialist for UN OCHA Geneva and for IT UNICEF in New York HQ. She is still consulting with WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) where she is part of WHE Simulation Task Team and Learning and Capacity Building Team. Her specialties include adult learning and the instructional design of learning and training activities (including all aspects of the analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation phases), technology enhanced learning (networked e-learning), new technologies (learning content management systems, authoring software and social software), creative design thinking and knowledge management.

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https://crimedim.uniupo.it/

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http://wacker.com

Inge de Waard (PhD) is currently leading the learning part of an InnoEnergy project that alleviates skill and competency gaps by combining Artificial Intelligence (AI, specifically Natural Language Processing), Human Resources (HR), learning analytics to provide a personalised learning trajectory (including micro-credits, blockchain in education, informal and formal learning options...). This project combines the expertise of people working at InnoEnergy, The Open University (UK), FutureLearn and many European University partners working on renewable energy.

Since 1999, Inge has set-up, coordinated and developed several innovative online, blended and mobile learning projects, always with a focus on participation and durability. These projects involved partners and individuals from both the Northern (Canada, United States, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, UK) and Southern regions (South-Africa, India, Peru, Morocco). As an avid enthusiast of open science, she is an active international speaker giving keynotes and guest lectures, as well as providing and receiving knowledge input through seminars, SIGs and workshops.   

Enlightened by the first connectivist MOOCs, she set up the first MOOC on mobile learning, called MobiMOOC (2011 & 2012). This was a community and project-oriented MOOC, enabling international learners to realize their own project by the end of the MOOC.

Her core sentiment on learning is: “I have come to realize that there is no single solution for all. The diversity which is at the core of nature’s success, is replicated by the diversity in learning preferences and ways to achieve learning success in humans”. She loves to exchange ideas, so feel free to talk to her.

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http://www.innoenergy.com/

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http://www.avans.nl

After having been a teacher at Secondary I in history, French, geography, a trainer in history didactics and a member of the pedagogical council of the Séminaire Pédagogique de l'Enseignement Secondaire, I am currently Associate HEP Professor in history didactics and citizenship education since the creation of HEP Vaud.

Doctor of Letters from the University of Lausanne since 2013, my thesis is devoted to the authority of discourse in Vaud school textbooks. It is entitled Autorité du discours - Discours d'autorité: les manuels d'histoire vaudois (1938-1998). 

Following on from my thesis, my work in history didactics focuses on the issues of multiperspectivity in the teaching of the history of one's own country.

The other axes of my reflections and researches concern the use and use of media (films, video games) and technologies (Web 2.0) in teaching and interactions to public history.

For the past two years, my work has focused on the possible links between computational and historical thinking and the place of doing (Maker) in the teaching of history. Overall, the question of digital skills in history teaching occupies an important place in my reflections and research.

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http://hepl.ch

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Eva Lindig is the Head of Product Management at CODE University of Applied Sciences. Eva held several positions in product marketing and product management in tech startups and mid-size businesses (e.g. XING and Friendsurance) before joining CODE in October 2017. Putting the customers and their needs always first, Eva is a passionate product manager and loves mind-blowing product ideas and their efficient implementation in a cross-functional team. Her research interests include the product discovery process, innovation strategies, behavioral economics, and digital education.

Perrine de Coëtlogon is an expert for Digital technology, Europe & International, within the MIssion for Pedagogy and Digital Technology (MIPNES) of the French Ministry for Higher Education. She is member of the working group of the European Commission “Digital skills and competences” since January 2016 and has been member of the team that lead to the French innovative portal www.sup-numerique.gouv.fr. She has practised for 6 years as general secretary for the Frenchspeaking Digital University for Health and Sport Sciences (UNF3S), having therefor knowledge and practice in OER, in France but also in French speaking countries (Senegal, Ivory Cost, #IDENEUF). She has studied law and German law in Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense and the Potsdam University (Germany). Before going back to higher education in 2009, she practised law at the Paris Bar for 7 years in French, English and German.

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Graham Hudson works with professional organisations, government ministries and development programmes both nationally and internationally. His focus is on helping organisations get better outcomes from their examinations and assessments by improving the reliability and validity of assessments.  He helps organisations make the change to digital systems and is an expert in supporting them through successful procurement. He has over 35 years experience in the industry and has been responsible for marking the UK's national curriculum tests as well as the introduction of marking from image technology nationally and internationally. Graham Hudson is a member of the IoD’s Assessment Committee and is chair of the Learning and Technology Committee for NEBOSH. He is also a Board member and Secretary of the e-Assessment Association (eAA), a not-for-profit independent body for those working with e-Assessment.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  He has considerable experience of procurement of e-assessment solutions from both sides of the fence as well as a excellent working knowledge of the market.

Garnet Berry works at LinkedIn, with a focus on supporting organisations upskill their staff and students. 

Having a Bachelor's Degree in Education, Garnet spent the early part of his career teaching IT and Business Studies within secondary education.  As he began to use technology in the classroom, he saw first-hand the impact this was having on his teaching and learning.  

Garnet then transitioned to working with some well-known organisation within Edtech such as Pearson and Moodle HQ.  Now with the power of LinkedIn's Economic Graph insights along with his teaching experience he has acquired a unique perspective of the digital learning ecosystem. 

Nils Reubke holds a masters degree in Public Policy & Human Development from the United Nations University in Maastricht and has been passionate about driving change within the education sector for more than 10 years. For the past 5 years he has been leading the development of the non-profit social business "Initiative Neues Lernen e.V.", which seeks to empower schools to become active agents of their own change. Nils is also a certified coach and design thinking facilitator, holding seminars not only for schools but also for members of government and non governmental organisation.

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http://www.initiative-neues-lernen.de/

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Professor Gilly Salmon, PhD, PFHEA, NTF.  is CEO & Principal Consultant. She has 30 years’ experience at senior levels, in universities in the UK and Australia. She has initiated, strategized, implemented & completed significant institutional change. Her experience & background includes the UK Open University as well as Associate Dean (Online) & Pro Vice-Chancellor roles in research-intensive and in vocational institutions.

​She recently spent two years as academic director at an Online Programme Management company. Gilly Salmon is now an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, & Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, close to Liverpool, UK.

See her web site www.gillysalmon.com

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Ulf is a learning innovation expert, founder of mindful-leaders.net, serial entrepreneur, and Professor for Educational Management and Lifelong Learning at the Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe in 2011.

From 2011-2017 he held the position of Vicepresident at the same university and has been responsible for Quality and Academic Affairs. He held positions as Associate Professor of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning of University Augsburg (Germany) and Associate Professor of the Graduate School for Management and Technology of the University of Maryland University College (USA).

Ulf has delivered keynotes and been speaking to audiences in more than 45 countries. He is author of more than 10 books and 150 scholarly articles with over 3000 academic citations. Ulf is a trained coach, facilitator and expert for mindful communication, and holds degrees in English Language, Social Sciences and Education Sciences from the University of Bielefeld, where he finished his Ph.D. with honors in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning in 2003. He was awarded his habilitation in 2008 from the University of Duisburg-Essen. His writings on Quality in education are internationally awarded.

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http://www.dhbw-karlsruhe.de

Friedrich W. Hesse studied psychology at the Universities of Marburg and Düsseldorf, received his doctorate at the RWTH Aachen and qualified as Professor of Psychology at the University of Goettingen.

His research focuses on learning with digital media, especially on net-based knowledge communication and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL).

Since 2013 he is the Scientific Co-Chair of the Global Learning Council. He is also Founding Director of the Research Cluster „Digitalization, Diversity and Lifelong Learning – Consequences for Higher Education“ (D²L²) at FernUniversität Hagen.

Formerly he served as Director of the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (2001-2016), Scientific vice-president of the German Leibniz Association (2010-2018), and Head of the Department for Applied Cognitive Psychology and Media Psychology at the University of Tuebingen (1999-2019).

Melissa leads services and projects in support of the University’s strategic priorities for digital and distance learning on global platforms, blended learning, virtual learning environments, technology enhanced learning spaces, the digital student experience and use of the web for outreach and engagement.

She has particular interests in digital skills, 21st century curricula, open educational resources, research led teaching and online media. She leads the continuing expansion and diversification of the University website and provision of digital AV technology services in over 400 teaching rooms across the campus.

Melissa is strategic lead in the University for a wide range of technologies and support for innovative learning and teaching, including blended learning tools, bespoke web development, online video, lecture recording, VLEs, open education resources, partnerships with platforms such as Coursera, Edx, FutureLearn and Wikimedia. Her teams support a range of online provision including taught online Masters programmes, Micromasters programmes, CPD and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The Learning, Teaching and Web Directorate is one of the most successful and comprehensive learning technology groups in the UK, with diverse teams of muti-professional staff, student interns and expert consultants.

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Professor Tilo Wendler studied mathematics and physics. He also completed an additional study in computer science. Since 1997 he has been working in the financial services sector as a product and project manager. His interest in solving practical problems with mathematical-statistical methods in combination with IT led him to do a doctorate in the field of Multivariate Statistics.

For many years, he worked as a department director in the general management of a banking association, where he was responsible for rating and research. Here he worked on projects with major banks and international rating agencies. Meanwhile he can refer to numerous publications in the field of business mathematics and Data Science.

Since 2010 Tilo Wendler is Professor for Quantitative Methods. His research areas are the application of statistical multivariate methods as well as LISREL models and data mining.

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https://www.htw-berlin.de/

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Since the last two years I've been investigating how virtual and augmented reality can be used for training in both education and enterprises. At our research group of Creative and innovative business at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences we do not merely focus on learning outcomes, but also on usability and motivation. We've carried out several proof of concepts on different subjects. At Ghent University I am a doctoral student focussing on the implementation of virtual reality technology in secondary education, with a strong emphasis on the empirical integration in the classroom itself.

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Engineer from Madrid Polytechnic University, MBA from Babson College, Postgraduate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Maryland University, Certificate in Digital Marketing for International Business Development (ICEX) and ITC & Gis Certificate by Siemens Data-Technic Schule (Germany).

President VRAR Madrid Chapter, Co-Chair of Education Committee, Immersive Learning Founding Member, ICICLE X-Reality for Learning and Performance Augmentation SIG, Member of Educators in VR, Member of Smart Cities Experts Group of AENOR (Spain)

With over 30 years of International experience in the Innovation and New Advance Digital Technologies  in ITC Industry and Digital Education. Leading successful organizations (SIEMENS, Sagentia, Altran, Founder and CEO of E_Learning Consulting, ONE Digital Consulting & SmartEducationLabs.

Author of the White Paper “Best Practices in VR in Education” and “State of Art of XR in Education” by VR/AR Association.

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http://www.onedigitalconsulting.eu

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Petra Peeters likes to hover above the L&D world to see what's happening. When something interesting happens see focusses and tries to make sense of developments. Last year this resulted in a co-written article called Personalised Learning Unraveled, which aims at developing a language around personalisation. Working as a University Lecturer offers her the opportunity to work with part-time students from a range of organisations which helps to keep a clear view and an open mind.

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https://hanuniversity.com/en/

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Marlo Kengen MSc is an experienced Learning & Development professional with a history of working in higher education as well as in corporate settings (business services and IT). Marlo works as a senior lecturer in the bachelor program on Learning & Development in Organisations at HAN University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She is a strong educational science professional focused on curriculum development, strategic L&D and learning technologies. She is a regular conference speaker and workshop facilitator and publishes in various Dutch and international L&D magazines.

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http://www.anewspring.com

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I begun my career at Yrkesinstitutet Sydväst, a Finland-Swedish vocational collage, in 2000 as a teacher. When Yrkesinstitutet Sydväst merged into Axxell Vocational College in 2008, I was given the task to develop an international strategy that would enable equal rights to students and staff members to take part in international mobilities. I was also included in the task of developing tools/methodologies that would help Axxell involve employers and work mentors in the work of developing a modern pedagogy answering the needs of the labour market. During my years as Expert of International Affairs, I have been managing several European project focusing on improving/updating students´and teachers´skills and thus making sure that Axxell reasponds to the needs and demands of the working life.  

In 2018 I begun managing an Erasmus+ KA2 project called @email in which I collaborate with VET providers and employers in Finland, UK, Iceland, Netherlands and France. The aim of this projectcollaboration is to develop tools and methodologies that help @email and employers to start collaborating and developing a joint pedagogy that provides students with the needed 21st century skills

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http://www.axxell.fi

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I am passionate about the potential for digital technology to positively transform the way vocational learning is delivered, and the power this will have to positively impact people’s lives and opportunities. At Ufi we have been growing our activity across a wide portfolio of projects designed to impact across the UK, delivering better, faster and more effective vocational training.  Ufi has a mission to enable more vocational skills for more people, more of the time, with a focus on increasing learning and skills opportunities for communities, sectors, industries and places that are traditionally ‘unloved’.

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http://ufi.co.uk

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http://www.fwcci.com.pk

Jacob Rosch has served in a number of educational leadership and teaching roles in China, the USA, and the UK. He is currently the Director of Ed Tech for a primary through secondary school, Collège du Léman in Switzerland. This international school serves 1900 students representing over 100 nationalities. He co-created a Blended Learning teacher training programme to meet the needs of these diverse learners. Jacob regularly delivers workshops on educational technology tools and methodologies within his school and internationally. 

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http://www.cdl.ch/

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Paulyn Duman is the Knowledge Management, Communications and Reporting Officer at the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development, where started working in 2014. At the UNSSC, she worked in the design and development of online courses and the integration of learning technologies in the programmes. She is the UNSSC coordinator for UN SDG:Learn, which is a United Nations initiative that aims to bring relevant and curated learning solutions on sustainable development topics to individuals and organizations. She also designed and developed an interactive 360-degree immersive learning experience on a city undergoing transformative changes towards a more sustainable future. 

Before working for the United Nations, she worked as a lawyer and supervising political affairs officer at the House of Representatives, where she conducted legal research and drafted guidelines related to education, transportation, and legislative franchises. Before joining the public sector, she worked in companies such as JP Morgan Chase Bank and Energy Development Corporation from 2006 to 2009.

Paulyn has a Master of Public Policy degree from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, where she focused on organizational strategies for sustainable development, policy processes in developing countries, and migration. She also has a Juris Doctor (Master’s) and a BA Psychology degree from the University of the Philippines – Diliman, where she focused on law, environmental justice and social psychology.

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http://www.unssc.org

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Natalia is working as e-learning designer and DEVCO Academy administrator at the European Commission’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO). Her main area of expertise are techniques of creating audio-visual content, with a particular focus on e-learning and video production. Passionate about transforming complex development policies into simple and engaging learning multimedia, she focused her professional career on innovations that are shaping the future of digital learning, which leaves no one behind. Natalia believes that open online learning is critical to raise awareness, increase capacity building and enable deeper engagement with development practitioners around the world.

Director Digital Strategy & Assistant Dean at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Links

http://www.whu.edu

Mildred Atieno Ayere is a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Technology and Curriculum Studies, Maseno University.

I teach Educational Technology courses at the University to undergraduate and post-graduate students. Currently I serve as the acting Director eCampus where I provide strategic leadership in the development and implementation of appropriate policies in eLearning and virtual learning at the University.

Earlier on, I worked as a high School teacher in Mathematics, a teacher trainer in Mathematics education and a staffing officer with the Teachers’ Service Commission, Kenya. In addition to the teaching experience, I am an entrepreneur in teacher education and a practitioner and a trainer in the Times Travel Methodology: An educational method that uses local heritage in a learning process, to create reflection on contemporary issues, and provide tools for community building.

My primary research interests include innovative and online learning methodologies; ICT integration in pedagogy; Interactive learner centred methodologies in teaching and learning in general and Mathematics education in particular; online examination systems; Mathematics in the Historic Environment; and use of Time Travel method in democracy, peace building and social cohesion

Links

http://elearning.maseno.ac.ke/

Professor Brekke is vice rector for education for the period 1 August 2019 - 31 July 2023.

As vice rector for education, Brekke heads the Academic Affairs Committee. He also leads the work developing a strategy in the priority area Learning and Education for the Future, with special emphasis on developing a future oriented educational leadership.

Brekke has been working at UiA since 1993. Throughout his career, he has focused on quality and development in teaching. He has a central role in MatRIC, an international centre for mathematics didactics, which has been appointed a Centre for Excellence in Education.

He wants to make room for development and testing of different teaching methods which will improve the quality of learning outcomes - and also disseminate the knowledge created.

Brekke has long been a role model in the pedagogical uses of video and other digital technologies in mathematics teaching, and he has published several articles on the topic. In 2018, he was awarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner as the first recipient at UiA.

Brekke has a goal of improving students’ achievements; he therefore emphasises quality culture and systematicity to improve quality in the field of education. He is particularly concerned with building a good and inclusive learning environment.

In keeping with the university’s ambitions for the skills reform “Learning throughout life”, Brekke strives to highlight and strengthen alumni relations and continuing education at UiA.

Brekke was formerly a college lecturer, university lecturer and assistant professor and received his Cand. Scient. in theoretical astrophysics from the University of Oslo.

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http://www.matric.no

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https://u.university/en/

Dr Nai Li is an Educational Researcher at Edtech Lab, Imperial College Business School. She mainly involves in the Research and Evaluation programme that helps with developing, implementing and evaluating innovative educational technologies and pedagogies.

Prior to joining Imperial, she worked in both commercial and higher education sectors. She worked for more than 5 years at the Open University where her research interests focused on learning analytics, online learning and quantitative research methods. She also worked as Research Director at Ipsos-MORI China, Research Fellow/Research Associate at University of Oxford, and Senior Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), London.

She obtained her PhD in Educational Technology from Institute of Educational Technology, the Open University, UK.

Links

http://www.acdeafrica.org/prof-mandla-m…

Chief Director of Information Technology at North-West University responsible for setting and executing of IT strategy, management of IT resources and the IT portfolio. Co-responsible for the university Digital Business Strategy.

Board member of Open Apereo, managing director on the board of the assosiation of IT directors in South Africa and board member of Open Collab.

Masters degree in Computer Science and many years of expereince in T/L support.

Recently became a member of the University Covid-19 response team responsible for IT protocols, but mainly to enable emergency remote learning and work from home.

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http://www.puk.ac.za

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Prof Herman van der Merwe calls himself a “recycled Geneticist”, but his previous Vice-Chancellor renamed him “e-Man” to capture his fascination for the use and management of technology in education!

Prof Herman is currently Deputy Dean of the Faculty Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University, responsible for Teaching and Learning across all three campuses of the NWU.

He is also the CEO of an expert centre called CUTE (Centre for the Utilisation of Technology in Education).

Besides his recognised international expertise on the utilisation and management of technology in education, Prof Herman also serves on various national and international workgroups that do research in his field. He has a keen interest in the manner in which technology can enhance the teaching and learning experience of both lecturers and students, and has read and published several papers, nationally and internationally, on this topic. As chairman and CEO of CUTE, he organises and presents workshops and conferences to promote the empowerment of academic staff, actively.

 Prof Herman’s current research focus is more on mobile and handheld devices, open source software (Android for the mobile platform), social networks and the effective use of that in specifically higher education and everyday life.

 He acted as co-chairperson of the mLearn 2005 and 2015 conferences and is a founder member and one of the directors of the International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn) and chairperson of the SABS’s[1] SC71N subcommittee in IT, developing SA standards for IT in e-education.

The Serious Games Institute, AppFactory and a community of practise in innovative teaching and learning with technology (iTLT) support his research initiatives and the empowerment initiatives of staff and students in a creative environment.

As a true Entrepreneur at heart he stimulates entrepreneurship on Campus in the bhive Enterprise Development Centre as well as locally in a Faculty supported research entity on Local Economic Development. In 2015 the North-West University recognised his contribution to innovation with an “Innovation Evangelist” award.

He is a keen nature lover and to recharge his batteries he will do something in nature to listen to what the wind and the birds want to share with him.

“As a teacher, researcher, policy advocate, manager and leader, he is a visionary leader whose fascination with technology has been informed by his commitment to serving the highest ideals of people and education.” Prof Reggie Ncobo

[1] South African Bureau of Standards

Tuija Marstio (MSc, Econ) works as Expert in Digital Pedagogy and Senior Lecturer at Laurea University of Applied Sciences. She has been working in the field of education and training for more than 30 years and has gained a strong insight in digital pedagogy, online education, digital marketing, entrepreneurial training, digital marketing and international business operations.

At Laurea Ms. Marstio contributes to the development of online learning through staff training and managing various digital learning initiatives. She has also an extensive background in international project management and has managed several projects in the fields of education and business-related ICT. Ms. Marstio has published several articles on online learning and learning design.

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http://www.laurea.fi

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Laura Sharpe is the Education and Young People Manager for See Me, Scotland’s Programme to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination.  

Laura has lead and developing children, young people and families’ programmes across the third sector; helping to tackle a number of equality issues and developing programmes to improve services and individuals lives.

During her time at See Me Laura has led on the strategic development of the Education and Young People Programme bringing together young volunteers and professionals, actively involving and engaging them to lead the change they hope to see in the world.

Laura utilises a comprehensive approach to work alongside citizens, partners and stakeholders and is passionate about striving towards equality, ensuring that individuals can not only access opportunities but also are empowered to create change.

Laura is an Associate Member of the Community Development Standards Council for Scotland; Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

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https://seemescotland.org/

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Katharina Hammler is the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Fundación Paraguaya. She was born in Austria where she studied Economics, Socioeconomics, and Political Sciences before earning a Ph.D. in Global Development from Tulane University in New Orleans, USA. Her Ph.D. research focused on the evaluation of the Colombian school model Escuela Nueva. Katharina has also done independent M&E consultancy for different USAID-funded education interventions in Northeast Nigeria, and taught seminars on poverty measurement at the University of Vienna. She currently lives in Munich, Germany with her husband and her cat.

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http://www.fundacionparaguaya.org.py

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I am 38 years old and have ten years of teaching experience.

My background is with a master's degree in communication and business studies.

I have a special interest in experience economics, service design, method and digital technologies. But most importantly; an interdisciplinary holistic approach to learning!

For two years I have been working on developing learning videos. The focus is with a professional approach, to be able to deliver messages with a certain degree of humor!

It is difficult to create relationships in "traditional" online teaching - but at The ServiceShow, we try to lower this barrier to interaction. Our videos are made based on the questions and wonders we receive from students. In addition, we have a weekly online "mailbox", where we answer current challenges from our students.

Links

https://serviceshowet.dk/

I am 33 years old and have six years of teaching experience.

My background is a master's degree in IT and business studies.

I have a special interest in design process, digital technologies and how to communicate online teaching to the students in a new interesting way. 

The last two years I have been working on developing learning Podcasts and videos through The ServiceShow. The focus is with a professional approach, to be able to deliver both interesting and learning talks with a certain degree of humor! 

I am 40 years old and have more than ten years of teaching experience.

I did a M.Sc. in Stratregy, Organization and Management, and a B.Sc. in economics and commercial law, both at Copenhagen Business School

My largest interest as an educator is trying to motivate students to learn complex and interdisciplinary subjects by offering them an accessible and holistic approach. This has led me to many different genres of teaching. 

For the past two years, we have developed learning videos, focused on maintaining a professional, interdisciplinary approach - but with a degree of humor. 

Creating effective relations with students "traditional" online teaching is difficult - but at The ServiceShow, we try to lower this barrier to interaction. Our videos are made based on the questions and wonders we receive from students.

Recently we expanded our portfolio to include podcasts and a blog, which required our own online platform: www.serviceshowet.dk and www.theserviceshow.com.

Søren Vrist Christensen is a Danish high school teacher and pedagogical coordinator at Marselisborg Gymnasium, whose teaching is grounded in blended learning theories.

Working as a teaching consultant, he has given countless of presentations to both private-owned and public organizations and firms in recent years about his teaching practices.

In addition, he does lectures and workshops for high school and university teachers on how to easily integrate EdTech, flipped classroom, and cooperative learning in everyday practices. The goal of Søren’s presentations is always to make everything as concrete as possible.

Brian Mulligan is a Civil Engineer who originally worked in mathematical modelling and simulation and the application of information technology in engineering. He is currently Manager of Online Learning Innovation in the Centre for Online Learning at the Institute of Technology Sligo where he has lectured since 1984. He has been the key driver in the rapid growth in online distance learning in IT Sligo since 2002 and significantly involved in the growth of e-learning in Ireland since 1999, organising the EdTech series of conferences since 2000 and as a founding member of the Irish Learning Technology Association in 2002.  His main areas of expertise and interest are now in web-casting, webinar management, synchronous online training, instructor-led online training, lecture capture, open education (MOOCs and OER) and the rapid development of online content. He led the Erasmus+ funded LoCoMoTion project on low-cost MOOC development (moocs4all.eu).

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http://www.itsligo.iehttp://brian.mulligan.googlepages.com

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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.

Links

http://www.serohe.co.uk/team/professor-paul-bacsich/

https://www.derby.ac.uk/online/academics/professor-paul-bacsich

https://independent.academia.edu/PaulBacsich

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bacsich/

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http://www.sero.co.uk/people/paul/http://www.matic-media.co.ukhttp://bacsich.typepad.com/elearning/

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Donald is an entrepreneur, CEO, Professor, speaker and blogger. He was CEO and one of the original founders of Epic Group plc, which established itself as the leading company in the UK e-learning market, floated on the Stock Market in 1996 and sold in 2005. Describing himself as ‘free from the tyranny of employment’, he now the CEO of an AI learning company WildFire, investor and Board member of PlanB learning, LearningPool and Cogbooks. He has been involved in consulting and implementing online learning in schools, FE, HE, corporate and government.

Donald has been involved in film, games, web, mobile, MOOCs, Oculus Rift and won many awards for the design and implementation of online learning. He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences, having delivered talks in the US, Europe, Far East, Middle East and Africa, and won several ‘Best speaker’ awards … also a regular (and controversial) blogger on online learning!

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http://www.planblearning.com/Bio/

Jacqueline Daniell is CEO of Wey Education Plc, a leading online education company in the U.K. She is one of the founders of both InterHigh School and Academy21. She was previously the Chief Executive of InterHigh School where she led the operations and strategic direction with full responsibility for all the online school service delivery.

Jacqueline studied Architecture at Nottingham University, and later gained Masters degrees both in Management and in Town and Country Planning. She spent much of her career working in Project Management, creating and implementing sustainable regeneration programmes both in the Midlands and in South Wales. In 2005 she became involved in the design of an online secondary School – InterHigh, then gaining international and domestic Quality accreditations for this provision.

Micha Pallesche is the principal of the Ernst-Reuter-Gemeinschaftschule in Karlsruhe, a school with an award-winning media education profile.

After his studies at the University of Education in Karlsruhe (Germany), where he completed additional studies in media education, he was seconded to the State Media Centre of Baden-Württemberg for many years in addition to his teaching profession.

Since 2012, he has been working on his doctorate at the Heidelberg University of Education at the Institute for Art, Music and Media in the field of media didactics and has been developing media concepts for interactive whiteboards and mobile devices together with teachers. He is currently doing research on the culture of digitality.

He was also a member of a working group of the Forum Bildung Digitalisierung Berlin, was on the Forum's programme advisory board and is a member of the Digital Summit Platform Digital Future: Research. Learning. Knowledge. of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

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http://www.ers-karlsruhe.de/

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Prof. Dr. Uta Hauck-Thum has been a professor for primary school education and didactics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich since 2018. For many years she has been developing concepts for teaching and learning under the conditions of digitalization and digitality and has been involved in expanding the university classes at LMU. Before starting her university career, she worked as a primary school teacher in Munich. She is currently in charge of her latest project - the so-called Unilernhaus. In new analog and digital learning rooms, teaching and research projects are implemented with students, teachers and children.

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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.

Links

http://www.serohe.co.uk/team/professor-paul-bacsich/

https://www.derby.ac.uk/online/academics/professor-paul-bacsich

https://independent.academia.edu/PaulBacsich

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bacsich/

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http://www.sero.co.uk/people/paul/http://www.matic-media.co.ukhttp://bacsich.typepad.com/elearning/

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Appointed Director General of Primary and Childhood Education at the Catalan Ministry of Education in July 2018 and Director General of Innovation, Research and Digital Culture in December 2018.

Mar Camacho, PhD is a Former Lecturer on Educational Technology at the Faculty of Education of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Catalonia). She taught in graduate and postgraduate programs related to Educational Technology, with particular emphasis on Mobile Learning and emergent technologies. She is co-author of the first monography on Mobile Learning in Spain, Portugal and Latin America and has led a nation-wide research on the use of tablets in schools and their impact on learning.

She collaborated internationally with other institutions such as UNESCO and the International Telecommunications Union (United Nations) as well and has given keynotes to international audiences.

She is an author of more than 60 scholarly articles. Her activity is credited by a long-term presence and active participation in seminars, roundtables and conferences, that has been transferred to other sectors through her contributions to social projects, the business sector and different media. Always from the Mobile Learning perspective, her present interests concern strategic planning, impact evaluation and digital social innovation.

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http://ensenyament.gencat.cat/ca/inici/…

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https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/j…

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http://wwwhttp://clairescourt.com

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http://www.ijs.si/

Willi Bernhard is a professor at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences located in Brig.

He works as an engineer, lecturer, researcher, consultant and author in the fields of Digital-Collaboration, Computer Simulation, Serious Games, Digital Learning and Creativity Training.

He received several innovation awards in the field of simulation technology, is a member of the Board of Swiss Engineering STV „Section Basel“ and head of the Special Interest Group "Digital Collaboration" at the Swiss E-Learning Community of Higher Education Institutions.

Links

http://www.ffhs.ch

Head of Department Informatic

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http://www.winfoline.dehttp://www.wi2.wiso.uni-goettingen.de

Prof. Dr. Möslein-Tröppner has many years of experience in industry and trade. His main focus in research and teaching is in the areas of supply chain management, process management and market research as well as new learning methods. He is Professor at DHBW Ravensburg.

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http://www.ravensburg.dhbw.de/startseit…

Dr. Neelam Parmar currently works as Director of Educational Technology, Digital Learning and Innovation at Ashford School. Neelam draws on her research and practical experiences of working with technology and regularly presents around the UK and internationally on the role of EdTech in education, providing strategy, roadmaps and CPD programmes for blended and online learning approaches.  Neelam offers advice and consultancy to schools in preparing schools for the future and is the author of the ‘Digital Literacy in the Primary’ series and ‘Digital Parenting’ book. Neelam is an award-winning professional, international researcher, author, thought leader and speaker on effective technology, pedagogy and curriculum integration within education and is currently engaged with the DfE EdTech Leadership Group, #EdTechImpact workshops and @WomenEdTech movement. 

Links

http://ashfordschool.co.uk

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Annelies Calmeyn is a member of the KU Leuven MOOC-team, training and guiding teachers in the creation of MOOCs. After being a researcher in ecology, she produced her own MOOC on tropical soil science, gaining personal experience with all aspects of the development of a MOOC. Now she combines this experience with a passion for science communication and education to support course teams in their MOOC-journey. At the same time, she also works as an educational software consultant within the ICTS-department of the KU Leuven.

Laura Overton is an experienced international speaker, author and facilitator with a passion for exploring, challenging and sharing.

Founder of Towards Maturity- the expert learning analysts, Laura's focus has always been on bringing a community together to investigate how learning innovation builds business impact, communicating the findings and facilitating change in the industry.

Tracking the L&D learning innovation journey since 2004, she has authored/ co-authored of over 40 major research reports and, as a regular contributor to industry publications she has written over 300 articles.

As an industry change maker, Laura regularly share good practice findings as a keynote presenter at conferences around the globe and through masterclasses, webinars and seminars. She serves on several advisory boards including the CIPD Professional Map and Learning boards and the OEB Global Council.

Laura was the first female recipient of the Learning and Performance Institute’s Colin Corder Award for outstanding achievement and was also the first recipient of the Learning Technology award for outstanding achievement. In 2018, she was voted the Number 1 mover and shaker in the global e-learning listing and in the top 10 EdTech UK influencers.

Links

http://www.towardsmaturity.orghttp://www.e-skills.com

I am originally a robotics and embedded software developer at the University of Magdeburg, who became obsessed with programming paradigms.

Due to my participation in the “Industrial eLab” project, which tries to make university hardware online accessible to students anytime and anywhere, I had to shift to web-development.

Developing educational content for this purpose with the common Learning Management Systems (LMS) and authoring-tools was simply not satisfying and did not meet my expectations. So I started to design my own “markup” language for creating free and open educational content that integrates everything that I liked or missed from other authoring systems ...

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http://www.elab.ovgu.de

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