{"id":5856,"date":"2015-12-16T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/OEB_Newsportal\/?p=5856"},"modified":"2017-06-13T17:47:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:47:25","slug":"oeb-2015-friday-plenaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/oeb-2015-friday-plenaries\/","title":{"rendered":"OEB 2015 Friday Plenaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6173\" src=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries.jpg\" alt=\"Friday plenaries\" width=\"1772\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries.jpg 1772w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oeb.global\/oeb-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Friday-plenaries-1024x491.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\" \/><\/a>The Friday plenaries brought together expert speakers from around the world to share their perspectives on a pertinent issue facing technology supported learning and training, through insightful keynote speeches and lively panel discussions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Tomorrow\u2019s New World: Extending the Reach of Learning<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How can we ensure that education is ready to prepare learners for the future? Friday\u2019s keynote speakers looked to the new worlds of tomorrow for inspiration: Anka Mulder, Vice-President at Delft University of Education, Lia Commissar, leader of the Wellcome Trust\u2019s Education and Neuroscience Initiative, and Toby Walsh, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anka Mulder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00dcber and Airbnb don\u2019t own taxis, and they don\u2019t own hotel rooms; they don\u2019t employ drivers or hotel staff. However, they do own the data. Some people think that has nothing to do with HE. I\u2019m not so sure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Universities may not have a monopoly on knowledge anymore, but we are amazing meeting places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ZyheGN8kjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lia Commissar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re learning lots more about reward, motivation, attention, neuroplasticity \u2013 how our brains are very plastic and can continue to learn throughout our lives \u2013 creativity and earlier screening for disorders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research takes time and we shouldn\u2019t over-interpret single studies. There is loads of potential, but we need multi-disciplinary teams working on this, including educational technologists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0A9QvUrfx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toby Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We used to think that it was the blue collar jobs at risk of automation, but nowadays it\u2019s white collar jobs \u2013 journalists, lawyers, accountants \u2013 it\u2019s these kinds of jobs that are under threat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inequalities that we see in society today are been magnified by these technological changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QhwUelQ7a5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Future Work and Future Workers<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What will work look like in the coming decades? Friday morning saw Nik Gowing, former BBC news anchor, engage three authorities on this topic in an interactive panel discussion \u2013 Cornelia Daheim, founder and director of Future Impacts Consulting; John Higgins, Director General of DIGITALEUROPE, the association for the digital technology industry in Europe; and Yannis Angelis, Fresenius Kabi, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0Cornelia Daheim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;We need to learn how to work in unstructured environments \u2013 we work in casual teams more and more. The ability to organise ourselves is key.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;One of the key new developments will be the occurrence of four-generation working teams, as people grow older and work for longer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0John Higgins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Statistics suggests that only 2% of European enterprises are adopting new technologies from the new wave.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Many people want to change the world, but the world does not always want to be changed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0Ioannis Angelis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;A big shift that needs to happen is one that goes from current hierarchical structures to more networked systems where we can be in charge of our own lives, and technology will be key in this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;We want to be both competent and skilled. 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