Presentation Panel
We Don’t Need No Classroom - Towards a New Role for Universities and Teachers
Date Friday, Nov 25 Time – Room: Potsdam I
In an era where so much learning is happening via informal digital channels, “the class” and “the teacher” are becoming anachronistic concepts. Students are increasingly learning in their own way, driven by their own internal motivation, and tracking their own learning process. In this new reality, what role is left for the “providers of classes” (universities) and the “gate keepers to content” (teachers)? Come to this panel and expect conversation and discussion, while adding your own thoughts to the mix.
Alina Kirillina
Education Specialist, UNESCO
Alina Kirillina works at UNESCO’s Future of Learning and Innovation team where she coordinates initiatives that establish norms and standards for digital transformation of education, such as Rewired Global Declaration on Connectivity for Education and Gateways to Public Digital Learning. Previously, Alina served at UNESCO Liaison Office to the UN in New York, where she focused on advocacy and building partnerships on education and lifelong learning.
Alina has more than 10 years of work experience in international cooperation, education, intergovernmental processes and negotiations. She provided analytical and expert support to negotiations on major education-related resolutions of the UN General Assembly.
Amy Zidulka
Associate Professor, Royal Roads University, Canada
Amy Zidulka teaches and researches in the areas of creativity and innovation in the Royal Roads Faculty of Management in Victoria, BC, Canada. She is also the founder and lead of the Royal Roads Design Thinking Challenge and the Design Thinking Educators' Conference.
She has a deep interest in innovative education and has long experimented with how virtual education might be engaging and creative, while serving to connect learners to each other and their personal and professional contexts.
Eline Wigdel
Senior Advisor, Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, Norway
Eline Wigdel has more than 15 years of experience working with online learning, pedagogical use of ICT and flexible learning designs. She is passionate about the learner perspective and strongly believes that flexible learning goes beyond traditional online courses. She has been instrumental in developing the definition of flexible learning used in all parts of the educational sector in Norway. Eline is currently a senior adviser at the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, implementing flexible learning models in adult training and education through incentive programs and other means throughout the educational sector.
Moderator
Gilly Salmon
CEO, 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