Presentation Panel
Powering Up the Effectiveness of Blended Learning in Higher Education
Date Thursday, Nov 24 Time – Room: Schoeneberg I/II/III
In an era of near ubiquitous internet provision, and powerful, smart devices almost all delivery of content has “gone blended”. The question is: how do you implement effective blends that make the most of the content and technology available. Speakers in this session will share different approaches on how to set up a blended learning programme. Come prepared to also share your insights and experiences!
Denis Staskewitsch
Sales Director, Panopto, United Kingdom
Denis has over 7 years of experience working with organisations to help them select and implement technology-based solutions which enhance the learning experience. He has worked with many clients to enable them to realise the potential of blended learning approaches by integrating video into their training and onboarding programmes.
Currently, Denis is the Sales Director for Panopto EMEA, a leading Video Platform software provider used by hundreds of educational and corporate organisations worldwide, serving over 10 million end-users at businesses and institutions across the world.
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Peter Dekker
Educational Consultant, Amsterdam University of Applied Science, Netherlands
Peter Dekker works as an educational consultant at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science, where he combines two functions. The first is as innovation manager at the HvA Academie, a corporate university within the larger University. The second is for the Innovationpartners: a group of ambassadors who support blended learning at the University.
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Judith Vennix
Programme Manager, RUAS, Netherlands
Starting as a teacher of history in secondary school Judith Vennix developed an interest in making education more flexible and meaningful. Later on in her career as teacher trainer at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences this developed into an interest in blended learning. As project leader educational technology she managed an innovation hub supporting teachers who wanted to innovate their courses with funding, coaching and research. Now, as program manager Blended Learning, her goal is to make the organization aware of the fact that the impact of blended learning lies also in other areas than educational design and development.
Moderator
Alejandro Armellini
Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Alejandro (Ale) Armellini is Professor and Dean of Digital and Distributed Learning at the University of Portsmouth. His role is to provide leadership in digital learning and learning innovation, including on-campus and distance provision, across all Faculties. Before joining Portsmouth, Ale was Dean of Learning and Teaching at the University of Northampton, where he was the strategic lead for the redesign of all programmes for active blended learning. Ale is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Ale’s research and doctoral supervision focus on learning innovation, blended and online pedagogy, institutional capacity building and open practices. He holds visiting professorships at several UK and overseas universities. His latest co-edited book is Cases on Active Blended Learning in Higher Education (2021).