Presentation Panel
Truly Transforming Higher Education. Beyond Tradition, Beyond Our Wildest Dreams.
Date Thursday, Nov 23 Time – RoomDavos
The presenters will navigate the rapidly changing landscape of higher education and invite the audience to imagine a future of learning in European higher education that is technologically advanced, deeply meaningful, inclusive, and personalised.
They will provide you with tools to recognise and embrace true transformation in education and will showcase examples such as the Irish N-TUTORR, which focuses on student empowerment and sustainable development goals, and the Finish Digivisio2030 which aims to create a flexible national digital learning ecosystem with high-quality digital pedagogy and study paths for different learners. Be ready to reflect on past and current practices in higher education design, imagine alternative scenarios and think in terms of futures.
If you want to be empowered to help shape the future you wish for your learners, this session is for you!
Pia Saarinen
Program Director, University of Helsinki, Finland
Experienced change manager leading deployment of new organization structures and mode of operation. Enthusiastic about creating new processes and digital ways of working. Solid experience in human resource management. Background in life sciences as a researcher (PhD), a teacher and a student counsellor.
Carina Ginty
University Lead, N-TUTORR, Transforming Learning, Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Ireland
Note: this session will be delivered by Dr Carina Ginty (ATU), Dr Moira Maguire (DKIT) - both sector stream 1 leads for N-TUTORR in Ireland. Prof. Gilly Salmon will facilitate and lead this session.
Dr Carina Ginty is the Atlantic Technological University (ATU) lead for the N-TUTORR project and is the sector co-lead for Stream 1 of N-TUTORR. This project aims to transform learning, teaching and assessment in the Technological University (TU) sector in Ireland. Funded by NextGenerationEU (value 38 million euro), the aim of this project is to transform teaching, learning and assessment through student empowerment, building staff capabilities and developing the digital campus learning environment.
Working in HE since 2004, Carina has led the teaching and learning function across several campuses in ATU and initiated various innovation projects in teaching, learning and assessment enhancement, digital pedagogies, student engagement and leadership. From 2019-2022 Carina led the development of DigitalEd.ie, a knowledge platform to build digital teaching and learning capabilities across 8 campuses of the ATU. Carina is also co-leading in the HigherEd 4.0 project (Human Capital Initiative Ireland, a higher education funded project valued at 12m euro 2021-2025) on the development of a career and learning pathway platform called MyCareerPath.ie for ATU, transforming access pathways to higher education. Carina is a member of the EU Green alliance work package on Education development (funded by the EU Commission 2023-2026) and is leading a team tasked with the development of digital badges and micro credentials for staff and students, across 9 European universities. In 2022, Carina was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Institutional Citizenship.
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Nikos Basbas
Educational Innovation Consultant, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Our students face an increasingly uncertain and complex world. To thrive, they need higher education that meets the moment and anticipates the future.
Most of my work has been in the innovation and development of education. I partner with program directors to future-proof curricula and enhance instructional effectiveness while expanding access for non-traditional groups.
I also manage educational innovation at the institutional level, designing and overseeing strategies to sustain and spread existing innovations and to actively remove barriers to further innovation.
I frequently speak and write on these topics. To see an overview of my past talks and to read my blog, please visit my personal website.
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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
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Beyond Tradition? Really?, Gilly Salmon
Gilly Salmon will offer participants the tools to recognise and embrace true transformation in education, with the goal of thriving in an ever-evolving environment.
Participants will gain an understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with transformation and will be better equipped to navigate this rapidly changing landscape.
How To Accelerate and Implement the Digital Transformation Journey into Practice in Finnish HEIs, Pia Saarinen
This presentation will cover the Finnish way of digital transformation in higher education, unique cooperation between universities, and creating a vision for future learning in a rapidly changing world.
Pia Saarinen will showcase the Digivisio2030 project - a joint effort by Finnish higher education institutions to create a flexible digital learning ecosystem. The project aims to produce a national digital service platform by 2030, with high-quality digital pedagogy, guidance, and study and career paths for different learners.
She will also explain how the change management support program plays a unique role in enabling the project to succeed, with coordinators facilitating networking and cooperation between institutions and providing information on the impact and effectiveness of change in higher education institutions.
Choosing Sustainable Futures: The N-TUTORR Project and Student Empowerment in the Irish Technological University Sector in Ireland, Carina Ginty
In this presentation Carina Ginty will showcase the N-TUTORR programme in Ireland that seeks to enhance the capacity of the technological higher education sector to meet global challenges and to transition to a sustainable future.
Her presentation will focus on the student empowerment stream, outlining two key initiatives: the 'Partners in Innovation Fellowship' scheme and the 'Student Digital Backpack'. The initiatives align with sustainable development goals and prioritise empowering students to become partners in innovation and change agents, embedding a culture of student and staff partnership, developing student leaders, providing flexible course provision and support, and promoting education for sustainability, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
No More Diplomas from 2024/25, Nikos Basbas
In his talk, Nikos Basbas will invite the audience to imagine a future of learning in European higher education that is technologically advanced, deeply meaningful, inclusive, and personalised.
Takeaways include thinking in terms of futures, imagining alternative scenarios, and reflecting on past and current choices in higher education design. The talk aims to ignite imagination, stimulate conversation, and empower attendees to shape the future they wish for their children.