Learning Café Learning Café
From Classroom to Cosmos: XR You Can Use
Date Thursday, Dec 4 Time – Room: Charlottenburg III
Drop in, explore, and be inspired! This interactive Learning Café invites participants to discover and discuss real-world applications of Augmented and Virtual Reality in education, training, and professional development, in action. In a relaxed World Café-style setting, participants will try out immersive tools, hear what works and what doesn’t, and share their own ideas. Whether new to XR or already experimenting, they will find a practical, informal space for peer-to-peer exchange, hands-on demos, and future-facing conversation.
Bart Boelen
Educational Technology, Research, Coaching, Teaching, University of Applied Sciences Leuven Limburg
Bart is researcher, lecturer and coach in educational technology at UC Leuven Limburg, Belgium. He supports colleagues and teams in the development of hybrid courses. He is also involved in research projects in the broad field of hybrid learning and educational technology. Currently the field of XR and AI in learning!
In the past he was the driving force behind educational innovation at the T2-campus in Genk, implementing mobile learning and VR/AR in technical training.
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Jana Duchateau
Junior Researcher and Lecturer , UCLL University of Applied Sciences
Jana Duchateau's academic background is in Spanish and French Linguistics and Literature, with a Master of Arts degree. Her professional career commenced in an international company, where she specialised in enhancing client relations, communication, and internship coaching. Subsequently, she embarked on her academic journey at UCLL University of Applied Sciences, initially as a Coordinating Admissions Officer. In this role, she contributed to efficiency-improving projects. Additionally, Jana held the positions of lecturer and student tutor for the Advanced Bachelor Global Citizenship & Development programme. She continues in this capacity until the present day, while also combining it with her research position as junior researcher since September 2024. She has demonstrated her expertise in her inaugural national research project, which focused on Global Citizenship Education in VET (BeGlobel). She is currently working on the European funded D-Paideia project, which is now in the dissemination phase and will be presented in the OEB Learning Café.
Joachim Gregoor
Researcher Care Innovation/ Centre of Digital Learning , Hogeschool PXL
I have extensive experience in digital learning and education, particularly within the healthcare sector. I currently serve as Medewerker Centrum Digitaal Leren (Digital Learning Center Employee) at Hogeschool PXL, a role I've held since September 2021. I am also involved in the "e-Hospital4Future" project, which aims to enhance the education of healthcare professionals by integrating training modules covering social, technical, and digital competencies. For over 15 years, I have been the ICT Verantwoordelijke Opleiding Verpleegkunde (ICT Manager for Nursing Education) at Hogeschool PXL. In this capacity, I have been involved in the development of E-Learning within the nursing program. My expertise includes Nursing Education and Lecturing. I also have a long history as an Instructional Designer, developing practice-oriented digital didactic materials for hospitals and home care from November 2007 to November 2021. I am also a seasoned trainer, providing training for Office 365, Onenote, Prezi, Moovly and Canva for both beginners and advanced users, a role I've had since November 2009.
Moderator
Gilly Salmon
CEO, Education Alchemists. Ltd
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. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillysalmon/