Learning Café
D-Paideia: Redefining Digital Pedagogical Competencies in Education
Date Friday, Dec 5 Time – Room: King
Please note: This is a Sign-In Session with limited capacity. Click “Mark this Session” to reserve your place. If you can’t attend, please unmark it so others may join. Seats of participants who haven’t arrived 5 minutes after the start will be released to others on site.
As digital learning environments become increasingly complex, teachers need practical strategies to support students’ engagement, well-being, and learning outcomes. During this Learning Café, participants will discuss on an expanded model for pedagogical digital competences, offering approaches to integrate digital safety, work-life balance, and well-being into teaching practices. Everyone interested in implementing institutional policy awareness, will get concrete examples for curriculum design, institutional policy, and supporting teachers in navigating digital learning environments.
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.