Academic Session ACA17
Improving Quality in Online Learning: Introducing EOCCS - Online Course Certification System
Date Friday, Dec 2 Time – RoomPotsdam I
Online learning can empower people in their personal careers. It can also provide organisations with a variety of content catering to different learning needs and styles. But as online offerings expand, how can quality be assured for learners and employers?
Join this presentation on quality in online learning and discover how to apply certification methods successfully.
Anne Swanberg
Director of LearningLab, EFMD Global Network, Switzerland
Dr. Anne Swanberg is the Project Director of EOCCS, EFMD Global Network Online Course Certification System - a newly launced certification system for online courses within the management and business field. She is also the Director of LearningLab at BI Norwegian Business School which has more than 20,000 students - among them 3,000 online students. LearningLab is a support and innovation senter for teaching, learning and ICT. Dr. Swanberg is also the leader of a national expert panel on digitalization and quality in higher education in Norway. Her research interest is within the field of educational psychology and how we all learn differently (personality and learning styles). The last year she has contributed to the start-up of Oslo EdTech Cluster as a member of the board.
Moderator
Ian Wigston
Co-founder, Bright Field Consulting, UK
Originally a banker, Ian has worked as an independent consultant for over 20 years. He has a BA(Econ), an MBA from Henley Management College and is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.
Ian developed and built one of the first Innovation Units in Europe for Barclays. He was also responsible for introducing coaching into Barclays. He now specialises in leadership education and has a reputation for originality and innovation across a range of client projects. These have included Boeing, the DfES Innovation Unit (projects on pedagogy and parental engagement), the SSAT’s Community Leadership Programme, and Odyssey Charter School Pasadena USA.
He is a Trustee of the LIFE Education Trust and the Thomas Deacon Academy Education Trust. He is also a Trustee of the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance.
Links
http://www.brightfield-consulting.com/o…